Aadhikesava Perumal Temple, Mylapore – Literary
Mention
Thirumazhisai Alwar sung this Kshetram as
"Neelotham Vandhalaikkum Maamayilai, Thirumangai Alwar sung this Kshetram
as "Oppavarilla Madhargai Vazhum Madamamylai Thenamar Solai Madamamylai
Thennan Thodayar Kon Seitha Nan Mylai”. Sri Thirumazhisai Alwar in his first
Tiruvallikeni Pasuram has sung Mylai Kesavan as "purameri seitha sivanuru
thuyar kalai thevai". Kesavan is supposed to have resolved the sin (Sapam)
of Sri Kapali as described in Garuda Purana.
In the Second Pasuram "Vedathai vedathin suvai
payanai vizhungum Thirumangai Alwar Kuvalayathor thozuthethum Adiayi. Here Sri
Thirumangai Alwar is Referring Sri Peyalvar as Vedathai vedathin Suvaipayanai
Vizhumiya Munivar. Since Peyalvar has worshipped only Kesavan as his Arathana
Perumal by saying "Vizhungum Kothilin Kani" he is referring only
Kesavaperumal and by saying "adhiyai" he is confirming the same.
Sri Andal has sung Mylai Kesava Perumal in her Tiruppavai
seventh Pasuram. Sri Andal through this Pasuram "Keesu Keesu"
supposed to have been waking up Sri Peyalvar. In the same Pasuram she too has
sung Mylai Kesavan as "Kesavanai Padavum nee kette kidathiya". Sri
Peyalvar was one of the 12 Alvars of the Vaishnavite tradition. Peyalvar was
found on a lily flower in the pond of the Adi Kesava Perumal Temple in
Mylapore, Chennai, in Tamil Nadu. He is considered to be an incarnation of
Nandakam, the sword of Sri Vishnu. The devotional songs of Peyalvar form the
Divya Prabhandham "Moonram Tiruvandadhi".
