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'aarenak kinRu nikarchollin maayanan Raivartheyvath thEriniR cheppiya 
geethaiyin chemmaip poruLtheriyap paariniR chonna iraamaa Nnuchanaip 
paNiyumnNallOr cheeriniR chenRu paNinthathu,en Nnaaviyum chinthaiyumE'

Krishna was the GeethAcharyan in the battle field for Arjuna. The entire text 
cannot be easily comprehended by ordinary souls on this earth. Perumal who 
preached Geetha wanted to propogate it too in easier way. This was a very good 
reason for Him to come to this world of samsara. We all know that 
Thirukkurungudi Nambi was born as Nammazhwar. Similar to his parents, Kesava 
Sommayyaji and Gandhimathi ammaiyar prayed to the Perumal in Thiruvallikkeni 
for putra baghyam. GeethAcharyan Himself was born as Swami Ramanujar. Swami 
Ramanujar easily propogated the meanings in Geeta through His bashyam. This 
Perumal is the one who stands with two shoulders in a beautiful urban Divya 
Desam called Thiruvallikkeni. 

There was a king called Sumati. He wanted to worship ThiruVenkadamudayan as 
GeethAcharyan. He prayed for that kind of darshan. Perumal has already told in 
Geetha that which ever way a bhakta wants to worship, He will be in that form. 
He was so kind enough to come and stay as GitAcharyan in BrindAranya Kshetram 
(Tulasi vanam). Since He came from ThiruVenkadam, He is known as Venkata 
Krishnan. 

The Divya Desam houses 4 Perumals other than Venkata Krishnan, 

MannAthan ? Sayana Thirukkolam

Raman

Gajendra Varadan

Thelliya Singam (Narasimha Perumal)

Each Perumal came here by the request of different rishis. The Divya Desam is 
still known by the name of the pushkarani, Kairavini (Thiruvallikkeni). It is 
the mixture of 5 waters.

Indra Theetham, Soma Theertham, Meena Theertham, Agni Theertham, Vishnu 
Theertham.

Unlike most of the other Divya Desam Perumals, Venkata Krishnan stands in 
Garbagruham along with His consort Rukmini, his family members Aniruddhan, 
Pradyumnan, Balaraman and Satyaki. Perumal holds Shangu in one hand and other 
hand points towards His feet. For all of us, who find it very difficult to 
learn Geetha, the very darshan of Venkata Krishnan will be more than enough. 
The entire Garbhagruham is the chariot. Krishnan Himself is Geetha. He explains 
with His posture. The shangu in His right hand shows the beginning of Geetha. 
It starts with,

?pAncajanyam RishikEsha: dEvadattam dhananjaya..?

The left hand points to the carama slokam in the eighteenth chapter, sloka 66,

?sarva dharmAn parityajya?..mOkshyishyAmi mA shuca:?

The entire Geetha is in between the two hands. Venkata Krishnan has so much of 
sousheelyam to grant this kind of darshan to us. 

MannAthan is the first Perumal to come to this Divya Desam. Vedavalli Thayar is 
the Thanikkovil Nachiyar of this Divya Desam. She was born as the daughter of a 
rishi, and got married to MannAthan.

There is some special and unique beauty attached to our Parthasarathy (utsavar) 
in this Divya Desam. We will enjoy that, followed by Azhwars? anubhavams in the 
next few postings.

aDiyEn,

ramanan 


                
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