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Location:
Kanchipuram
(Tondai Naadu)
Vishnu: Aadi Varaha Perumal,
Taayaar: Anjilaivalli Naachiyaar
Theertham:Nitya Pushkarini
Paasuram :Tirumangai Alwar
Vimaanam:Vamana Vimanam
Travel Base:Chennai, Kanchipuram
Description: This Divya Desam is represented
by a shrine to Perumaal, near the sanctum of the revered Kamakshi Amman
temple at Kanchipuram. Shown above, is the golden vimanam crowning the
sanctum of the Kamakshiamman temple at Kanchipuram.
Legend
has it that Parvati meditated upon Shiva, under a mango tree at Kanchipuram
to be united with him in marriage. She sought Vishnu (Vamana) her brother's
help in her endeavour, and with his help, her prayers were answered. Vishnu
is enshrined in a small shrine in the Kamakshi Amman temple. The name
Kalvan is attributed to the legend that Parvati sighting Vishnu overhearing
a conversation between Lakshmi and Parvati, addressed him as Kalvan.
There are also three
shrines to Vishnu near the temple tank, representing the reclining, sitting
and standing postures of Vishnu (Kidandaan, Irundaan and Ninraan). The
name Kalvan also refers to the deity at Kaarvaanam enshrined
in 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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