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Perunkarunai is village in Ramanathapuram district of Tamilnadu near Paramakudi and Pathibanoor

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History
Once, the king of Madurai named Vallabha Deva came to Srivilliputhur in disguise and was going around the villages to know the welfare of his citizens. He saw a Brahmin sleeping on the front porch of a house and stopped to enquire about him. The brahmin told the king that he was a pilgrim returning south after a tour of many temples in the gangetic plains. The king asked him to teach some slokas that will lead to his enlightenment. The pilgrim recited a sloka, the substance of which runs as follows: "One has to gather everything necessary for the rainy season when the sun shines. One has to save for old age by working hard during the younger days. Similarly, one has to search for the ultimate reality in this birth to benefit in the next birth." The king was greatly impressed by the sloka and honoured the Brahmin. His mind dwelt on the futility of his past life and he constantly worried over what is the ultimate reality. He could not choose his faith from the various paths offered by different Religions. He called his family preceptor named Selvanambi and narrated the incident and sought his advice. Selvanambi seeing the king’s futility informed that its not a One man’s decision and asked him to call scholars and philosophers of various faiths to a contest which will determine the reality. The king tied a big bag of gold coins to a long vertical pole and announced in the contest that the booty will go to the scholar who can bring it down with his faith. For many days, number of scholars tried in vain to do this with their scholarly works, eloquent speeches and heated debates. One night the Lord appeared in Vishnuchitta's dream and asked him to go to the king's court and win the contest. Vishnuchitta’s woke up in the morning and proceeded to the king's palace according to the Lord's directive. However he was well aware of his limitations, as he had never shown any interest in scriptural learning. He was confident that the Lord's will always prevail. In the King's court, he proceeded to talk on ‘Srimaan Narayana’ as the ultimate reality. The words started flowing as a torrent as he went on quoting the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Puranas. Selvanambi, the king and the entire gathering were thrilled to the core by his conviction in his faith and were astounded to see the bag of coins fall on its own accord into Vishnuchitta's palms. The whole court acknowledged that Vishnuchitta had the special grace of the Lord. The king honoured him with the title Pattar Piran. The king’s family preceptor, Selva Nambi was born in a village called Perunkarunai which was a part of Pandiya Kingdon Now in Ramnad district on Avani Month Pushya star Ekadesi Thithi.He had his education from Thirukottiyur and settled there. He then became the family preceptor of the Pandiya Kings .Later Vallabha deva built temple for his Kula devata Sundara Varadharaja Perumal and his concorts Perundevi thayar and Andal and Made selva Nambi stay there and administer the temple. One day a group of Baghavathas on their way to Thirupullani visited Selvanambi Thirumaligai. But, Nambi was out of station. Still Ammangar of the Thirmaligai entertained them with sufficient food. Next day Nambi arrived home and enquired about the grains that were kept in store. Ammangar replied "Virajai Karaiilae VILAIVATHAKA VITHINEN' .ie., "cultivated them for harvest on the banks of Viraja River in Paramapadham ' Such was the understanding with Nambi and his family. The temple then was in the hands of Ramanathapuram King. Later after the Abolition of Princely states, the temple was left without care. With the help of Sowmya Narayana Perumal Emperumanar kainkarya sabha and Selvanambi Kainkarya sabha samprokshanam was performed in the year 2009.