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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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Popularly known as yathOkthakAri sannidhi, this dhivya dhEsam is located in kAnchIpuram.<\/p>\n

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In this dhivya dhEsam,\u00a0emperumAn<\/a> is in a lying down posture. He descended here to facilitate brahmA complete his yagyam. When brahmA was conducting a yagyam without his wife saraswathy, saraswathy becomes very upset, assumes the form of a river named vEgavathy, flows with great force towards the yagya vAtikA (the place of the yagyam) with the intention to completely wipe it off. brahmA prays to\u00a0SrIman nArAyaNan<\/a>\u00a0to protect the yagyam and\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0descends here in his lying down posture and stays as a protective boundary for the yagyam. vEgavathy river fails to breach\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0and thus\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0becomes to be known as vEgasEthu (dam\/bridge that stopped vEgavathy river).<\/p>\n

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This dhivya dhEsam is the birth place of\u00a0poigai AzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0(the first of\u00a0AzhwArs<\/a>). The pond from which\u00a0poigai AzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0appeared is still preserved in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n

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emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0is named yathOkthakAri as he fully obeyed the orders of\u00a0thirumazhisai AzhwAr<\/a>. During the life time of\u00a0thirumazhisai AzhwAr<\/a>, he stayed in this dhivya dhEsam for some time. He had a dear sishya (disciple) named kaNi kaNNan. When the king had a rift with kaNi kaNNan, he asked kaNi kaNNan to leave his kingdom. kaNi kaNNan comes to\u00a0AzhwAr<\/a>, reports the incident and prepares to leave.\u00a0AzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0says, he would also follow kaNi kaNNan and goes to\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>. He asks\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0to leave along with them after wrapping up his sEsha paryangam (serpent bed).\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0obliges and wraps up his bed and leaves along with kaNi kaNNan and\u00a0AzhwAr<\/a>. The whole town becomes covered with darkness as soon as they all leave. The king realizing his mistake follows them and finally spots them near a place named \u201cOr irukkai<\/em>\u201c. He begs for forgiveness from kaNi kaNNan and on his request kaNi kaNNan agrees to return to thiruvekkA. Seeing that\u00a0AzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0says to\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0that he can now return to thiruvekkA temple, spread his serpent bed and lie down there.\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0again obliges and follows\u00a0AzhwAr<\/a>\u2018s orders. Thus he becomes\u00a0yathA uktha kAri or sonna vaNNam seytha perumAL<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 both meaning the\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0who acted according to the orders of\u00a0AzhwAr<\/a>. He is also known as periya perumAL in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n

vEdhAnthAchAryar<\/a>\u00a0compiled vEgAsEthu sthOthram\u00a0in glorification of\u00a0yathOkthakAri emperumAn.
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Subsequently,\u00a0maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/a>\u00a0arrives here to perform mangaLAsAsanam to the\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0 here. Per the orders of his AchAryan\u00a0thiruvAimozhi piLLai<\/a>, he studies SrI bhAshyam under the guidance of kidAmbi nAyanAr in this dhivya dhEsam. During the course of his study, nAyanAr becomes amazed at mAmunigaL<\/a>\u2018s ability to grasp the principles and wonders about the true identity of\u00a0mAmunigaL<\/a>.\u00a0mAmunigaL<\/a>\u00a0reveals his true Adhi sEsha form to kidAmbi nAyanAr at this time and kidAmbi nAyanAr becomes amazed to learn about the true identity of\u00a0mAmunigaL<\/a>.<\/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