Today being Kanuppongal, Utsava
murthy of Varadharaja Swamy Koil will do “Parivettai” to Pazhaya Seevaram. The residing deity Laskhminarasimhar will receive him
in festive manner. This small town today will be flooded with cars and
two wheelers
Pazhaiya Seevaram is a small
village located about 20 kms from Kanchipuram on the road going towards
Chengalpattu. While going from Chengalpattu, one can reach Pazhaya Seevaram 5kms before Walajabad.
Pazhaya Seevaram has an ancient
temple for Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar, amidst picturesque location. This temple is
located on a small hill on the banks of the river Palar. It is said that 3
rivers namely, Palar (Ksheera Nadhi), Cheyyar (Bahu Nadhi) and Vegavathi
(Saraswathi) merge here to become one and it is called Triveni Sangamam. It is
considered equally sacred as Ganges here.
According to the Sthala
Puranam, once in Naimisaaranyam, a Rishi by name Vishnu Siththar enquired with
the other Rishis about a best place where he can get the Dharshan of Lord
Vishnu as result of the penance. Another Rishi called Mareecha Muni explained
the him about the existence of such a place on the earth, where one’s penance
(Thapas) will get fulfilled with the Dharshan of Lord Narayana and guided him
to this place which was called Padmagiri. He also told the story of Athri
Rishi, who got the Dharshan of the Lord in this place in the form of Sri
Lakshmi Narasimhar, after his severe and dedicated penance. It is said that,
Athri Rishi, after having Dharshan of the Lord, prayed the Lord to stay in this
place and bless the people worshipping here. The Lord accepted his wish and
stayed here in the same form to bless the mankind.
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