Sri:

Srimathe Rāmānujaya Namaha
Srimad VaravaraMunaye Namaha

“Yathoktakari” “sonnavannam seidha perumal “in Tamil translates to “the lord who did as said” what did He do? And who asked to do the same? The well-known story is of one of the twelve azhvars, thirumazhisaipiran asking the Lord of the divyadesam thiruvekka in Kanchipuram to follow who was himself following his disciple who was sent out of kingdom by the king since he refused to sing the praise of the king. Without any second thought yathotakari perumal rolled his serpant bed and followed azhvar and his disciple. The next day when the king realizing his mistake came and apologised azhvar and his disciple decided to come back and instructed perumal accordingly. Perumal without second word followed suit and while reclining back just changed the direction to remind us of the wonderful episode even today. Though this story is more commonly known how did perumal come to divyadesam and when?

When we say Kanchipuram or Thirukachchi only Devaperumal, Varadarajan comes to all our minds. But even before Varadarajan came out of the yaga kundam of Brahma, vegasethu perumal gave his divya darshan to all. Enraged by Brahma performing a yagna in her absence Saraswathi Devi took the form of the river vegavathi and flowed with great vigour to wash out the yagasala. On request of Brahma, perumal became vegasethu (bridge across the river vegavathi) and reclined in the way of vegavathi. Blessed with the divine darshan of perumal, Saraswathi realised her mistake and slowed down. Then brahma continued his yaga and only from that yaga kunda Varadaraja perumal appeared.

The renovation of divine temple of yathotakari/vegasethu perumal was completed the liberal support from asthikas.  Vedics Foundation is blessed to be a part of this temple renovation kainkaryam.  A few pictures from the renovation are below.