108 DIvya SthalangaL

[Guest guest]

Sri Boomi dEvi Sri Oppiliappan thiruvadikalE saraNam

 

This was a project discussed at the time of typing 4000. Both Mr.Dileepan and

Mr.Srinivasan has shown extensive interest in promoting this at that time and I

am glad that the time has come for that now. I had been wanting to contribute

by

providing interesting skektra puraanams on the divya dEsangaL with the help of

the LIFCO edition and as well as my personal acquaintances with the temples

around my place of living (kumbakonam).

I offer to provide a summary on each of the folowing temples in English and in

Tamil (Adami fonts). I suggest that Mr.Dileepan may want to open a file for

each skektram and take "as many responses" (I invite many others to provide any

information they know on any shektram even if it was a repeat or very little,

no one should refrain from this effort due to shyness or any such thing. The

editor and compiler (hopefully Sri Parthasaarathy Dileepan (Mr.PD , I hope you

would not mind) and others will take care of the final touches in presenting

these information comprehensively for each temple) as possible on each

sekthram and compile them in the best possible way to present it in the global

work "108 Divya sthalangaL" (shekthram may not be common to tamil and so

thalangaL or sthalangaL may be appropriate. Pandits and Tamil scholars may work

out a common name. The name must have a Tamil component in it 'cos most of

these shektrams are in Tamil Country and "ALL" of these sthalangaLs are

components of Tamil vEdam 4000).

Sampath Rengi

1. THirk kadikai (shOlingar)

2. Thiruch chErai

3. Thiru Naraiyoor (naachi yaar kOil)

4. Kudanthai kidantha Araavamudan and SaarangapaNi

5. Sri Boomi devi and Sri Oppilliappan

6. Thiru Nanthipura viNNagaram (naathan kOil)

7. Sri Rangam (on Ekaanda sErvai and Gajendra mokasham festival)

Regarding the photos, nrsimhap priyaa has been publishing many photos in the

last few months on each of the sthalangaL, like Swami Desikan's photo in the

WEB (I have the same photo as published by the nrsimhap priyaa). We can write

to the editor asking for permission to copy them in the archives and Mr. Jay

BAradwaaj may co-ordinate this effort. So we may not get into any copy right

issues on photos.

Sampath Rengi