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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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One of the most important qualities of\u00a0bhagavAn<\/a> is puNdarikAkshathvam (having lotus eyes). This feature is one of the parama purusha lakshaNams (that which identify the supreme lord) similar to that sriya:pathithvam (being the husband of SrI mahAlakshmi), garuda vAhanathvam (riding the garuda), etc. In this dhivya dhEsam, emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0appears as\u00a0puNdarikAkshan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>pankayaRchelvi thAyAr \u2013 puNdarikAksha perumAL<\/a><\/p>\n

This dhivya dhEsam is also known as svEthagiri (white mountain). Legend says that, this dhivya dhEsam was built by sibhi chakravarthy (an emperor of raghu vamsam \u2013 the clan in which SrI rAma appears subsequently). sibi ventured out from ayOdhyA to kill rAvaNa. On the way, he stops at svEtha giri. Here by the divine will of bhagavAn, he is ordered not to pursue the mission to kill rAvaNa. bhagavAn orders sibi to build a temple here and thus thiruveLLaRai temple is built. This temple pre-dates SrIrangam temple, as sibi is an ancestor of SrI rAma and SrIrangam temple was built during the times of SrI rAma by vibhIshaNAzhwAn.<\/p>\n

There is great importance for\u00a0pankayaRchelvi thAyAr<\/a>\u00a0(srI mahAlakshmi) in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n

periyAzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0have performed mangaLAsAsanam for this\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>.\u00a0periyAzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0assumes a motherly bhAvam and performs mangaLAsAsanam for\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0treating him as kaNNan in 10 pAsurams.\u00a0\u00a0thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0enjoys different avathArams of\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0in this dhivya dhEsa padhigam (decad) in his periya thirumozhi.<\/p>\n

This dhivya dhEsam is also where great AchAryas like\u00a0uyyakkoNdAr<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0engaLAzhwAn<\/a>\u00a0took birth.<\/p>\n

Descendants of\u00a0engaLAzhwAn<\/a>\u00a0(also known as ammAL AchArya \u2013 AchArya of\u00a0nadAthUr ammAL<\/a>) is the sthala AchArya purusha and their thirumALigai (residence) is present in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n

Deities\/uthsavams<\/span><\/p>\n

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First, inside the temple:<\/p>\n

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