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Location:
Irattaittiruppati
near Sree Vaikuntham
(Pandya Naadu)
Vishnu: Srinivasan, Aravindalochanan
Taayaar: Karuntadankanni
Theertham:Varuna Theertham
Paasuram :Nammalwar
Vimaanam:Kumuda Vimanam
Travel Base:Tirunelveli
Description Tiruttolaivillimangalam
constitutes the third and fourth of the nine Nava Tiruppatis in Tirunelveli
district in the belt between Tirunelveli and the coastal
shrine of Tiruchendur.
Only Nammalwar, who
resided at Alwar Tirunagari, has sung of these nine shrines
Tiruvaikuntham, Varagunamangai, Pulinkudi,
Tolaivillimangalam, Tirukkulandai, Tirukkolur,
Tirupperai and Tirukkurugoor collectively
referred to as Alwar Navatiruppati. Tolaivillimangalam
referred to as Irattai Tirupati, counts as two in the scheme of Nava Tirupatis,
but as one of the 108 Divya Desams.
Nammalwar has sung
of these Tiruttolaivillimangalam in a total of 11 verses where he refers
to Vishnu as Nedumaal, Devapiraan, Tamaraitadankannan and Aravindalochanan.
Deities:
The first of the two temples, here enshrines Srinivasan (Devapiran) in
a standing posture facing east. The second enshrines Aravindalochanan
in a seated posture facing east and his consort is Karuntadankanni Naachiyaar.
These temples underwent renovation in 1998.
Legend
has it that a man and a woman who had been cursed by Kuberan to assume
the forms of a measuring scale (Tulai) and a bow (Villi), were relieved
of their curse by a sage Atreya Suprabha here, hence the name Tulaivillimangalam.
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