Aththi varathar - A lord who gives Darshan once in 40 years

AththiVarathar - a lord in the Varadharaja perumal temple, Kancheepuram, India is with mythological theories around and gives Darshan once in 40 years. The idol of this Lord is a 9 foot high, made out of fig tree (aththi Maram) and it was kept under water in the temple pond for more than 80 years and it is now looking beautiful without much destruction. There are many mythological tales around this idol about why it was kept under water in a temple pond. One among those was during the Mughal empire, to avoid the act of ruining the idols during their invasions in south India, this deity was kept under water in the temple pond. while digging the temple pond for cleaning, people identified that and started worshiping it once in 40 years. Other tale narrates that the idol was earlier worshiped by Brahma and then by Gajendra and then by sage Brihaspathi and aadhi sesha. When Brahma performed Yagna, the fire destroyed the idol and Brahma was saddened because of this incident and asked lord Vishnu for remedy. As per the direction from Vishnu, he kept it in the pond under water. As per the wish from Aadhi seshan, lord Vishnu will shower the divine blessings every 40 years for 48 days. Whatever the tales, the fact is Aththi Varadhar was there under water for more than 80 years and gave the divine blessings during the year 1939,1979 and 2019. Today Aththi Varadhar idol will be taken back to Anandasaras mandapam  after the 48 days of divine blessings to people. An ardent devotee of Aththi varadar remembered that during 1979, when he was in early 20s, he was asked to join the team to bring Aththi Varadhar out from the temple pond.He then narrated that 2 days after the idol carried to Vasantha Mandapa, he got a stable job adds attributing this to Aththi Varadhar's blessings. We will see Aththi Varadhar again in the year 2059. Lets lord's divine showers always to us. Those who visited the Aththi Varadhar can add their experience in comments tab.