Thirumukkudal Perumal Temple
From Pazhayaseevaram one has to take left and cross the bridge on the river Palar to reach Thirumukkudal. Thirumukkudal has an ancient temple for Lord Vishnu called ‘Sri Appan Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal’. Thirumukkoodal got its name as three rivers Palar (Ksheera Nadhi), Vegavathi (Saraswathi) and Cheyyar (Bahu Nadhi) merge together at this place. This place is called Triveni Sangamam and is considered equivalent to Ganges. Taking bath here is considered as holy as bathing in Prayag . But no water when we went last year . The story of this Perumal goes to the period of Thondaiman Chakravarthi who ruled ‘Thondai-Nadu’ with Kanchipuram as his capital. Once he planned a ‘Tirumalai yatra’ but Lord Srinivasa came in his dream and told him not to move as an enemy attack was imminent . Perumal gave His ‘Shanku and Chakram’ to this king and he emerged victorious. The reclining Perumal of Tirumukoodal stood up facing north to give His Divine Weapons’. Seeing this Tondaiman Chakr...