Vaidhya Veeraraghavan

Vaidhya Veeraraghavan

One of the most important Sri Vaishnava Divyadesams that are located in the neighborhood of Chennai is 'Thiruvallore'. With the government records nomenclature having undergone a lot of name changes like 'Thiruvallur', 'Thiruvellore' etc., the actual name or the root is still 'Thiru Evvul'.

Thiruvallur is reachable from Chennai -- Arakkanom railway route and as well via Chennai - Tiruthani road route. You can check out the full history of Thiruvallor from Divyadesams section over here.

Moolavar Veeraraghavan gives darshan with His right hand blessing Salihotra Maharishi and the left hand in Gnana Mudra preaching Nanmughan (Brahma). The Lord gave darshan to Salihotra Maharishi and enquired about the right place to take avatar, hence this place is called Tiru Evvul (Evvul - which place). The Lord protected the tapavasis and vedavits at this place killing Madukaidapas. It is believed that all diseases and troubles will disappear if devotees after taking bath in Hruthapanasha Pushkarni and has the darshan of Vijaykoti Vimanam and the Lord and hence the Lord is also called the Vaidya Narayanan.