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subject[sri ramanuja] keera-thondanur
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Friends OM NAMO NARAYANAYA
i wish to share some obserwations of my visit to the abimansthalam
thondanur.
It is better known to the locals as keerathondanur and is 18 kms from
srirangapatna. we drove from Bangalore to mysore. before one reaches
srirangapatna there is a road to the right marked -pandavapura,.10 kms away.
continue further for another 2 km and there is a sign board on the left
indicating way to four temples established by sri Ramanuja. 3 kms on a kutcha
road and u have reached the temples.
The famous thondanur temple is big with a big deepasthambam in the
frontyard.Temple is clean but in a poor condition with very little support from
the endowment board.
The battar opened the sannadhi and it was totally dark because of the powercut
from 11am to 6 pm.we groped our way to the sannadi and prayed to narayana nambi
lighted by an oillamp.Money even for this oil lamp is lacking and devotees have
to support the purchase.
However because it was daytime with no rains that day an assistant illuminated
our Nambi with sunlight reflected by a hand held mirror,held 25 yards away
outside the sannadi. One is stunned by the briulliancePerumal is really
excellent with jewels and battar was sincere with the archana.
Various acharyas ,nammalwar and thirumangai mannan had their sannadis just
outside the garbagriha. Desika abn kurathalwan with pillailokachray a and
manvalamamunigal also are seen along with the others. Interestingly the main
deity has thengali thiruman and panchrathra agama is followed.THere is a
seperate san
annadhi for aravindavalli thayar.who too was lluminated by the mirror as
before.
The nithyapadi for perumal is carried out by donations from devotees-Rs.500 per
day
Sorry to see the state of a great temple wher e Ramanuja established the first
of the 5 narayanas.
The compound just opposite houses the temple of parthasarathy and
santhanagopalan with rukmini and satrhyabama thayars,THis temple follows the
vikanasa agama and is apparently better off .Peruma l is adorned with vadakalai
thiruman Make a point to note the legs of Gopala are crossed left and right as
against the usual mode..Battar of this temple is also incharge of the narasimha
temple a few yards away on a smallhill .This temple has recently been
renovated by an auditor from tiruchi, Yoganarasimha i s a grand awei nspiring
site.Apart from the usual satari and theertham we are also blessed wiith a
wooden dhandam kept constantly with perumal for the past 1000 years. The
dhandam is a bramharakshasa cured by Sri Ramanuja. Chakram is on the left and
Sanka is on the right
Ramanuja has a seperate sannadhi.He is in a sitting posture under adisesha,.He
carries NO thridandam and is not shown as a sanyasin.Here he is adisesha as
an acharyan who answered simultaneously questions raised by 1000 jain pundoits
.One can also see the tail of a snake circling the acharyas waist. Ramanuja is
adorned with thengali thiruman. Battar has no explanation.Apparently no big
fuss is made about the kalai in karnataka.
The huge lake made by our acharya is a few minutes away and well
maintained.Ramanuja is supposed to have directed the thirumanchan a water and
rasakrita water of Gopala and Gopikas to form this lake.
One leaves with an extreme sensation of satisfaction and bhakthi wondering
about the achievements of our Great Acharya Hope the ancient glory and grandeur
of these temples will soon be revived.
Sri Narayanadesikaya namah.
dasan narayanan
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