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Dear bhagavathas,

pranamams.

 On 21st all of us woke up early in the morning and thankfully well 
in time for the vishvaroopa darshan of Sri Oppiliappan. We went to 
pushkarani inside the temple and took a holy dip and after returning 
to the Srimad andavan ashramam for Urdvapundram and nityanushtanam, we
rushed to the sannidhi for darshan. Unlike Srirangam, it was much 
easier here to have darshan of Lord from very close quarters. In that 
early morning, when the shops are yet to open and the traffic is yet 
to pickup momentum, the whole place was so calm and divine. In that 
early hour, we could spend more than half an hour standing near the 
gigantic perumal and the divine experience can't be explained in 
words. appa was reminding that we are getting late but adiyen could 
not move so easily. The ramar sannidhi needs special mention as the 
deities here are so beautiful and if you closely look at him you can 
note his warm smile. As adiyen mentioned earlier the rama deity at 
Vaduvoor, Thillaivilakam, Thiruvahendrapuram, Oppili appan koil and 
Madurantakam are very beautiful and each arch is different from  
another. Next time if you happened to visit these temples please take 
an extra minute to observe this.

Our next visit was to Nathan koil, which is also called Nandhipura 
vinnagaram. The temple is located amidst of fields and it is remote. 
Obviously the transport facilities are poor. When we reached the 
temple, it was closed (around 8.30AM). The regular bhattar was away 
and the stand by archaka has to come from nearby village. Our trust 
member Smt Subhashini Narasimhan has arranged for a Diesel generator 
for the temple at the request of temple authorities. This temple is 
under the guidance of Sri Vanamamalai mutt. We went around the temple 
and spend some time in that peaceful atmosphere while waiting for the 
archaka. He came finally and he was very
old and with lots of difficulty he gave us darshan of Lord. His 
hearing ability was also very poor and it is a real pity to see such 
old archakas serving the Lord out of their affection. They work for 
long hours than most of us in that dark area standing for long hours 
and there is no retirement
for them. After having a peaceful darshan, we left for Adhanur. 
Adhanur and PuLLambhuthangudi temples are under the maintenance of 
Sri Ahobila mutt. You might have seen appeals from Srimad Azhagiya 
singar for reviving various utsavams in these temples. One problem 
with these divya desams is that they are remote and located in 
villages and the access is very difficult unless you hire a car/auto 
from Kumbakonam. The car (thEr) is in very bad condition and even the 
dwajastambam. Please make a point to visit divya desams and help what 
ever you can. This is the only way we can preserve the glory of these 
divya desams.

Our next stop was PuLLambhuthangudi. adiyen have to share about one 
more less known place near this divya desam. That place is Narasimha 
puram. The speciality of this place is that brindavanam of 5 Azhagiya 
singars is located here. Luckily adiyen read an article about this 
sacred place in Nrusimha priya and the timing also suited. This 
sannidhi will be open in the
morning and the archaka is travelling from PuLLambhuthangudi for 
daily thiruvaradhanam. We went to Narasimhapuram enroute 
PuLLambhuthangudi and took the blessings of 5 Azhagiya singars. If 
you are interested to do some kaimkaryam for this sannidhi please 
email adiyen.

Unlike aadhanur, PuLLambhuthangudi divya desam was blessed with one 
full decad of Peria thirumozhi by Sri Thirumangai azhvar. Recently 
Srimad Azhgiya singar has offered special kreedam for Sri Valvil 
Raman and now another group of bhagavathas are offering Panidiyan 
kondai. The paricharaka swami at this temple is very old (80+) and at 
now he has an assistant to support him at madappalli kaimkaryam. They 
were very kind and offered lots of prasadam
to us.

Then we went to Thirumandangudi, which is the birth place of Sri 
Thondaradippodi azhvar. The archaka was away but the local people 
were kind enough to open the sannidhi for our darshan. This temple is 
also located amidst of paddy fields and there is a sugar factory 
nearby.

