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Sri Neelamega Perumal Temple is one of the famous Hindu temple. It is Situated in town Deva Prayag of Tehir Garhwal District,Uttarkhand. Out of the 108 divya desams, it lies in the 103th place.This is called as Thirukandam.
Thirukandam is also called as “Kadinagar” and “Devaprayag”. It is situated aroud 1700 feet from the sea level. Rivers Alaknanda and Bagirathi mingle here at Deva Prayag to form. Thus this place of Confluence is considered very Sacred and bath here in ganga is considered purifying.
About the Deity
The presiding deity of this temple is Lord Neelamega Perumal also called as Lord Purushothaman, found in a standing posture facing towards the east. And the goddess of the temple is Pundareega Valli Thayaar.
It is said that performing Annadhanam here is very Famous. A king by name of Swetha Kethu did a number of good deeds. After his death, his soul was possessed by an insatiable hunger. Swetha Kethu approached Bharma to solve his problem of hunger. Brahma told him that Swetha kethu was suffering because he did not perform any Annadhanam.Swetha Kethu at the advice of Brahma approached Agasthya Muni.
Agasthiya Muni told him to gift his punyams in the form of a gold ring. This gold ring was sold by Agasthiya Muni and Annadhanam was performed at Deva Prayag. This Sorted the problem of Swetha Kethu. This is also the place where Pandavas bathed and prayed to the Lord to get rid of their sins of killing their relatives in the war.
The banyan tree located in the temple here would survive the pralaya at the end of kali yuga. It said that Vishnu,Shiva and Brahma reside inside this tree. The Perumal would swallow the entire universe and as baby lie down on one of the leaves of this tree as Vadapathra Sayee and save the entire universe from destruction.
The king of this place came and workshiped for Purushothaman guidance.The Perumal appeared in the dream of the king and asked him to get Periyazhwar here. Accordingly, Priyazhawar came and praise this perumal by his song. This brought rain to this region. The Perumal on whom Periyazhwar sung Mangalasasanam is called Raghunathji. It is said that Rama, Dasaratha, Brahma did Penance here. Raghunathji is said to have been consecrated by Adi Shankara. A beautiful Hanuman is seen behind the temple.
Thirukandam is also called as “Kadinagar” and “Devaprayag”. It is situated aroud 1700 feet from the sea level. Rivers Alaknanda and Bagirathi mingle here at Deva Prayag to form. Thus this place of Confluence is considered very Sacred and bath here in ganga is considered purifying.
About the Deity
The presiding deity of this temple is Lord Neelamega Perumal also called as Lord Purushothaman, found in a standing posture facing towards the east. And the goddess of the temple is Pundareega Valli Thayaar.
It is said that performing Annadhanam here is very Famous. A king by name of Swetha Kethu did a number of good deeds. After his death, his soul was possessed by an insatiable hunger. Swetha Kethu approached Bharma to solve his problem of hunger. Brahma told him that Swetha kethu was suffering because he did not perform any Annadhanam.Swetha Kethu at the advice of Brahma approached Agasthya Muni.
Agasthiya Muni told him to gift his punyams in the form of a gold ring. This gold ring was sold by Agasthiya Muni and Annadhanam was performed at Deva Prayag. This Sorted the problem of Swetha Kethu. This is also the place where Pandavas bathed and prayed to the Lord to get rid of their sins of killing their relatives in the war.
The banyan tree located in the temple here would survive the pralaya at the end of kali yuga. It said that Vishnu,Shiva and Brahma reside inside this tree. The Perumal would swallow the entire universe and as baby lie down on one of the leaves of this tree as Vadapathra Sayee and save the entire universe from destruction.
The king of this place came and workshiped for Purushothaman guidance.The Perumal appeared in the dream of the king and asked him to get Periyazhwar here. Accordingly, Priyazhawar came and praise this perumal by his song. This brought rain to this region. The Perumal on whom Periyazhwar sung Mangalasasanam is called Raghunathji. It is said that Rama, Dasaratha, Brahma did Penance here. Raghunathji is said to have been consecrated by Adi Shankara. A beautiful Hanuman is seen behind the temple.
