Uchi Pillayar:
As per Ramayana, Sri Lankan King Vibheeshana attended the Pattabhishekam of Sri Ram at Ayodya and returning towards Sri Lanka.
Sri Ram has gifted him idol of Lord Vishnu (Renganathar).
Though Vibheeshana was a devotee of Rama, by birth he is an Asura so the Deva’s don’t want him to carry the Lord vishnu’s idol. So they went to Ganesha and asked him to help out.
Ganesha has promised them he will do something to stop the Vishnu idol. On the way of his returning, Vibheeshana saw a flourished land on the banks of River Cauvery and the beautiful gardens surrounded by it. He decided to take rest as he had already travelled a long distance. He has been told that he should not keep the idol on the ground and if he does it, he won’t be able to take it back. So he was wondering whether someone can carry the idol as he wanted to take rest.
Lord Ganesha formed himself as a cowherd boy and came to Vibheesana.
The King then requested Ganesha to hold the idol until he wakes up and Ganesha agreed.
As soon as Vibheeshana slept Ganesha kept the Vishnu’s idol on the ground and ran to then nearby Rock and rested on top of it.
Later when the King woke up and when he tried taking the idol back he couldn’t.
The place where the Lord Vishnu got placed by Ganesha, christened as the Srirangam( 1st of 108 Divya Desams) and the Rock where Ganesha took his seat, is the Rockfort Ganesha Temple.
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