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The divyadesam Thiruththanka (thiruththaNkA) is in Kanchipuram. It is also known as Vilakkoli Perumal Sannidhi. It has been praised by Thirumangai Azhvar in his Periya Thirumozhi 10-1-2
ponnai mAmaNiyai aNi ArndhadhOr minnai vEngadaththu uchchiyil kaNdu pOy ennai ALudai Isanai empirAn thannai yAm senRu kANdum thaNkAvilE
and in his Thirunedunthandagam 14
muLaik kadhiraik kuRungudiyuL mugilai mUvA mUvulagum kadandhu appAl mudhalAy ninRa aLappariya Aramudhai arngam mEya andhaNanai andhaNar tham sindhaiyAnai viLakkoLiyai maradhagaththaith thiruththaNkAvil veqAvil thirumAlaip pAdak kEttu valarththadhanAl payan peRREn varuga enRu madakkiLiyaik kaikUppi vaNanginALE
pasurams.
It was near this divyadesam that Vedanta Desikan was born. The Perumal here is called Vilakkoli in Tamil and Deepa Prakasha in Sanskrit. Swami Desikan wrote a stotra in praise of this Lord - he also included the great meanings of Sharanagati in this work. As such this work came to be called Sharanagati Deepika. Who can perform Sharanagati, what is the nature of Sharanagati, the greatness of those who have performed Sharanagati and such matters have been explained in a simple manner by Swami in this work. This work is equivalent to granthas such as Nyasa Dasakam, Nyasa Tilakam and Nyasa Vimshati.
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