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Dear bhagavathas,

pranamams. We will share the tour experiences at Thirunangur based
divya desams in this posting. (July 20th).Few bhagavathas have
blessed adiyen for not getting hurt in the train accident at
Chidambaram. adiyen was moved by their gesture and in fact it brought
tears in my eyes.

Let us continue our journey..
At this juncture, adiyen would like to share one more important
information and introduce one bhagavatha who is silently doing many
kaimkaryams in the Thirunangur based divya desams. He is Sri
Muralidhar guruji swami. He lives in a ashramam near Sri Perumbhuthur
and he is a charted accountant by profession. He preaches to sing the
glories of Lord Krishna and Radharani,but he is NOT attached to
ISKCON. He wears urdva pundram with gopi chandan like Sri Krishna
premi swami and he too have lots of followers it seems.

Sri Muralidhar guruji swami's interview came in the recent English
edition of Sri Nrusimhapriya also and he is firm in committing his
resources for maintenance of divya desams rather than making new
temples or even sannidhis. He has done lots of kaimkaryam to
Thirunangur temples and if you drive from Seerkazhi, you can spot
well written direction boards leading you to the Thirunangur temples,
which has been arranged by this group. He has been involved in
renovating and doing samprokshanam for Arimeya vinnagaram and other
few temples and Thiruththevanar thogai ( known as Keezhachchalai)
temple's Samprokshanam will be performed on 8th Sep 2003. He runs a
veda patashala in Thirunangur and the local bhagavathas have great
respect for him, which is natural. Adiyen feels that our Srivaishnava
scholars should take him as an example to serve divya desams rather
than concentrating to make new temples. This is my humble opinion. In
our sampradayam we lack concerted effort in any kaimkaryam. Every
group feels that their kaimkaryam is superior to others and so on.

Let us get back to our Kudamadum koothar who has been waiting for us
to bless us while undergoing thirumanjanam. Due to water shortage we
were told that the kainkaryaparas were arranging water from 4 AM and
what a pity. It seems that other materials like milk, curd etc can
easily be arranged but not water.

The utsavar along with Sri and Bhu devi thayars were brought to the
front mandapam and the arrangements were elaborate. Despite the water
shortage the thirumanjanam was performed in a grand manner. With the
recitation of pancha suktam and Taitiriiyopanishad the thirumanjanam
was performed at a slow pace giving plenty of time to the devotees to
enjoy HIS divya thirumeni from every angle and after each abhishekam
harati was performed. Sri Aalinadan swami and his aged father, Sri
Kannan swami (He is the dharmakartha for few temples in Thirunangur)
and his sons Chi Vedarajan and another (sorry for not getting his
name) were there and the Veda gosham was simply superb. Adiyen could
recite Pancha suktam at that pace and felt very happy about that. Smt
Subhashini has brought new vastrams for perumal and the utsavar was
all in smiles after his thirumanjanam and in new vastrams and
flowers. We were drinking his beauty with our eyes and knowing that
we can't do it enough we tried to take as many as 10 snaps from
various angles to hold this moment of joy in our heart for the years
to come. Instead of running to crowded temples one must go to these
temples and perform thirumanjanam and be with HIM from morning to
evening.

It was already nearing 12 O'clock and the divya prabandham recitation
was done in short style. One has to be thorough with the pasurams
even for this. After reciting the shorter version of pallandu,
thiruppalliyezhuchchi, thiruppavai and kanninun siruththambu and
first decad of Peria thirumozhi, they have recited the Peria
thirumozhi decad dedicated to Arimeya vinnagar in a pleasing style
with good rhythm and it was a treat to the ears. You may be aware
that the periathirumozhi pasurams of these divya desams were long and
and reciting it in a slow pace in musical tone is indeed difficult.
First we had the treat for the eyes witnessing the thirumanjanam. Now
the treat for ears. After this bhojyasanam was done and followed by
grand sarrumurai. Adiyen would like to mention here about our trust
member Smt Subhashini Narasimhan who is doing lots of kaimkaryams to
divya desams. She was keen in arranging this thirumanjanam and she
did good sambhavana to all the bhagavathas over there. After treating
our eyes and ears now it was time to treat the stomach with prasadam.
Adiyongal did not even have a cup of water since morning during our
long trip from Chidambaram. We were exhausted but enjoyed the visit
to various temples and totally engrossed into the thirumanjanam. Only
after partaking the prasadam we felt tired but the long list of
temples to be seen came to our mind and we have no time to relax.
Praying to Kudamadum koother to give us strength to complete our
yatra as scheduled, we left to other temples around.

