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Sthalapuranam :
Once, there was a king by named "Hiranyan" did a strong tapas and got the varam. To kill him, Sriman Narayanan took the Avatharam of Sri
Narasimhar.
To get the seva of Narasimha avathar, Saptha Rishis (7 great Rishis) started their tapas
here. Within 1 Kadigai, Narasimhar gave his seva as "Yoga Narasimhar". So this sthalam is
called "Thirukkadigai".
Kadigai represnts the fraction of time. Since the Perumal gave his seva to the rishis within a kadigai, this sthalam is called as "Thirukkadigai".
Indirathuyman, the King of North Madurai killed the Asuraas who were giving problems to Rishis and people over
here. Since, he helped the rishis and bhaktas, he was given the Vajrayudham by Indiran (Weapon of Indiran)
to Indirathuyman. To help him, Yoga Narasimhar asked Anjaneyar to help him.
Yoga Anjaneyar is found in chinna malai in Yoga Nilai (stage). This is one of the said story about
this Divya desam.
To make Prahaladhan (Son of Iranyan) happy, Yoga Narasimhar gave his seva for 1 Kadigai in Yoga Nilai. Because of this, the
sthalam is also called as "Kadikasalam".
It is said that even if we sleep for 1 Kadigai in this sthalam, we will get Mukthi. That kind of nature and
speciality, this Kshetram has got.
On the order of Bhairava Munivar, the mountain in this Kshetram is said to grow up towards the
sky. So, Indiran asked Balaraman to help him, thereby stopping the mountain to grow. And
on his request, Balaramar stopped the growth of the mountain. This is also one of the said
story about this sthalam.
In this sthalam only, Thottacharyar (Periya Bangaru) who come along the family of Mudaliyaandan, was appointed as 74th Simmasanathipathi (leader) to spread the Vaishnavism
by Erumbiyappa Varadhachari and Udayavar Ramanujar.
In Panguni Uttiram, Hanumath Jayanthi festival is done in a very grand manner by the trustees of
Erumbiyappa.
Thottacharyar has written numerous poems and stories in Sanskrit. He is one of the Great bhakta of Kanchi Sri Varadharajar. He used to attend and worship the Garuda Seva of Kanchi Varadhar which is done in Vaikasi Month.
But, once due to illness, he could not go to Kanchipuram to attend the Garuda Seva Utsavam. He was very much depressed of not attending the utsavam. Thinking about that, he finished all of the daily duties and sung 5 Slogas in "Devaraja Panjagam" which explains the inconvenience of not attending the Garuda seva. At that time, in Thakkan Kulam (Pushkarani of this sthalam), Sri Varadharajar in Garuda Vaaganam gave his seva to Thottacharyar.
As a rememberance to this great event, even now during Garuda seva, Sri Varadharajar in Garuda seva comes out and waits for a minute in the Gopura vaasal. It is said at that minute, he is giving his seva to Thottacharyar in Sholingar.
Yoga Aanjaneyar is found in Chinna malai (small hill). It is about 200 feet high. The speciality about chinna malai is the pose in which Anjaneyar is found. Only in this sthalam, he is found in sitting pose with four hands, holding Sangu and Chakkaram. It is true that if one is surrounded and dominated
by Evil, takes bath in the Hanumantha theertham, he will be cured completely.
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