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These five steps signify the Pancha Boothas or the five natural elements namely, Fire, Water, Space, Earth and Air. There are five steps leading the Sanctum Sanctorum of Perumal.

Just before the Bali Peetam there are four steps signifying the four Vedas.

There are 18 steps at the entrance of the temple signifying the 18 chapters of the Bhagwat Gita.

There are some more interesting facts that I was not aware of during my visit. Pundarikaasha Perumal Temple at Thiruvellarai. If one is bathing in any one of the segments of the Swastik then they cannot be seen from elsewhere. The shape of the Swatik Kulam facilitates some sort of privacy. This is also known as Mamiyar Mattupen theertham (Mamiyar is mother-in-law and mattupen is daughter-in-law). There is a Swastik shaped tank behind this temple. All wishes are fulfilled if it submitted to the Lord by applying turmeric at the Balipeetam.

The childless are blessed with progeny by bathing in the temple tanks here and then praying to him here. It is said that one must visit Thiruvellarai at least once in his lifetime and have a darshan of the Lord here. It is no wonder that this place is considered very sacred. It is said that all the temple priests of the Vaishnavite temples of South India have their roots in Thiruvellarai.

Over a period of time many of these families left for places all over south, including Karnataka, and took up the responsibilities of performing daily pujas at various temples. It is said that Sibhi Chakravarthi brought about 3700 Vaishnavite families from his kingdom to build the temple here. Hence this place is also known as Shwetha Varaha Kshetram. He also asked Sibhi Chakravarthy to build a temple here and said that Thayar should be given prominence here as it was Her wish. Lord Vishnu told him that Ravana would be killed by Him in his later Avatar as Lord Rama. He also asked Sibhi Chakravarthy not to go in pursuit of Ravana as he was destined to die only at the hands of the Lord Himself. Lord Vishnu immediately appeared to both of them and blessed them. Accordingly, the king performed the abhishegam. Markandeya asked Sibhi to perform abhishegam to the ant hill as the white boar was none other than Lord Vishnu Himself. Markandeya was in a penance nearby and sibhi Chakravarthy told him about his chase of the white boar. An angry Sibhi Chakravarthy chased the white boar which disappeared into a ant hill. As his army neared Thiruvellarai, a white boar was continually obstructing them. Here he had the darshan of Lord Vishnu and also attained moksham.Īccording to a legend, Sibhi Chakravarthy – Lord Rama’s forefather was passing through this place on his way to wage a war over the Asura King Ravana. Markandeya who was save by Lord Shiva from Yama, the Lord of death, at Thirukkadaiyur was guided to Thiruvellarai when he prayed to Lord Shiva for Moksham. The Sanskrit name for this place is Shwethagiri, shwetha means white and giri means hill/hillock.Īccording to the legends Garudan, Markandeya and Lakshmi worshipped the Lord here. Since this temple was built on a small white hillock, this place is known as Thiruvellarai. Thiru is holy, Vellai is white and arai is rock in tamil. Here is the etymology of the name Thiruvellarai.

Pundarikaashan Temple at Thiruvellarai, About the temple in Tamil

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