Mr Rajaram,
I know very well as a thenkalai iyengar, you will not appreciate a posting on
Vadakalai iyengar temple. Nothing more. Try to appreciate a posting on temple.
Please do not ill write about a temples. I have verified fully about temple
and beliefs cannot be verified. Still please don't write ill about a temple
beliefs. I have taken puliyodarai prasadam, without salt in the preparation. If
you do not know, please keep quiet about the subject.
Perhaps you may not be appreciating beliefs about a temple. But so far I have
not seen a member writing ill of a temple in the iyer forum.
Gopalakrishnan
On Sunday, 1 September, 2024 at 08:49:40 pm IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy
<[email protected]> wrote:
OPPILIAPPAN
Ayonijā (अयोनिजा) refers to “divine origin”. — Many Divya Desams
havereferences in their traditional histories (sthala-purāṇas) to the Lord
seeking the hand of Mahā Lakṣmī,who is raised by a maharishi after discovering
her as an infant of divineorigin (ayonijā). For instance, in Oppiliappan Koil,
Markandeya Maharishiaccedes to the request of Śriman Nārāyaṇa who seeks the
hand of his daughterBhūmī Devī. She was found as a child in the Tulasi forest
by theMahārṣi. Ayonija (अयोनिज).—a. not born from the womb,not produced in the
ordinary course of generation; शरीरं द्विविधंयोनिजमयोनिजं चेति (śarīraṃ
dvividhaṃ yonijamayonijaṃ ceti) TAITTIRIYA.SAMHITAI; तनयाम् अयोनिजाम् (tanayām
ayonijām) RIG .11.47,48;कन्यारत्नमयोनि- जन्म भवतामास्ते (kanyāratnamayoni-
janmabhavatāmāste) MARKANDEYA v.1.3. The termOPPILI is oppu+il= oppu illadha=
no comparison to any; Narayana had married themahalakshmi who was not born in
any womb as from sea direct or as seetha fromearth etc. Such a perumal having
the Mahalakshmi is so highlighted as oppuilladha appan. But people twisted it
as saltless=uppu illadha.
Another sinremoval is celebrated as pariharam as written here is again a
misnomer. InOppili Appan temple where one can have close Perumal dharisanam
will see brightreflections from his right hand a huge diamond stead vak; MOM
EKAM SARANAMVRAJA. That is the words of B G. The Lord says I will save all who
surrenderwithout any iota of doubt, HE will take him to mosha. This faculty is
one ofthe base roots of Sri Ramanujar, SARANAGATI TATVAM OF VAISHNAVISM.
Hencethis kshetram is believed to be the place for moksham.
NB Mr Gopalakrishnanmay be forgiven for his audacity to write illiterately.
The above data isimportant frfpm Oppiliappan temple which Gopala does noy know
about. Yet he willbounce that I write no sense, thrash only, irrelevant to the
subject. Having reada lot of quora, his mind is now blowned. KRajaram IRS
1924
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From: Gopala Krishnan <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 at 22:41
Subject: [iyer123] OPPILIAPPAN TEMPLE –KUMBAKONAM
To: <[email protected]>
OPPILIAPPAN TEMPLE–KUMBAKONAM
Thanjavur District-Tamilnadu-Compiled
Dear friends,
I had been to the temple three timeson temple visits. Prasada from the temple
will not be having salt addedwhere to be added.Peculiarity of the temple.
The temple is close toTiruNageswaram- Snake temple. Those who like to visit
Tirunageswaram temple canhave their visit just walking about 100 metres from
Oppiliappan temple.
Hope a divine reading.
Gopalakrishnan 01-09-2024
1.Introduction
Oppiliappan Temple, is a Hindu templededicated to Vishnu, located near
Thirunageswaram, a village in the outskirtsof the Kumbakonam in the South
Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in theDravidian style of architecture,
the temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham,the early medieval
Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuriesCE.
It is counted as the 60th of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu.Vishnu
is worshiped as Oppiliappan and his consort Lakshmi as Bhudevi.
The temple is one of the PanchaKshethram, where Lakshmi was born as Bhargavi-
the daughter of the sage Bhrigu.
The temple is believed to be ofsignificant antiquity and to have been initiated
by the Medieval Cholas of the late 8th century CE, withlater contributions at
different times from Thanjavur Nayaks. The temple hastwo inscriptions dating
from the Chola period, a five-tiered rajagopuram(gateway tower), and a granite
wall. The complex contains all the shrines andwater bodies associated with it.
