They indicate generous contributions from Kulothunga Chola III Mayuravarman and Seeyagangan. The temple has many inscriptions at the foothills and also on the top of the hill. Vishnu Purana and Padma Purana refer this place as Kadigai and since Vishwamitra got his Brahmarishi title here, it became Simhapuram.
Peyazhwar refers the presiding deity as "Vaan Poonkadigai Ilankumaran", while based on legend the presiding deity is also called Bhakotchita Swami. Various scriptures quote the place as Kadigachalam or Thirukadigai as the place is believed to offer blessings to devotees with a worship lasting a Kadigai (24 minutes). The place was originally called as Chozhsimhapuram, which later became Sholinghar. The temple is frequented by people with mental illness, who are believed to get cured by the grace of the presiding deity. His descendants are believed to administer the religious activities during modern times. A festival named Doddacharya Utsavam is celebrated during the Tamil month of Masi (February - March). During festival occasion in the temple like Brahmostavam, Doddacharya is given a special place in processions and also during the Garuda Sevai in Kanchipuram temple. He is believed to have performed lot of miracles and impressed by his work, Achyuta Deva Raya (1529-42 CE), the relative of Krishnadevaraya gave him benovelent donations for maintenance of temples. Doddacharya followed the steps of Ramanuja in advocating Vishishadvaita and maintained the temples hailed by the Azhwars. Doddacharya was a Vaishnava saint believed to be the descendant of Mudaliandan. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the temple finds mention in several works like 108 Tirupathi Anthathi by Divya Kavi Pillai Perumal Aiyangar. The temple is believed to be one of the 74 seats established by Ramanuja to spread Vishitadvaita. The temple also finds mention in later works by Nathamuni, Thirukachi Nambi, Ramanuja and Manavala Mamunigal. Peyazhwar describes the place as the one having gardens thronged by a swam by bees. The temple is classified as a Divyadesam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book.
Thirukkadigai is revered in Nalayira Divya Prabhandam, the 7th–9th century Vaishnava canon, by Peyazhwar and Thirumangai Azhwar. Thirukkadigai ( 108 Divya Desam temple) or Sholingapuram in Sholinghur, a village in Vellore district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu.
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