Then we went to Kabistalam divya desam. This temple is not very 
popular and hardly gets sevarthis. The archa thirumeni of the 
moolavar was with cracks without thailakappu. This information came 
in the cyber e groups and adiyen was in tears reading the condition 
of the temple. We have visited the temple and arranged for 
thailakappu every month and thirumnajanam to the utsavar on Sravanam 
day. This kaimkaryam is going on well for the past few months now.

This divya desam was sung by a sole pasuram by Thirumazhisai azhvar. 
The further beauty is that the azhvar could not physically come to 
the temple due to floods in Kaveri river which is running close to 
the temple. Perumal out of mercy shown HIS divine archa from and 
azhvar did mangalasasanam as "aaRRangari kidakkum kaNNan".

The deities in this divya desam are very beautiful indeed. There are 
many sannidhis for Sri sudharshana and Varada and most importantly 
the Gajendra moksham is carved on a pillar. Perumal is in reclining 
posture and utsavar is called Gajendra varadan and Thayar is called 
Rama mani thayar.

We had arranged for Thirumanjanam during our trip and the bhattar did 
it in an elobarate manner. adiyen was blessed to recite pancha suktam 
and Neerattal pasurams during thirumanjanam. The bhattar first did 
thailakappu for all the deities (moolavar) and then the thirumanjanam 
was started. At this time a group of devotees came on an arranged 
trip from Pondichery and they were very happy to get a chance to see 
thirumanjanam.

After thirumanjanam and alankaram bhattar adorned the perumal with 
large garlends, which he specially arranged for this day. He 
mentioned that adiyen is coming all the way from Bahrain and he 
wanted to do the thirumanjanam in a grand manner with lots of flowers 
and garlends.After archana and bhojyasanam the prasadam was given to 
all the devotees and we were very happy to have so many sevarthis in 
an isolated temple. adiyen will soon upload the beautiful photos 
taken during our trip for your pleasure of enjoying HIM.

Then we went to another temple in Keezh kabistalam, which was under 
renovation. This is also an ancient temple with sannidhis for Sri 
Varadaraja and Hanuman. They local residents are very enthusiastic to 
renovate the temple and they have requested help from our trust also. 
There was an appeal in Nrusimhapriya too for the renovation work. Now 
the renovation is completed and we are doing our humble bit for daily 
aradana.

The bhattar at this temple is not getting good sambhavana and given 
the today's cost of living it is very difficult to meet the both 
ends. Unfortunately his only son is dumb. He was in tears requesting 
help for medical expenses. adiyen has offered to take his son to 
specialist doctors
in Chennai and assured him for financial help too. It is very 
disturbing to note such bhagavathas who are serving the Lord every 
day are put into such difficulties. It is all HIS sankalpam. What to 
say.

Our next visit was to Kudalur divya desam and the perumal here is 
called aaduthurai perumal. This temple was recently renovated by Sri 
Thirukkoshtiyur Madavan swami and others. The Yagasalai etc which 
were made for samprokshanam are still there. We felt happy to see a 
divya desam in good shape. Since we were running out of time we could 
spend little time only at this divya desam.

We then rushed to Thiruvelliyangudi divya desam. This is also another 
isolated temple and if the driver is not familar with the surrounding 
villages of Kumbakonam then it will be difficult to locate the 
temple. The Garudan is seen with Shanku and Chakra. This temple was 
sung by Sri
Thirumangai azhvar. This temple is in good condition and we 
understand that the nitya aradanam is going on well. Recently Sri 
Muralidhar swami has offered Silver Kreedam for Thayar. The sthala 
vruksham is Plaintain tree (Seevvaazhai) which can be seen in the 
prakaram of the temple.

By the time we came out of the temple it was around 7 PM and our 
train to Chennai was at 8PM. We have to skip our plan to visit the 
local temples like Sarangapani, chakkara pani and Sri ramar temple. 
adiyen has visited these temples numerous times during our stay in 
kumbakonam but still adiyen was feeling very sad for visiting this 
time. Due to other commitments, we could not extend our stay and 
returned to chennai after memorable trip of visiting 25 divya desams 
in two days. 

There will be two more posting in this series about our trip to 
Kanchipuram, Sevilimedu and Navalpakkam and other local divya desams 
in chennai. Please bear with me.

regards

dasan venkat






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