puNyasthalaNGaL - addition

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Sri Vedantha Desikan is supposed to have been blessed by Sri Lakshmi

Hayagreevar, the Supreme deity for all wisdom and guru of Sri sarasvathi, at

this hill

in Thiruppath I am sorry ThiruvEnthipuram near Cuddalore. At the foot of the

hills is also the abode of Sri Devanatha Perumal an d is introduced during

Harathi as the elder brother of Sri Venkateswara. A very small town and a

serene atmosphere and I heard has a dedicated group of "veda parayana goshti"

that will ( many of them hold regular govt jobs) not give up Kainkarya of

Perumal at any cost and take pride an dturns in doing all the saththumurai etc,

themselves. Our Azhagiyasinger has designated this to be a schooling place for

youngsters wishing to go to Vedic school. ( apparently he has started a project

with enormous futire implications for our philosophy of thought in years to

come and with no doubt foresight- children willing to go through vedic school

will be taught the traditional scriptures as an on the spot training in some

temples and a stipend will be paid to them every month. After finishing this

school, they are guaranteed a monthly return from a deposit he makes for each

child to the tune of some 3000 rupees after say they attain age 20 or so that

they

will not have to seek out employment to earn a livelihood aside from temple/

and or vedic related duties) I saw a young boy in this temple- probably 10 or

11 and thought to myself he must be a very lucky guy whether he realizes it or

not to be in a temple setup day in and day out and enjoy the darshan of

emperumaan all the time. Enough digression there. Coming back to the temple,

from the top of the hillock you have a very peaceful and beautiful view of the

town - gadilam the river that was once enormous and gushing in now a tricle, but

the bed is still safe an. At the top of the hill there is just this Lakshmi

Hayagreevar Sannidhi in the center. They go up twice everyday to offer

"thaLigai" and you have to be there at that time to be able to have his darshan.

To my knowledge, only perumal I have seen having "thaayar" on his lap - no I

take that back , Nithyakalyana Perumal is also depicted like that. The murthy

has the face of a horse and a human-like body. Having his blessing is supposed

to bring you a desire for wisdom and ultimate truth and in current parlanec of

schools, etc., supposed to be very good for students. Devanatha perumal

moolavar is huge and so serene looking. The temple has a spacious prakaram and

has

the smell of bats at some places. Toeards the west end is a series of steps

that lead down to the expansive kadilam bed. Very few people visit and at any

given time is peaceful. Connected from Cuddalore by bus/auto about 15 min.

The hill was full of smaal small pebbles., but is vastly receding in quantity-

I don't know why. Semma Sengamalath thaayaar is very beautiful. My sister

lived in Cuddalore for sometime and we were introduced to this marvelous temple

since then and it is a pleasure to visit this place and well worth the pains to

go there. Hope you all can enjoy this sometime.

 

I have some more places to talk about, but later. For various raesons I am not

right now in a position to spend a lot of time learning and assimilating all the

material that comes through, but in the hope I will I still continue to be a

passive member. In a way I am jealous of the active members, no doubt

benefitting by their exchanges.

 

naarayanan pugazhpada naaLonru vEndumo?

nalaNgal pala thanthidum nayagan avanai

nithamum padi maghizha naan enna thavamseithaal

nithyavannan enninaivil ennaalum uRainthiduvaan?

 

Vaidehi V. Raja