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

History<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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vAnamAmalai (thOthAdhri) also known as nAngunEri is one of the svayam vyaktha kshEthrams.\u00a0emperumAn<\/a> appears in archAvathAram through many ways \u2013 dhivya mangaLa vigraham (divine auspicious form) consecrated by rishis, kings, dhEvas, etc., and also as svayam vyaktham (appearing on his own). SrIrangam, thiruvEngadam (thirumalai), SrImushNam, thOthAdhri (thOtha parvam), pushkaram, sAlagrAmam, badhrikAsramam and naimisAraNyam are glorified as svayam vyaktha kshEthrams where emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0appears himself on his own will. Of these, thOthAdhri is of great importance, since\u00a0nammAzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0performed mangaLAsAsanam to the\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0here and also performed his first saraNAgathi (surrender) for this dhivya dhEsam\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>thOthAdhri nAthan<\/a> with SrI dhEvi, bhU dhEvi<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>dheivanAyakan<\/a> with SrIvaramangA nAchchiyAr<\/a>, SrI dhEvi, bhU dhEvi, ANdAL<\/p>\n

One of the unique features here is that, mUlavar\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0is also known by the name of the dhivya dhEsam, i.e., vAnamAmalai and thOthAdhrinAthan. He is surrounded by rishis, thiloththamai and Urvasi (damsels of dhEva lOkam) who descended to serve\u00a0emperumAn<\/a> in this dhivya dhEsam. Also, this dhivya dhEsam is named after the thAyAr SrIvaramangA nAchchiyAr as SrIvaramangala nagar. It is quite unique to see a dhivya dhEsam which is named after both perumAL and thAyAr.<\/p>\n

It is said that bhrugu rishi performed great penance in this dhivya dhEsam and prayed that SrI mahAlakshmi appears as his daughter and SrIman nArAyaNan marries him there. Being pleased with his penance, perumAL and thAyAr blesses him and descends to this dhivya dhEsam. thAyAr appearing as the daughter of bhrugu rishi, marries perumAL and they both remain in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n

ponnadikkAl jIyar<\/a>\u00a0(first pontiff of vAnamAmalai mutt) who was the earliest disciple of\u00a0maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/a>\u00a0arrives at this dhivya dhEsam on the orders of dheivanAyakan\u00a0emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0after acquiring permission of his AchAryan\u00a0maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/a>. This dhivya dhEsam is his avathAra (janma) sthalam too. He administers the temple, establishes a mutt named SrI vAnamAmalai mutt adjacent to\u00a0 the temple and performs many renovations at the temple here and in many other dhivya dhEsams. Though there was a mUlavar deity for SrIvaramangA nAchchiyAr (SrI mahAlakshmi), there was no uthsavar vigraham (deity) for thAyAr. It was during the life-time of <\/span>ponnadikkAl jIyar<\/a>, when thAyAr (SrI mahAlakshmi) herself appeared in the dream of <\/span>ponnadikkAl jIyar<\/a> when he was in thiruppathi as part of a yAthrA and instructed him to accept her as his own daughter, carry her from thiruppathi to vAnamAmalai and perform her divine wedding ceremony with dheivanAyagan (uthsavar) <\/span>emperumAn<\/a>\u00a0of vAnamAmalai dhivya dhEsam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ponnadikkAl jIyar<\/a>\u00a0with great joy, accepted her as his daughter and performed her wedding with\u00a0emperumAn<\/a> according to her divine wish. Henceforth, all jIyars coming in his lineage in this SrI vAnamAmalai mutt are given the honorary position of being the father to thAyAr herself.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>nammAzhwAr<\/a> in SrI satagOpam and ponnadikkAl jIyar<\/a>\u00a0in ponnadiyAm sengamalam (mAmunigaL<\/a>\u2018s pAdhukA)<\/p>\n

Specialities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n