Peringottukara Devasthanam is the pioneering SreeVishnumaya Swami and Sree Bhuvaneswari Devi Temple with the tradition of centuries. We are the 5th generation to follow the holy steps of ParamachariyaVelumuthappa Swamikal, the first devotee who brought lord Sree Vishnumaya Swami to Peringottukara village. Today our family temple has become the shelter for devotees of all castes and religion. All devotees in India come to the temple as a pilgrimage for solving their problems of any. Here there is blessings for all and solution for all problems of mind and body. Sree Vishnumaya Swami, the divine child of Lord Siva and Parvathy Devi disguised as Koolivaka, who wished to live with the human beings amid the suffering and misery, is the main deity of Peringottukara Devasthanam. Blessing of Sree Vishnumaya Swami and SreeBuvaneswari Devi will drive away miseries of devotees and will fill the life with divine light of hope and success. Blessings is showered on the devotees by Sree Vishnumaya Swamy to get rid of miseries due to business failure, unpleasant married life, sorrow due to not getting married or having no children and misery due to ill-effects of Navagraha (Nine Planets) or Curse of some unknown or known powers.
Take shelter in the refuge of Sri Vishnumaya Swami. Don’t worry about your caste or religion, you will be saved. Legendary Sree Narayana Guru visited Peringottukara and we follow his words ‘No caste No religion and Goodness is all’. The will of God here is against asking the status, caste, dignity or religion of the seeker of refuge. Peringotukara Devasthanam gives importance to Parama Bhakti and total surrender. Here ‘God and devotees are alike’. Here devotees come to materialize the dreams of marriage or to have blessings to have children, to enjoy happy family life, overcome family quarrels, to escape from bad-friendships and poverty to cure problem of education to children, and to escape from failure to attain success due to the evil-effects of Navagraha or curses of any kind. Visit the temple and have the vision of Lord Vishnumaya swami in the dancing form. You will be relieved of any illness and cured of all problems Blessings of Vishnumaya Swamy will bring eternal happiness and salvation. Visit the temple during pooja timings and be prospered. I feel contented to see the happy faces of devotees after fulfillment of dreams. If you can’t visit the holy place and conduct poojas, worship Sri Vishnumaya Swami and Sri Bhuvaneswari Devi as per our proper advice and lead a happy life let the blessings of Lord SreeVishnumaya Swami and Sree Bhuvaneswari Devi be showered unto you all.”
Velumuthappan Swamy is the pioneer devotee and the Chief person behind the divine presence of Vishnumaya Swamy at Peringottukara.
Following the footsteps of Velumuthappan Swamy, Velukutty Swamy ascended the steps of worshipping Vishnumaya Swamy.
Veluswamy bequeathed his whole hearted blessing on Damodaran Swamy& he took over the charge of Lord Vishnumaya Swamy worship.
Dr.Unni Swamy, Head of Devasthanam, is the torch bearer of this Century of Sree Vishnumaya Swamy Cult.
Difference between Vishnumaya & Kuttichathan
Pooja Benefits & Rituals To Follow
Doubts about worshipping Vishnumaya swami
Bhuvaneswary is the family goddess of the Patrons and prime –deity of the Devasthanam.The temple of this deity is at the right –side of the main temple. It was this deity that gave advice to Velu to instal the idol of Sree Vishnumaya to protect Peringottukara village. Bhuvaneswary means the goddess of the entire world. In this shrine she is the mother goddess who provides the blessing for happy married life, good marriage alliance and domestic happiness. Important celebration for Devi Bhuvaneswary is conducted after ‘Thiravellattu.’ The festival is famous as ‘KalamezhuthumPattu’.It is a sacred occasion to visit the temple.
Ganapathy is one of the main sub-deities at Devasthanam. The temple is situated at holy Kanni moola, South-west part of the main temple. Ganapathy here is worshiped as elder brother of Lord Vishnu.maya. During Vishnu maya’s visit to Kailas it was Ganapathy and Muruka who accompanied him to siva’s abode. In this temple Ganapathy is worshiped with Ganapathy Pooja in.cluding Maha Ganapathy Homam and Anayoot tu during Karkataka Month
It is a Holy spot where, 390 Subordinate- deities of Vishnumaya, reside here. This is situated left to the Sreekovil.This is an important spot of Power in this temple next to the power of Lord Vishumaya.Subordinating deities of Kukshikalpa is the army of Vishnumaya to protect the devotees. To retain their strength ‘Guruthy’ is done to them during Pournamy and Amavasy days .Another significance of Kukshikalpa is that it is the abode of VeluMuthappan, the pioneering devotee of Lord Vishnumaya. Devotees can feel the serenity of the spot as they visit here.
Lord Vishnumaya is desirous of getting adoration for his devotees. Shrine of former priest Damodara Swami is south to the temple of Bhuvaneswary facing north to see LordVishnumaya. On special occasions some rituals are conducted here. The shrine is spectacular with the bronze idol of DamodaraSwamikal. The shrine was blessed with the presence Brahma Sree Tharanellur Thantry, the family priest of Sabarimala and many other temples.
Rakshasu is another sub –deity in the temple. Rakshasu is erected in a special temple facing Bhuvaneswary Rakshasu of this temple is capable to cure any Vaasthu defects in the house and provide the well- being of the residents there. If the house is at a wrong spot it will affect the inmates. Worshipping this Rakshasu will cure such defects and will bring prosperity.
The birthday of Lord Vishnumaya is celebrated as “Thiravellattu’.This day is most suited for the devotees to get their wishes fulfilled.The auspicious day for the next festival is predicted by God himself who perform dance on this day. The idol of founder priest sree Velumuthappan is also brought out from the Kushikalpam along with the idol of vishnmaya swamy. The Festival lasts for 9 days.
During the period of Mandalakalam which includes malayalam month karkkidakam & vrichikam (july) only swasthika poojas are held. Before this poojas , kalamezhuthupatt programmes are also held in the month of midhuna &thula (November) . These auspeicious days are excellent for visiting the temple and to make offering and poojas. Collecting the dust from the kalam and keeping and worshiping it at a holy place in the house is considered to be auyspicious for it brings prosperity and scare away the evil spirits.
After the completion of thiravellattu ,to please the mother of devasthanam Bhuvaneswari devi, Thottampattu festival is held. Kalamezhuthu (drawing and decorating of the idol on the floor) and taking out the idol in a procession playing traditional instruments and beating drums is also held on this occasion.