Dear Bhagavathas,
I had a very nice and fortunate trip to some of the chola nadu divya desams
during the year end holidays and returned today.
I visited kabisthalam, Thirukannapuram, Thirukkanamangai ,Thirunarayoor and
Thiruvinnagaram on the first day and on the next day went to Thanjai Maamani
Koil,Aaduthurai,Thirumandangudi, Pullamboothangudi ,Adhanur and Nandipura
Vinnagaram.
Thirukkannapuram looks bright and sparkling after the samprokshanam,The huge
tank is also in quite a good condition. I went on Amavasya day when
perumal gives Darshanam to Vibheeshanazhwar,just missed it by couple of
hours.At thirukkanamangai i found some interesting information about the
lands owned by the temple.This is displayed on the side wall as we enter the
temple.Some details are
Nanjai Land 102 Acres
Punjai Land 53.25 acres
Thoppu 35 acres
Revenue from lands is about Rs 1 lakh and total revenue is about 1.42
lakhs.From the lands owned by the temple much more can be recovered and a
facelift is necessary given the condition of the temple.
At thirumandangudi(Thondaradipodi azhwar avatara sthalam) i found good local
interest and participation from the local village folks who are eager to show
you around.Small boys were proud of plucking thulasi leaves for the temple.I
found some boys removing grass using spades in Thirukoodalur (Aaduthurai)
.This was my first visit to aduthurai so by going through the earlier mails on
this temple there seems to be lot of improvement.I went around the thayar
sannidhi which has been renovated recently.Again some local folks showed me the
sacred tree where perumal's "shangu" can be seen.
Renovation work on Thiru pullaboothamgudi and Adhanur are in progress.
Nandipura Vinnagaram is in a interior location surrounded by paddy fields and
it is not easy to locate the temple.A prominent display board near the main
road leading to the temple is necessary ,which is also true for some other
temples
Mahasamprokshanam for the temple at Nandipura Vinnagaram is planned for
23-1-2006.An elaborate 4 day programme has been chalked out and Funds are being
raised through public donations.From the pamphlets that i have following is the
information for those interested in sending contributions
The Secretary,
Sri Jagannatha perumal Kainkarya Saba
Nathankoil ,Kumbakonam 612703
payable at Punjab National Bank Kumbakonam A/c No 0285000100107523
Ph 0435-2417575
A very enjoyable and satisfying trip for me.Thanks to all bhagavathas for their
suggestions on what materials we could take to the temples and for lots of
other information which was very useful
adiyen Ramanuja dasan
Venkat S Iyengar
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