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SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:<\/p>\n

History<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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kAttu mannAr kOyil is also known as vIra nArAyaNa puram. It is located around 17kms from thiru chithrakUtam (chidhambaram).<\/p>\n

emperumAn<\/a> here is named vIra nArAyaNa perumAL as well as mannanAr (the king). There are three uthsavars (processional deity) \u2013 rAjagOpAlan, azhagiya mannanAr (sundhara gOpAlan) and sheNbaga mannanAr. This is the thiruvavathAra (divine birth) sthalam (place) of\u00a0SrIman nAthamunigaL<\/a> and his grand son\u00a0SrI yAmunAchAryar (ALavandhAr)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This sthalam is greatly glorified as the place which got us 4000 dhivya prabhandham of AzhwArs. When\u00a0nAthamunigaL<\/a>\u00a0was serving mannanAr\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>, some devotees from melkote \u00a0visit this sthalam and start singing\u00a0ArAvamudhE<\/em>\u00a0padhigam (decad) from thiruvAimozhi (5.8) \u2013 in the last pAsuram it is identified that there are 1000 pAsurams (verses) which were sung by kurugUr satakOpan (nammAzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0of AzhwAr thirunagari). When\u00a0nAthamunigaL<\/a> asked them about the remaining pAsurams, they inform that they only\u00a0have these 11 pAsurams and nothing more. nAthamunigaL<\/a>\u00a0then takes mannanAr\u2019s permission, goes to AzhwAr thirunagari, learns\u00a0madhurakavi AzhwAr<\/a>\u2018s kaNNinuN chiRu thAmbu from parAngusa dhAsar (who is a sishya of madhurakavi AzhwAr<\/a>) which glorifies\u00a0nammAzhwAr<\/a>, recites kaNNinuN chiRu thAmbu 12000 times (per the guidance of parAngusa dhAsar) in front of the divine tamarind tree where nammAzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0lived.\u00a0nammAzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0being pleased with\u00a0nAthamunigaL<\/a>\u2018s dedicated effort, blesses him all 4000 pAsurams of dhivya prabhandham with its meanings.\u00a0 From this day, the perumal came to known as KAttu mannAr and the sthalam as kattu mannAr koil<\/p>\n

nAthamunigaL<\/a>\u00a0then returns to kAttu mannAr kOyil and is joyfully welcomed by mannanAr.\u00a0nAthamunigaL<\/a>\u00a0then teaches this dhivya prabhandham with meanings and music to his nephews and also continues to perform kainkaryam to mannanAr. His son Iswara muni gives birth to a son who is named yamunai thuRaivan (krishNa \u2013 the one who lives on the banks of yamunA river). With full blessings of\u00a0nAthamunigaL<\/a>, he goes on to become yAmunAchArya (ALavandhAr<\/a>) and establishes the SrIvaishNava sath sampradhAyam with SrIrangam as the head-quarters.<\/p>\n

There is a huge lake named \u201cvIrANam lake\u201d (vIra nArAyaNam lake). This lake is said to have 74 outlets.\u00a0emperumAnAr<\/a> too is compared to a huge lake of auspicious qualities such as gyAnam (knowledge), bhakthi (devotion), vairAgyam (detachment), etc. He appointed 74 simhAsanAdhipathis to propagate this SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam. This resembles the outlets of the vIrANam lake.<\/p>\n

In a beautiful slOkam said to be written\u00a0 by embAr (who is the dear cousin and sishya of emperumAnAr), this principle is explained wonderfully.<\/p>\n

lakshmInAthAkya sindhau sataripu jalatha: prApya kAruNya nIram<\/em>
\nnAthAthrAvabyashinchath thadhanu raguvarAmbOja chakshur jarApyAm<\/em>
\ngathvA thAm yAmunAkyAm sarithamatha yathIndhrAkya padhmA surEndhram<\/em>
\nsampUrya prANisasyE pravahathi bahuthA dhEsikEndhra pramaukai:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Simple translation: From the ocean of SrIman nArAyaNan (who is the divine consort of SrI mahAlakshmi and is filled with auspicious qualities), merciful cloud named nammAzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0fetches the compassion of bhagavAn and pours it over a mountain named\u00a0nAthamunigaL<\/a>. Such compassion, flowed down as two water falls named\u00a0uyyakkoNdAr (puNdarikAksha)\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0maNakkAl nambi (SrI rAma misrar)<\/a>\u00a0and becomes a big river named\u00a0ALavandhAr<\/a>. From\u00a0ALavandhAr<\/a>, such compassion flowed through 5 AchAryas starting with\u00a0periya nambi<\/a>\u00a0(followed by\u00a0thiruvarangap perumAL arayar<\/a>,\u00a0thirukkOshtiyUr nambi<\/a>,\u00a0thirumalai nambi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0thirumAlai ANdAn<\/a>) who are explained as canals and reaches the huge lake named\u00a0yathirAja (SrI rAmAnuja)<\/a>. From that huge lake named\u00a0yathirAja<\/a>, such compassion of bhagavAn is distributed to all through many outlets that are explained as the 74 AchAryas established by\u00a0emperumAnAr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In thirunedunthANdagam 10th pAsuram,\u00a0thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0describes\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0as 4 great elephants standing in 4 different directions. \u201cthennAnAy vadavAnAy kutapAlANAy kuNapAla mathayAnAy<\/em>\u201d \u2013 periyavAchAn piLLai first explains having AzhwAr\u2019s thiruvAli thirunagari as the center, that thirumAlirunjhOlai azhagar is the elephant in the south, thiruvEngadamudaiyAn is the elephant in the north, SrIranganAthan is the elephant in the west and thirukkaNNapuram sourirAja perumAL as the elephant in the east. Then, periyavAchAn piLLai goes on to explain that emperumAnAr<\/a>, due to his great admiration for\u00a0ALavandhAr<\/a>, mentions that mannanAr from kAttu mannAr kOyil (which is the avathAra sthalam of\u00a0ALavandhAr<\/a>) is the elephant in the east.<\/p>\n

This is a thennAchArya sampradhAyam temple that follows pAncharAthra agama. As mentioned in the thaniyan \u201clakshminAtha samArambhAm nAtha yAmuna madhyamAm<\/em>\u201d the sannidhis of perumAL and thAyAr are located in between SrIman nAthamunigaL<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ALavandhAr<\/a>\u00a0sannidhis followed by\u00a0emperumAnAr<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/a>\u00a0sannidhis.<\/p>\n

Thus, this dhivya sthalam of kAttu mannAr kOyil has great significance for our sath sampradhAyam.<\/p>\n

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Deities\/uthsavams<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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There are several sannidhis and uthsavams that happen for the emperumAns, AzhwArs and AchAryas in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n