Request for your help to bring up very age old temples in Melukote-

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- Srihi

Sunday, July 04, 2004 11:24 PM

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old temples in Melukote- Karnataka- India

 

 

 

Srihi:

 

Respected Bhagavatha

 

The mail is self explanaotry can you all hel me.

 

Dasan

Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar

 

- Srihi

sathya

Cc: Sadagopan mama ; Anil T ; Haresh

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:52 PM

Re: Request for your help to bring up very age

old temples in Melukote- Karnataka- India

Srihi:

 

Sriman Sathya

 

Namaskaragalu.

 

I am Lakshimnarasimhan Sridhar. this mail is in response to the

instruction given by my Uncle Dr.V Sadagopan (USA) who is also my

religious mentor. I am Honary Resident Representative of Tamil

Religious Monthly magazine Gopura darisanam .My main work is to cover

the Vaishnava temples in Karnataka. I know there are lot of Vaishnava

temples in Karnataka. My article has come about the Venugopala swami

temple in Maleeshwaram. In forth coming issue the article is coming

on Dodda Mallur Aprameya Temple & Swamy Desikans temple in

Sathyagalam near madya rangam ( Incidentally I have designed the

website for Dodda mallur and Sathyagalam and hosted it in my cost

which you might be aware). In a day or two i am hosting a website for

Thooppul avathara Sthalam of Swami Desikan and after that Melkote's

website i will launch. Now i have got an idea in melkote web site

itself we can give the link to Thondannur temple and other temple.

For melkote i have enough material and pictures of deity etc. , but i

don't have the details for other two temples.( Infact in January 2004

i visited the temple along with my brother sriman Haarish from

Singapore watchman and Bhattar did not allow to take picture nor gave

the sthalapurana etc. If you can kindly help me in getting the full

co-operation from bhattar for taking pictures and in obtaining sthala

purana I assure i can bring these two temples to the knowledge of

people and it is possible only with the blessings of my acharya

Bhagvan Ramanuja and Swami Desikan . I want to build a web site and

also publish in Tamil Magazine Gopura Darisanam.

 

Sri Parthasarathy is also known to me He writes article for our

magazine also . He is going out of station and will be back after 2/3

months only.

 

Hope to hear from your soon.

 

If you are in Bangalore can we meet in person?

 

Eagerly awaiting to hear from you.

 

Warmest Regards,Lakshminarasimhan

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Monday, June 28, 2004 10:27 AM

Request for your help to bring up very age old

temples in Melukote- Karnataka- India

Dear Mr. Parthasarthy,Your work really needs appreciation sir.

Similarly, there are 3-4 very old temples which has its rich heritage

& history beyond 1000-5000years.For those who are new to Melkote, I

have attached some write-up ( copied from the internet) about Melkote

temple and the temples in the nearby Thondanur where Sri

Gopalakrishnaswamy temple and Sri Nambi Narayana Swamy temples are

located opposite to each other. There is also a temple of Sri Yoga

Narashima swamy along with Sri Ramanajar swamy in Shesha avatar.

There is only one priest Sri Raghuram Bhat who shuttles between Sri

Gopalakrishnaswamy temple and the Yoga Narashima swamy temple which

is on the nearby hillock. And there is another single priest named

Sri K S Seshadri Archakar.We understand that even for nitya Pooja

there is severe shortage of money. I also understand that the

Endowment board that is supposed to maintain these ancient temples

gives only Indian ruppees eighteen only per month for the daily

expenditure for these temples where great sages like Ramanujacharaya

have performed poojas. These priests also are not paid monthly salary

from the Govt. They have to depend only on the money that devotees put

in the arathi plate. Now these temples are in a very pathetic

condition for want for good administrators like you who can generate

funds to bring back the glory these temples had long long ago. Even

though these temples are very huge and big from outside, when you go

in one will surely feel very bad why we Hindus donot know how to

maintain and protect our dieties and temples.Like the work you are

doing for this temple in tamilnadu. i also request your kindselves to

do something for these temples also. Somebody Pl help. Pl help Pl

help.Especially the significant temples like Yoga Narashima temple on

the hillock where its said that Ramanujar had a debate with

1000+strong Jain monks and won over them and also converted them to

vaishnavas. One has to visit Melukote and Thondanur to see this and

experience this in person. Melkote Temples of Karnataka

Melkote located near Mysore in Karnataka houses an ancient shrine to

Vishnu, worshipped as TiruNarayana. This shrine is known for its long

standing association with the spiritual leader Ramanujacharya.

