Oppiliappan: The Temple Where Salt Is Banned | Thiruvinnagar Divya Desam

Visit Thiruvinnagar near Kumbakonam — one of the 108 Divya Desams — and discover the temple where salt has been banned from God's kitchen for over a thousand years. In this episode of Temple Stories, we tell the sweetest wedding story in Vaishnavism: how Sage Markandeya's daughter Bhoomidevi married Lord Vishnu, how the Lord promised to eat food without salt rather than give up His bride, and why devotees pile heaps of salt at the shrine while the prasadam is cooked with none. We also explore the five-tiered gopuram, the Chola inscriptions, Tirumangai Azhwar's five visions, the Ahoraathra Pushkarani tank, the Saturn connection, and the grand Panguni chariot festival. Subscribe for the next Divya Desam every day:    / @templestories-s4i   #TempleStories #DivyaDesam #HinduTemple #IndianTemples #Bhakti