Vinayaka in Thiruvallikkeni!

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srImathE rAmanajaya nama:

 

Dear Bhaktas,

 

Please forgive adiyEn for further stirring the hornet's nest!

 

Any historical truths about a small sculpted vinAyaka in the entrance of

Thiruvallikkeni (Triplicane) Sri Parthasarathy Temple would be welcome!

 

AzhwAr emperumAnAr jEyar thiruvadigalE saranam.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

aravind rAman

 

tavaradhan <tavaradhan wrote:

srI kastUri rangan wrote:

 

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> This is a speculation of Shri SMS Chari. Having noting the non-

> precedence of installing mUrtis of gurus & acharyas and having

> observed the absence of anya-devata sannidhis in vishnu temples,

> despite the references of the same in Vaishnava agamas, he should

> have done a basic arithmetic. I have observed the amman sannidhi

in

> Tirukkovilur temple. It does not seem to have been an installation

> as per agamas. I am open to correction on this.

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The "amman" sannadhi in thiru-k-kOvilUr is that of vishNu durga.

 

The presence of this sannadhi is even mentioned in

thirunedundhaaNdakam - in the 7th paasuram (vaRpudaiya varai

nedunthOL).

 

This paasuram describes thiru-k-kOvilUr and its greatness.

One of the descriptions for thiru-k-kOvilUr is - "vindhai mEya

kaRpudaiya mada-k-kanni kaaval pooNda", the place which is

guarded by the spinster who has gnyAna (kaRpu, here), and who

does not give up (paRRiRRu viddadhu irukkai).

 

this kanni is the vishNu durga, who is none other than the yOga

mAyA of the Lord, and was born just befor KrishNa was born to

dEvaki (the child that flew from the hands of kamsa, and warned him).

 

the word vindhai mEya is also used to denote the place in where

vishNu durga performed tapas to be given the kainkaryam of

guarding a place of the Lord.

 

The above is clearly mentioned in the thirunedundhaaNdagam

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aazhvaar emperumaanaar jeeyar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam.

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

varadhan

 

 

 

 

azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam

 

 

 

ramanuja/

 

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