Aaduthurai Perumal Temple, Thirukkoodalur

Sthala Purāṇam

Thirukkoodaloor, near Kumbakonam, is praised in the Brahmanda Purana and Padma Purana and is known as a Sangama Kshetram, for here the sacred waters and the divine hosts gathered together, koodal meaning joining or confluence, from which the place takes its name. The presiding deity is Aaduthurai Perumal, also called Jagathrakshaka (Jakath Rakshaka) Perumal, the protector of the world, with Thayar Padmasani (Pushpavalli). The principal sthala puranam relates that all the devas, together with the sage Nandaka (Nandhaga Rishi), performed devout worship and prayed for the Lord's darshan; pleased by their devotion, Vishnu appeared in splendour and, at their entreaty, resolved to destroy the asura Hiranyaksha who had carried off the earth goddess. In his Varaha (boar) avatar the Lord rescued Bhumi and is honoured here as the world's protector. Tradition also holds that the River Kaveri came to this kshetram to purify herself and regained her sanctity through the Lord's worship. A devout parrot is said to have been graced and liberated here, showing that the Lord descends for every living being. The temple, once buried by floods, was revealed in a dream to Rani Mangammal of Madurai, who had it excavated and rebuilt. The vimana is the Suddha Sattva Vimanam, the tirtham associated with the Kaveri, and the shrine is glorified by Tirumangai Alvar.

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