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Location: Kanchipuram
(Tondai Naadu)
Vishnu: Karunakara Perumaal
Taayaar: Padmamani
Nachiyaar
Theertham:Akraaya Theertham
Paasuram :Tirumangaialwar
Vimaanam:Vaamana Vimanam
Travel Base:Chennai, Kanchipuram
Description: The Divya Desam
Tiruoorakam enshrining Ulagalanda Perumaal in
Periya Kanchipuram, is also home to three other Divya Desam shrines Tiruneerakam,
Tirukkaarakam and Kaarvaanam.
Deities:
Tirukkaarakam, mentioned in a paasuram of Tirumangaialwar is represented
by the image of Karunakara Perumaal in a standing posture
facing south, in a shrine in a prakaram of the Ulagalanda Perumaal temple.
In a verse referring
to Kachi Oorakam and Tiruvegkaa (both
in Kanchipuram) Tirumangaialwar refers to Neerakam,
Nilattingal Tundam, Kaarakam, Kaarvaanam
and Kalva(nur). Nilattingal Tundam is
a shrine in the Kanchi Ekambreswarar temple, Neerakam,
Kaarakam and Kaarvaanam are shrines in the Ulagalanda Perumaal
temple (Oorakam). Kalvanoor is the name of the shrine to Vishnu
(Aadi Varaha Perumaal) in the Kanchi Kamakshi Amman temple.
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.
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