Dakshina Sheshadri

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Narayana Narayana

 

Dear Bhagavathas,

 

We have been seeing how Sriman Narayana came to Dakshina Sheshadri

for the sake of fulfilling the wishes of His devotees. In this

conluding mail let us see more details about the place, which was

selected by Him for His divine stay.

 

I have been talking a lot about Sri Veda Pushkarani. Let us see how

it came into existence. The legend has it that Sriman Narayana

protected all the Vedas in the form of a fish-Matsya Avataram. Then,

He started teaching the four Vedas to Brahma, taking the form of

Hayagriva Swamy. While He did this, a drop of His sweat, which fell

on the ground, gave rise to this Pushkarani. That is the reason why

it is called as "Sri Veda Pushkarani".

 

There are many more stories which sing His praise, but I fear the

mail postings will not suffice to write them all. So I restrict my

narrations to these mail series.

 

This hillock is situated 10 km from a small village called

Terakanambi. This belongs to the present Gundlupet Taluk,

Chamarajanagar District,Karnataka State. It is situated in a very

picturesque location. It has three sanctum sanctorums, the middle one

dedicated to Sri Srinivasa Perumal. To the right of Sri Srinivasa

Perumal, there is the Divya Sannidhi of Sri Padmavathi Thayar, and to

the left of Perumal, Sri Andal graces all the devotees. One

speciality about Sri Andal Thayar in this place is that she is not

standing in the usual posture like how she does in other places.

Instead, she is sitting with her hands joined together (in Anjali

Mudra).There is another Sannidhi dedicated to Sri Vaikuntha Narayana

Swami. Here, He is seated with all the twelve Azhwars and Sri

Viswaksenar. There is also a Hanuman Sannidhi behind the main temple.

 

All the festivals are celebrated on a grand scale in this place. Many

people gather here to have the darshanam of the Lord on these special

occasions. According to the records in The Karnataka Gazatteer, there

are over 8000 people gathered here to do Sevai to the Lord, on the

occasion of His Thirutther.

 

His Thirutther will be held on the Pongal day (14th Jan) every year.

There will be a lot of Parayanams during this period. Many scholars

get togetherto chant the Divya Prabandham, Vedas, and many other

sacred scriptures. It is indeed a sight to see the Divine couple

seated in the Divya Ratham, along with Udaiyavar!

 

There is a committee formed by the devotees here, which is called

as "Sri Huligina Muradi Prasanna Venkataramana Swami Seva Samithi".

It has been taking up many developmental works in this place, like

building of a few guest houses for the public, providing food for all

the devotees who visit this place, building a Raja Gopuram for the

Perumal, etc. The Raja Gopuram construction is under progress,

currently.

 

I have added a picture of Perumal in the photos link in the group,

under a directory called as Terakanambi. For more details about this

place, all the interested Bhagavathas may visit the website

http://www.huligadri.com or contact Thiru Srinivasa Prasanna,

President, SHMPV seva samithi, Bangalore, on this phone number: 080 -

23361179.

 

I conclude this mail series on Dakshina Sheshadri by thanking all the

Bhagavathas for having read my mails patiently. I also thank my dear

friend Sreejith for extending his help in this regard, without which

this work would not be possible.

 

(concluded)

 

Ramanujaarya Divyajnaa Vardhataam Abhi vardhataam

 

Sri Azhwar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam.

 

Srinivasa Rajan Ramanuja Dasan.