Fw: Thondanur - Part -3 (Last Part) - Sri Yoga Nrusimha and Udayavartemple.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:50 AM

Thondanur - Part -3 (Last Part) - Sri Yoga Nrusimha and Udayavartemple.

SrihiRespected Bhagavathas,http://www.pbase.com/svami/yoga_nrusimha_and_udayavar_templeAs promised this is the Third and Final temple of Thondannur I ampresenting .The temple dedicated to Yogananda Nrusimha and Lord Udayavar. This is templeis in very small hill Lock and it was renovated very recently.Here Perumal Moolavar is Yogananda Nrusimha with A Nrusimha Dandam. He has Vijayalakshmi in Vrusshastahala. Moovavar Thayar is Yadava Nayaki. It is said that Prahalada did the Prathistai of this temple.A separate Sannidhi is dedicated to Our Beloved Udaiyavar. He is seated in Upadesha Mudra. It is a Sthuthai Shilpa.It is the very same place where our Udaiyavar defeated 1000 Jain Monks in debate.The History goes like this:- King Vishnuvardhan Embraced Sri Vaishnavism at the feet of Lord Bhashyakarar after his daughter got cured. King and Queen Shantala Devi were Jains originally. This was not liked by Jain Monks, so they challanged the Lord for Debate , Then debate was arranged in Yoga Nrusimha Sannidhi and Udayavar Sat behind a curtain (It is the same spot where the present archai is there) and thousands of Jain monks asked questions and SrI Udaiyavar answered them all back. When someone peeped, he was stunned, because whathe saw was a magnificint sight, he saw a 1000 headed Serpant (Adhi Sesha) seated then and answering all the questions and defating the Jains. Finally all the monks ebraced Srivaishnavism. Picture details:2443 Sri Yogananda Nrusimha2445 Udayavar is Upadesha Mudra2449 close shots; please observe the scales of Adhisesha in Udayavar 's thiru-udaram 2451 Sri Paada Darisanam of Udayavar2452 Udayavar another view Observe the Royal Insinia of Hoysala the Lion and also Shanku and Chakra in Samaashrayana Mudra. Ithihyam is that Udaiyavar is doing Samaashrayanam for all of us.2454 is the Madi-Petti of Udayavar; this basket is 1000 years oldBhattar says. Udaiyarvar brought his madi Vastra peTTi with Him.2455 Close shot of Udaiyavar.I spoke with Bhattar who is looking after this temple and also GopalaKrishna Temple and he informed that He needs Rs.250 /- per day to perform Pooja ,Neyvediyam and pushpa Kainkaryam for Lord. I am sure you all will come forward and do something for this temple. Our Bretherns living abroad can take up the Pooja for each month and get the Lords Blessings. Those who want to help please contact : Sri. Raguram Bhattar,Sri Gopala KrishnaTemple, & Yoga Narasimha Temple,Kere Thonnur : 571434Mandya DistrictTel:08236 - 251795.Before sending any contribution please collect thedetails from Bhattar.Please visit this place whenever you visit Melkote. Bhattar of all the threetemples live close by only. I am sure my appeal will reach very wide and you all will vist all the threetemples situated in Thondanur.DasanLakshminarasimhan Sridhar