Thiru Ooragam Divyadesam - Ulagalantha Perumal Temple - Peragathan - Four Divyadesams in the One Temple
The Almighty is blessing as Peragathan in His Gigantic 35 Feet Standing Posture with His Left Leg
is lifted at a right angle up to His Stomach parallel to the ground and His Right Leg is
placed on the head the Emperor Mahabali and Pointing His two fingers on the Right
Hand upwards conveying that He already measured the Whole Sky and the Whole
Earth in His two steps and His One Stretched Finger pointing downwards on His Left
Hand indicates that He is asking Emperor Mahabali, where to measure his third step as
he was promised to him. There are other Three Divyadesams were located along with this temple and worshipped as Thirupperagam, Thiruneeragam and Thirukarvanam. It is
the only temple where devotees can worship all 4 divyadesams puttogether. Thayar is Amrudhavalli and is belived that if the childeless couple perform Thirumanjanam
to the Almighty folowed by Sweet Payasam as Naivedhyam, they will get blessed with children. Thirupperagam and Thiruooragam are Two Separate Sannidhis but worshipped as One Divyadesam like three seperate sannidhis in Thiru
Thanjai Mamanikoil as One Divyadesam in Tanjore, one among the 40 Cholanadu Divyadesams. The Other Three
Divyadesams worshipped as Thiruneeragam, Thirukaragam and Thirukarvanam are located in the same premise.
Vamana Avatar And Emperor Mahabali
Once there was an Emperor named Mahabali,
who was a grandson of Prahalatha and a son of Virochana. He was a great righteous
ruler and an adherent devotee of Lord Maha Vishnu. He was earlier killed by
Indran during the fight with him when both Asuras and Devas were churning the Milky
Ocean to obtain the Nectar. Mahabali then brought back to life by his Guru
Sukracharya with the help of his mantras and divine powers. Hence Mahabali had a
brutal revenge on Indra Devan. He performed severe penance towards Lord Brahma
Devar to obtain boons so that to defeat Indhran. Pleased by the sincere penance, Lord
Brahma Devar gave him His dharshan and being the honest ruler meant for great
things he was offered a boon that he cannot be defeated by Indran. Mahabai then
defeated Indran and became King of all the worlds.
Once he was asked by his Guru
Sukracharya to perform 100 Ashwamedha Yagams so that to be the ruler of all the 3
worlds for ever. He obeyed his guru and started to conduct Ashwamedha Yagas.
Mean time Indran was dejected as Mahabali showed the entire universe that he is the
better ruler than him. By seeing Indran so depressed his mother Adhiti asked him about
the reason and came to know that it was only because of Mahabali. She then got a
commitment from Indiran as he will act no more hasty and be good to every one and
also added that she would solve his problems with the help of Lord Maha Vishnu. Later
Adhiti underwent a meticulous penance to invoke Lord Maha Vishnu. Pleased
Paranthaman appeared before her and asked her wishes. Adhiti requested Him that
He should born as her child to destroy Mahabali and to give back Indhra Logam to
Indhram. Almighty told her that even though Mahabali being His adherent
devotee, being a human being he can not become the ruler of Indralogam, will be smashed and blessed by Him very soon.
Vamana Avatar - The First Avatar in which Almighty Incarnated asa Human Being.
After some time a Short, Black and Beautiful Son was born to Aditi and her consort Kashyaba Muni. He was named
as “Vamana”. The 5th of the Dasavatar, where Lord Vishnu incarnated Himself as a dwarf to protect Indhran as well to bless His
adherent devotee Emperor Mahabali. Vamana in Sanskrit means dwarf, A Small Person. He was extremely intelligent and
was taught all Vedas and Puranas by his father Kashyaba Muni. Meanwhile Mahabali concluded 99 AShwamedha Yagams
and to complete his 100th Yagam. At that time Vamana approached the Emperor and requested him to offer a Dhanaam.
By noticing the charming boy, Mahabali got admired and asked him about his requirements. Vamana asked for just 3 steps
of land to be measured by His own foot. But Sukracharya came to know through his powers that Vamana is none other than
Lord Maha Vishnu and came to destroy Mahapali. He advised the king not to grand the wish of Vamana. But being the
Emperor he cannot refuse that too even the wish was just 3 steps of land and also told Sukracharya that if Vaman would be
Lord Maha Vishnu, it was the great privilege for him as he was offering something to the Almighty Himself.
Mahabali took
a Kamandala to pour water to Vamana’s hands. To stop the process of Dhanam, Sukracharya took a form of bee and blocked
the nozzle of Kamandala so that water will not be poured. By knowing his act, Vamana took Darbhai ( A Gras) and pricked
the nozzle which pocked one eye of Sukracharya which made him to come out of the Kamndala. Sukracharya got struck and
he was not in a position to stop the procedure of gifting. At Last the water followed from the kettle and the Samll Boy
Vamana received his gift from Emperor. Sukracharyar tried his best to stop the emperor offering a gifts but all went in vain
As soon as Vamana got the gift, HE transformed Himself into Thrivikrama, a Gigantic Posture touching the sky with His
head. With His enormous foot measured the entire sky in His one step and the whole earth in His second step. Then He
looked Mahabali where to measure His third step. Mahabali came to know that Vamana is none other than the Almighty.
He became happy and realised all his mistakes. Overjoyed Emperor showed his head to meausre the 3rd step. Almighty obliged and put His foot on his head and sent Mahapali to Pathala Loga. As promised to Aditi, Almighty saved Indhiran and gave back his Kingdom. As the
Almighty placed His foot on the head of Mahapali, he was sent to Pathala Logam. Hence he was not in a position to see
the His Thrivikrama Posture and requested the Almighty to give darshan again as Ulagalantha Perumal.
Ulagam means the entire universe and Alandha means measured. Pleased Paranthaman gave darshan to him in His Smaller
Size in a Small Form of Adhiseshan next to Peragathan. |