Have you been to Thirunangur? Adiyen don't know how it looks during
the utsavam of garuda seva or vedupari utsavam. During this visit, we
could not believe the calmness of the village and despite many
temples are around you can hardly locate a flower shop or a shop
selling pooja materials. The village is surrounded by green fields
and the transport facilities are limited it appears. One would love
to live here enjoying the nature and of course visiting the divya
desams, which are at a walking distance.

>>From here we went to the following temples in the same order. You may
wonder how adiyen remember the sequence. It is because of my friend
Sri Santhanam. He keeps a notepad and keeps writing immediately after
the visit. After coming to chennai, adiyen have to seek his help to
organise my photo album too.

Thiruththerriyambalam

Thiru vaN purushottamam

Thiru Vaikuntha vinnagaram

Thiru semponsey koil

Thiru manimadakkoil

Thiru thevanor thogai

Thirukkavalam padi

Thiru parthan palli

Thiru manikkodam

All these temples are grouped under Thirunangur based divya desams.
The perumal here is so beautiful and one must visit these temples and
feel for them selves. There is no Dwajasthambam in any of these
temples. Similarly there is no separate thayar sannidhi. With the
efforts of Sri Muralidhar guruji, some temples are looking good after
samprokshanam. Sri Thirukkoshtiyur madhavan swami has also done some
kaimkaryams in renovating these temples. Chi Vedarajan and Sri
Aalinadan were with us throughout our trip explaining the background
of these temples and Vedarajan needs a special mention here.

He is a +2 student but spends his time only in learning divya
prabandham and other temple kaimkaryams. He says that if he pass the
exam that is good enough. He was explaining the mercy of Perumal who
made him to pass the 10th exam esp in Tamil, as he did not perform
well due to ongoing utsavams there. Somehow Perumal has made him to
score the needed marks and he is happy about that. You may wonder why
adiyen is writing this. The innocence with which he explained this
incident made me to mention it. He is not wasting his days. He has
learnt Suktams and first prashnam of T.Upanishad plus 500 pasurams of
divya prabandham. He is actively involved in temple kaimkaryams
helping his father and he is doing it with lots of interest. Like the
Sriram of Vaduvoor, Chi Vedarajan is another gem of a youth, willing
to dedicate him for bhagavath kaimkaryam. He wants to continue his
education only by correspondence and probably he will opt for B.Com
or B.A and try to do by studying at home only. He is very open and
free in expressing his ideas and the innocence is pretty clear on his
face. But once he gets in to the temple and goes to perumal for
harathi, you can see a different Vedarajan there. Like a seasoned
archaka, he will loudly recite the key verse from the decad of Peria
thirumozhi, and explain the importance and speciality of that
particular temple. Adiyen wonder how this is possible. Each temple
has its own uniqueness and when it is told we feel it.

Since there are no regular sevarthis, only dry turmeric powder is
given as prasadam in these temples unlike the turmeric paste (manjal
kappu) which is common in Srirangam or Srivilliputtur temples. Only
during weekends devotees are coming in an arranged tour. Otherwise
these temples are mostly deserted. Adiyen has images of utsavars of
all these temples and after this write up adiyen will scan them and
include it in the web.

At Kavalampadi the perumal is Gopalakrishna and he is seen with a
calf behind like in Raja mannargudi. It seems that Sri Muralidhar
swamji has arranged for a pancha loka calf as the earlier one was
made of wood, which was also huge in size. Similarly renovation was
going on at Thiru thevanar thogai and still we could have the darshan
of moolavar and utsavar as the sannidhi was shifted to a temporary
place.

The experiences at Parthanpalli needs to be mentioned. Here the
bhattar is staying close to the temple and he is old too. He came to
temple and gave us very good darshan. He explained how srimad
Azhagiya singar and Srimad Andavam enjoyed their mangalasasanams and
he felt very happy about their visits. This temple is also in need of
support and interested bhagavathas can extend their help either thru
our trust or directly to him (Sri V S Lakshmana Deekshithar tel 04364
2275478). He is requesting help for maintenance of nandavanam for
tulasi and flowers and for nitya aradanai.

After completing our trip of all Thirunangur divya desams, Sri
Aalinadan swami and Chi Vedarajan left us to their respective places
to get ready for evening pooja. Sri Aalinadan wanted to be in
Thirunagari as his father is old and can't go to temple after a long
trip to Arimeya vinnagaram. No words can express our gratitude for
all their kindness and help. We thanked them and left for annan koil.
Smt Subha and others who has already visited Annan koil went to
Mangaimadam and Thirukkuraiyalur temples.

Adiyen will continue the experiences at Annankoil and Thalachchangadu
in the next posting.

regards

dasan venkat





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