Guest guest Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 fromRajagopalan Narayan <rajagopalannarayan reply-toramanuja toramanuja dateMon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:37 PM subject[sri ramanuja] keera-thondanur mailing list<ramanuja.> Filter messages from this mailing list hide details Oct 20 (9 days ago) Reply Images are not displayed. Display images below - Always display images from rajagopalannarayan Friends OM NAMO NARAYANAYA i wish to share some obserwations of my visit to the abimansthalam thondanur. It is better known to the locals as keerathondanur and is 18 kms from srirangapatna. we drove from Bangalore to mysore. before one reaches srirangapatna there is a road to the right marked -pandavapura,.10 kms away. continue further for another 2 km and there is a sign board on the left indicating way to four temples established by sri Ramanuja. 3 kms on a kutcha road and u have reached the temples. The famous thondanur temple is big with a big deepasthambam in the frontyard.Temple is clean but in a poor condition with very little support from the endowment board. The battar opened the sannadhi and it was totally dark because of the powercut from 11am to 6 pm.we groped our way to the sannadi and prayed to narayana nambi lighted by an oillamp.Money even for this oil lamp is lacking and devotees have to support the purchase. However because it was daytime with no rains that day an assistant illuminated our Nambi with sunlight reflected by a hand held mirror,held 25 yards away outside the sannadi. One is stunned by the briulliancePerumal is really excellent with jewels and battar was sincere with the archana. Various acharyas ,nammalwar and thirumangai mannan had their sannadis just outside the garbagriha. Desika abn kurathalwan with pillailokachray a and manvalamamunigal also are seen along with the others. Interestingly the main deity has thengali thiruman and panchrathra agama is followed.THere is a seperate san annadhi for aravindavalli thayar.who too was lluminated by the mirror as before. The nithyapadi for perumal is carried out by donations from devotees-Rs.500 per day Sorry to see the state of a great temple wher e Ramanuja established the first of the 5 narayanas. The compound just opposite houses the temple of parthasarathy and santhanagopalan with rukmini and satrhyabama thayars,THis temple follows the vikanasa agama and is apparently better off .Peruma l is adorned with vadakalai thiruman Make a point to note the legs of Gopala are crossed left and right as against the usual mode..Battar of this temple is also incharge of the narasimha temple a few yards away on a smallhill .This temple has recently been renovated by an auditor from tiruchi, Yoganarasimha i s a grand awei nspiring site.Apart from the usual satari and theertham we are also blessed wiith a wooden dhandam kept constantly with perumal for the past 1000 years. The dhandam is a bramharakshasa cured by Sri Ramanuja. Chakram is on the left and Sanka is on the right Ramanuja has a seperate sannadhi.He is in a sitting posture under adisesha,.He carries NO thridandam and is not shown as a sanyasin.Here he is adisesha as an acharyan who answered simultaneously questions raised by 1000 jain pundoits .One can also see the tail of a snake circling the acharyas waist. Ramanuja is adorned with thengali thiruman. Battar has no explanation.Apparently no big fuss is made about the kalai in karnataka. The huge lake made by our acharya is a few minutes away and well maintained.Ramanuja is supposed to have directed the thirumanchan a water and rasakrita water of Gopala and Gopikas to form this lake. One leaves with an extreme sensation of satisfaction and bhakthi wondering about the achievements of our Great Acharya Hope the ancient glory and grandeur of these temples will soon be revived. Sri Narayanadesikaya namah. dasan narayanan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 fromRajagopalan Narayan <rajagopalannarayan reply-toramanuja toramanuja dateMon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:37 PM subject[sri ramanuja] keera-thondanur mailing list<ramanuja.> Filter messages from this mailing list hide details Oct 20 (9 days ago) Reply Images are not displayed. Display images below - Always display images from rajagopalannarayan Friends OM NAMO NARAYANAYA i wish to share some obserwations of my visit to the abimansthalam thondanur. It is better known to the locals as keerathondanur and is 18 kms from srirangapatna. we drove from Bangalore to mysore. before one reaches srirangapatna there is a road to the right marked -pandavapura,.10 kms away. continue further for another 2 km and there is a sign board on the left indicating way to four temples established by sri Ramanuja. 3 kms on a kutcha road and u have reached the temples. The famous thondanur temple is big with a big deepasthambam in the frontyard.Temple is clean but in a poor condition with very little support from the endowment board. The battar opened the sannadhi and it was totally dark because of the powercut from 11am to 6 pm.we groped our way to the sannadi and prayed to narayana nambi lighted by an oillamp.Money even for this oil lamp is lacking and devotees have to support the purchase. However because it was daytime with no rains that day an assistant illuminated our Nambi with sunlight reflected by a hand held mirror,held 25 yards away outside the sannadi. One is stunned by the briulliancePerumal is really excellent with jewels and battar was sincere with the archana. Various acharyas ,nammalwar and thirumangai mannan had their sannadis just outside the garbagriha. Desika abn kurathalwan with pillailokachray a and manvalamamunigal also are seen along with the others. Interestingly the main deity has thengali thiruman and panchrathra agama is followed.THere is a seperate san annadhi for aravindavalli thayar.who too was lluminated by the mirror as before. The nithyapadi for perumal is carried out by donations from devotees-Rs.500 per day Sorry to see the state of a great temple wher e Ramanuja established the first of the 5 narayanas. The compound just opposite houses the temple