During my visit to Srirangam, we also went to 5 other divya desams around Tiruchi on the same. One of them was Thirupper Nagar - Appakkudathaan. This temple is about 25 kms from Tiruchi. We hired a car to go to all these divya desams and by Sri Ranganathar's blessing were able to cover all the other 5 on the same day.
The temple is on a small hillock and the Moolavar Appakudathan is in the sayana thirukolam. The sayana thirukolam of Perumal is always a sight to behold. what a beautiful sight. The utsavar is Appaala Rangan. I had read before going to this temple that the Lord held a kudam filled with appam and hence the name Appakkudathaan. The Naivedhyam for the Lord is Appam on daily basis. When we are the sannidhi, the bhattar told us that the Lord does not hold the appa kudam. In fact I saw a gap between his thirukai and the appa kudam. Since then, I have been wanting to get this clarified with the learned people, but so far have not asked them.
The temple itself is on the banks of river kollidam and unfortunately when we went there was no water in the river. I could not but imagine the days when the river was in full flow and temple on a hillock on the banks of the river.
During our darshan, when the bhattar told us that Nammazhwar attained Saranagadhi in this divya desam and the last paasuram was in the temple, I had a knot in my stomach and throat. This feeling was lingering in me for a long time and even now, when I think of the visit i get a feeling that sometimes take me out of this world.
Sri Kamala Valli Thaayar Sametha Sri Appakudthan Thiruvadigale saranam...
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