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LORD VINAYAKA-BESTOWER OF BOONS
PART-4
SRI.S.V.VARADHARAJAN


 Next we will see Pilliyar Patti which is very popular among the devotees. This temple is located on the Karaikudi-Thiruppathur road. In this temple at Pilliyarpatti, Vinayakaappears in Valampuri form with only two hands as against fourhands in other temples.It is believed that He keeps under control the entire universe with this form.He bears no weapons and is seated in Padhmasana with a sweet dish(Modhakam) in his right hand and the left hand resting on his nap. With his gracious presence, he blesses his devotees visiting the temple. Even having  a dharshan of this deity gives us a feeling in our mind that he would take care of our welfare and we need not worry for anything. He grants our wish and fulfils our needs lie a kalpaka vriksham and so he is worshipped as "Karpaga Vinayakar". Let us see the puranic story for this famous temple.


  At the Himalayan slopes, a sage named Savupari was living spending his life in meditation and worship of Lord Siva. He was well versed in Vedas and Sastras. His wife Manoramai, a beautiful and chaste woman was also a great devotee of Siva. She was doing all services to her husband in performing his rituals. One day a gandharva king by name Krounchan was flying in the over that area and seeing the beautiful lady, caught hold of her hands. The lady got terribly angry. The sage who just came there saw this and ws md with anger. He cursed the king Krouchan saying that he would turn into a bandicoot digging into mud. The kingrealised his folly,begged to be excused for the folly and prostrated before the sage. The sage told that the curse given could not be changed and that as "Krochan" was a devotee of Lord Vinayaka he would get relies from the curse only with the blessings of Vinayaka.                                                         
               Tradition will continue. 
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