Guest guest Posted June 30, 1997 Report Share Posted June 30, 1997 In my write-up <SRI RAMANUJA's ORDER> (second instalment) posted on June 2, I had written inter alia about the work of Prof. M.A. Lakshmi Tatachar, Director, Academy of Sanskrit Research, MELKOTE-571431, District Mandya, Karnataka. Prof Tatachar has sent me a message to say that the Academy can be reached on <asrmel (for the Academy in Melkote) and <asrbng (for the Academy's Bangalore office). I am glad to circulate this for our friends interested in addressing their inquiries regarding the Academy's publications. aDiyEn rAmAnujadAsan, T.S. Sundara Rajan, at Memphis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 1999 Report Share Posted March 8, 1999 Sri V. Srimahavishnu wrote: > can someone kindly explain to adiyE why PerumAL at Melkote > wakes up very late in the morning(9 AM)? I also wondered about this during my recent visit. At Tiruvallikkeni, Srirangam, and other Divya Desams, the suprabhAtam, etc., happen at 6 AM or so. At Melkote it is sometimes as late as 9:30 or 10 in the morning! This is something to note when outsiders visit. Don't go to Melkote early in the morning and expect sEvai! I asked around, and what my relatives said is that Melkote is a grAma (small village), and operates on a much slower pace than the city. In addition, it is often quite cold in Melkote in the morning (it is on a hill in Karnataka after all). Things naturally happen later there. Anyone who has been to both Madras and Bangalore knows how the weather affects the rising times of the respective peoples of these cities! Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 1999 Report Share Posted March 9, 1999 I think Mani is right in whatever he said regarding Melkote. Since I am person with roots in Melkote I can say with confidence that all that Mani said is absolutely right. I do not know of any historical significance in the late Vishwaroopam to Thirunaarayanan. Moreover the chill whether makes it very difficult to get up and go to the temple. Once when we went to Melkote in early november it was so cold that the diesel inside our car got frozen and we had to push it for 2 kms. to make the fuel come back to its liquid state. I have also heard from my friends that the temples forming the 'Nava Tirupathi' are also opened very late at around 8 A.M.. My friends told me that it is due to the scarcity of the devotees to these temples. Is this true? and if it is true, is there any historical background behind the late Vishwaroopam? Rajesh chakkrika Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.