This Thirukulanthai isthala has now been identified as Perunkulam. When having told this name only, could it be identified to everybody here. This has been the one of the 108 Divya Desams of lord Vishnu not only, but also identified as the third of 'Nava Thirupathi' of lord Vishnu. It has situated near the isthala,Thirupulingudi, second of the 'Nava Thirupati', within the reach of 10 k.m. Nammaalvar, in his pasuram (hymn), the only one song, sung on this isthala, he personified himself as a feminine devotee of lord Vishnu and said that as he searched Him with the love in his heart, he had lost his (her) bangle, as the result of weening too much about Him. He had lost every thing to the lord Maya koothan, and he had nothing with him to spare. In this 'pasuram' (hymn-song), he compares his state with the holy lady 'Kamalavathy', who had been considered as the predecessor of Goddess Andal of Srivilliputhoor, in the manner of being got soul-merged with the lord Vishnu. Who is Kamalavathi - Legend follows ! This place, once had been called as 'Thadagavanam' in Purana days, in which there lived a man, named Veda saaran with his wife Kumutha valli. They had no child at all, for that they had taken bath in the thadagam and worshiped the lord. The god also fulfilled their wish, and his wife gave birth a female child on an auspicious day. They named her as 'Kamalavathi' and brought up her with extraordinary care. Having attained the puberty, her parents were very interesting in fixing her marriage. She also accepted their wish, but what she told wad something very strange, not only, but also ridiculous to the people who lived with her. Who had she been asking for her bridegroom, was none other than the lord Vishnu. She stood firm in her decision very strongly that while their parents worshiped lord Vishnu for her birth to them, why not had she also followed the same method for having made lord Vishnu as her husband? 'Please don't link me by the clutches of marriage ritual with ordinary human, i am only for lord Vishnu and through the way of sincere penance, i shall get hold the hands of lord Vishnu. this is definite', Kamalavathi said to her parents boldly. She didn't tell as word of mouth but got into action at once. She had been on sincere penance in the forest, without having consumed food and water for a very long time. She not only troubled herself but also the lord Vishnu, as His devotee had been starving in penance for His shelter. Lord Vishnu had no other way except to appear before her. Kamalavathy had been asking for the prestigious post of having one of His consorts. Then lord Vishnu looked at the 'Gowsthuba malai' (Garland), which had surrounded His neck. He said to this Gowsthuba malai, 'As like you, a devotee will come to me in the form of a garland. I will accept her, as another decorating garland around my neck'. The Gowsthuba malai also greeted 'Kamalavathi' as being retained as another ornament around the neck of lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu also accepted Kamalavathi as a garland around His neck. Kind information to YouTube :- 1. Here, all the photographs used have been my own photos, taken with my Nikon SLR D3100, when i had been there at Nava Thirupathi isthalas on 28-09-13. 2. All these photos have been converted into movie clip, by having used 'MemoriesOnTV3. 3. The output of Mpg video file has been converted into Fla video file (HD) for the final upload into YouTube. 4. Regarding sound reproduction, here, i have used 'NaturalReader', not only for the conversion of 'Text into Speech', but also for the combined background music. 5. As true to my knowledge, all the contents here used have been cent percent my own contents. Regards. Selvaganapathy S

• published: 23 Nov 2013
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