pachchaivAraNam (purushamangalam – pEttai)

purusha mangalam also known as pachchai vAraNa perumAL kOyil, pachchai vAraNa puram, haritha vAraNapuram, varadharAjapuram, etc and is presently known as pEttai is situated right in-between pUvirunthavalli (avathAra sthalam of thirukkachi nambi) and thirumazhisai (avathAra sthalam of thirumazhisai AzhwAr). This is the avathAra sthalam of mudhaliyANdAn who is emperumAnAr‘s dear sishya.

emperumAn descended here as haritha vAraNa (pachchai vAraNa – green elephant) perumAL to bless yudhishtra who apparently misled dhrONAchArya by saying “asvaththAma is dead” (asvaththAma is the name of dhrONAchArya’s son as well as an elephant). thAyAr in this dhivya dhEsam is known as amirthavalli thAyAr.

Along with kUrathAzhwAn, mudhaliyANdAn approaches SrI rAmAnuja and both of them become his first sishyas and learn everything from him. Subsequently, they both go to SrIrangam with SrI rAmAnuja and assist him in the propagation of this glorious sath sampradhAyam which becomes to be known as “emperumAnAr dharisanam”. Since the times of dhAsarathi (mudhaliyANdAn) this dhivya kshEthram is famously known for it being his avathAra sthalam (birth place).

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Summary

perumAL: pachchai vAraNa perumaL (haritha vAraNa perumAL – green elephant)

mUlavar posture: sitting

thAyAr: amirthavalli thAyAr

sthalAdhipathi/AchAryan: mudhaliyANdAn

pushkariNi: dharma pushkariNi

Agamam: SrI vaikAnasam

Deities/uthsavams

There are several sannidhis and uthsavams that happen for the emperumAns, AzhwArs and AchAryas in this dhivya dhEsam.

• Presiding deity
  • mUlavar/uthsavar – pachchai vAraNa perumAL (haritha vAraNa perumAL) with SrI dhEvi and bhU dhEvi nAchiyArs

  

  • mudhaliyANdAn
• thanikkOyil nAchiyArs (separate thAyAr sannidhis)
  • amirthavalli thAyAr

  

• ANdAL
• SrI ranganAthan (periya perumAL)
• SrI rAma parivAr

• ananthan (Adhi sEshan), garudAzhwAr, sEnai mudhaliyAr

• thiruvadi (hanumAn)

nammAzhwAr

thirumangai AzhwAr

emperumAnAr

piLLai lOkAchAryar

maNAvALa mAmunigaL

Outside the temple:

• thiruvadi (hanumAn)

uthsavams

• chithrai
  • mudhaliyANdAn thiruvavathAra uthsavam – 10 days concluding on punarpUsam
• vaikAsi
  • nammAzhwAr – vaikAsi visAkam
• Ani
• Adi
• AvaNi
  • SrI jayanthi – rOhiNi/ashtami followed by uriyadi uthsavam on the next day
• purattAsi
  • navarAthri uthsavam – 9 days – daily thAyAr Unjal (jhUla/swing) sEvai (dharshan)
• aippasi
  • pavithrOthsavam
  • maNavALa mAmunigaL on thirumUlam
  • dhIpAvaLi
• kArthigai
  • kArthigai dhIpam
  • thirumangai AzhwAr – kArthigai
• mArgazhi
  • dhanur/mArgazhi mAsam kramam
• thai
  • sankarAnthi
• mAsi
• panguni
  • perumAL brahmOthsavam
    • garuda sEvai on 4th day (generally will be punarpUsam) – mudhaliyANdAn will accompany perumAL in puRappAdu
    • thIrthavAri on panguni uthram

kramam (routine)/timings