The visit to this Sri Panduranga Swamy Temple at Perumalpattu in Tiruvallur District was
part of “Gajaprishta Vimana Temple, Vishnu Temple and Durgai Amman Temple’s
Visit, on 07th July 2026”. This place, Perumalpattu, is on the north banks of the river Cooum.
The presiding Deity : Panduranga Swamy
Thayar :
Sri Rukmini
Some of the salient features of this temple
are….
The temple faces north with an entrance gate
and mandapam. Stucco images of Pandurangan and Rukmini are on the top of the
mukha mandapam. Stucco images of Venugopalan and Bama Rukmini are on the top of
the ardha mandapam. Moolavar Pandurangan
and Rukmini are in a standing posture with their hands on their hips. Utsavars are
in front of Moolavar.
Stucco bas reliefs of Maha Vishnu’s 10 avatars
are on the ardha mandapam wall. Maha Lakshmi, Saraswati, and Garudan are in the ardha
mandapam.
In the praharam, Vinayagar and Ayyappan.
ARCHITECTURE
The total temple was constructed with bricks
and cement concrete. The temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, ardha mandapam
and a mukha mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum is on a padma bandha adhistanam
with padma Jagathy, vrusha kumudam, and pattikai. The pilasters are of Vishnu
kantha pilasters with kalasam, kudam, palakai, and vettu pothyal. The prastaram
consists of valapi and kapotam. The vimanam over the bhumi desam consists of
one tala, greevam, and Dravida sigaram. Maha Vishnu’s stucco images are on the
tala and greeva koshtams.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
It is said that the original is more than 1000
years old. The present structure may be 100 years old. Ashta bandhanam of
Bajanai Koil was conducted on 01st July 1917.
Ashta bandhanam of this temple was conducted on
1st July 1998, Jeernodharana ashta bandhanam was conducted on 15th
September 2005, and Jeernodharana ashta bandhana maha samprokshanam was
conducted on 08th March 2026.
LEGENDS
Lord Vitthal
or Panduranga is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
Once upon a
time, there was a devotee named Pundalik who was travelling to Kashi, and on
the way, he reached the ashram of a Saint named Kukkut. Pundalik asked the
saint the way to Kashi, to which he replied that he wasn't aware of the way, as
he had never been there. Hearing this, Pundalik made fun of the Kukkut Rishi
for not knowing the way and further said, “A holy man like you should have
already visited Kashi”. The Rishi kept quiet and didn't react to Pundalik’s
comments. That Night,
Pundalik stayed at the ashram. Suddenly, he woke from his deep sleep, hearing a
woman’s voice. He saw that 3 women were sprinkling water in the ashram and
cleaning.
On enquiry,
Pundalik found that the 3 women were Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati, the three
Holy Rivers that came down to clean the ashram of Rishi Kukkut. Pundalik was a
bit surprised how a saint like Kukkut, who had not visited Kashi, was so holy
and powerful that the 3 holy rivers had come to his Ashram. The three women
told Pundalik that piousness, spirituality, and devotion don't depend on
visiting holy places or doing costly rituals. But depends on performing one's
Karma correctly (fulfilling all the duties and responsibilities).
They further
added that Sage Kukkut had served and nursed his parents most faithfully and
devoted all his life to them. Thus, he had accumulated enough virtue to earn
Moksha, and thereby the 3 holy women came down to Earth to serve the Rishi.
On the
contrary, Pundalik had left his old parents at home and was visiting Kashi to
gain Moksha and blessings. Pundalik didn't bother to entertain the request of
his parents to take them along with him to Kashi. Pundalik, after hearing all
this, understood his mistake and rushed back home, took his parents to
Kashi, and after returning from the holy Kashi, started to take utmost care of
his old parents.
Lord Krishna
was moved by the sincere devotion of Pundalik towards his parents and decided
to test Pundalik. Lord Krishna came to Pundalik’s home, but Krishna saw that
Pundalik was busy attending to his parents. Pundalik saw Lord Krishna at the
door, but his devotion towards his parents was so intense that he wanted to
finish his duties first and later attend to his guest.
Pundalik has
reached such a stage that it doesn't matter to him whether the guest is a mere
mortal or God. All that mattered was service to His
parents. Pundalik gave Lord Krishna a brick to stand on and asked
Him to wait until his duty was completed. And Lord Krishna, moved by the
devotion of Pundalik to his parents, waited for him patiently.
Later,
Pundalik came out and asked Krishna for forgiveness for making Him wait.
Krishna asked for any desired boon, for which Pundalik said, “My Lord, what can
I ask for? My Lord himself waits for me…?” Krishna insisted that Pundalik ask
for a boon, and then he asked Krishna to remain on Earth to bless and take care
of His devotees.
Lord Krishna
agreed to stay there and is known as Vithoba, or the Lord who stands on a
brick. This form of Lord Vithoba is Swayambhu (which came into existence on its
own).
POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart from regular poojas, special poojas are
conducted on Fridays, Rama Navami, Gokulashtami, all days in the Margazhi month,
etc.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
The temple will be kept open from 06.00 hrs to
10.30 hrs and from 17.00 hrs to 21.00 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
The Bhattachariyar lives next to the temple and may be contacted on his mobile number +919962345534 for poojas and further
details.
HOW TO REACH
The place Perumalpattu is 1.5 km from
Veppampattu Railway Station, 14 km from Tiruvallur, 15 km from Poonamallee, and
46 km from Arakonam.
The nearest Railway Station is Veppampattu, and the bigger one is Tiruvallur.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE:
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Vinayagar Sannidhi
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---
