THIRUPAVAZHAVANNAN
There was a huge fight between the Devas and the asuras.
Devas conquered the asuras. The asuras were badly hurt. Some of them lost their
parts of the body. Some of them lost their lives and some others were badly
injured.They all sought refuge under Lord Shiva. Shiva called Sukracharya, the
preceptor of the Devas in secrecy and told him thus “ in this mount Kailas
there are herbs called MruthaSanjeevani, Vishalyakarani,, Santhanakarani etc.
If you mix all these and make a medicine out of it , it would help to join the
broken limbs and make the body as before. It can also restore life. This life giving
medicine is not known by anyone else” Sukracharya was very happy and did as
instructed. The asuras were restored to life. They again fought a big battle,
this time with more strength. The Devas were surprised to see that all those
whom they had killed before were now fighting with them. This time the Devas
were badly hurt. They sought refuge under the twin doctors- Ashwinikumaras. The
latter could not find a proper medicine to cure them and hence surrendered at
the feet of Lord Vishnu. Vishnu came in the form of Dhanvanthari, bearing his conch, discus, amruthakalasha and
leech. He threw his dicus and created a new therrtha called Chakratheertha. He
filled the pond with his nectar that could cure all kinds of diseases. The
Ashwinikumaras were filled with gratitude and established two deities called
Pachaivannan, Pavazhavannan. Those who worship these deities will be restored
with their full health and handicapped persons too would benefit greatly.
Note: This kshetra is in Kanchipuram.
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