| Temples & Legends Of Tamilnadu |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
VEDARANYAM |
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| All the devotees
passing by saw this and prostrated at the feet of Sambandar and Appar. On the particular
date of the arrival of the two great sages an annual festival is performed to commemorate
the incident. Once the sister of the king of Madurai, Tilakavati, approached Tirujnana Sambandar in this temple to accompany her to Madurai to cure the chronic pain of her brother by his spiritual powers. The king of Madurai was a convert to Jainism and his sister was a devout Saivite. She thought that the spiritual powers of Sambandar would not only cure the disease but would also change the mind of her brother from Jainism to Hinduism. When
Sambandar received this request, he wanted to start immediately, but his |
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