Kaattu Azhagiya Singa Perumal Temple Srirangam
This place once was a dense forest and surrounded by the two rivers- named Cauvery in South and Coloroon in North. Being in dense forest, the temple was maintained only by the rishis and their families. Time and again wild animals attacked those families of the rishis.
Even though rishis had the power to destroy the animals just by their look, they didn't want to waste their power. Instead they underwent severe penance invoking blessings of Lord Narasimha. Pleased by the penance, Lord Narasimha appeared here blessing His darshan to rishis. As per their request, He stayed here with Goddess Lakshmi and have been protecting everyone who offer sincere prayers here.
Earlier the temple being in the midst of a forest and with minimal human existence, it was considered unsafe and the utsava murthy was kept and worshipped inside the Koorathaazhvan Sannidhi in Srirangam Temple.. That tradition has come to stay and even today the Utsavar of Lord Narasimha not kept here in Kaattu Azhagivya Singa Perumal Koil but in Srirangam Temple.
Once a year, on the evening session of Vijayadhasami day, Utsavar of Srirangam temple, Namperumal comes on a street procession to this temple in a palanquin. Goddess is believed to have undertaken penance at this place and handed Nam Perumal a bow and an arrow at the end of the 10th day of the Navarathri festival.
After Thirumanjam, the event of Lord Namperumal on a Horse Vaahanam, striking an arrow on the Vanni tree to signify the destruction of evil forces and protection of the devotees, is enacted every year on the Vijayadasami evening at this temple |
