Location About the Temple:
The sanctum sanctorum is about 30 ft high. Both Anbil and Thirupper nagar are on the two opposite banks of Kaveri river. Reach Thirupper Nagar from Anbil by crossing the Cauvery river. Or reach from Trichy Junction via Kallanai(About 15 miles). Bus facility is available in plenty. Persons who are going to this place should ask for “Koviladi” to visit this sthalam. This place is also known as “Indra Giri”. When going in bus this place is 15 Kms away from Laalkudi – Boothaloor Railway station. No lodging facility.
Sthala Puranam:
The Emperuman here in this sthalam says that he will not go out from the hearts of his devotees and as well as from this sthalam. (”Peyarthal means getting out”). So this sthalam is called as “Thirupper Nagar”.
Lord Shiva gave Thirupparkadal as milk, when Rishi Ubamanyu was in his childhood crying due to hunger. This is explained in “Siva Puranam”.
Sri Appakkudathaan Perumal Temple-Thirupper Nagar
Thirupparkadal is the place that belongs to Sri Vishnu. But, When Lord Shiva is giving dharshan to his devotee Rishi Ubamanyu, Sri Vishnu is helping him out to give the complete fulfilment of dharshan of Lord Shiva.
To explain more about this, the position of Shri Vishnu in this temple clearly explains how he helped out Lord Shiva. He is giving seva as Ranganathan (In sleeping position) and his right hand is in a position as giving to Rishi Ubamanyu as “Aranga Varadhan” in Kidantha Thirukkolam.
Appam, which is one of the delicious food item done in interior parts of Tamil Nadu. It will be very sweetful if it is taken along with Milk. Sriman Narayanan is giving Appam which is kept inside kudam (A small vessel) which is full of Milk. He is giving this Appam to Ubamanyu Rishi by hugging him along his right hand.
Once when a King called Ubharisaravasu was in penance on Lord Vishnu in a Purasai Forest, Saint Dhurvaasar came by that side. Since Ubharisaravasu was in penance he had not noticed the coming of Saint. Dhurvaasar got angry and cursed him to loose all his strength and power. Ubharisaravasu immediately came to know about it and begged Dhurvaasar to pardon him. Saint Dhurvaasar asked King Ubharisaravasu to go to Palasavana Kshethram near Cauvery River and perform Annadhaanam to 1 Lakh peoples. King immediately left to that place with a battalion of Cook. The population of that place was only few hundreds, so he thought of distributing food to whoever comes to that village. Every Day he was able provide to food for people in thousands. The king was also happy. One Day early morning, an old man came to king and told him that he is very hungry. The king performed his poojas very fast and served food to the old man. The old man ate the complete food prepared for thousands of people and still felt hungry. The king requested the old man to wait for some time to cook again and asked the old man whether he required any snacks in the mean time. The old man asked king to get him Appam in a pot. The Appam was made very fast and king brought it a pot full and gave it to the old man. While eating the Appam old man became Lord Vishnu and removed the curse of king given by Saint Dhurvaasar and laid down there with the pot full of Appam. So the Lord here was called as “Appakkudathaan” and “Appala Ranganathan”.
The Good advice given by Sriman Narayanan in this shetram is “There is only one God”. So don’t fight for it and avoid Racism.
Since, Lord Emperuman gave Appam to Ubamanyu, the prasadham here for the lord is Appam for evening pooja for Him.
The activity of Sriman Narayanan, who gave the appam was seen in Gnyna Dhirusti of nammalwar who is Thirukkurugoor Biran Sadagopan has compared Thirumaliruncholai and Thiruppernagar and sung 11 paasurams in Thiruvaaimozhi.
In that paasurams, he is explaining how Vishnu is getting out of Thirumaaliruncholai and the way he gives seva to all the people in Thiruppernagar. He has lot of appams in his stomach and gives to all the persons, who are suffering from hunger. Because of this, he doesn’t want to get out of Thiruppernagar and sung as “Aara Vayitrinai Adangap Pidithen”.
Also, from this shtalam only, Nammalwar started his way to reach Paramapadham.
Thiruvarangam is popularly called as “Periya Kovil”. To explain the speciality of Srirangam, here Sriman Narayanan has given the seva as “Appakkundathan”. Since, the Sthalam is situated on Cauvery banks and the Lord is in sleeping posture, this place is called as “Kovil Adi”. To memorise the situation of Srirangam, the theertham here is Kollidam.
Moolavar: The Moolavar of this Sthalam is Appakkudathaan. He is also called as “Appalaa Ranganathan”. Moolavar in Kidantha Kolam (sleeping posture) and in Bhujanga sayanam facing west direction.Many have wrong impression that Perumal is holding the Appakkudam, whereby the fact is that there is at least 1-1.5feet between the Appakkudam and Perumal’s hand.
Thayaar: The Thayaar of this Sthalam is Indira Devi. Also called as “KamalaValli”.
Prathyaksham : Ubamannyu and Parasarar (Bhattar).
Mangalasasanam:
Periyalwar – 2 Paasurams.
Thirumangai Alwar – 19 Paasurams
Thirumizhisai Alwar – 1 Paasuram.
Namaalwar – 11 Paasurams.
Total – 33
Vimanam : Indra Vimanam
