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Thiruthanka – Sri Deepa Prakasar Perumal Temple,Tamil Nadu
Thiru Thanka or Thoopul is 15th of the 108 divya desam temples situated in Kanchipuram, this temple is just ½ kms away from Ashtabuyakaram Temple of Lord Vishnu.
Temple Pooja Daily Schedule:
The temple is open from 7:00 AM till 10:00 am and from 5:00 pm till 7:00 pm
How to reach
Kanchipuram is around 75 km from Chennai off the Chennai- Vellore/ Bangalore highway via SriPerumbudur. There is a railway station in Kanchipuram with a few train services from Chennai in the mornings.
Thiruthanka – Sri Deepa Prakasar Perumal Temple,Tamil Nadu
Thiru Thanka or Thoopul is 15th of the 108 divya desam temples situated in Kanchipuram, this temple is just ½ kms away from Ashtabuyakaram Temple of Lord Vishnu. Most significantly, this Divya Desam was the hallowed birthplace of the great Sri Vaishnava AchArya, Swami Vedantha Desikar (1268-1369 AD).
Here Lord Perumal appears as ‘Deepa prakasar'( Deepam- light) or ‘Vilakoli perumal’ (Vilakoli – light), as the Moolavar in Nindra Thirukkolam facing west direction. Thaayar here is named MaragathaValli. Thirumangai Alwar wrote 2 pasurams. A big Vahana Mandapam is placed in the temple.
There is separate sannadhi for Vedantha Desikar, where he is found with Gnana Muthirai, was built by his son, Nayina Varadachariyar and separate sannadhi for Lakshimi Hayagreevar is also found. The temple tank is called Saraswati pushkarni and the vimanam is known as Sreekara vimanam.
Thiruthanka – Sri Deepa Prakasar Perumal Temple,Tamil Nadu
Lord Brahmadevan wanted to do the Aswamedha Yaagam in Kanchipuram. But, Goddess Saraswathy was influenced by the demons to create an obstacle of this Yaagna. To do the Yaagna, Light is the primary thing. The Asuraas stopped the light by covering the sky, there by covering the light and spread the darkness. At that time, Sriman Narayanan appeared there as a “Light” and thereby getting the light to the yaagan and ride away the darkness. Since, the darkness was taken away, the Perumal there is called as “Deepaprakasar”. Deepam means light and Prakasam is said as the flash referred to as the light of spread out to take away the darkness. Since the Perumal gave light, the Perumal is called as “Vilakku Oli Perumal”. It means the Perumal gave light.
The place is also known by the name Thoopul as it was dense with Dharba grass then. This is the birth place of Sri Vedanta Maha Desikar, hence the Acharya is also praised as Thoopul Vedanta Desikan.
Temple Pooja Daily Schedule
The temple is open from 7:00 AM till 10:00 am and from 5:00 pm till 7:00 pm
Festivals
The event of Lord Varadaraja Perumal granting Darshan on His Garuda vahan to Saint Vedanta Maha Desikan in Vaikasi is grandly celebrated in May-June. The Aavani festival in August-September of Lord Vilakkoli Perumal visiting Desika’s shrine and the one in Margazhi (December-January) of Perumal honouring Desikar.