Melkote is also known as Yadavagiri, yatistalam, Vedadri and

Narayanadri. The presiding deity here (moolavar) is known by the

name Tiru Narayana, while the processional image of Vishnu goes by the

name Selva Pillai or Sampath Kumara. Vishnu's consort is known by the

name Yadugiri Taayaar. The image of Selvappillai is housed in the

Rangamandapa. There are shrines to Yadugiri Taayaar and Kalyani

Nachiyaar. The temple tank is known by the name Kalyani theertham.

Legend has it this image of Vishnu was held in worship by Bhrahma.

It is believed that the festival image Sampatkumara was worshipped by

Rama and his son Kusha; hence the name Ramapriya. Legend has it that

Krishna installed this image here at Melkote. Melkote has two

distinct temples. The Tirunarayana temple at the foothills and the

hill temple to Yoga Narasimha. Legend has it that the Yoga Narasimha

temple image was installed here by Prahlada. King Bittideva of

Karnataka who embraced the Sri Vaishnava way of life and patronized

the saint Ramanujacharya, assumed the name of Vishnuvardhana and

built five shrines known as the Panchanarayana temples. It is

believed that at that time the Narayanapura shrine was in ruins and

that both the images of Tirunarayana and Sampathkumara were missing

and that Ramanujacharya discovered the image of Tirunarayana in the

midst of Tulasi shrubs on the Yadavagiri hill and installed it back

in the temple. Legend has it that during the Muslim raids of

South India, the festival image of Melkote was stolen and taken away

and that Ramanujacharya restored it from the court of the ruler. It

is said that it a muslim princess had gotten attached to the image

of Selvappillai and that being unable to part with it, she followed

the Acharya to Melkote and then merged into the shrine there. In

honor of this, there is an image of Bibi Nachiyar here. This

temple is known for its Vairamudi Sevai in the month of March-April,

when the image of Selvappillai is adorned with a diamond crown and

taken out in procession. It is traditional belief that this crown is

not to be looked at when it is not worn by the festival image; hence

each year, during the occasion, the officiating priest picks up the

crown from its chest with his eyes blindfolded and then places it

upon the head of the image of Selvappillai. Thousands congregate to

celebrate this occasion each year. Such was the hospitality of

the residents of Melkote that they were reluctant to let Ramanuja

leave for Srirangam. Hence, Ramanujacharya made an image of himself

and left it behind. It is to be noted that Ramanuja's body in its

preserved state is maintained at Srirangam and that there is another

image of Ramanuja at Sriperumpudoor near Chennai. A write up to

explain about the origination of Sri Nambi Narayana Swamy

temple:Bitti Deva was the ruler of this place ( a Jain

follower)Ramanuja traveled eastward and came to Tondanur, the second

capital of the Hoysala Empire. Bitti Deva (Vittala Devaraya) was the

name of the Hoysala ruler. His daughter was suffering from a mental

illness. Ramanuja by now had become famous as the man who cured the

illness of the Chola princess. When the king sent for Ramanuja, he

did not go at first. But when a disciple,Tondanurunambi, assured him

that the Hoysala king was not a fanatical tyrant like the Chola king,

Ramanuja agreed to go. He cured the illness of the princess, to the

delight of the king. He was drawn to Ramanuja's faith and became a

Srivaishnava. He then onwards came to be known as Vishnu- vardhana.

In memory of this great event, the king built five Vaishnava temples

Channiganarayana temple at Belur, Nambinarayana temple at Tondanur,

Kirtinarayana temple at Talakad, Veeranarayana temple at Gadag and

Chaluvanarayana temple at Melkote. These temples are lasting

monuments of Karnataka culture and architecture. Ramanuja b With Best

Wishes & RegardsG. SATYA NARAYANAN-

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Friday, June 25, 2004 17:26 VILAKKOLI DHITTAM>

DEAR BAKTHAS,> > ADIYEN IS GREATFUL TO THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED FOR

ABOVE SCHEME.> ADIYEN HAD DECIDED TO ADOPT THE TEMPLE OF SRI

ANANDAVALLI SAMETHA VAIKUNDAVASAR IN ARUMBULIYUR ON BANKS OF PALARU

NEAR THIRUMUKKOODAL ENROUTE CHINGLEPUT- KANCHIPURAM LINE.> THE SAID

TEMPLE WAS NOT OPEND FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS FOR NITHYA POOJA, AN

ONE CAN IMAGINE THE CONDITION OF THE TEMPLE TODAY. TO RENOVATE,

START THE DAILY POOJA ALL THE VAISHNAVAITS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND

THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS LIBERALY BY BANK DRAFT IN THE NAME OF PADMASHREE

ANMIGA SEVAI( REGD ) A/C VILAKKOLI DHITTAM, PAYABLE AT CHENNAI TO MS

R. RAJALAKSHMI, 108, NEW STREET, MANNADY, CHENNAI-600001.> > DASAN,>

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