Dear BhakthAs and
particularly those with special links to Karanataka:
My dear nephew
, Sri L.Sridhar of Bangalore requested me to
announce the
opportunity to sponsor the web pages of the wonderful
Srivaishnavite temples
of Karnataka . It is my pleasure to do so .The URL
for the web pages for
this growing collection of web pages containing
invaluable information
( Sthala PurANam , Route , Moorthys , Bhattar
contacts , VisEsha
Uthsavams and a host of rare pictures ) are at :
The path
breaking work of Sridhar is some thing to be believed
when one browses
these individual Temple Web pages . He has made
a vow to cover
as amny Karanataka VishNava Temples as Possible
and is
tirelessly collecting information . My parayers are for
his Kaimakryam
to continue for all of our benefit .
There are 27
Distircts in Karnataka State . From Bidar in the North
to Chamrajnagar
in South , with Mangalore in the west and Kolar in
the East , these
districts have beautiful temples for Ranganatha
,
Narasimhar ,
VenkatEsa and Varadarajan . The Moorthys are
beautiful . Some
of the locations on the bank of Cauvery river
are idyllic .
The Temples at Melkote , Udippi , Srirangapattinam ,
Bindinganavile ,
ApramEyar at Dhoddamallur , Belur are very well visited
.
Those at
Rangasthalam in Kolar , Yoga Narasimhar at Holalu ,
the Yoga-BhOga
Narasimhan at DevarAyaNa DhurgA are not
frequently
visited . The Divine beauty of Ranganathar at
Rangasthalam in
Kolar and Swamy NammAzhwAr at the same
temple are
incomparable .
After Conversion
of King VishNu Vardhanan at ThoNDanUr
to Sri
VaishNavam by AchArya RaamAnuja (1017-1137 A.D) ,
VaishNavam
flourished in Karnataka . This king reigned from 1108-1142 A.D. Great
VaishNavite AchAryAs arose from Mandayam District .
The Hoysala
Dynasty lasted for 346 years ( 1000 to 1346 A.D ) .
Before VishNu
Vardhana's ( Bitti Devan before) time , Jainism
(Naasthika ,
avaidhika Matham ) flourished in the Hoysala
Kingdom . With
AchArya RaamAnujA's visit to ThondanUr/Melkote /
Saalagraamam ,
all that changed . Swamy Desikan's stay
at
Sathyagalam during the Muslim invasion consolidated
the foundations
ofr VaishNavam in Karnataka . Towards the end
of the Hoysala
Dynasty , the Hoysala King came to the rescue
of Chola King
and a second capital for Hoysala kingdom was
established near Srirangam ( Kuppam ) and RanganAtha
temples
flourished at Karnaataka . Even Tippu Sultan
( Ruling
from1782-1799 ) had a special reverence for
Lord Ranganatha
at Sriranga Pattinam , KrishNa Raaja
Wodeyar (
1799-1831) and the Wodeyar dynasty rulers
all the way down
to Jaya chaamarAjendhra Wodyar
( reigned from
1940-1949 A.D) supported the VaishNavite
darsanam .
ParakAla Matam of Mysore established itself
at the special
behest of the WodeyArs as one of the most
revered AchArya
Peetam with Sri Lakshmi HayagrIvan as
the AarAdhana
Moorthy .
To summarize ,
there is a rich tradition of worship of
Sriman NaarAyaNa
at KarnAtaka with links to AchArya
RaamAnujA .
The VaishNavite Temples , where Aagamic
worship is
carried without interruption are special
centers for
pilgrimage . The creation of the web pages for
these
VaishNavite Temples is a great Kaimkaryam by Sridhar
.
He is spending
so much funds out of his own pocket sof ar.
These web pages
need to be maintained for posterity .
It is estimated
that Rs.500 per Temple web page would help
to cover the Web
site maintenance . There might be some 40 to 50
Temple web pages
for the VaishNavite Temples of Karanataka .
Please
sponsor one or more web pages for these temples .
As for
myself , I am so overtaken by the beauty of
Sri
RanganAthar at Rangasthala, Kolar and Swamy
NammAzhwAr's Archaa Moorthy there , I would like
to
sponsor
that web page . I would also like to sponsor
the
Sathyagalam Web Pages for Lord VaradarAjan and
Swamy
Desikan . Sridhar , I will send a check for
Rs.1,000
for my sponsorship. adiyEn requests
all
BhakthAs to sponsor web pages of the Temple(s)
of
particular interest to you and your family .
To give you an idea of
the search and discovery process of
" new " VaishNavite
temples in Karanataka , the following
note from one , who has
been inspired by one of the citizens
of karnataka would help.
Sridhar will be adding them to his list
of coverge shortly
.
Please help Sridhar in
the creation and the maintenance
of these informative web
pages since the Government of
Karnataka like other
state governments does not take
much interest in such
temples .
NamO NaarAyaNAya
,
V.Sadagopan
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