Chilkoor BrahmOtsavam

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About 30 Km away from the city of Hyderabad lies the picturesque

village of Chilkoor, along the banks of Gandipet Lake. This

ancient town is the abode of Sri Rajyalakshmi samEtha Srinivasa.

The temple is a 500 year old Svayambhu kshEtram, and includes

sannidhis for AzhwArs, emperumAnAr, and Swamy Vedanta Desikan.

Srinivasan appears here with 4 arms and ubhAya nAcciyAr in a

single sila. The temple has been run for the past 500 years by

devout Ahobila Mutham sishyas, and continues to be visited to

this day by yatis and learned scholars.

 

This year, the temple will be celebrating BrahmOtsavam from April

3 through April 10, 2001. The schedule of events include:

 

April 3:

AM: selver koothu

PM: ankurArpanam

 

April 4:

AM: dwajArohanam,

PM: sEsha vAhanam

 

April 5:

AM: gopa vAhanam

PM: hanumantha vAhanam

 

April 6:

AM: surya prabha

PM: garuda vAhanam and kalyAnOtsavam

 

April 7:

AM: vasanthOtsavam

PM: gaja vAhanam

 

April 8:

AM: pallaki sEvai

PM: rathOtsavam

 

April 9:

AM: mahAbhishEkam, AsthAna sEvai

PM: ashwavAhanam, doopa sEvai, and pushpAnjali

 

April 10:

AM: chakrateertham

PM: dwajAvarohanam, and dwAdasAradhanam

 

All devotees in the Hyderabad area and those of you who may be

visiting Hyderabad are highly encouraged to visit this ancient

and holy temple and perform sEvai to Sri Rajyalakshmi samEtha

Srinivasan and receive the Blessings of the Lord. Regular buses

(288D) to the what is known locally as the Deval Venkatapur

Temple will be leaving from Mehdipatnam in the morning at 7:15 AM

and at 3:15 PM in the afternoon. For more information, please

contact C S Gopalakrishnan in the Padmarao Nagar Colony in

Secunderabad: 40 7500797.

 

On a personal note, I am happy to share that we here in Denver

are blessed to have Sri Chilkoor Sudarshan as part of our

bhAgavatha gOshti. Sri Sudarshan is the son of Sri

Gopalakrishnan, who serves along with his father, U. Ve. Sri C.

M. Srinivasa Raghavachariar, and Sri. M. V. Soundara Rajan (Sri

Gopalakrishnan's brother) as heriditary trustees of the temple.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mohan