Rangi mandir, Brindavanam

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Sri

Sri Mathe Ramanujaya Namah

Sri Mathe BAla Dhanvhi Maha Guruvae Namah

 

Respect devotees,

 

Adiyen had the great fortune of visiting Shri Andal sametha Shri

Rangamannar, Brindavanam last year for Bhramoutsavam held during March..

There were some articles posted about this kshetram in this discussion group

earlier, by some devotees who had visited the shrine.

 

Having stayed in Brindavanam for about a week during Bramhoutsavam and again

for about 5 days during Udaiyavar utsavam in May, adiyen had the blessed

association of Shri Govardhan Rangachar Swami( son-in-law of Kanchi PBA

swami). Swamiji was kind enough to explain the history of this shrine.

 

In the the middle of the 19th century(1850's), Shri Andal appeared in the

dream of one highly exhaulted devotee named

P. B. Srinivasachar , had a dream(swapanam) where in which Shri Andal

expressed her desire to enjoy Govindhan personally at Thiruayarpadi which

she did not get when she sang the Thirupaavai at Shri Villi Puttur. She

requested Swamiji to come to Giri Govardhanam( akin to Shri Laxmi Narasimhan

inspiring our Adhi Vann Satagopa JIyer to come to Ahobilam !!??).

 

The Swamiji started pada yathiri from Agaram( near KAnchipuram) to

Govardhanam visiting all divya desams en-route. Finally having reached

Govardhanam, Lord Narayanan asked him in a dream to dig a particular spot.

Its said that for 17 days the digging was done and in each of the nights of

those 17 days Sriman Narayanan commanded Swamiji to dig the same spot more

and more. On the eighteenth day, a beautiful archa of Lord Laxminathan was

found under the water. The archa and the place where the digging was done

can be seen at Laxhminathji temple at Govardhan, near Manasa Ganga.

 

In Govardhanam, Andal again appeared in his dream describing Swamiji how

exactly Arangan came to marry her, and how the temple is to be build and

asked him to come to ThiruAyarPadi( Brindavanam). In Brindavan at that

time, a rich Jain merchant had a dream that his guruji( achariyan) whould

be coming to Brindavan soon. The Swamiji and the Jain merchant meet each

other at Brindavan and the Jain mechant was thrown into expressible joy

seeing the swamiji bursting into tears,. Seeing this strange change in this

merchant's behavior, his elder brother held a dicussion with the Swamji,

who in turn convinced him about Shri Vaishnava siddantham and initiated both

the brothers into the Sri Vaishnava fold. The brothers in turn gave all

their belongings( some 80 villages) to swamji, which was used by him to

build the grand temple at Brindavanam as it stands today.

 

On another occassion, Andal expressed to Swamiji, her interest to serve

landoos to Rangamannar(Kannan). Accordingly, 108 ladoos are offered daily to

the Rangamannar and this practise is carried till date. Those blessed

devotees who visit the temple will be given this special ladoo prasadam, if

available.

 

The Present Govardhan Swamiji's grand-father is the grandson of the Swamiji

who established the shrine.

 

The purpose of posting this article is that, devotees of this mailing group

should feel greatly encouraged to visit this shrine. Accomadation and

prasadam is not a problem. Its available, at the request of Swamiji. During

Bhramoutsavam ( this year it falls in March, exact date, i would clarify) we

may have to inform the concerned earlier. Those needing furthur information

can contact adiyen at the following address :-

 

53/6 Soundarya colony

Anna Nagar West Extn

Chennai - 600 101.

Phone 6264793.

e-mail :- narvind

 

 

Adiyen

Arvinda Lochana Ramanuja dasan.

 

Azhwar Emperumanar JIyer Thiruvadhighalae charanam