Oppiliappan is believed to haveappeared for sage Markandeya and the Hindu
deities Bhudevi, Brahma, and Shiva.The temple observes six daily rituals and
three yearly festivals.
The chariot festival, celebratedduring the Tamil month of "Panguni"
(March–April), is the mostprominent.
The temple is maintained andadministered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable
Endowments Department of theGovernment of Tamil Nadu.
1Legend
The legend of the temple is mentionedin the Hindu scripture BrahmandaPurana.
Tulasi,once did penance to attain closeness to the god Vishnu. Vishnu responded
thathis consort Lakshmi would appear under Tulasi's lap in Tiruvinnagaram.
Tulasiappeared as a plant in the place where the temple is located. This is
mentionedin the 53rd verse of Nammazhwaarin Thiruviruththam.
The sage Markandeya worshipped Vishnu and desired tohave Lakshmi as his
daughter and Vishnu as his son-in-law. Once Markandeya wason a holy trip and
after reaching Thiruvinnagaram, he felt it was the rightplace to get his desire
fulfilled. Markandeya started a severe penance for thousand years, seeking
Lakshmi's blessings.
Lakshmi appeared as a baby under the tulasi plant. Markandeyarecognized the
baby as Lakshmi and raised her. When the young girl reachedadolescence, on the
panguni month of Shravana, Vishnu appeared as an old man and proposed marriage
toher.
Markandeya replied, "You arevery ripe and old, my daughter is too young and she
does not even know how to cook with proper salt contents", to which the old
manreplied, "If your daughter must cook without salt, then I will still takeit
as my best food, but I will not leave from here without marrying
her".Markandeya sought Vishnu's help and then realised using his penance that
the old man was Vishnu himself.When he opened his eyes, Vishnu appeared in his
true celestial form. Markandeya married his daughterto Vishnu. As per the
legend, the temple'sNeyvethiyam (food offering) is always prepared without
salt. The name Oppiliappan is a result of this legend.
Thereis also a story behind the tank in this temple. Once a King had
consummatedwith a daughter of a saint and hence the saint cursed him to become
a bird. The king lived as abird and one night when there was a storm, the
branch of the tree the bird wassleeping on broke and fell into the water of
this tank.
The bird regained its original form as the King and since thenthis is known as
the only theerththam that one can do theerth thaadanam even in the night.
Sincethis tank has such healing power in the day as well as night, it is called
"Ahoraathra Pushkarani".
The place is called by various names,including "OppiliappanSannithi" and
"Uppiliappan Sannithi". The presiding deityis also called by various names.
. And as per this legend, theprasad offered in the temple- Neyvethiyam, is
prepared without any salt in itto this day.
3History
It is not clear from the inscriptionsand records when the temple was initiated,
but there are inscriptions from the MedievalCholas period indicating generous
gifts to the temple. There are twoinscriptions recorded from the Naganathar
Temple in Tirunageswaram. Theepigraph numbered 211 of 1911 on the northern wall
of the central shrineindicates gift of gold jewel worked in gems and pearls to
the temple from theChola king Parakesarivarman, alias Rajendra Chola I (1012–44
CE).
The second inscription numbered 218 of 1911 onthe shrine's southern wall
indicates a gift of land to the temple in the 14thyear of the Chola king
Rajaraja Rajakkesarivarman I.
The tradition in many ancient templesin Tamil Nadu including this one is that
the original image of the presiding deity is made of woodand replaced later
with stone.
] There were a lot of additions madeto the temple by Govinda Dikshitar, the
minister of successive Nayak rulers,Achuthappa Nayak (1560–1614) and Raghunatha
Nayak (1600–34) The temple ismaintained and administered by the Hindu Religious
and Endowment Board of theGovernment of Tamil Nadu.
4Architecture
The temple has a five-tieredrajagopuram (the gateway tower) and enshrined
within a granite wall. Thecomplex contains all the shrines and water bodies
associated with it. TheSahasradhari plate and pot(kudam) are made of gold for
performing Thirumanjanam (ablution) to thepresiding deity.
The temple also maintains goldensword, diamond crown and gold arm guard for the
image of Hanuman. The shrineover the sanctum is plated with gold.
5Sanctum and Deities
The main shrine of the temple houses the imageof Oppiliappan in
standingposture and it also houses the images of Bhoomidevi and sage
Markendeya.The vimana is called Suddhananda, meaning "pure happiness".
