Guest guest Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Dear All, I am R Srinivasan from chennai. I m planning to go to Pandripur. Can any one guide me as to where to stay in Pandripur & where i can get good South Indian food. Regards & Pranams Srinivasan Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with India Travel http://in.travel./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Dear Sir, I found this letter from Hope this letter will solve all your queries. Dasan Thirukkudanthai K.S.Jegennaathan 09842 36647 A trip to Pandarpur Dear Friends,Being a group member of Sriranga Sri & a citizen from Solapur I Just thoughtto write an abbreviation to the e mail that one of our friend has sent us regarding her trip to Pandaripuram.I would jut like to put forth the story of Pandharipuram the place namedafter Lord Panduranga Vitthalla.Once it so happened that Vitthalla was immensely pleased at the sincereun-conditional Bhakti of his devotee named Pundalika who resided in Pandharpur.Sree Hari Vitthalla decided to go one earth from Vaikumtham and visit BhaktaPundalika. When Vitthalla came to Bhakta Pundalika’s house he called Pundalikaout from his home so that he would meet him. Pundalika at that time was offeringservice to his old parents and they were resting on Pundalikas lap.Pundalika answered vitthalla that he would have to wait as he din’t want todisturb his parents sleep. Since Pundalika could not even offer any seat to SreeHari Vitthalla he just threw a brick out at Vitthalla and asked him to stand onthe brick while he would come.Vitthala was overjoyed by the service of Pudalika to his parents he smilinglystood on the brick log and decided to stand on the same BRICK LOG so that hecould give darshana to all his bhaktas & thus happened to be pandurangasPamdhripuram the name of the place.Even today before the Name of Vitthalla is chanted, Pundalikas name is chantedFirst as PUNDALIK HARI VITTHALA.Unlike other Vaishnava temples where Acharam or Madi is been immenselyfollowed at Pamdharipuram it all happens to stay at bay may be Vitthalla wouldcome to his bhaktas so close that any person he or she can touch their foreheaddeep at the lotus feets of Hari Vitthalla. How sweet of Vitthalla ! Whatcloseness…what a solace to our heart…where could we get this joy! What an oceanof joy to touch his heavenly feets and seek Moksham.As our friend has also very well observed about the music in Pandharipuram itsvery true that this genre of music is quite very different it would make any onewonder that unlike any basic music training that one undergoes for carnaticmusic this music in Pandharipuram is made out small Marathi hyms into melodioussongs…these are called Abhangas.One Abghanga goes like Vitthala chya Payi Veetha (brick) zhale bhgyavant, (i.e by the grace of sree hari Vitthalla’s feet… the bricks have becomeimmortally lucky). Many such abghangas have been composed by Saint Tukaramm,Dynadeva, Janabai etc. They are all generally sung in Adi Taalam but somethingvery enchanting about these Abhangas is that though not being a complex tone itsounds as fresh like carnatic music.If any one would like to come to Pandaripuram they can very well stay at myown Hotel -Sri Kamal International at solapur. www.hotelsrikamalsolapur.com is apure vegeterian place and it arranges a very good stay for Bhaktas visitingSolapur and also all arrangements for Darshanam to Pandharpur are been made bythe hotel on request.So you can visit Pandaripuram at least once in a life time and seek theheavenly grace of Lord Vitthalla…With Kindest regards-Rahul AtulDirector of Hotel Sri Kamal International.Solapur413 001. wrote: Pandaripuram is avery enchanting place. If one wants to experience theBhajan culture, one must visit Pandaripuram. The temple is open tillmidnight and Panduranga stands magnificently on a stone (Vital). The entiresanctum reverberates with the name of Vitala. Karthik Ekadasi and the onethat falls during the month of Aadi is very important event in that temple.The temple is an old house and is built on the banks of Bhima.I got a "call" to visit the shrine. I was amazed by the culture that thelocalities follow. Every soul that enters the shrine chants the name of lordin his choicest way. It is a different kind of a genre from the traditionalhymns sung in South India. Irrespective of caste and creed one is allowed totouch the lords feet. The lords consort Rukmani is in a separate sanctum.The beauty of this place is the attire that is worn to the lord is princelyand at the same time very laddish.How to reach PandharpurFrom Chennai one could travel to Sholapur and from there take a bus / cab toPandarphur. The shrine is 40 Kms from PandarphurFrom Chennai one could travel to Hyderabad and from there they can go toPandarphur. It takes 4 hours from Hyderabad to reach Pandarphur.--- On Wed, 10/6/09, Srinivasan Ramamurthy <sriniram24 wrote: Srinivasan Ramamurthy <sriniram24 Re Pandaripuram yatra Wednesday, 10 June, 2009, 5:10 AM Dear All,I am R Srinivasan from chennai. I m planning to go to Pandripur. Can any one guide me as to where to stay in Pandripur & where i can get good South Indian food.Regards & PranamsSrinivasanExplore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with India Travel http://in.travel. / Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with India Travel Click here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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