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Source: The Hindu

(http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/2003/03/28/stories/2003032801200600.htm)

 

 

Divine symbol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A RARE occurrence is attracting devotees to a pilgrim centre, a few kilometres

away from Saint Tyagaraja's samadhi, in Thiruvaiyaru, near Thanjavur. The

Jagadrakshaka Perumal temple, in Thirukoodalur, near Kapisthalam, on the

Thanjavur-Kumbakonam route, one of the Divyakshetrams, and hence a holy centre

for Vaishnavites, is being renovated.

 

The prakarams are ready and the reconstruction of the gopuram and shrines is

being carried out. A month ago, when the authorities decided to cut parts of the

jackfruit tree that was in the temple complex, for use in the renovation work,

they found a natural formation in the shape of a big conch, about five feet in

height and two feet wide in the middle, on the trunk.

 

As the workers and devotees felt it was a divine phenomenon, the felling of

branches was stopped. Turmeric paste was applied to mark the portion so that it

would be clearly visible from the ground. — DVV

 

 

 

 

 

 

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