Temples & Legends Of Tamilnadu/Tiruvallur-(page6)

Temples & Legends Of Tamilnadu

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TIRUVALLUR

When they approached the sanctum sanctorum, to the utter amazement of all present, the newly married couple merged into the deity and stood transformed as Lord Veeraraghava, and his divine consort Kanakavalli, who blissfully blessed the parents and the assembly to attain salvation after their preordained, stay in the world.

The sacred tank here is known as Hrittapanasini. The following Sanskrit sloka describes the sanctity of the tank:

Darsanat sparsanat snanat, Sadyo hrittapanasanah.

Ato sarveshu lokeshu,

Namna Hrittapanasanah.

'The tank is so holy that evens a sight or a touch or a bath would immediately dispel all anguish of heart. The local tradition
attaches greater importance to this tank than to the Ganga, the Godavari, etc Unfortunately, the tank is now dry. As usual, at the centre of the tank there is a mandapam, where seasonal Festivals are performed. Tiruvallur was also known as Bhikshwaranyam (the forest where, sages lived on alms) in ages gone by. During January 1960, Kumbhabhishekam was performed in this temple after all the gopurams were renovated and repainted. It is a marvelous sight to see the glorious specimens of Dravidian art in sculptures depicting the mythological legends of Hindu scriptures in the pin Nacles of the gopurams.

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