Vaidya Veera Raghava Perumal Temple Visit - Feb 13 2008

On this day, I had the blessings of visiting this temple with my parents. This place is in Chennai suburb in a place called Thiruvallur which is about 1 1/2 hr drive fron Chennai. This Temple is one of the 10 Divya Desams (Vaishnava Sthalams). This Perumal has the power of removing all illness in the family. One of the great devotees of Perumal called Salihothra Munivar attained a boon due to his Tapas and God asked him what he wants. He asked nothing for him but requested him to bless all those come to him by removing their illness. Perumal blessed him so. You can see the deity of Perumal in a position like Lord Renga natha but his right hand on the head of Salihothra Munivar and his left hand in a position of teaching all Vedas to Brahma who is sitting on a lotus raising from Perumal's Belly Button. When perumal offered the boon to Salihothra Munivar, he was feeling cold and he asked him for a cover. At that time Salihothra Munivar had only a long towel checked towel. Even today, that is the Alakaram for the Perumal - A simple long towel.

Also in this temple, one can offer salt, pepper or dissolve Jaggary (Vellam in Tamil) in the Pond near by. We did Praying for everyone's well being. It is sad to see the Pond in a very bad shape. No attention is given to maintaining the Pond. Although I was told that on the day of Ammavasya lots of people come to the temple and that money is not an issue. Some efforts can b taken to clean the surroundings of the temple.

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