6Sub deities
The Desika shrine is located near the sancturnsanctorum. On the sides of the
first precinct, the shrine of Anjaneya is located on thesouthern, and Alvars'
andRama's on the northern and Ramanuja's on the eastern sides. . The idol
ofHanuman is decorated with a diamond crown, golden sword and armour.
The shrine for Maniappan is located inthe second precinct in the southern side,
while the shrines of Ennappan and the holybirth spot of Bhoomideviare located
in the northern side.
Garuda's shrine is located rightopposite the sanctum and right behind the
temple mast.
The shrine of dancing Krishna is located on the southernside of the main
entrance.
A marble hall is located on thewestern side in the inner precinct acts as the
resting hall for the festivaldeities during festivals. Dolotsavam festival is
celebrated in Another marblehall in the northern side of the temple.
Adjoining the hall, there is a shrinewhere the images of Rama,Lakshmana, Sita
and Hanuman are housed. The sacred bed chamber called Tiruppalliarai,
coveredfull of mirrors is located next to it.
A Yaga sala for performing religious rituals is present in thetemple. The
temple has a hall for housing festival vehicles, a library, and ahall with
eight carved pillars on the banks of the temple tank, where theannual
float-festival is celebrated. The Kodimandapa, located to the south ofthe
Garuda shrine, is used for several day-to-day religious practices. Theannual
Kalyana Utsavam festival is performed in the hall amidst music and
danceprogrammes.
7Counterpart of Tirupathi
The temple is considered the southerncounterpart of Thirupathi temple and hence
devotees perform their marriages andvows as they do in Thirupathi.
Outside the main complex, the templemaintains two marriagehalls, a rest house
containing five rooms, two other halls, a housing eachfor the small chariot and
the big chariot. There is a garden around the thirdprecinct of the temple and a
much bigger garden about 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to the south of the temple,where
Tulasi and flowers are grown. A hall in the garden is used for restingdeities
during the Vasantotsavam festival celebrated for six days in May–Juneevery year.
8.Poojas
The temple follows Vaigasana Agamaand follows Vadagalai practices. During the
ViswaroopaSeva, the first worship, Suprapada Prabarthi Mangalam, a verse
exclusivelydedicated to Oppiliappan is relayed.
Thiruppavai is relayed after it,followed by naivethana in all shrines.
Uchikalam is the last worship during theday time and happens at noon. During
the evening, mutharkalam is the firstworship sequence, recitals in Veda and
Nithsuasandamam. Arthajamam is the lastpuja of the day.
Details of the daily routine worshipheld in this temple as part of early
morning:
The deity of this temple is woken upat 5.45 am to the resounding sounds of the
unique suprabatham and prapattimangala slogam specifically penned for the
Perumaal in this kshetram by therenowned Sri Vaishnava Acharya Vangipuram
Navaneetham Sriramadesikacharyar therecipient of the presidents medal for
sanskrit. This is broadcast overloudspeakers and enables the devotees to also
rejoice in it. Following this at6.00 am accompanied by the holy cow (
considered to be an aspect of LakshmiThayaar ) belonging to the temple, the
Vishwarupa darshan is conducted. At 7.30am the worship of the Perumal is
conducted by reciting Thiruppavai. At 8.00 amthe Tiruvaaraadanam rituals are
conducted.
9Festivals and religious practices
The chariot festival is the mostprominent festival of the temple, celebrated
for nine days during the Tamilmonth of Panguni (March–April) and devotees from
various places pull thechariot round the streets of temple.
Verses from the 'Naalayira DivyaPrabandham' are recited by a group of temple
priests amidst music withNagaswaram (pipe instrument) and Tavil (percussion
instrument). Theprocessional idols of Oppiliappanand Bhudevi are brought to the
temple car early in the morning amidstVedic chantings. Subsequently, the
festive idols are taken to the 'ther thattimandapam' (chariot launching hall).
The 'ratharohanam', the rituals associatedwith taking the idols to the temple
car is performed in an auspicious timebefore starting the procession.
The temple celebrates six other festivals: Vasanta Utsavam (springfestival) for
6 days in the temple garden during Vaikasi (May–June),Pavitrotsavam (purifying
festival) for 5 days during Avani (Aug – Sep),Brahmotsavam for nine days of
Purattasi (Sept – Oct), Kalyana Utsavam (holymarriage of god and goddess) for
12 days commencing from Sravanam during Aippasi(Oct–Nov), Adhyayana Utsavam
(ten-day-and-ten-night festival) during Margali(Dec–Jan) and float festival for
5 days during Thai(Jan – Feb).
