Swamy Desikan saattrumorai at Nellore , AP Temple : Geographical Coordinates of the Temple

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SrI:

 

Dear Aasthikaas :

 

I wrote earlier about the unique temple at Nellore ,

Andhra Pradesh with adhbhuta Moorthys of

Swamy SrI Desikan and SrI Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa

Jeeyar .

 

I mentioned that Nellore was on the Chennai-Thirumala route .

A dear friend wrote to say that it is in the Cheenai-Vijayawada

route and gave additional particulars about thsi temple .

 

It is my plaeasure to share this new information with you all .

Please do visit the temple if you can .

 

NamO Sriman NarayaNAya ,

V.Sadagopan

 

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Sriman Satagopan Swamin,

 

For your kind information, Nellore is located on the route

" Chennai-Vijayawada " at a distance of about 100 miles/175 kms from Chennai on

the Grand Northern Trunk Road. Nellore is an important station on the

Chennai-Delhi and Chennai-Calcutta railway line. It is not on Chennai-Tirupati

route.

 

The main temple (Thalpagiri Ranganathaswamy temple) might be the last one

from Chennai on the northern side where you can find separate shrine for

Azhwar/Acharyas. This shrine has separate Azhvar sannidhi where exist Moola and

Utsva Vigrahams for all 11 Azhvars (an exclusive sannidhi for Andal) and also

for Acharyas, Ramanuja, Koorathazhvan and Manavala Mamunigal. All Azhvar and

Acharya Vaarshika Thirunakshathrams were celebrated for 10 days with Purappadu

and a grand Satrumurai utsavam too. Acharya Ramanuja Satrumurai utsavam used to

be celebrated in a very grand manner. They used to invite Prabhandha

Parayanakaras from Triplicane and Kanchipuram for 10 days to supplement the

local Adhyapakas. This temple was known as Periya Koil and Srinivasa

Perumal/Swamy Desikan temple s Chinna koil.