Sri Vidhya Rajagopala Swamy Temple

Sri Rajagopala Swamy at Rajamannargudi of Thiruvarur District

Rajagopala Swamy is one of my favourite form of the Almighty. I have never heard of this place in my life before I made a visit to Mannargudi 2 years back. Thanks to Jaya TV for showcasting a program on the temple.

Location:

Mannargudi is 34 Kms away from Thanjavur; 37 kms away from Kumbakonam and around 40 kms away from Thiruvarur.

The place is well connected by buses and there are lot of buses from Thannjavur to Mannargudi.

Temple Deities:

Moolavar: Sri Paravasudeva Perumal with Sri & Bhu Devi Thaayars

Utsavar : Sri Vidya Rajagopala Swamy  with Rukmani, Sathyabama

Thaayar: Sri Senbagavalli Thaayar, Hemabhuja Nayaki, Sengamala Thaayar

One requires 1000 eyes to enjoy the beauty of the Moolavar and Utsavar of this temple. You will start feeling him the moment you start seeing him. He is so Beautiful and gives darshan as a child. He is seen with Cows and he gives darshan as the Cow Herd with the bow on his hand.

One should agree that he is most beautiful and handsome Archa form of Maha Vishnu and is not seen anywhere in this Universe. I can't think of anything while I am infront of Sri Vidya Rajagopalan. It would require a complete day to describe his beauty, I would prefer to have a seperate posting for explaining his beauty.

There are sannathi's for Andal, Alwars & Acharyars, Sri Kodanda Rama Sannathi is seen inside the prakaram. Ramar Padham is also found behind the Moolavar Sannathi in the Prakaram. There are seperate sannathis for Koorathalwan, Sri Ramanujar and Vedantha Desikar. Every one should appreciate that there is no difference between Thengalai and Vadagalai Sampradhayam. My first visit was Desikacharyar's Avathara Utsavam. It was celebrated with no discretion. He is also an important person during the adhyayana Utsavam.

பூந்தமல்லி, நாசரேத்பேட்டை, திருமழிசை

This morning, we didn't have any plans. People at home were busy cleaning the house and they wanted me to get the kids out for a while., Immediately I decided to go to Poonthamalli, Nazarethpet and Thirumlisai.

Immediately made arrangements for a cab. The cab reached home sharp at 9.30 am, we started our journey towards Poonthamalli.

Around 10.15 am we reached Sri Varadaraja Perumal & Thirukachi Nambigal Temple. This is the first time i saw someone in the Venkatesa Perumal Sannathi. We had his blessings and directly moved to the main sanctum. Acharyars Sannathi was closed and the priest was at Varadaraja Perumals Sannathi. We had his Darshan and I was rushing towards Ranganthars Sannathi. He is my favourite: Got his blessings and then we moved to Thayaars Sannathi. Had her blessings too.

மூன்று கருட சேவை : Dear Friends on the 28th of March 2010 around 8 am all three perumals will be coming out in Garuda Vahanam along with Thirukachi Nambigal. This is on a Sunday and pls pass this information to everyone.

Then moved to Nazareth Pettai. This is the avathara sthalam of Sri Mudaliyandan Swamigal. Though this is my 3rd Visit to this place, this is the first time I could enjoy the beauty of the Divine Glory. The moolavar of this Sthalam is Pachai Varana Perumal (or) Sri Haritha Varana Perumal. He is form of Krishna with Sathyabama and Rukmani Devi. He took the form of an Elephant to kill one of the Asura , hence Pachai ( Green- he took form of a Green Elephant) Varana - Elephant Perumal.

Moolavar is seen in Amarntha Thirukolam facing East. One cannot explain the beauty of him. He is seated with the Sengol, with both Sri Devi and Bhoo Devi Thaayars seated by his Side.

Mudaliyandan was also looking beautiful. Unfortunately we couldn't get darshan of thaayar as the sannathi was closed. we saw her through the door and returned back.

We headed towards Thirumazhisai Alwars Avathara Sthlam. Sri Jegannatha Perumal Temple

I have been to this Divya Kshtrem many a times. It was a day before Maasi Magam and the preist informed that they use to celebrate Massi Magam with Theppa Utsavam and due to in sufficient funds they have stopped celebrating the Theppa Utsavams. However he informed that there will be purappadu on the day of Maasi Magam.

Finally we had a very good Darshanam of Alwars and Acharyas.