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Dear Bhagavathas,

This is an appeal to help with the repair of the thiru-mada-p-paLLi 
(temple kitchen) at Thiru SiRupuliyUr. This is a divyadEsam near 
thanjAvUr. Recently, the temple kitchen's wall/ceiling broke down 
rendering the kitchen unusable. Vedics has been requested to help 
with the repair of the kitchen by Sri VeLukkudi KrishNan svAmi and 
the local temple contacts. Vedics has undertaken this project.

Vedics India visited the site and the field report is that the 
current situation its not safe to do any cooking over there; so now 
PerumAL's prasadam is being prepared at bhattachar's house; the 
madapaLLi requires a good amount of repair, and the initial estimate 
of the repair cost is around 2 Lakhs ($4500 or so). Some photos 
showing the current state of the madapaLLi can be found on 
http://sirupuliyur.blogspot.com

Meantime, the utsavam for perumAL is coming up, and there is a 
madapaLLi in neighboring sannidhi that can be used for cooking for 
the coming utsavam; there is an issue in that water supply is not 
good in this sannidhi, and in order to accommodate the large amount 
of cooking needed to be done during utsavam, a new borewell has to be 
erected, with a cost of around 25000 rupees ($550 or so).

Vedics has taken up this project, and intends to do the project in 
stages ? the first stage is for constructing the bore well, for
which 
our target is to raise $550 by June 15th. The second stage is to 
raise $4500 for the madapaLLi repair, and the target time for a that 
is August 15th.

Vedics currently has 2 other projects running in Sirupuliyur. There 
is a monthly utsavam conducted at auspicious days (Ramanuja's star, 
for example). On May 8th, Vedics will be inaugurating a structure 
(concrete shed with electricity & water facilities) that was 
constructed at the cost of around $1500 for the purpose of local 
community gatherings & for children to study in the evenings. You can 
see photos of this at http://vedicsdd.blogspot.com . Vedics is also 
working on another project to provide books & notebooks to school 
going children in this area.

If you are interested in donating towards this kainkaryam, please 
pledge your support by emailing ssowmiyan@xxxxxxxxx & mentioning your 
support amount. This will help us keep track of our progress towards 
the goal. All contributions in the U.S. are tax deductible under 
Vedics' 501c-3 status in the U.S. 

Address to send contributions in the U.S.

Vedics
236 Bellshire LaneRochester Hills, MI 48307

Address to send contributions in India
Vedics India
54 Singarachari StreetTriplicane, Chennai 600005Tamilnadu, India

Please include "Sirupuliyur madapalli" in the notes section of your 
cheque.

The following are some details about the divyadEsam.

Perumal :
Moolavar - Arulmaakadal, Sthalasayana Perumal
Bujanga Sayanam (lying with head on one hand); facing south
Uthsavar - Krupasamudra Perumal

Thayar :
Moolavar - Tirumamagal Nacchiyar , Vasalakshmi (Urayurvalli)
Uthsavar - Dayanayaki

Pushkarani: Manasa Pushkarini, Anantasaras

Vimanam: Nandavarthana Vimanam

Pratyaksham: Vyasa, Vyaghrapada

Mangalasasanam: Thirumangai Azhwar ? 10 pasurams.


Brief Sthala Purana:

This Kshetra finds mention in Garudapurana and Brahmandapurana. A 
Squabble between Garuda and Adisesha to find who between them is of 
greater importance to God became a big fight. God, as Balasayana 
here, meditated and informed each of them, their important role. The 
Garuda sannidhi is underground and the Adisesha sannidhi at a higher 
level. As per the sthalapuranam Vyaghrapadamuni worshipped Lord Shiva 
for moksha. Shiva directed the muni to worship Lord Vishnu as only He 
can give moksha. He obtained as boon from Shiva, the legs and eyes of 
tiger to travel faster to this place. He performed penance, 
worshipped the Lord and attained Moksha here and hence the name 
Sirupuliyur. The icon of Vyaghrapadar (Vyaghra - tiger) and Kanvamuni 
is installed at the foot of the Lord. There are sannidhis for 
Rajagopalan, Andal and Azhwars. The Sayana Perumal here is the 
smallest of all the Divya Desa Sayana Perumals. Noting Tirumangai 
azhwar looks askance at the small size, the Perumal asks the Azhwar 
to find Him at Tirukkannamangai in a huge form.

This Kshethram is located about 3kms from Kollumangudi station on the 
Mayavaram - Aranthangi rail route. 






azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
 
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