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Dasan. To the entire Srivaishnava world an introduction to Thiruppullani
is needless. There are many who are impressed by the beautiful,
enchanting gopuram and the Archavathara thirumeni (both Moolavar and
Uthsavar). And there are quite a considerable amount of scholors who
enjoy the Thirumangai Azhwar's anubhavam with this Divya desam and other
related works by so many others.

          But almost  everybody who have visited this Divya Desam, and
even majaority of those residing here itself (including many temple
kainkaryaparals) do not know that there is treasure of ancient sculpture
and art exist here.

          Some of  the members would have visited
http://thiruthiru.ahobilam.com <http://thiruthiru.ahobilam.com/>  and
might have read about the gigantic 5tiered gopuram at Thiruppullani. 
Many of those who made a pilgrimmage here would have enjoyed the dolls
on the gopuram.

       But nobody would have ever imagined that the Sethupathi who built
the Tower would have also constructed a mandapam inside the gopuram,
that too by wood and  and in that wooden mandapam would have arranged
for hundreds of sculptures depicting that portion of Ramayana related to
this Divya Desam. It is really a treasure. The wooden carvings are more
intact (perhaps because they are out of our sight?) and all those
sannithis you visit in the temple are available there also ,of course in
wooden miniatures. Marvellous may not be a correct word to describe the
artistic excellence of these pieces.

          With some difficulty I captured some of these in utter darkness
braving thousands of bats ( you can see them in one of the photos) and
knee deep bat excretia.

          Youngsters who can climb very narrow steps (?) and can enjoy
them provided you get the permission of the local authorities, who
mostly are reluctant as  they fear it may lead to some other problems.

    Please have a look on these wonderful pieces at
http://picasaweb.google.com/rajamragu/templegopuram
<http://picasaweb.google.com/rajamragu/templegopuram>    (of course the
clarity will not be there, since there is no proper light and mainly
because I handled a camera for the first  time )

Dasan,
T.Raguveeradayal



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