thiruk kaNNan kudi - part 1 - brief introduction

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Thiruk kaNNan kudi - An introduction to these series

 

The are five Sri Krishna AraNya kshEthram that I had

started to write in the past in the network. I pray

to perumAL for HIS thiru uLLam to allow me to write

about a few more of these. I have written about

thiruk kaNNa puram and kabisthalam kshEthrams (2, 3)

mentioned below two years ago in the prapatti/bhakti

network. adiyEn will attempt to write about

thiruk kannan kudi now as adiyEn have promised to

Sri Venkat kannumAlA of newyork Sri Rangnatha temple

kArana kartthA and Sri VS that I will write about

some of the episodes from the avathAram of

of thiru mangai AzhwAr and his s parOpakAram in construction

of Sri Rangam temple. The kshEthram itself is

known by the pazha mozhi or adai mozhi or nick name

as follows.

 

uRangAp puLi (the tamarind tree that never slept)

oorAk kiNaru (the well that never had any potable

water)

thOlA vazhakku (the litigations that were never

settled)

kAyA maghizh (the mahizam tree that will never age

ie., pasumai of the tree is never

lost)

thiruk kannan kudi (thiruk kannan was tied up here

by pAsam (thread of love) of his

bhakthALs)

 

 

The followings are the 5 Sri Krishna AraNya

kshEthrams among the 108 divya dEsams.

 

1. thiruk kaNNa mangai

2. thiruk kaNNa puram

3. kabisthalam

4. thiruk kOviloor

5. thiruk kannan kudi

 

The purpose of these series are two fold. One is to

present the kaimkaryam thiru mangai AzhwAr had made

in Sri Rangam temple construction and pray to AzhwAr

to bless adiyEn and few others involved in helping

the construction work of Sri Ranagnatha temple of

Newyork; As well as to remind our bAgwathALs of what

a treaure we have in the name of Lord RanganAtha

temple in this boolOgam. This is the time that

all Srivaishnava must unite with sAthvikam alone

in their mind to serve Lord Sri RangaNAyikA

samEtha Sri Arangan and help build the temple in NY.

 

The other purpose is to write about one more

Sri Krishna AraNya kshEthram. I pray to Lord

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri Ranganathan to help me

complete this small task of writing these few posts.

I Once again pray top AzhwAr and AchAryAn to be with

us in our endevour.

 

 

Sri Sri lOkanAyaki samEtha Sri lOka nAyakap perumAL

thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan