Thiruaadhanoor is traditionally enumerated as number 23 among the 108 Divya Desams — the sacred abodes of Sri Maha Vishnu sung by the Alvars.
Aadanoor is a divya desam in Tanjore District. It is about 1 km. from Thiru Pullamboothangudi, yet another vaishnavite divya desam of Chola Nadu. This place is also near Swamimalai, the famous shrine for Lord Subramanya. The place is known as Bharghava kshetram. It is also known as Simhapuram, Sanjeevipuram. It is believed that this temple was built by Aditya Cholan.
The moolavar here is known as Andu Alakkum Ayyan. In Tamil, literally translated, this word means that He is the Perumal who measures time and world. He is the person who is the perfect controller of the past, the present and the future. He is seen in a bhujanga sayana posture with His lovely head resting on a marakkal which is again a Tamil word indicating a unit of measure. Marakkal can said to represent a bushel. The Perumal is facing east. The, moolavar Thayar is known as Kamalavasini as also Bhargavi, Mantrapeeteswari, Sri Chakra Nivasini. The utsava Thayar is known-as Ranganayaki. The theerthams are known as Surya and Chandra pushkarini. The vimanam is Pranava vimanam.
It is said that in this desam Perumal gave dharshan to Kamadhenu, the celestial cow, Brighu Maharishi,Agni Baghavan and to Thirumangai Alvar.
Once upon a time when God was in paramapada, the nityasuris were troubling Him a lot. In order to get away from them, God is said to have come to this place viz.Aadanoor to rest. It is said that in a huff God left Paramapadam and came down on His own unaccompanied either by Thayar or by Adisesha. Realising that God had left Paramapadam, Thayar sent Adisesha to earth to search for the Perumal. When Adisesha met Him at Aadanoor, he found that God was tired and lying down on the ground. Adisesha, His divine couch felt very upset at this and demanded of God an explanation as to why he should have given up His heavenly abode and also lie down on earth when Adisesha was only too willing to provide the comfortable couch. God is then said to have asked Adisesha
Thiru Aadanoor - Gopuram View
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