Sri Amudhan SamprOkshanam and ChAthur mAsya sankalpam - Part 11

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Srimadh Azhagiya Singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri kOmaLa vaLLi thAyAr samEtha Sri ArA amuthan thiruvadikaLE

saraNam

 

Sri Amudhan SamprOkshanam and ChAthur mAsya sankalpam - Part 11

 

During the fund raising efforts for Sri Amudhan samprokshanam

many expressed desire to support temples that need immediate

help. adiyEn is writing some of the "needs", that was

observed from my trip to many divay desams. BagawathAs whose

native is near to one of these temples may want to initiate

some action to meet the needs of the temple.

 

During adiyEn's visit to the the nava thirupathis, it

is noted that four of the temples had two priests in common

and the work in one temple from sunrise to untill 10:45 AM &

work in the other temple from 11:00AM to 3:45 PM and revisit

the first temple again at 4:00PM. It must have been a very

tight schedule for the battars. Most of them commute in two

wheeler between these temples that are a few kilometers apart

from each other. The TVS group (Mostly vadakalai sampradAyam)

had undertaken to reconstruct and renovate all of the nine

divya desams of the nava thirupathis (all of the temples are

as per thennAchAryA sampradhAyam) spending approximately

about 20 million rupees ie Rs. 2 crores.

 

It was said that some of the structures of the thulai

villi mangaLam popularly known as irattai thirupathis. ie.,

There are two divya desams situated in this place, on the

banks of thAmira barani river. There are no villages around

these 2 temples. They are simply on their own in the middle

of a "pottal kAdu" or a jungle. Even the priests close the

temples and go home leaving the perumALs all alone. It is

said that the structures of these two temples were really in

a very bad shape and were even fallen down. But the TVS

groups had done a very wonderful job of resurrecting some of

the centuries old structures and strengthening them with

modern designs and materials. In Sri peria kulam they have

constructed a shed or "kottagai" for the elephant. That place

itself is so huge as if a marriage can be conducted in it.

That piece of construction alone may have cost them approx.

Rs. 200,000.

 

There is a lone liaison cum project management

person appointed and paid by TVS, is working on supervising

these projects. He is a SrivaihsnavaL and he goes around all

the temple sites constructions everyday in his TVS 50 and

reports the progress to TVS and as well maintain the accounts.

But for TVS coming forward to take up these works these

temples would have lost more structures by now. However,

these temples are visited only by a handful everyday. When

adiyEn went around no one else was ever present. On the same

day there was "thiru vizhA" or a festival for a dEvathAnthram

in a nearby village and there was more than 10,000 people

there.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya Singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri kOmaLa vaLLi thAyAr samEtha Sri ArA amuthan thiruvadikaLE

saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

 

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