TIRUCHCHANDAVIRUTTAM TANIYAN

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TIRUCHCHANDAVIRUTTAM TANIYAN EXPLAINING
THE GREATNESS OF TIRUMAZHISAI STHALAM

*TIRUCHANDAVIRUTTAM TANIYANS*

BY TIRUKACHCHI NAMBIGAL

These two taniyans (laudatory verses) are special in the sense that they glorify tirumazhisai AzhvAr’s avatAra sthalam which is an abhimAna kshEtram next in importance to divya dEsams, instead of the AzhvAr.

தருச்சந்த பொழில்தழுவு தாரணியின் துயர்தீர 

திருச்சந்த விருத்தம்செய் திருமழிசை பரன்வருமூர் | 

கருச்சந்தும் காரகிலும் கமழ் கோங்கும் மணநாரும் 

திருச்சந்தத் துடன் மருவு திருமழிசை வளம்பதியே ||One)

taruchchanda pozhiltazhuvu tAraNiyin tuyarteera 

tiruchchanda viruttamchey tirumazhisai paranvarumoor | 

karuchchandum kAragilum kamazh kONgum maNanArum 

tiruchchandattuDan maruvu tirumazhisai vaLampadiyE || (2)|

Tirumazhisai is the birthplace of tirumazhisai AzhvAr who composed the tiruchchandaviruttam in order to remove the distress of the people of the earth that is covered with groves filled with trees like karpaga and sandal (taru-chanda), and having abundant water bodies.  Tirumazhisai flourishes as an auspicious town filled with the fragrance of dark sandal wood (karu chandam), agarwood (kAragil) and silk cotton (kOngu) trees due to the grace of periyapirATTi (Shri/tiru).

உலகுமழிசையும் உள்ளுணர்ந்து தம்மிற்  புலவர் புகழ் கோலால் தூக்க உலகு தன்னை | 

வைத்தெடுத்த பக்கத்தும் மாநீர் மழிசையே வைத்தெடுத்த பக்கம் வலிது || (Two)

ulagumazhisaiyum uLLuNarndu tammiR pulavar pugazh kOlAl tookka ulagu tannai vaitteDutta pakkattum mAneer mazhisaiyE vaitteDutta pakkam validu || (2)

The all knowledgeable BrahmA (pulavar), established the greatness of tirumazhisai, and proved that the fertile tirumazhisai kshEtram placed on one side of the balance scale was greater than the entire earth that was placed on the other side.

*THE GREATNESS OF TIRUMAZHISAI*

PALCE: 25 KMS FROM CHENNAI

PERUMAL: JAGANNATHAN WITH RUKMINI AND SATYABHAMA

TAYAR: TIRUMANGAIVALLI

PUSHKARINI: BHRUGU PUSHKARINI

VIMANAM: JAGADANANDA VIMANAM

PRATYAKSHAM: BHRUGU AND MARKANDEYA MAHARISHI

*HOW TIRUMAZHISAI GOT ITS NAME - MAHEESARA KSHETRAM*

*STHALA PURANAM 1* 

Once, the brahmarishis like vashiShTha and bhArgava approached chaturmukha brahmA in satyalOka and enquired about the greatest kshEtra on bhoolOkam to do penance for attaining higher realms.  Lord brahmA called for the architect VishvakarmA and asked him to make a huge balance scale. On one side of the scale, he placed the entire earth measuring 50 crore yojanas and on the other side he placed the tirumazhisai kshEtram alone. The side which had the tirumazhisai kshEtram weighed heavier and lowered, proving that tirumazhisai was the greatest place. Lord Brahma then named the kshEtram based on the result - “maheesAra kshEtram”.

*STHALA PURANAM 2*

Bhrugu and mArkaNDEya maharishi once performed a penance at PURI for Lord krishNa’s darshan. But they could view only half the image of the Lord.  They were advised to go to tirumazhisai and continue their tapas. There, the Lord manifested fully before them as JAGANNATHAN. Hence the prime deity's name is tirumazhisai jagannAtha perumAL

VEERRIRUNDA PERUMAL, TIRUMAZHISAI

Tirumazhisai, Chennai