of parthasarathy and santhanagopalan with rukmini and satrhyabama thayars,THis temple follows the vikanasa agama and is apparently better off .Peruma l is adorned with vadakalai thiruman Make a point to note the legs of Gopala are crossed left and right as against the usual mode..Battar of this temple is also incharge of the narasimha temple a few yards away on a smallhill .This temple has recently been renovated by an auditor from tiruchi, Yoganarasimha i s a grand awei nspiring site.Apart from the usual satari and theertham we are also blessed wiith a wooden dhandam kept constantly with perumal for the past 1000 years. The dhandam is a bramharakshasa cured by Sri Ramanuja. Chakram is on the left and Sanka is on the right Ramanuja has a seperate sannadhi.He is in a sitting posture under adisesha,.He carries NO thridandam and is not shown as a sanyasin.Here he is adisesha as an acharyan who answered simultaneously questions raised by 1000 jain pundoits .One can also see the tail of a snake circling the acharyas waist. Ramanuja is adorned with thengali thiruman. Battar has no explanation.Apparently no big fuss is made about the kalai in karnataka. The huge lake made by our acharya is a few minutes away and well maintained.Ramanuja is supposed to have directed the thirumanchan a water and rasakrita water of Gopala and Gopikas to form this lake. One leaves with an extreme sensation of satisfaction and bhakthi wondering about the achievements of our Great Acharya Hope the ancient glory and grandeur of these temples will soon be revived. Sri Narayanadesikaya namah. dasan narayanan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Adiyen There are hundreds of temples of this type but unfortunately they are unknown to every devotee unless brought out by devotees like Narayanan. I lived in Bangaklore for more than 20 Years and took the route to Mysore almost every month by road. Unfortunately I am unaware of this great temple. Thanks to Devotee Narayan who took initiative to inform others. SEVEL KRISHNAN 18 Thiruvengadam Street Extensions East Raja Annamalaipuram Chennai 600028 Landline 24617660 mobile 99400 95670 srihiDate: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:05:38 +0000 Fw: About Thondanur from sister list fromRajagopalan Narayan <rajagopalannarayan >reply-toramanuja toramanuja dateMon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:37 PMsubject[sri ramanuja] keera-thondanurmailing list<ramanuja.> Filter messages from this mailing listhide details Oct 20 (9 days ago) ReplyImages are not displayed.Display images below - Always display images from rajagopalannarayan Friends OM NAMO NARAYANAYAi wish to share some obserwations of my visit to the abimansthalamthondanur.It is better known to the locals as keerathondanur and is 18 kms from srirangapatna. we drove from Bangalore to mysore. before one reaches srirangapatna there is a road to the right marked -pandavapura,.10 kms away. continue further for another 2 km and there is a sign board on the left indicating way to four temples established by sri Ramanuja. 3 kms on a kutcha road and u have reached the temples.The famous thondanur temple is big with a big deepasthambam in the frontyard.Temple is clean but in a poor condition with very little support from the endowment board.The battar opened the sannadhi and it was totally dark because of the powercut from 11am to 6 pm.we groped our way to the sannadi and prayed to narayana nambi lighted by an oillamp.Money even for this oil lamp is lacking and devotees have to support the purchase.However because it was daytime with no rains that day an assistant illuminated our Nambi with sunlight reflected by a hand held mirror,held 25 yards away outside the sannadi. One is stunned by the briulliancePerumal is really excellent with jewels and battar was sincere with the archana.Various acharyas ,nammalwar and thirumangai mannan had their sannadis just outside the garbagriha. Desika abn kurathalwan with pillailokachray a and manvalamamunigal also are seen along with the others. Interestingly the main deity has thengali thiruman and panchrathra agama is followed.THere is a seperate sanannadhi for aravindavalli thayar.who too was lluminated by the mirror as before. The nithyapadi for perumal is carried out by donations from devotees-Rs.500 per daySorry to see the state of a great temple wher e Ramanuja established the first of the 5 narayanas.The compound just opposite houses the temple of parthasarathy and santhanagopalan with rukmini and satrhyabama thayars,THis temple follows the vikanasa agama and is apparently better off .Peruma l is adorned with vadakalai thiruman Make a point to note the legs of Gopala are crossed left and right as against the usual mode..Battar of this temple is also incharge of the narasimha temple a few yards away on a smallhill .This temple has recently been renovated by an auditor from tiruchi, Yoganarasimha i s a grand awei nspiring site.Apart from the usual satari and theertham we are also blessed wiith a wooden dhandam kept constantly with perumal for the past 1000 years. The dhandam is a bramharakshasa cured by Sri Ramanuja. Chakram is on the left and Sanka is on the rightRamanuja has a seperate sannadhi.He is in a sitting posture under adisesha,.He carries NO thridandam and is not shown as a sanyasin.Here he is adisesha as an acharyan who answered simultaneously questions raised by 1000 jain pundoits .One can also see the tail of a snake circling the acharyas waist. Ramanuja is adorned with thengali thiruman. Battar has no explanation.Apparently no big fuss is made about the kalai in karnataka.The huge lake made by our acharya is a few minutes away and well maintained.Ramanuja is supposed to have directed the thirumanchan a water and rasakrita water of Gopala and Gopikas to form this lake.One leaves with an extreme sensation of satisfaction and bhakthi wondering about the achievements of our Great Acharya Hope the ancient glory and grandeur of these temples will soon be revived.Sri Narayanadesikaya namah.dasan narayanan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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