Thiru SiRupuliyur temple kitchen renovation - appeal

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Dear Bhagavathas,

 

This is an appeal to help with the repair of the thiru-mada-p-paLLi

(temple kitchen) at Thiru SiRupuliyUr. This is a divyadEsam near

thanjAvUr. Recently, the temple kitchen's wall/ceiling broke down

rendering the kitchen unusable. Vedics has been requested to help

with the repair of the kitchen by Sri VeLukkudi KrishNan svAmi and

the local temple contacts. Vedics has undertaken this project.

 

Vedics India visited the site and the field report is that the

current situation its not safe to do any cooking over there; so now

PerumAL's prasadam is being prepared at bhattachar's house; the

madapaLLi requires a good amount of repair, and the initial estimate

of the repair cost is around 2 Lakhs ($4500 or so). Some photos

showing the current state of the madapaLLi can be found on

http://sirupuliyur.blogspot.com

 

Meantime, the utsavam for perumAL is coming up, and there is a

madapaLLi in neighboring sannidhi that can be used for cooking for

the coming utsavam; there is an issue in that water supply is not

good in this sannidhi, and in order to accommodate the large amount

of cooking needed to be done during utsavam, a new borewell has to be

erected, with a cost of around 25000 rupees ($550 or so).

 

Vedics has taken up this project, and intends to do the project in

stages – the first stage is for constructing the bore well, for

which

our target is to raise $550 by June 15th. The second stage is to

raise $4500 for the madapaLLi repair, and the target time for a that

is August 15th.

 

Vedics currently has 2 other projects running in Sirupuliyur. There

is a monthly utsavam conducted at auspicious days (Ramanuja's star,

for example). On May 8th, Vedics will be inaugurating a structure

(concrete shed with electricity & water facilities) that was

constructed at the cost of around $1500 for the purpose of local

community gatherings & for children to study in the evenings. You can

see photos of this at http://vedicsdd.blogspot.com . Vedics is also

working on another project to provide books & notebooks to school

going children in this area.

 

If you are interested in donating towards this kainkaryam, please

pledge your support by emailing ssowmiyan & mentioning your

support amount. This will help us keep track of our progress towards

the goal. All contributions in the U.S. are tax deductible under

Vedics' 501c-3 status in the U.S.

 

Address to send contributions in the U.S.

 

Vedics

236 Bellshire LaneRochester Hills, MI 48307

 

Address to send contributions in India

Vedics India

54 Singarachari StreetTriplicane, Chennai 600005Tamilnadu, India

 

Please include "Sirupuliyur madapalli" in the notes section of your

cheque.

 

The following are some details about the divyadEsam.

 

Perumal :

Moolavar - Arulmaakadal, Sthalasayana Perumal

Bujanga Sayanam (lying with head on one hand); facing south

Uthsavar - Krupasamudra Perumal

 

Thayar :

Moolavar - Tirumamagal Nacchiyar , Vasalakshmi (Urayurvalli)

Uthsavar - Dayanayaki

 

Pushkarani: Manasa Pushkarini, Anantasaras

 

Vimanam: Nandavarthana Vimanam

 

Pratyaksham: Vyasa, Vyaghrapada

 

Mangalasasanam: Thirumangai Azhwar – 10 pasurams.

 

 

Brief Sthala Purana:

 

This Kshetra finds mention in Garudapurana and Brahmandapurana. A

Squabble between Garuda and Adisesha to find who between them is of

greater importance to God became a big fight. God, as Balasayana

here, meditated and informed each of them, their important role. The

Garuda sannidhi is underground and the Adisesha sannidhi at a higher

level. As per the sthalapuranam Vyaghrapadamuni worshipped Lord Shiva

for moksha. Shiva directed the muni to worship Lord Vishnu as only He

can give moksha. He obtained as boon from Shiva, the legs and eyes of

tiger to travel faster to this place. He performed penance,

worshipped the Lord and attained Moksha here and hence the name

Sirupuliyur. The icon of Vyaghrapadar (Vyaghra - tiger) and Kanvamuni

is installed at the foot of the Lord. There are sannidhis for

Rajagopalan, Andal and Azhwars. The Sayana Perumal here is the

smallest of all the Divya Desa Sayana Perumals. Noting Tirumangai

azhwar looks askance at the small size, the Perumal asks the Azhwar

to find Him at Tirukkannamangai in a huge form.

 

This Kshethram is located about 3kms from Kollumangudi station on the

Mayavaram - Aranthangi rail route.