Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane – Literary Mention
The Lord had been praised by two of the earliest Alwars
viz. Thirumazhisai Alwar and Peyalvar. Lord has been praised later by
Thirumangai Mannan or Kaliyan, who is considered to be the last of the Alwars
chronologically and his year of birth would appear to be 476 A.D. according to
the era of Salivahana Saka. Saint Tirumangai Azhwar had sung the glory of Lord
of this temple in his Mangalasasanam hymns. Says the saint, “I found my Lord
in Tiruvallikeni. He is a happy partner of the flower-born Mahalakshmi. He is
Lord of the world. A trusted spouse to Nappinnai and he was the envoy of the
Pandavas. He is my guide and Lord”.
The Azhwars have sung Tamil verses (Paasurams) about all
the deities enshrined in this temple namely Narasimha, Parthasarathy, Gajendra
Varada, Ranganatha and Rama. This is rare as usually only the main deity is
praised. Sri Thyagaraja Swamigal and Sri Muthuswami Dishithar of the Carnatic
Music Trinity, Mahakavi Bharathi had sung the glory of the Lord
Parthasarathy. It is generally accepted that Bharathi’s Kannan songs are
on Lord of the temple.