Arulmigu Ennai Petra Thayaar samedha Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple – Tirunindravur
Tirunindravur (30 km off Chennai to the west) is a suburb of Chennai off the Chennai- Bengaluru highway.
Sthalapuranam
Legend has it that Mahalakshmi (Thiru) became angry with Samudrarajan and came away from Srivaikuntam to reside here. Even Samudrarajan’s best efforts could not convince her to return to Srivaikuntam.
Finally, it took the effort of the Lord himself to convince her to return. Because the Universal Mother came and took residence here, this place came to be known as Tirunindravur or the place where Mahalakshmi stood.
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Special features
When Tirumangai Alwar travelled across the land performing mangalasasanam, he did not sing about this shrine. Mahalakshmi told Perumal to go and get himself sung by the Alwar. By this time, he had reached Tirukadalmallai and the Alwar noticed the Perumal had come in search of him and sang the mangalasasanam for Tirunindravur at Tirukadalmallai.
- Because the Lord acted out of affection for the bhakta, he is known as Bhaktavatsalan.
- The universal mother is known as Ennai-petra Thayar.
- The Vimana is Srinivasa Vimanam and the pushkarani is Varuna Pushkarani.
Mangalasasanam
Because Tirumangai Alwar went past Tirunindravur without singing, legend has it that Mahalakshmi asked the Lord to go after the Alwar and get him to sing about them. Consequently, the songs are found under Tirukadalmallai where the Lord finally caught up with the Alwar.
Noticing the Lord coming up to him the Alwar refers to him as the Lord who appears as cool as a heap of pearls in Tirunaindravur. The affectionate legend has it that Mahalakshmi was aghast that Tirunindravur got only a single pasuram and sent the Lord back for more!
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