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dateMon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:37 PM
subject[sri ramanuja] keera-thondanur
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Friends                OM NAMO NARAYANAYA
i wish to share some obserwations of my visit to the abimansthalam
thondanur.
It is better known to the locals as keerathondanur and is 18 kms from 
srirangapatna. we drove from Bangalore to mysore. before one reaches 
srirangapatna there is a road to the right marked -pandavapura,.10 kms away. 
continue further for another 2 km and there is a sign board on the left 
indicating way to four temples established by sri Ramanuja. 3 kms on a kutcha 
road and u have reached the temples.
The famous thondanur temple is big with a big deepasthambam in the 
frontyard.Temple is clean but in a poor condition with very little support from 
the endowment board.
The battar opened the sannadhi and it was totally dark because of the powercut 
from 11am to 6 pm.we groped our way to the sannadi and prayed to narayana nambi 
lighted by an oillamp.Money even for this oil lamp is lacking and devotees have 
to support the purchase.
However because it was daytime with no rains that day  an assistant illuminated 
our Nambi with sunlight reflected by a hand held mirror,held 25 yards away 
outside the sannadi. One is stunned by the briulliancePerumal is really 
excellent with jewels and battar was sincere with the archana.
Various acharyas ,nammalwar and thirumangai mannan  had their sannadis just 
outside the garbagriha. Desika abn kurathalwan with pillailokachray a and 
manvalamamunigal  also are seen along with the others. Interestingly the main 
deity has thengali thiruman and panchrathra agama is followed.THere is a 
seperate san
annadhi for aravindavalli thayar.who too was lluminated by the mirror as 
before. 
The nithyapadi for perumal is carried out by donations from devotees-Rs.500 per 
day
Sorry to see the state of a great temple wher e Ramanuja established  the first 
of the 5 narayanas.
The compound just opposite  houses the temple of parthasarathy and 
santhanagopalan with rukmini and satrhyabama  thayars,THis temple follows the 
vikanasa agama and is apparently better off .Peruma l is adorned with vadakalai 
thiruman Make a point to note the legs of  Gopala are crossed left and right as 
against the usual mode..Battar of this temple is also incharge of the narasimha 
 temple a few yards away on a smallhill .This temple has recently been 
renovated by an auditor from tiruchi, Yoganarasimha i s a grand awei  nspiring 
site.Apart from the usual satari and theertham we are also blessed wiith a 
wooden dhandam kept constantly  with perumal for the past 1000 years. The 
dhandam is a bramharakshasa cured by Sri Ramanuja. Chakram is on the left and 
Sanka is on the right
 Ramanuja has a seperate sannadhi.He is in a sitting posture under adisesha,.He 
carries NO thridandam and is  not  shown as a sanyasin.Here he is adisesha as 
an acharyan who answered simultaneously questions raised by 1000 jain pundoits 
.One can also see the tail of a snake circling the acharyas waist. Ramanuja is 
adorned with thengali thiruman. Battar has no explanation.Apparently no big 
fuss is made about the kalai in karnataka.
The huge lake made by our acharya is a few  minutes away and well 
maintained.Ramanuja is supposed to have directed the thirumanchan a water  and 
rasakrita water of Gopala and Gopikas to form this lake.
One leaves with an extreme sensation of satisfaction and bhakthi  wondering 
about the achievements of our Great Acharya Hope the ancient glory and grandeur 
of these temples will soon be revived.
Sri Narayanadesikaya  namah.
dasan narayanan

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