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वरदराज पेरुमल मंदिर, कांचीपुरम का एक हिन्दू मंदिर है जो भगवान विष्णु को समर्पित है।

कांचीपुरम को विष्णु कांची के नाम से भी जाना जाता है जो कई प्रसिद्ध विष्णु मंदिरों का घर है।

वरदराजा पेरुमल मंदिर भारत के तमिलनाडु के पवित्र शहर कांचीपुरम में स्थित भगवान विष्णु को समर्पित एक हिंदू मंदिर है। यह दिव्य देशमों में से एक है, माना जाता है कि विष्णु के 108 मंदिरों में 12 कवि-संतों या अलवरों ने दौरा किया था। यह कांचीपुरम के एक उपनगर में स्थित है जिसे विष्णु कांची के नाम से जाना जाता है जो कई प्रसिद्ध विष्णु मंदिरों का घर है। माना जाता है कि वैष्णव विशिष्टाद्वैत दर्शन के सबसे महान हिंदू विद्वानों में से एक, रामानुजन ने इस मंदिर में निवास किया था। कांचीपुरम में एकंबरेश्वर मंदिर और कामाक्षी अम्मन मंदिर के साथ मंदिर को मुमूर्तिवासम (तीनों का निवास स्थान) के रूप में जाना जाता है, जबकि श्रीरंगम के रूप में जाना जाता है: 'कोइल' (अर्थ: "मंदिर") और तिरुपति के रूप में। के रूप में जाना जाता है: 'मलाई' (अर्थ: "पहाड़ी")। दिव्य देशम में, कांचीपुरम वरदराज पेरुमल मंदिर को 'पेरुमल कोइल' के नाम से जाना जाता है। यह वैष्णवों के लिए सबसे पवित्र स्थानों में से एक है। इस श्रृंखला को पूरा करने वाले दिव्य देशमों में से चौथा मेलुकोटे है - जिसे लोकप्रिय रूप से थिरुनारायणपुरम के नाम से जाना जाता है। वैष्णवों का मानना है कि बिना ब्रेक के चार स्थानों पर जाने से परमपद में जगह की गारंटी होगी।

देवी सरस्वती के श्राप से मुक्त होने के बाद, दिव्य देवताओं के राजा इंद्र ने चांदी और सोने की छिपकलियां स्थापित कीं, जो इस परीक्षा के गवाह थे। ब्रह्मा ने यहां एक यज्ञ किया था, जिसे तेज बहने वाली वेगावती नदी (नदी के रूप में सरस्वती देवी) द्वारा धोया जाना था, जिसे आज पलार नदी के नाम से जाना जाता है। मंदिर के देवता, विष्णु ने प्रवाह को बनाए रखने के लिए खुद को सपाट रखा और यज्ञ सफलतापूर्वक किया गया। विष्णु एक हजार सूर्यों की चमक के साथ अथी वृक्ष के अंदर वरदराजस्वामी के रूप में उभरे और यहां स्थायी रूप से तब तक रहे जब तक कि वे पास के एक तालाब में डूबे नहीं थे क्योंकि भगवान ब्रह्मा द्वारा किए गए यज्ञ से आए थे। जैसा कि दक्षिण भारतीय मंदिरों में एक पवित्र वृक्ष के साथ होता है, मंदिर का नाम अत्तिगिरी अटारी वृक्ष से लिया गया है, जिसे वैष्णवों और हिंदुओं के लिए पवित्र माना जाता है। मंदिर के अंदर पाए जाने वाले मौजूदा पत्थर के देवता पास के नरशिमा मंदिर से हैं, देवता को देवराज पेरुमल कहा जाता है, जिनकी पूजा आदि अथि वरदराज पेरुमल के समान है; मूलावर की मूर्ति में दो देवताओं का वास होता है।

