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Location: Kanchipuram
(Tondai Naadu)
Vishnu: Pandava Dhootapperumaal
Taayaar: Rukmini,
Satyabhama
Theertham:Matsya Theertham
Paasuram :Tirumangai, Tirumazhisai, Bhootattalwar,
Peyalwar
Vimaanam:Bhadra Vimanam
Travel Base:Chennai, Kanchipuram
Description: This Divya Desam
is located in Chinna Kanchipuram. The Divya Desams revered by the Alwars
in Vishnu Kanchi are Attigiri (the vast Varadaraja Perumal
temple), Ashtabuyakaram, Tiruttankaa, Tiruvelukkai and
Tiruvegkaa, while those in Shiva Kanchi are Tiru
Oorakam (Ulagalanda Perumaal Koyil), Tiru Neeragam, Tiruppaatakam,
Nilaattingal Tundam, Tirukkaaragam, Tirukkaarvaanam, Tirukkalvanur, Tiruppavalavannam
and Parameswara Vinnagaram. The vast
Ekambreswarar temple (Prithvi Stalam) revered by the Tevaram
hymns, is located in Periya (Shiva) Kanchi, as are the Kamakshiamman and
the Kanda Kottam temples.
Deities:
The Moolavar here is Pandava Dhootar (the messenger of the Pandavas) in
a seated posture facing east. Rukmini and Satyabhama are also enshrined
here.
Legend
has it that the descendant of the Pandavas Janamejayan, heard of the the
legend of the great epic Mahabharatam from Vaisampayana, and was fascinated
by the epic instance of Krishna proceeding to Hastinapuram as a messanger
of the Pandavas. He is believed to have performed the Aswamedha sacrifice,
and meditated upon Krishna and at the conclusion of the sacrifice, Krishna
is said to have appeared before him as Pandava Dhootar at Kanchipuram.
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