Temple History
The Lakshmi Narayana Perumal temple is purely dedicated to the supreme Lord Vishnu and his consort Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi (for wealth and wellbeing) is sitting on his left lap. Veppur Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Temple might have been constructed during Late Pandyan Empire or Vijayanagra regime or Nayaka regime and no historical sculptures were found. The one and only identification is the fish symbol engraved at the outer side of the “Garbhagriham” and inside of the Artha Mandapam.
Entirely damaged Maha mandapam and remains of the huge compound wall were the additional identifications for this centuries old temple. It is quite interesting that the only one Sanctum Sanctorum regained its original look when it was sand blasted during the renovation of the temple. Yes. The small Garbhagriham with the Artha mandapam still speaking the stone architecture of the yester years.
The debris of the Mandapam and compound wall were removed and the temple area was cleaned by the devotees. With the grace of Sri Lakshmi Narayana perumal, the vimanam was reconstructed and Maha samprokshanam was held on 19th January 2012 by Vedic Vaishnava scholars.
The journey of renovation continues by Acquiring the occupied areas of the Temple and a compound was built in 2016. The three level 26 feet Rajagopuram was built using the same stone pillars of the old mandapam in 2017. Now the temple is gaining a new shape with additional shrines for Periyathriuvadi (Sri Garudazwar), Thimbikkaiazwar (Sri Vinayagar), Sri Hanuman and Shri Hariharaputran. A plan to establish a dwajasthambam and a salaram with sevaral pillars around the temple is underway.
The rajagopuram and vimanam are beautifully sculptured and painted in an excellent manner. The Rajagopuram has the sculptures of 10 Avatars of Sri Mahavishnu.
The temple gained a new shape with additional shrines for Lord Shiva-Sri Shankara Narayanan and Balambika sannathis. Also shrines for Sri Garudazwar, Sankatahara Vinayagar, Sri Hanuman, Shri Hariharaputran Ayappan, Chakkarathaazwar, VishnuDurgai, DakshinaMoorthy and Shaneeswaran. The Kumbabhishekham for Shiva shirine was held on 24th June 2022 in a grand manner for 5 days by GRD Iyers GuruCool. GuruJi Shri Ramesh Natarajan and GuruMaa Sri Devi Gayathri from Canada presided the function with the Global deciples. Special pujas, Rudra Homam, Sri Vidya Homam and Chandi Homams were carried out by GRD Iyers GuruCool team. Also on 25-June 2022 a special SriChakra Navavarana Puja was performed by 40 members of Shree Amrita Chaitanya Mandali (GRD Gurucool’s SriVidya Mandali) Special appearance by Mr. Rangaraj Pandey a renowned journlist, political analyst and Director of Chankya TV, visited the temple. Also Local MLA and the sitting Minister Mr. Gandhi made a special appeance on the day of Kumbhabhshekham of the shrines.Once upon a time, Maa Parasakthi/Goddess Parvathi, was performing penance in kanchipuram, one of the pancha bhuta sthalas, in remembrance of Lord Shiva in order to marry lord Shiva. Lord Shiva was also pleased with the penance of the Goddess and came to Kanchipuram to marry the Goddess. Devas, Gandharvas, Sages, Siddhas and Rajathi Rajas all visited Kanchipuram to witness the marriage ceremony of the Goddess. The city of Kanchi was filled with huge crowds, so maharshis searched for peaceful places on the banks of the Palar river to perform their eternal karma anushtanas. They stayed in the forests on the banks of the Palar river and performed all their eternal pujas and worshipped the Swayambulingams in those forests. Located on the southern bank of this Palar river, Veppur is the number one temple in the Shadaranya Kshetra temples. This was a forest of neem trees. The Kula Guru of of Lord Sri Rama Sri Vasishtha Maharishi was considered to have performed all his eternal poojas to Shiva and Lakshmi Narayana at Veppur.Valmiki, Bharatwajar, Gautamar, and Attri Maharishis were also considered to have worshiped Lakshmi Narayana Perumal at Veppur. Since Lakshmi Narayana Perumal was worshiped by the Maharishis, the temple gets its own importance and gets blessings of the Rishishis also. A Fish logo is found in on the ceiling of the temple. So this temple vimanam is basically called as Macha Vimanam. This temple might have been built by the Pandya kings. Some families still have their ancestors name as they say, “Veppur family(Veppur Vagaiyaraa), and Lakshmi Narayana Perumal as kula deivam. General Information: The best place to worship for the families especially Perumal as kuladevatha Prayers: To buy a house, it is a place where couples should pray for unity, a place to be visited by those seeking peace of mind. The best place to worship Chakkarthazhwar is for those who are mentally disturbed. If Mercury is in the neecham in your own horoscope, then on Wednesdays, tirumanjanam is performed to Perumal, green clothes are offered and greengram chundal nivedhanam is performed to get rid of the doshas. Offerings: Thulaabhaaram, Thirumanjanam, Annadhanam.