Devaprayag Sri Neelamegaperumal Temple, Uttarakhand

Address

Devaprayag Sri Neelamegaperumal Temple, Devaprayag, Their garhwal (Dst), Uttarakhand, India.

Diety

Neelamega Perumal, Amman: Pundri Kavali Thayar

Introduction

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. 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. Theertham: Mangala theertham. Vimaanam: Mangala Vimaanam.

Puranic Significance

This Thirukkandam divyadesam is also called with the names as “Kadinagar”, “Devaprayag”. This sthalam is situated around 1700 feets upwards from the sea level. The Alaknandha and Bagirathi river mingle together in this sthalam and comes down and is called as “Aadi Ganga”. Prayag means the place where two rivers mingle together and since two deva (holy) rivers mingle together, it is said that this sthalam got the named as “Deva Prayag”. The place where the two rivers is said to be the place where the Neela megha perumal originates and the two rivers are referred to as two pirattis. It is said that in this sthalam Brahma devar, King Dasaratha and Sri Ramar have done tapas and an Idol of Raghunathji is said to be installed by Sri Aadhi Sankarar. Periyalwar is the only alwar who has done Mangalasasanam on this perumal in 11 paasurams.

Special Features

The Moolavar of this kshetram is Neelamega Perumal. He is also called with the name “Purushothaman”. He is giving his seva in Nindra thirukkolam facing his Thriumugam towards east direction. Prathyaksham for Bharadwaja Maharishi. Thaayar: The Thaayar found in this sthalam is Pundareekavalli. Mangalasasanam: Periyalwar is the only Alwar who has done Mangalasasanam on this sthala perumal in 11 Paasurams.