Tiruparameswara Vinnagaram (better known as Vaikunta Perumal Temple) is located in Kanchipuram, 70 km west of Chennai.
Sri Vaikunta Perumal Temple – Sthalapuranam
Legend has it that the dwara palakas of Mahavishnu were born as Pallava and Villava and they performed Ashwamedha yajnam at the temple’s location. The Lord gave darshan as Parameswaran or Vaikuntanathan and has continued to reside at the temple since then.
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Special features
The temple and the locality have this name because of their association with King Parameswaravarman I (Pallava King).
The Lord of this temple and the sanctum are both monolithic in keeping with Pallava construction techniques. The Lord is Paramapadhanathan or Vaikuntanathan. The universal mother is Vaikuntavalli Thayar. The Vimana is Mukunda Vimanam and the Pushkarani is Airammadha Pushkarani.
The Vimana is a three-tier one with the Lord seated in the first tier, resting in the second and standing as Paravasudeva in the third. Once upon a time, this temple was a matam (A charity established to feed pilgrims in those days) for the convenience of pilgrims to Kasi.
The Pallava king Parameswaran (660 CE) enlarged it to its present condition.
Mangalasasanam
Tirumangai Alwar has sung about this temple in his Peria Thirumozhi (1128 CE). He describes how the Lord of this temple is the prime principle behind all the senses through which we try to perceive Him. These include the spoken word, the smelt smell, the seen figure and the heard sound.
He is behind all of them as the lasting principle behind the Vedas. He is also the one worshipped by Kings such as Pallava and Villava and he resides in Parameswara Vinnagaram in Kanchi. He resides in Brahma, God of creation, and conducts the protection himself. He continues to extoll the virtues of this Lord in 10 Pasurams.
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