Respected Swamin:
I had an opportunity to hear about an old dilapidated
temple of Sri Ranganathar. I wish to share my
experiences with you. The temple is situated near
Vadalur In between Vadalur and Cuddalore there is a
place called KURINJIPADI. From Kurinijipadi this
Venkatampettai village is about four kilometers. Once
upon a time this should have been a very big temple.
The front gopurams are in bad shape. There is tallest
pillar standing in front of the temple reminding us of
a unjal mandapam at the entrance of the temple. A very
big idol of Lord Ranganathar is there. His nose, lips,
eyes are so beautiful , so that we could not move our
eyes away from him. His length is about 25? and
adiseshan on which he is lying is having SEVEN
HOODS(at Srirangam & other divyadesams and other
places adiseshan has only five hoods). The other
moolavar idols of thayar, Narasimhar are placed in the
front portion as the sannidhis have given away. There
is a sannidhi for Venuugopalan . But the beautiful
idol is broken due to the fall of roof. There is a
thayar sannidhi. It is believd that there is a
treasure inside the ground and it is protected by
bees(vandu). That opening is covered by a slab.It is
learnt that gentleman from German is taking steps to
renovate it. But if early steps are taken we will be
blessed to have another beautiful Ranganathar temple.
But I personally feel that these temples will have
orginal shape only when our acharyas and
matathipathis visit the temple and take with them the
devotees and philanthropists. Further there are
hundreds of temples in our Tamilnadu in similar
conditions. Hence I personally feel that instead of
constructing new temples and giving more funds to the
rich temples they can concentrate on these beautiful
temples.
I may be excused for expressing my desire and views.
with regards
rajagopala dasan
-rajagopalan
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