Vedarajan Temple, Thirunagari – Literary Mention
Vedarajan
temple is revered in Nalayira Divya Prabhandam, the 7th – 9th century Vaishnava
canon, by Kulasekara Azhwar and Thirumangai Azhwar. The temple is classified as a Divyadesam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in
the book. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the temple
finds mention in several works like 108 Tirupathi Anthathi by Divya
Kavi Pillai Perumal Aiyangar. Kulasekara Azhwar has sung a Pasuram and
Thirumangai Azhwar has sung forty one pasurams on this Deity. Ramanujar has
visited this shrine a number of times as also Manavalamamunigal and both have
done Mangalasasanam on this Temple. Unlike the other temples, the twelve azhwar
saints referred these two temples as a single shrine in all their 41 poems.