Srihi
Respected Bhagavathas
I am glad to inform you that Annual Rathousthavam of Sri Nambhi Narayan and
others perumal is taking place on 30th April 2007. As usual Prathivadi
Bhayankaram Kalki Thondanoor Trust is organising a trip to Thondanur. from
Bangalore on Nambinarayana Rathothsavam day and the devotees are given
breakfast, coffee/tea, mid-day meals ( Thadi Aradhana Prasadam) , evening
coffee/tea, and some snacks. You can take Avabratha Snanam in Famous
Bhasyakarar lake also. It is a great lake built by Bhashyakarar with his own
hand. Even to this day this lake has never dried. If any you you are intrested
in going to the this great Holy place please contact
Sri M T Ramanujam
Prathivadi Bhayankaram Kalki Thondanoor Trust (Regd.)
44, M.S.H.Layout, II Stage,
ANANDANAGAR,
BANGALORE – 560024,
Tel. No : 080 - 23338150
Mobile : 0 9844562602
Please enjoy a memorable trip to Thondanur.
Dasan
Sridhar
PS: I am sending this mail with social service intention only.
Please also see below a small article by Sri Ramanjuam mama
A GREAT VAISHNAVA PILIGRIM PLACE " THONDANUR"
OR CORRECTLY KNOWN AS " KERE THONDANUR", MANDYA DISTRICT, KARNATAKA.
Brief History of the place:
As we know Sri Sri Ramanujacharya, who hurriedly came out of Srirangam in
Tamilnadu, settled down in Thondanur for an extended period, about 1000 years
ago. From here Sri Ramanuja propagated Vishisthadwaitha Siddhantha in
Karnataka. Working from Thondanur, he reinstated Sri Sri Thirunarayana temple
at Melukote, which is about 10miles/15km away. After a great search for
Uthsavamoorthy for Thirunarayanaswamy, Sri Yathiraja found the beautiful
moorthy at Delhi with the Badshah’s daughter "BIBI". It is said that Sri
Yemberumanar affectionately called the moorthy " SELVAPILLAI VAARAAI"
(Selvapillai please come) and the Uthsavamoorthy started coming closer & closer
to Him. This is the moorthy which we have in Melukote today.
During Sri Yathiraja’s stay at Thondanur, he answered questions from several
other religious heads simultaneously from behind a curtain in the form of
ADISHESHA. He is seen in ADISHESHA AVATHAR in Sri Narasimhar temple. While at
Thondanur, Sri Yathiraja showed some of his powers in driving away the Evil
Spirits from the daughter of King Bitti Devaraya. Impressed by his TEJAS
BEARING PERSONALITY, TEACHINGS AND POWERS of Sri Ramanuja, the Hoysala King
BITTI DEVARAYA, who was a Jain, got blessed by no other than Sri Yatheendra,
became a Vaishnava and was given the name of " VISHNU VARDHANA".
Sri Ramanuja installed "THONDAR" as a high priest of SRI NAMBINARAYANA temple
at Thondanur to take care of the temple. Yemberumanar is responsible for the
beautiful lake at Thondanur. It is said that the water has never dried since it
was created. There are small man-made waterfalls and canals, making it a great
water sport attraction particularly for the kids. The water is so clear that
the king TIPPU SULTAN called it "MOTI TALAB ", as one could see the PEARL
fallen from his broken necklace in the clear waters. Apart from Nambinarayana
temple there are SRI KRISHNA TEMPLE & SRI NARASIMHA TEMPLE.
Three forms of Sri Ramanuja are 1) THAMAR UHANDA TIRUMENI (where he was born)
at Sriperumbudur – just on the outskirts of Chennai, TN, 2) THAAN AANA TIRUMENI
( where he studied and achieved the Doctrine) at Srirangam, TN and 3)THAAN
UHANDA TIRUMENI ( who entered his own moorthy) at Melukote, Karnataka.
Thondanur was Sri Ramanujacharya’s – our Acharya’s most important place of stay
in Karnataka from where he propagated Sri Vaishnava Siddantha. Therefore, it
should be an endeavor of all VAISHNAVA DEVOTEES and in particular SRIVAISHNAVAS
to visit this great Holy Place where our Achaarya had lived and walked on the
soil. This place is approximately 135km from Bangalore and 45km from Mysore.
THE TRUST: To help devotees, " PRATHIVADI BHAYANKARAM KALKI THONDANUR
(P.B.K.T.) TRUST was initiated sometime in the 1980’s by late Sri M.T.Ramaswami
Iyengar, Prof. of Mathematics, and later was registered. The Trust to this day
conducts bus trips to Thondanur from Bangalore on Nambinarayana Rathothsavam
day and the devotees are furnished with breakfast, coffee/tea, mid-day meals,
evening coffee/tea, and some snacks. Pilgrims from Mysore, Mandya and other
places also visit this place on this day. In the last few years more than 3000
people have taken advantage of this opportunity.
The Trust has now taken up the next project of building COTTAGES to allow
pilgrims coming from out of town to stay for a few days in Thondanur and enjoy
the temples and the ambience. For this The Trust has acquired land, with great
difficulty, which is registered in the name of The Trust. A basic plan for the
cottage has been approved. The Trust has interest in constructing about 25
cottages at an estimated cost of Rs.3 lakhs per cottage. Work has not started
for want of FUNDS.
Along with this, the Trust is trying to augment the " DAILY POOJA SUPPORT
PROGRAMME". Towards this, the Trust is collecting Rs. 1000/- minimum from
interested devotees and individuals and keeping this “principal” in fixed
deposits. The annual interest earned will be used for the purpose of supporting
pooja on the day in the name selected by the donor, as an ongoing programme
every year. Funds are being received for this. The goal is to support DAILY
POOJA to be done in a befitting manner on all the 365 days of the year.
The Trust is trying to organize a good new “THERU” (chariot for God) as the
existing one is very very old and dilapidated. For this project the resident of
Thondanur consisting majority of local farmers are the real support and they
are collecting funds for the same. THE Theru has been made in which was the one
in which both the temple deities had the FIRST Theru programme in year 2004.
Quite a lot of work still to be done to complete this work.
The Trust requests all devotees, well wishers and philanthropists to donate
generously for COTTAGE, DAILY POOJA and/or THERU program to achieve the goal of
serving the devotees.
The funds in Foreign Currency cannot be received by The Trust, and hence we
request that alternate arrangements be made to send the same in Indian Rupees.
THE P.B.K.T. TRUST’S GOAL IS "TO SERVE" AS SAID BY SRI KULASHEKARA ALWAR "
BRITHYASYA BRITHYA" (Mukandamala-27)
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