Simmendra and ALL Maha Vishnu Avatar Forms
Thirumeeyachur sacred space - holy ground touched by the Lotus Feet of all Maha Vishnu avatar forms. Every Vishnu avatar spends at least a moment in this sacred space and leaves His avatar shakti here for the benefit of devotees who come here for darshan.
Thus, it is easy to get the blessings of the ten Dasavatar forms in this sacred space of Thirumeeyachur.
Very interestingly, the Lord's name here does not refer to any one avatar. It just refers to the "seated form" of Narayana.
However, since all Narayana avatar forms spend at least a moment in the deity form of Simhendra Perumal, the darshan of this Lord here gets us the benefit (punniya shakti) of having had the "seated form" darshan of all Narayana avatars such as Ulagalandha Perumal, Dhanvantri, Narasimha, Varaha, Hayagriva, Mohini, Vamana and so on.
Indra, Goutama Maharishi, Curse, Penance
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Indra's wrongdoing. Goutama Maharishi's curse. Indra's shame. Indra's intense penance in a lotus stalk.
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Lotus and Lakshmi
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Lotus and Mother Lakshmi. Lotuses - very important in the worship of Mother Lakshmi. Indra's wrong and its bad effect on lotuses. Far reaching evil effects of insalubrious deeds. Withering of lotuses and thus no worship with lotuses. Diminished Lakshmi blessings. Serious consequences world over.
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Guru for Lotuses
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Gurus for every species. Guru for lion (animal) species. Guru for lotus (plant) species.
Kamala Maharishi's prayer to Mother Maha Lakshmi. Kamala Maharishi's penance. The Maharishi is blessed by the Mother.
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Kamala Maharishi teaches Indra
The Maharishi asked Indra to come out of the lotus stalk the latter was hiding in.
He instructed Indra on several sacred spaces and worship procedures therein that will nullify his bad karma.
Indra realized that one has to experience the punishment for one's own bad karma and he did so.
He also followed the advice of Kamala Maharishi and as a result of his austere vows and worship, the gradual process of karma nullification got started.
Indra Redeemed by Simhendra Maha Vishnu
As a result of his sincere repentance and serious worship, Indra began experiencing the effects of the bad karma receding from him gradually.
And when he reached the sacred land of Simmendra Maha Vishnu in Tirumeeyachur, he was completely released from the bonds of the bad karma of his wrongdoing.
Not only was Indra redeemed, but Mother Lakshmi also redeemed the lotus flowers from their withered state.
Indra's Worship with Lotuses and Simmendra's Divine Grace
Indra did elaborate pooja of Veetrirundha Perumal with numerous lotuses in full bloom.
Because ALL avatar forms of Maha Vishnu are in the deity form of Veetrirundha Perumal, Lord Narayana Maha Vishnu took Indra's worship as equivalent to worshipping all His Avatar Forms!
Thus Indra was blessed with a solution for yet another of his problems: it was because of him that pooja with lotuses could not be performed anywhere. Thus he became the cause for reduction in worship and so he had to work out this bad karma too apart from the bad karma resulting from his original infraction.
However, because his pooja here was accepted by Lord Narayana as worship for ALL His avatar forms, this bad karma was nullified too!
Such is the grace of Lord Simmendra Maha Vishnu of Thirumeeyachur!
Kodiyalur Sacred Space
The sacred space where Kamala Maharishi did intense penance that pleased Mother Maha Lakshmi is the nearby Kodiyalur that is home to Lord Sri Agastheeswara SHIVA and Mother Sri Anandavalli.
This Kodialur sacred space is also becoming popular for special worship of Saniswara (Lord Saturn).
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