Yougananda Lakshmi Narashima Swamy  

Posted by Shamala Krishnan

  1. Yogananda Lakshmi Narashima Swamy temple:


    Main Deity is Yogananda Lakshmi narashima Swamy.


    The temple is on the bank of River Krishna. It is situated at 10 Kms from Chillakallu on National high way No.9 from Vijayawada to Hyderabad.



    Importance: Here the Lord is existing in five forms different from each other known as Pancha Narashima Moorthy.


    Namely Jwala Narashima on vedasikara of the mountains, Saligrahma Narashima in the River Krishnaveni.

    Yogananda Narashima erected by sage Rishya Sringar, as Lakshmi Narashimar on his own peetam.


    Veera Narashimar on garudadri situated at a distance of 5kms from east to Vedadri.


    The Brahma Purana says Somasura stole the Vedas from Brahma, and hid himself into the ocean. Lord Brahma approached Lord Vishnu to help him out to get back the vedas from the asura.


    Sriman Narayanar took the form of fish {mathsaya avatara} and entered deep into the ocean and rescued Vedas from asura. The Vedas took human form and thanked Lord Vishnu, and asked Lord to stay with them on their heads. Lord agreed to stay till the time comes and he asked them to stay in River Krishnaveni as saligrama stone.



    After Hirnaya kashapa vadam Lord Narayanar who incarnated himself as Narashimar, stayed as Jwala Narashimar on the mountains head at vedadri in fulfillment of his words to veda purushas.


    Lord Brahma requested Jwala Narashima to stay at sathya lokha as saligrahama, and Lord Narashimar obliged to do so. Even before Lord Brahma could offer his prayer to Lord, sathya lokha was consumed in flames.


    Lord Brahma personally brought the Saligrahma moorty to the River Krishnaveni and erected it on the saligrahma mountain.

    Krishnaveni prayed to Narayanar, to allow her to worship him daily. Here Lord Lakshi Narshimar the incarnation of Sriman Narayanar fulfilled the desire of both veda purusha and river Krishnaveni.

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Sri Ranganadhar temple, Jiyaguda, Hyd.  

Posted by Shamala Krishnan

  1. Ranganadhar temple:


    Sri Ranganadhar temple of Jiyaguda is 4kms from Afzalgung, Hyderabad. the temple is 500 years old.


    As we enter we see Dwajasthambam and Garuda azwar in front of the main deity in the main hall. There is a beautiful bunch of brass lamp






    Main deity: Ranganadhar in sleeping form on Adiseshan with Goddess Sridevi, Boodevi, Neeladevi beside him and Brahma in lotus.


    He has rested his head to one hand, one to side, third one holding sanku and fourth one holds chakkra. The main deity is small in size.


    There are 2 small sets of brass idols of Narayanar with Sridevi and Bhoodevi in standing posture. Abishekam is performed for vishnu in saligrama form which is in the main sanctum.


    We find brass sudarshanar inside the sanctum. seperate urchava vigram is also there.
    As we go around the main sanctum, we see Thayar in different sanctum known as Lakshmi.



    The main deity was installed by Vanamamalai jeeyer. There is a well in the temple premises in which the water is clear and one can see the bottom.


    There are some brass idols in different small sanctum of which one exclusive piece is Ranganadhar idol exactly like the main deity.


    we find Anjaneyar in seperate sanctum and Navagraha is also seen which is a rare thing in vaishnava temples.






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Thiruvadanai, Vekambatoore, Kalayar koil and Natrasan Kottai Temple. Sivagangai District..  

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  1. Thiruvadanai:



    One of 275 important siva Devara Sthalam.
    The temple is at a distance of 24 kms to south of Devakottai.







    Main Deity: Swayambu Linga known as Adi Rathneswarar and his consort Goddess Sneha Valli Amman. Teertham is Manimuktha River, and Surya pushkaram. Sthala Vruksham is Vilvam.



    Purana says Soorya worshipped Lord Siva here with blue beeds, hence the name of Lord Siva is Adi Rathaneswarar.



    Varuni son of varunan did not respect Durvasa Muni, and he was cursed by him. He had goat’s head and body of elephant. Varuni realized his mistake and he worshipped Lord Siva of this place, and he was blessed. So the place is known as Adanay .



    Importance: This place is considered good as Sukra dosha nivruthi sthalam.



    Arunagiri Nadhar sang Thirupugazh on Murugan of this place. Sambandhar sang hymns on Lord Siva of this place.



  2. Thiru vekambathoore:



    This place is 14 kms west of Thiruvadanay







    main Deity is in Linga form known as Ekambaranadhar.



  3. Kalayar Koil:




    This temple is 18 kms distance to east of Sivagangai. The temple has two main Gopurams. There are three main deities inside the temple in different sanctums.








    Main Deity: Siva Linga known as Lord Somaysar, and Goddess Soundarayanayaki.
    Siva Linga known as Lord Kaleesar, and his consort known as Goddess Swarna valli.
    Siva linga known as Sundareswarar, and Goddess Meenakshi ammai.



    Sambandhar, Navukkuarasar and Sundarar sang hymns on Lord Kaleesar of this temple.



    All the three deities are in different sanctums and Goddesses are also in separate sanctums. Lord Kaleesar temple is in the middle, we see Lord Somayser to right side
    and to the left we see Lord Sundareswarar.



    There are many sacred teerthams for the temple and gaja pushkarani, is one amoung these.We see Sahasra Linga in the temple in big size.



    Agyasthyar. Ashtadik balakars, thirumal, Veerasena Pandiyan, varaguna Pandiyan, and vikrama Pandiyan worshipped Lord Siva of this place.



    Arunagirinadhar sang Thirupugazh on Lord Murugan of this temple.



  4. Nattrasan kotai: Amman Temple.



    Main Deity: Kannudaya Nayaki Amman in sitting posture with eight hands. There is a belief that all eye problems get cured by worshipping the Goddess here,
    The temple construction is of stone, and inside we see huge stone pillars with beautiful sculptures.







    There is a Lord Siva temple which was closed by the time we went there.


    A kilometer away we see Kamabar Samadhi in a huge compound with a Siva Lingam installed.There is a Hanuman sanctum near by.

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Temples in Rameswaram  

Posted by Shamala Krishnan

  1. Peruvayal: Murugan temple.

    The temple is 6 kms to SW of Devipattnam.



    Main Deity is Swayambu Linga known as Peruvyal Nadhar and his consort goddess Parvathi Devi


  2. Uppur: The place is known as Lavanapuri.


    Main deity: Swayambu Vinayakar, whom Lord Rama worshipped for, success of his mission to get back Sita. There is no roof for the temple so he is known as Veyilluku ugandha Vinayakar.


  3. Ekantha Ramar Temple:

    The temple is located at Tangachi madam.


    Here the waves are calm because Lord Rama is in ekantham{alone} There is a well in the temple which is known as Amirthavapi. There is Villoorani teertham also.


    Purna says Lord Rama marked on the earth with his bow Kodandham, water pierced from there and it is known as Villoorani teertham. The water is sweet inspite of the sea nearby.


  4. Gandhamanam: This is 3 kms to west of Ramanadhapuram.
    Purana says Lord Rama climbed the mandapam on sandy elevation and decided about constructing a bridge to cross the sea and reach Lanka. We see Ramar Padam here. The place is well connected by good road. When we climb we get beautiful view of the island.


  5. Danushkoti:

    This is a place where we see the meeting point of Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean which is in the shape of bow and hence it is known as Danushkoti.







    This place is considered to be holy to have a dip and pay homage to fore fathers.

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