हिंदू पौराणिक कथाओं के अनुसार, सृष्टि के हिंदू देवता, ब्रह्मा, एक गलतफहमी के कारण अपनी पत्नी सरस्वती के साथ अलग हो गए। उन्होंने विष्णु से वरदान प्राप्त करने के लिए अश्वमेध पूजा (घोड़े के साथ) की। विष्णु भक्ति से प्रसन्न हुए और वराह के रूप में पृथ्वी के तल से प्रकट हुए और सरस्वती को ब्रह्मा के साथ मिला दिया। एक अन्य किंवदंती के अनुसार, सरस्वती ने आकाशीय देवताओं के राजा इंद्र को हाथी बनने और उस स्थान पर घूमने का श्राप दिया था। वह विष्णु की दिव्य शक्ति से श्राप से मुक्त हुए, जो हस्तगिरि पर्वत के रूप में प्रकट हुए। हस्तगिरि हाथी के रूप में एक पर्वत/पहाड़ी को दर्शाता है। एक अन्य कथा के अनुसार गौतम ऋषि के शिष्यों को छिपकली बनने का श्राप मिला था। वे मंदिर में रहते थे और विष्णु की दिव्य कृपा से श्राप से मुक्त हो गए थे। मंदिर में एक पैनल है जहां मंदिर की छत में दो छिपकलियां हैं। थिरुक्काची नंबीगल (जिसे कांची पूर्णर के नाम से भी जाना जाता है) इस मंदिर के प्रबल भक्त थे। वह प्रतिदिन पूविरुंधवल्ली से फूल लाते थे, जहां उन्होंने एक बगीचा रखा था। उन्होंने हाथ के पंखे की मदद से हवा का उत्पादन करने के लिए लहराते हुए अलवत्ता कंगारियम किया। ऐसा माना जाता है कि सेवा के दौरान वर्धराज उनसे बात किया करते थे। अलवत्ता कांगरियाम एक पूजा प्रथा है जिसका पालन आधुनिक समय में भी किया जाता है।

मंदिर में विभिन्न राजवंशों जैसे चोल, पांड्य, कंदवराय, चेरा, काकतीय, सांबुवराय, होयसल और विजयनगर के लगभग 350 शिलालेख हैं, जो मंदिर को विभिन्न दान और कांचीपुरम की राजनीतिक स्थिति का संकेत देते हैं। वरदराज पेरुमल मंदिर का जीर्णोद्धार 1053 में चोलों द्वारा किया गया था और महान चोल राजाओं कुलोत्तुंगा चोल प्रथम और विक्रम चोल के शासनकाल के दौरान इसका विस्तार किया गया था। एक और दीवार और एक गोपुर का निर्माण बाद के चोल राजाओं ने 14वीं शताब्दी में करवाया था। जब 1688 में मुगल आक्रमण का खतरा था, तो देवता की मुख्य छवि उदयरापालयम को भेजी गई थी, जो अब तिरुचिरापल्ली जिले का हिस्सा है। जनरल टोडर्मल की सेवाओं में एक स्थानीय उपदेशक की भागीदारी के बाद इसे और अधिक कठिनाई के साथ वापस लाया गया था। औपनिवेशिक काल के दौरान, ब्रिटिश जनरल रॉबर्ट क्लाइव ने गरुड़ सेवा उत्सव का दौरा किया और एक मूल्यवान हार जिसे अब क्लाइव महारकांडी कहा जाता है भेंट की, जिसे हर साल एक विशेष अवसर के दौरान सजाया जाता है। वर्तमान में प्रशासन तमिलनाडु सरकार के हिंदू धार्मिक और बंदोबस्ती द्वारा किया जाता है।

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Hindi (हिन्दी):
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।
समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते॥

English:
yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabha,
sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so'mṛitatvāya kalpate.

Meaning (Hindi):
हे पुरुषोत्तम! जो धीर पुरुष दुःख सुख में समान रहता है, उसे यह सिद्ध हो जाता है कि वह अमरत्व को प्राप्त हो गया है।

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