Thiruallikeni is traditionally enumerated as number 79 among the 108 Divya Desams — the sacred abodes of Sri Maha Vishnu sung by the Alvars.
To enable the mortals on this earth to attain the Lotus feet of Lord Sriman Narayanan (moksham), God has manifested Himself in various forms in several places. These places are known as ’Archaavatara Sthalangal’. The Alvars have visited some of these Archaavatara Sthalangal and sung in praise of the presiding deities. These places are known as Divyadesams. There are 108 such divyadesams in the country for Sri Vaishnavites. Sri Parthasarthy temple, Triplicane, Madras is one such divyadesam.
In this one Temple itself we can worship the presiding deities of Ayodhya, Sri Rangam, Kanchipuram, Ahobilam and Mathura viz. Lord Rama, Lord Ranganathar, Lord Varadaraja, Lord Narasimha and Lord Krishna. Each of the three types of Asana, sthanaka and sayana can be seen in this temple. Besides, each of the three kinds of Yoga, Bhoga and Veera aspects are also to be seen here. Thus, it is a unique temple. Besides, separate shrines are built for Sri Peyalvar, Sri Nammalvar outside the temple and for Thirumazhisai Alvar inside the temple. Futher, the idols of Acharyas Sri Alavandar, Sri Ramanujar, Sri Manavala tishi, Sri Vedanta Desikar and Sri Thirukachi Nambi are all enshrined in separate shrines in the mahamantapam inside the temple. Since the ‘Alvars have sung about the deities of this temple, this temple should have been in existence in the Sth or 6th century. From the stone inscriptions, it is seen that the present temple was built by a Pallava King around 779-830 A.D. The Gopuram in the front is said to have been built by Thondaiman Chakravarthy, a Pallavan king. The Vijayanagar rulers also helped in renovating this temple. The shrine of Vedavalli
Thayar appears to have been built in the second half of the 19th century. There are several stone inscriptions in the central shrine and the mantapam in front of it. These stone inscriptions refer to different renovation works taken up by the various Rajas and Maharajas like Nandivarman, Veera Venkatapathi Maharaja of Vijayanagar, Rangaraya deva Maharaja of Vijayanagar empire, Mahamaravarman, a Pandya raja and Thirubuvana Veera deva Kulottungan and Rajaraja Devan of Chola Kings.
The temple was under the management of the East India Company till 1843 when it was handed over to a body of three respectable persons of the locality. The three trustees belong to one of the Srivaishnava sects viz. Thengalai and they managed the affairs of this temple. Of these three trustees, one is a brahmin, the second an arya vysya and the third from another Hindu community following Sri Vaishnavite philosophy.
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