ThiruVaragunamangai Sri Vijayasanar ( Paramapatha Nathan ) Temple, Thoothukudi

Address

ThiruVaragunamangai Sri Vijayasanar ( Paramapatha Nathan ) Temple, Natham ( Varagunamangai ) – 628 601, Thoothukudi District .

Diety

Vijayassana Perumal, Amman: Varaguna Mangai Thayar

Introduction

ThiruVaragunamangai Permual Temple is one of the Nava Tirupathi. nine Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli route, Tamil Nadu, India in the banks of Thamiraparani river. All these 9 temples are classified as “Divya Desams”, the 108 temples of Vishnu revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars Thiru Varagunamangai Permual Temple at Natham also known as Sri Vijayasana Perumal Temple, the Chandran Sthalam is 2nd of the Navathirupathis. Many people will understand only if we say that Natham . There are not many houses nearby . Thiruvaragunamangai is the place where the Lord appeared to a Brahmin called Vedavithu . The site where the Lord appeared with the name of Vijayasana according to the prayers of the Brahmins . Agni is the site of the Roman sage and Satyavan . Theertham – Agni Tirtha , tevapuskarani

Puranic Significance

Vedavith ,a poor brahmin , who lived in Punyagosham Agraharam on the bank of river Rewa, wanted to do penance for getting the darshan of Maha Vishnu. The Lord, who knew this, took the form of an old brahmin, came to Vedavith’s place and told him that ‘Varagunamangai’ ( the present Natham ) was the spot ideally suited for his penance. Vedavith followed his advice meticulously. He went to the spot, performed deep penance chanting Asana mantra, got the darshan of Maha Vishnu and also attained Moksha. As the Lord appeared before Vedavith in response to his penance (chanting the particular mantra), here Maha Vishnu came to be known as Vijayasanar .

Beliefs

Ibandi Nadu Navathirupathis are revered as Navagrahas, similar to the Navagrahas in Chola . There is no separate lineage for the new planets as most of them function as nebulae . If you come to Navathirupathi and worship the planetary doshas in him, the planetary doshas will be removed .

Special Features

Varagunamangai, the one who granted his Dharshan to a Brahmin vedic scholar is referred to in one of the poems of Nammalwar, he must be posterior to Varaguna Pandya from whose name it is assumed Varagunamangai took its name. But there are number of instances where this logic is not pertinent.[4] The temple has a five-tiered rajagopuram amidst lush vegetation around the temple. The lord here appeared in answer to the prayer of sage Romesar who performed severe penances for several thousand years