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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n

History<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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thiruppullANi kalyANa jagannAtha perumAL sannidhi is located near the famous rAmar sEthu \u2013 the bridge that was built by SrI rAma along with the vAnara sEnai (monkey army).<\/p>\n

The dhivya dhEsam is named based on the thamizh word pullaNai \u2013 pul means grass (dharbhai) and aNai means (bed). thiru is added for glorification. Thus thiruppullaNai (divine grass bed) has become thiruppullANi.<\/p>\n

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The presiding deity in this temple is kalyANa jagannAtha perumAL. He appeared to give divine vision to pullAraNya rishi. jagannAtha perumAL was dearly named by dheiva chilai (Godly\/divine form\/deity) by\u00a0thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SrI rAma, as part of his mission to rescue sIthA pirAtti from rAvaNa, arrived at the beach near the samudhram (ocean) separating bhAratha dhEsam from lankA. On the advise of vibhIshaNAzhwAn, he places a dharbhai (grass), lies down on it, performs saraNAgathi (surrender) to samudhrarAjan (king of ocean) and requests him to facilitate building a bridge to cross-over to lankA. He stays there for 3 days like that and samudhrarAjan does not come out. SrI rAma becomes very angry and vows to drain the ocean. samudhrarAjan realizes his mistake and appears at once in front of SrI rAma. He begs for forgiveness and offers to facilitate the construction of the bridge over his ocean. In memory of this incident, SrI rAma is present in this dhivya dhEsam as dharba sayana rAmar (one who is reclining on dharbha). It is said that Adhi sEshan himself took the form dharbha to be emperumAn\u2019s bed. We can recollect poigai AzhwAr\u2019s \u201cchenRAl kudaiyAm<\/em>\u201d pAsuram in this connection, where AzhwAr says, wherever emperumAn goes, Adhi sEshan will follow him and serve him in many ways.<\/p>\n

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SrI rAmAyaNam is proclaimed as saraNAgathi sAsthram by our pUrvAchAryas. There are several saraNAgathis in SrI rAmAyaNam such as lakshmaNa saraNAgathi, bharatha saraNAgathi, vibhIshaNa saraNAgathi, etc. We can understand the deep principle of saraNAgathi from this incident of SrI rAma surrendering to samudhrarAjan. It is explained that there are 3 aspects in saraNAgathi that need to be properly present for the successful accomplishment of such saraNAgathi:<\/p>\n