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Respected Swamin:

 

I had an opportunity to hear about an old dilapidated

temple of Sri Ranganathar. I wish to share my

experiences with you. The temple is situated near

Vadalur In between Vadalur and Cuddalore there is a

place called KURINJIPADI. From Kurinijipadi this

Venkatampettai village is about four kilometers. Once

upon a time this should have been a very big temple.

The front gopurams are in bad shape. There is tallest

pillar standing in front of the temple reminding us of

a unjal mandapam at the entrance of the temple. A very

big idol of Lord Ranganathar is there. His nose, lips,

eyes are so beautiful , so that we could not move our

eyes away from him. His length is about 25’ and

adiseshan on which he is lying is having SEVEN

HOODS(at Srirangam & other divyadesams and other

places adiseshan has only five hoods). The other

moolavar idols of thayar, Narasimhar are placed in the

front portion as the sannidhis have given away. There

is a sannidhi for Venuugopalan . But the beautiful

idol is broken due to the fall of roof. There is a

thayar sannidhi. It is believd that there is a

treasure inside the ground and it is protected by

bees(vandu). That opening is covered by a slab.It is

learnt that gentleman from German is taking steps to

renovate it. But if early steps are taken we will be

blessed to have another beautiful Ranganathar temple.

But I personally feel that these temples will have

orginal shape only when our acharyas and

matathipathis visit the temple and take with them the

devotees and philanthropists. Further there are

hundreds of temples in our Tamilnadu in similar

conditions. Hence I personally feel that instead of

constructing new temples and giving more funds to the

rich temples they can concentrate on these beautiful

temples.

I may be excused for expressing my desire and views.

 

with regards

 

rajagopala dasan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-rajagopalan

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Rajagopala dasan,

I felt the same when i visited this ranganathar temple near kurinjipadi...its in very poor condition n has to be renowned asap.

Please tel me some ways to showcase this pity situation of this temple to outside world so that some steps can be taken by some big people like Madathipathis....How to go about this...Ur inputs are highly appreciated...

 

 

Regards,

Kesavan.

 

 

Respected Swamin:

 

I had an opportunity to hear about an old dilapidated

temple of Sri Ranganathar. I wish to share my

experiences with you. The temple is situated near

Vadalur In between Vadalur and Cuddalore there is a

place called KURINJIPADI. From Kurinijipadi this

Venkatampettai village is about four kilometers. Once

upon a time this should have been a very big temple.

The front gopurams are in bad shape. There is tallest

pillar standing in front of the temple reminding us of

a unjal mandapam at the entrance of the temple. A very

big idol of Lord Ranganathar is there. His nose, lips,

eyes are so beautiful , so that we could not move our

eyes away from him. His length is about 25’ and

adiseshan on which he is lying is having SEVEN

HOODS(at Srirangam & other divyadesams and other

places adiseshan has only five hoods). The other

moolavar idols of thayar, Narasimhar are placed in the

front portion as the sannidhis have given away. There

is a sannidhi for Venuugopalan . But the beautiful

idol is broken due to the fall of roof. There is a

thayar sannidhi. It is believd that there is a

treasure inside the ground and it is protected by

bees(vandu). That opening is covered by a slab.It is

learnt that gentleman from German is taking steps to

renovate it. But if early steps are taken we will be

blessed to have another beautiful Ranganathar temple.

But I personally feel that these temples will have

orginal shape only when our acharyas and

matathipathis visit the temple and take with them the

devotees and philanthropists. Further there are

hundreds of temples in our Tamilnadu in similar

conditions. Hence I personally feel that instead of

constructing new temples and giving more funds to the

rich temples they can concentrate on these beautiful

temples.

I may be excused for expressing my desire and views.

 

with regards

 

rajagopala dasan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-rajagopalan

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Rajagopala,

Wat can be done to bring this pity situation of great ranganathar temple to outside world so that big madathipathis or great people can push things up for the renovation of this temple..wats d possible steps we can take for this..pls guide me

 

Kesavan

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