Venkatesa Perumal Temple, Vallimalai, Vellore
Venkatesa Perumal Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated
to Lord Vishnu located at Vallimalai in Katpadi Taluk in Vellore District of
Tamilnadu. The Temple is also called as Thenvenkatachalapathy Temple. Presiding
Deity is called as Venkatesa Perumal / Thenvenkatachalapathy and Mother is
called as Alarmelmangai.
Legends
Birthplace of Valli:
According to history when Vishnu was in deep
meditation Lakshmi came like deer and she plays in front of him. At that time Vishnu’s
meditation was dispersed and he saw that deer. Due to this, a beautiful
daughter was born to both of them. They left their daughter there itself for
the sake of their devotee king. After that king found the child in Vallikilanku
field so, she called as valli. The idol in this Temple is Swayambumurthy and it
is growing.
Construction of this Temple:
According to legend, while breaking the rock by a
worker in this area, Perumal was found inside the big rock in saint look. By
seeing this magic, he got afraid and went back to home. At the same time a
person, an ardent devotee of Vishnu, a bus owner in chitoor did not have child even after six years of
marriage. One day in his dream, Lord Vishnu came and told his presence in Vallimalai.
The next day he came to Vallimalai and finally he reached the place now where
Lord is being hailed as Thenvenkatachalapathy.
After worshipping here, he got a child and then he built
a small temple as a gratitude to Lord. He also appointed one priest for daily
pooja and drilled one well for water to do pooja and all. After his demise, no
one was there to take care of this temple. After long period of time, students
from Perumal
Kuppam, a small
village near Vallimalai came here for study purpose. In that one student
called Vijayan was attracted to Thenvenkatachalapathy.
Among the group of students, he only visited frequently
to this old temple and prayed to god. While visiting the temple he started to
put deepam in evening and morning and did abishekam every morning using water
from the well. After getting job also he continues his service to god. He started
to renovate the temple in 2000. The current structure of the temple is due to
his efforts. Kumbabishekam was done in 2010.
Festivals
Purattasi Saturdays, Vaikunda Ekadasi,
Thirukalyanam, Pournami and Panguni Uthiram are the festivals celebrated here
with much fanfare.
Connectivity
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