Ramanavami, the festival associated with Rama, an avatar ofVishnu. The event
is celebrated for ten days with music and dance performanceand on the
concluding day, kanakabhishekam (ablution with gold for the festivalimage) and
Rama Pattabhishekam.
Sravan Deepam is a festival celebrated every month in the templeon the day of
Tamil star of Thiruvonam and devotees observe fast called SravanaVratham that
day by consuming only unsalted food.
Tonsure ceremony for getting children shaved for the first timeto promote
proper growth and ear piercing is a very common practise followed inthe temple.
It is believed that the place is as sacred as Vaikunta and as inVaikunta, the
river Vraja there flows as river Nattaru and henceconsidered sacred. The temple
is counted as one of the temples built on thebanks of River Kaveri.]
10Literary mention
Oppiliappan is considered theelder brother of the presiding deity of Tirupathi
Venkateshwara Temple. The temple isrevered in Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the
7th–9th century Vaishnava canon, byPeriyalvar, Thirumangai Alvar and Nammalvar.
The temple is classified as aDivya Desam, the 108 Vishnu temples that are
revered in the Vaishnava canon.The temple is counted as the 14th in the list of
divyadesams in Chola Nadu and83rd in the overall list.
The Alvars address the presidingdeity by various names like Oppiliappan,
Vinnagarappan and Venkatachalapathyand his consort Bhudevi as Bhoomidevi
Nachiar and Dharanadevi.
11The scheme of Annadanam:
In this temple, daily from Mondaythrough Thursday the scheme of annadaanam
instituted by the government ofTamilnadu is conducted at midday 12 noon and 100
individuals benefit from thisscheme. On Friday through Sunday the number of
beneficiaries is 150. Annadaanamis offered along with traditional vada and
payasam.
12 Temple timings:
The temple is open to devotees from6.00 am up to 1.00pm during the 1st part of
the day and from 4.00pm to 9.00pmduring the 2nd part of the day.
13Function conducted in the temple
Details of the popular festivitiesthat devotees conduct in this temple in
significant numbers are 1. Ayush Homam2. Kathu kuttal 3. Marriages 4. Shatiabda
poorti 5. Sataabhishekam and 6.Tonsoring
14Offerings in the temple.
Offering INR Price Timing
Siravana Sudharsana Homam 5000 06:00AM to 10:00 AM
Swarna Puspa Archana 500 08:30AM
Moolavar Thanga Kavasam 8000. 08:30AM
Moolavar Thirumanjanam 8000 10:30AM
Thirukalyanam 2500 04:00 PM
Urchavar Thirumanjanam 2000 09:00AM
Prathanai Karuda Sevai 1500 05:30PM
Thanga Ratha Ulla 2000 06:00PM
Unjal Urchavam 1000 07:00 PM
Kannadi Palliarai 1000 07:30PM
Niranthara Nithyarathana Kattallai 2000
Niranthara Nithya Annadhana VaippuNithi 20000
Niranthara Pasu Paramarippu Kattallai 5000
One day Annadhanam Weekdays: 2000
Fri, Sat & Sun: 3670
Kattalai Archana (1 year) 500
Boomidevi Marriage Anumathi 10000
Marriage Function 1000
Take a Photo 200 Take a Video 500
15Howto reach the temple
Uppiliappan Temple is located inThanjavur near the city of Kumbakonam. It can
be reached easily in hired taxi-cabs, autos or state-run buses. Alternatively,
you can drive down to the spot.
16Pariharams
To get relieved from sins:
Rendering chandhan, Kumkum andflowers to the Lord. DevotingDhoopakal,
Deepakal, vessels needed for pooja and Thirumanjanam (Bathing of theLord),
brass bell and silk clothing.
In the tamil month of Panguni, on theday of Sravanam, performing the parihara
as mentioned below would remove all the evil sinslike murder, robbery etc.
Early in the morning taking bath inthe temple pushkarani. Give alms (dhanam) to
needy people. Choose any 5Brahmins and treat them as the 5 forms of Oppiliappan
(ie) as Ponnappan,Maniappan, Muthappan, Ennappan, Vinnagarappan. Then give them
Sweetkheer(Payasam) and finally worship Oppiliappan in his Sannathi.
For Child boon:
Performing utsavam to LordOppiliappan is strongly believed to bless the couples
yearning for child boon.
17temple Address:
Arulmigu Oppliyappan Temple,Thirunageswaram – 612 204, Thanjavur District.
Temple Contact Details:
Phone: 0435-246 3385,246 3685
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