| Temple features: | ||
| Name of this place | Thiru-pulingudi | |
| Deity in sanctum | Thiru-Kasini-vendhar Bujangasayanam east facing pose | |
| Consort of Vishnu in sanctum | Sri boomipraaty | |
| Deity for festivals | Boomi-palar | |
| Consort for festivals | Pulingudi-valli Nachiyar | |
| Tower is called | Vedha-chara-vimanam | |
| Holi tank | Indhira-theertham Niruthi Theertham | |
| Devotees who have seen the god here | Indiran, Niruthi, Varunan and Yagna sarma | |
| Devotional song sung on the deity by | Nammalzhwar | |
Legend:
The description of this holy place in Bramanda-puran and Thambira-barani puranam is in
great detail.
Once a brahmin named Yagna-Sarma was in a happy mood with his wife.
At that time sage Vasistha's son Sakthi with his desciples came to Yagya-sarma's home. But the
Brahmin in his amorous state did not notice them and offered nothing. Sage sakthi got very
angry and pronounced a curse that
the brahmin would become a cruel demon.
On hearing this Yagna-sarma was worried he begged the sage for his pardon and to remove the curse.
The sage said "when sometime in future Indira performs a yaga you will disturb him. Then vishnu will
appear before you and will beat you with his club and your curse will be removed".
In the mean time Indira was with his wife in a lotus in the Himalayas. A sage and his wife took the form of fawns and were playing near a pond. Indira got angry and killed one of the fawns and incurred Bramah-Hathi-Dosham ( sin of killing a brahmin ) Because of the dosham he was running around like mad. On seeing this all devas advised him to go to Thirupulingudi on the earth and to surrender to Sri Vishnu. Accordingly Indira came to this place Thirupuligudi and had a dip in the holy tank and worshiped Sri Boomi Balar. Indira was freed from Brahma-hatti-dosham and to express his gratitude to Sri Vishnu he performed a yaga in this place. Yagna-sarma who was a demon came to disturb this yaga. But Sri Vishnu appeared before him and beat him with his club. As foretold by the Sage Sakthi the brahmin became free from his curse and attained moksham in this place. Indira had a dip in this 'threertham' (tank). So it is called Indira Theertham.
Om Sreem Narayanaya Namo Namaha
Location:
This temple is located near Nattham in Tamilnadu. Buses and taxis are available from Nattham. Home | ||
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