Dear Shri Varadha Ramanuja-daasan svami,You have done a signal service to the 'sampradaayam' with your detailed report (and photographs) on the Madurai-Aanaimalai-Kodikkulam shrine of Namperumal attended by Sri Pillai Lokacharyan.My elder brother, Shri Tirumanjanam Kannan, had the fortune to visit this place in June'06, sanctified as the site where Our Lord (nam-perumAL) was sheltered by the revered Shri Pillai Lokacharyan. It is common knowledge that the venerable 'acharya' passed away at this spot. Shri A.M. Rajagopalan, the well-known astrologer-editor of the popular weekly, Kumudam Jyotidam, had written extensively about this sacred spot.Can you please re-circulate your photos with suitable individual captions ?Everyone who reads your dispatch would certainly visit this holy site. There is, likewise, another sacred spot which I would commend for a top-priority Srivaishnava pilgrimage. The place is the village Kontakai, the birthplace of Sri Srisailesa (tiruvAi-mozhi-p-piLLai, the AchArya of Sri maNavALa-mahAmuni), whose name, like the praNavam, initials (SriSailESa-dayA-pAtram etc) our aruLi-c-cheyal recitals. The deiva-nAyakan sannidhi in this place is very well maintained by the devoted archaka-svami, Sri Madhavacharya. The 'SALa-grAma tirumEni-s' of both tiru-vAi-mozhi-p-piLLai and of Sri maNavALa-mahAmuni worshipped in this shrine are, in several senses, unique. Make this place too your priority pilgrimage !aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan,tirumanjanam Sundara Rajan(Srirangam).
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