Dear Sriman Aravind,
My guess is, the sculptor might not be a Vaishnavite. He might have
insisted that we should have a gaNeSa idol as per his family
traditions.
What about the not-so-old vItthirundha perumAL temple in
thirumazhisai? There also we find one!
Regards
Vishnu
--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Aravind Raman <aravind108@xxxx>
wrote:
> sri:
> srImathE rAmanajaya nama:
>
> Dear Bhaktas,
>
> Please forgive adiyEn for further stirring the hornet's nest!
>
> Any historical truths about a small sculpted vinAyaka in the
entrance of Thiruvallikkeni (Triplicane) Sri Parthasarathy Temple
would be welcome!
>
> AzhwAr emperumAnAr jEyar thiruvadigalE saranam.
>
> adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
> aravind rAman
>
> tavaradhan <tavaradhan@xxxx> wrote:
> srI kastUri rangan wrote:
>
> ---
> > This is a speculation of Shri SMS Chari. Having noting the non-
> > precedence of installing mUrtis of gurus & acharyas and having
> > observed the absence of anya-devata sannidhis in vishnu temples,
> > despite the references of the same in Vaishnava agamas, he should
> > have done a basic arithmetic. I have observed the amman sannidhi
> in
> > Tirukkovilur temple. It does not seem to have been an
installation
> > as per agamas. I am open to correction on this.
> -----
>
> The "amman" sannadhi in thiru-k-kOvilUr is that of vishNu durga.
>
> The presence of this sannadhi is even mentioned in
> thirunedundhaaNdakam - in the 7th paasuram (vaRpudaiya varai
> nedunthOL).
>
> This paasuram describes thiru-k-kOvilUr and its greatness.
> One of the descriptions for thiru-k-kOvilUr is - "vindhai mEya
> kaRpudaiya mada-k-kanni kaaval pooNda", the place which is
> guarded by the spinster who has gnyAna (kaRpu, here), and who
> does not give up (paRRiRRu viddadhu irukkai).
>
> this kanni is the vishNu durga, who is none other than the yOga
> mAyA of the Lord, and was born just befor KrishNa was born to
> dEvaki (the child that flew from the hands of kamsa, and warned
him).
>
> the word vindhai mEya is also used to denote the place in where
> vishNu durga performed tapas to be given the kainkaryam of
> guarding a place of the Lord.
>
> The above is clearly mentioned in the thirunedundhaaNdagam
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> aazhvaar emperumaanaar jeeyar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam.
> adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,
> varadhan
>
>
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