From the Bhakti List Archives
Mani Varadarajan
• Sun Oct 04 1998 - 17:15:58 PDT
Sudarshan wrote:
> It is also said that Vishnu, the beloved brother of Parvati, who greatly
> grieved over her marital condition, proceeded to propitiate Lord Siva by
> installing two deities in the temple at "tEr-ezhundUr" or
> "gOsakha-kshEtram". Siva is thus known to this day in the two temples as
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> "vEda-purIsvara" and "aa-maruviyappan" ( "aa" again being an archaic Tamil
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> synonym for the cow!).
This doesn't seem correct. From what I recall, it is PerumaaL alone
who is known as "aamaruviyappan" at thErezhundhUr. Rengi, can you fill
us in on the correct sthala-purANa story? I am not sure where Sudarshan
has got his version (Sudarshan, perhaps you can clarify), but some of
the other details he has presented here are not from the tErezhundhUr
sthala-purANa.
I await clarification from both members.
Thanks,
Mani
