Thiru Evvul Divyadesam - Thiruvallur Sree Vaidhya Veera Ragava Perumal Temple - Temple for Curing Chronic Diseases
Almighty here is also worshipped as , Vaidhya Veera Ragavan and Evvul Kidanthan. Thiruvallur is a Punyavarttha
Kshetram and Veeksharanya Kshetram. Thayar blessing as Sree
Kanagavalli Thayar as well Vasumadhi. Temple Vimnam is Vijayakoti Vimanam.
Once there was a King named Thileeba Maharaja ruled the nearby place
called Dharmasenapuram. He was childless. Along with his wife Gauthami, he
underwent a penance towards Goddess Mahalakshmi to get blessed with a child.
Lakshmi Devi Herself born as a child to the king who was named as Vasumadhi. As she
grew older, one day she met a person named Veera Narayanan and fell in love with
him. By hearing this the King enquired about him and got an assurance from him that
once he get married he will take care of Vasumadhi throughout his life time. The king
was impressed and accepted for the marriage. But surprisingly once the marriage
formalities got completed, both the bride and the groom went up to Sri Veeraraghava
Sannidhi in the temple, Climbed on to Couch of Adhisesha and merged with the
Almighty. King then only realized with a pleasant surprise that his son‐in‐law was none
other than the Sreeman Narayanan and his daughter was Goddess Mahalakshmi.
Temple Tank is Hrutthapavinasani Theertham, holier than Ganges.
Once the
king named Prathyumnan underwent a penance for hundreds of years standing on the
toe of his left leg to get blessed for the child. Pleased Almighty gave prathyaksham to
him on the day of Thai Amavasai ( New Moon Day in the Tamil Month of Thai ) and
blessed him with a child. The King also requested the Almighty that this temple tank
should be the holiest of all. Almighty granted his request
and thus this temple pushkarini became holier than Ganges. Vaidhya Veera
Ragava Perumal and Vadalur Ramalinga Swamy ‐ Once when the staunch saivite. Vadalur Ramaliga Swamy had a severe stomach pain, Veera Ragava Perumal came in his
dreams. It is believed that the next day Vadalur Ramalingar sang 5 Verses in praises of
Almighty and his disease is said to have been cured completely. Hence here perumal is also
worshipped as Vaidhya Veera Ragava Swamy. Vaidhyar means Doctor in Tamil. It is very auspicious that taking a holy bath here in the temple theertham on New Moon days especially in the tamil month of Thai.
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