vsdprasad 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2003 http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/stories/2003032801200600.htm </p> A RARE occurrence is attracting devotees to a pilgrim centre, a few kilometres away from Saint Tyagaraja's samadhi, in Thiruvaiyaru, near Thanjavur. The Jagadrakshaka Perumal temple, in Thirukoodalur, near Kapisthalam, on the Thanjavur-Kumbakonam route, one of the Divyakshetrams, and hence a holy centre for Vaishnavites, is being renovated. The prakarams are ready and the reconstruction of the gopuram and shrines is being carried out. A month ago, when the authorities decided to cut parts of the jackfruit tree that was in the temple complex, for use in the renovation work, they found a natural formation in the shape of a big conch, about five feet in height and two feet wide in the middle, on the trunk. As the workers and devotees felt it was a divine phenomenon, the felling of branches was stopped. Turmeric paste was applied to mark the portion so that it would be clearly visible from the ground. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
