Respected Vaishnava Perunthagaiyeer,
Recently, I had an opportunity to have blessings of Sri Ramar during
festival of Sri Rama Navami @ Pelapur held on 27th March, 2007 with
mangalasasanam by Sri KKVA Mudaliyandan Swami. The photos are
uploaded in my msn space and the link given below?.
PelapurSriramaNavamiUtsavam (Please copy and paste the full link
provided at the bottom of the mail)
Introduction to Pelapur (The Glory of Pelapur Temple ? by "The
Hindu" on 27th June 2003)
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/06/27/stories/2003062701090
400.htm
PELAPUR, FIVE km from Chengalpattu railway station, has an ancient
temple on the banks of Palar River, known in times of yore as Ksheera
Nadhi. According to records, it witnessed great religious activity
during the rule of King Sadasivaraya of the Vijayanagar dynasty.
The original name of the place was Palapura, according to a copper
plate of the Vijayanagar period, which gives its boundaries as
Parankusapuram in the north, Kavanuru in the south, Thirumeluru in
the west and Vichuru in the east. Pelapur, then situated in the
Padaiveedu region, was given as a tax-free gift to Brahmins, who were
experts in the study of Sanskrit and Tamil Vedas (Ubhaya Vedas).
Their names were, however not mentioned in the copper plate, which
recorded the gift in the Saka year 1467 (1542 A.D.) with royal
insignia.
The gift included the entire village with "Nidhi-nikshepa-siddhi-
jala" (treasure, groves, lakes, tanks etc). It was around this time
that idols of Sri Rama, Sita and Lakshmana were installed in the
temple originally dedicated to Lord Keerthinarayana. For over four
centuries the villagers offered worship to the two deities ?
Keerthinarayana and Kodandarama. However in course of time, due to
land reforms and other exigencies, the residents of the village
migrated to nearby cities and this led to the neglect of the temple.
The idol of Keerthinarayana was almost forgotten and the temple
festivals shrank to the celebration of only the Ramanavami Festival.
The descendants of the original inhabitants however made it a point
to be present in the village for the Garudasevai and Hanumantha
Vahanam days of the festival. The temple also came to be popularly
mentioned as Kodanda Rama Temple.
A divine directive to one of the residents sought the construction of
separate shrines for Lord Keerthinarayana and Lord Kodanda Rama. The
Balalayam was set up on December 15, 1999. Meanwhile a Sivalingam was
found half-buried in Palar River near the temple. After the
construction of separate shrines for Keerthinarayana and Kodanda
Ramar, the Samprokshanam was performed in the first week of July
2001.
A third shrine to house the Sivalingam, called Vasishteswarar, was
also constructed, all at a cost of Rs. 9 lakhs, and the
Mahakumbabishekam for the Siva shrine was performed two months before
the Samprokshanam in the Perumal Temples. Eyewitnesses recount how
the idol of Keerthinarayana could not be moved till an old serpent
stirred out of its pedestal and inched its way to disappear
harmlessly.
The festivals were revived for the presiding deity as well as for
Andal, Nammazhwar, Kulasekara Azhwar, Thirumangai Azhwar, Ramanuja
and Manavalamamunigal after the Samprokshanam was performed. Besides
these the Navaratri, Dhanurmasam festival and Samvatsarotsavam were
conducted for Keerthinarayana Perumal in the month of Aani for five
days. Divyaprabanda Seva and Upanishad recitals were the main
features of all the festivals. People hailing from Pelapur and now
residing in Chennai, Kanchipuram and other places, make it a point to
be present during the festival.
Adiyen,
Vasudevan P S
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