108 Divyadesam- 62) Tiruvidandai

Details of Kshethram:Moolavar: Lakshmi Varaha Perumal / Nitya Kalyana Perumal Thayaar: Komalavalli / Akilandakodi Brahmanda Nayagi Thayaar Vimanam: Kalyana Vimanam Pushkarani: Kalyana Theertham Travel: This kshethram is located 40 kilometers from Chennai on the road to Mahabalipuram.

Azhwar Pashuram: Tirumangaiazhwar : 13 Pashurams Sthala Puranam: The legend tells the tale of Gavala Maharishi who had 360 daughters. When he was faced with the trouble of getting each of them married, he was directed to perform tapas to the Lord here at Tiruvidandai. Upon completion of his tapas, the Lord came to the Maharishi daily and personally married each of his 360 daughters. On the 360th day, a question arose if there had to 360 different households for each daughter. Thus the Lord took each of the 360 daughters and consolidated them into a single person. This is how Akilavalli Nachiyar came to be. Here the Lord can be seen with his right tiruvadi placed on the earth(Bhoomi Devi) and his left tiruvadi can be seen resting on the head of Adiseshan and his spouse blessing them eternally. *** It is said that those who have not been able to get married can visit this kshethram and pray to the Lord and thayaar here to get married. The couple will be given two garlands and will be advised to visit the temple again after a while for the marriage to take fruit. The philosophy that one can see at this kshethram is the relationship between the jeevaathma and Paramaathama. The 360 daughters here represent the various different jeevaathmas and the Lord is the Paramaathama. Each of the individual jeevaathmas long to reach the Paramaathma who will grant us moksham (Varaha Perumal who lifted Bhoomi Devi from the waters of deluge during pralayam is the One who will liberate us from the ocean known as Samsara or life).