| Name of this place | Sirupuliyur | |
| Reason for this name | Viyakrapadhar attained moksham in this place | |
| Other names for this place |
Bala-viyakrapuram and Sala-sayanapuram | |
| Deity in sanctum | Aruma-kadalamudhan ( north facing lyingpose) | |
| Festival idol's name | Krupa-samudra-perumal | |
| Consort of Vishnu in sanctum | Thiruma-magal | |
| Devi for festival | Dayanayaki | |
| Tower is called | Nandiya-vardhana-vimanam | |
| Temple tree | Bilvam | |
| Holi tanks | Manasa pushkarini and Thiruvanandha-threertham | |
| Those who saw Vishnu in this temple |
Viyakrapadhar, Viyasar, and Aadhiseshan | |
| Devotional songs on the deity sung by | Thiru-Mangai-Alvar and Pilli-perumal-iyengar |
Legend:
Once an young boy Madyanthanar told his father "you have taught me all vedas, sastras
and about religious duities.
But I wish to have God's darshan. Please tell me the way."
Madyanthanar's father said " dear son if that is your wish go to Chola-desa
Thirusthalam and do pooja daily to whichever god is there and soon you will fulfill your desires".
According to his father's advice Madyanthanar came to Puliyur in Nagapattinam. He saw a Siva temple
and began to worship there. He had a problem. He could not pluck all the flowers from the tall
plant. Because of this he was very sad and prayed to God. He heard a divine voice that he will have
legs like a tiger and the paws will have glittering eyes.
He was very happy that he could climb on trees and pluck the
flowers even in the dark. He was delightfully worshiping god. From then on he would be called
viyakrapadhan ( Viyakram means tiger ). Madyanthanar became Viyakrama-Padhar.
Years passed Viyakrapadhar became old and he did panance rigorously. Finaly Lord Siva appeared before him and asked Viyakrapadhar about his wish. Viyakrapadhar said he wanted Moksham. Lord siva told viyakrapadhar to go to Salasayanam and Vishnu there would give him moksham. Sage Viyakrapadhar went to Salasayanam (Siru-puliyur) to have Vishnu's darshan. He arrived at the temple and went to the sanctum to have the god's Darshan. The diety was huge in size and frightening. So He prayed to god vishnu to reduce in size so that he could touch the Idol. Bagavan Sri Vishnu became a baby. Viyakrapadhar happily touched and hugged the baby-lord.Viyakrapadhar prayed to Lord to attain moksham.Sri Vishnu granted his wish and Viyakrapadhar achieved libration through god realization.
Years passed Viyakrapadhar became old and he did panance rigorously. Finaly Lord Siva appeared before him and asked Viyakrapadhar about his wish. Viyakrapadhar said he wanted Moksham. Lord siva told viyakrapadhar to go to Salasayanam and Vishnu there would give him moksham. Sage Viyakrapadhar went to Salasayanam (Siru-puliyur) to have Vishnu's darshan. He arrived at the temple and went to the sanctum to have the god's Darshan. The diety was huge in size and frightening. So He prayed to god vishnu to reduce in size so that he could touch the Idol. Bagavan Sri Vishnu became a baby. Viyakrapadhar happily touched and hugged the baby-lord.Viyakrapadhar prayed to Lord to attain moksham.Sri Vishnu granted his wish and Viyakrapadhar achieved libration through god realization.
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