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Dear Sriman Sundar Rajan Swamy: namaskArams::

The write-up on ChakrathAzhwar is very nice except the comparison with
"Olympic triple jumper".

adiyEn,
senthil.b



--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dr.S.Sundar Rajan"
<kuresadasan@...> wrote:
>
> In Srivaishnava parlance the word nambi is reserved for one who is
> replete with good qualities, guna. For this reason Chakrathazhwar at
> Thirumoghur should be called Sudarshana nambi. It is said that this
> figure of the Lord's mighty discus is chock-full with all the
> attributes as prescribed in the agamas.
> We are blessed by some truly magnificent  Sudarshanas in various divya
> deshas. The chakra roopi Janardanah at Srirangam, the exquisite
> Sudarshana at Kanchi Varadaraja temple etc etc. In Kumbakonam there is
> a temple to Chakrathazhwar , the justly famous Chakrapani temple. But
> the Chakrathazhwar at Thirumoghur, the domain of the peerless
> Kalameghaperumal and Mohanavalli thayar, is unique and one of a kind.
> He graces us in a truly disc form with teeth at the edges. It appears
> to be constantly rotating even when stationary. His two legs are far
> apart like an Olympic triple jumper at the height of his leap. This
> signifies His unconditional willingness to come to the devotees' aid.
> He is everready to jump into the fray to defeat His bhaktas' foes.
> Being the will power, sankalpa shakti of our Lord, He is aparajitha,
> one who can never be vanquished. 
> He has three eyes and has flames, jwala , for hair. Being the
> Hetiraja, king of weapons, He has 16 different weapons in His hands.
> From the centre to the rim he is a disc. The most significant
> attribute is that He is full of bija, seed, mantraksharas. The maha
> Sudarshana mantra is one of the most potent mantras known. The fact
> that this particular icon of Sudarshana has all the seed letters of
> the mantra makes it a complete one, without any  deficiency. Perhaps
> that is why Thirumoghur Chakrathazhwar is renowned as a granter of
> wishes, a maha vara prasadi, and thousands visit His shrine day in and
> day out. In fact He is more famous than the main deity such is the
> paradox of our Lord's grace. Lord Narasimha in a yogic posture with
> four arms each with a discus in it is on the other side of the image.
> Both Sudarshana and  Narasimha are handsome and one finds it difficult
> to tear one's eyes away from them.
> When we reached Thirumoghur on the Sunday 3rd of Aug 2008
> Chakrathazhwar was in a balalayam as renovation was being done to His
> sanctum. By Chakrathazhwar's grace, a gold covering for the vimana is
> to be undertaken. The treasurer of the Sri LakshmiNarasimha Aptan
> Kainkarya Sabha ,Shri U.Ve. Gopala Bhatter B.Com has requested one and
> all to help in whatever capacity they can. His address is 1/8 East
> Mada Street, Thirumoohur, Madurai 625017. He can be contacted at 99423
> 26069. Off.phone 0452 2422692. He invites all bhaktas to visit
> Thirumoghur and get the blessings of Kalameghaperumal and Mohanavalli
> thayar and of course the ever gracious Sudarshana nambi.
>



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