String of consecrations

Consecration will be performed

for three temples

in Aandiyur, Senganur,

Tiruvarur district, on June

1. They are Sri Dharmambal

sameda Sri Kailasanathar,

Sri Padmavati

sameda Tirupati Venkatesa

Perumal and Sri Siddi Vinayakar.

The three-day rituals

beginning today will

culminate in kumbabishekam

on Sunday, 8 a.m. onwards.

Renovation is in

progress at Sri Visalakshi

Amman sameda Sri Viswanathar

temple in Kavathandalam

village,

Kanchipuram. Consecration

has been fixed for

June 22, 9.30-10.30 a.m.

Tirukklayanam will follow.

Kasyapathandalam became

Kavathandalam

when sage Kasyapa set out

to Kasi to immerse his father’s

ashes. Legend has it

that the ashes turned a heap

of fragrant ‘mullai.’ The lingam

that the sage worshipped

was perceived as

Kasi Visvanatha accompanied

by Sri Visalakshi.

Cheyyar became Ganga.

The village attained the status

of Kasi and is thronged

by devotees for pitru pariharam.

Sathanur, Tiruvidaimarudur,

Thanjavur district,

where Sri Soundaranayaki

sameda Sri Airavadiswarar

temple is located, has

special significance being

the place where Tirumandiram

was born. Sandai also

known as Sathanur is linked

to the legend of cowherd

Moolan, who was Airavatham,

Indra’s elephant, born

on earth for a purpose.

Blessed by

Lord Siva,

who initiates

him into the

composition of Tirumandiram

through the line ‘Aindu

Karathanai…’ Moolan goes

on to compose 3,000 verses.

Thanks to the efforts of

the villagers, who salvaged

the lingam that did not have

a base, lying under a tree,

and philanthropists, the

temple has been reconstructed

and consecration

will take place on July 9.

A huge temple with all the

paraphernalia and a tank reduced

to a modest shrine

amidst green fields far away

from human population –

that was the state of Sri Kasi

Viswanatha in Chenna Samudram

(Malaimedu),

Wallajah, Vellore district.

The persistent efforts of the

villagers resulted in the resurrection

of the temple,

where renovation is on.

Consecration will take place

on July 7. For details regarding

all these temples

contact 9840053289 and

28152533.

At Eathakudi

Renovation work at Sri

Rukmani, Sri Sathyabama

Samedha Sri Rajagopalan

Perumal temple at Eathakudi,

a small village in Tiruvarur

district, and 7.5

kilometre from Raja Mannargudi,

is under way. Other

shrines that are getting

spruced up are Sri Meenakshi

Sundareswar temple,

situated on the eastern side

of Eathakudi; Sri Ponnambalam

Sri Kamakshi Mariamman

temple, on the

southern side, and Sri Balasastha

also known as Sri

Aiyyanar temple, on the

north western side.

On account of renovation,

balalayam of Sri Meenakshi

Sundareswarar

temple and Sri Ponnambalam

Kamakshi Mariamman

temple will take place on

June 9, between 9 and

10.30 a.m. while the maha

kumbabishekam of Sri Aiyyanar

and Sri Nalla Veeranaar

temple will take place

on June 12, between 7.30

and 8.10 a.m. and that of

Sri Rukmani, Sri Sathyabama

Samedha Sri Rajagoplan

Perumal temple and

vimana samprokshanam

between 10 and 11 a.m.

To finish the renovation

work and to perform the

ashtabandhana mahakumbabishekam

of these four

shrines the Eathakudi

Temples Maintenance

Trust (ETM Trust) has

been formed at SRO Kodambakkam.

The Trust has

been registered to perform

the renovation and to

maintain these temple by

creating a corpus fund.

Contributions may be sent

to ETM Trust, State Bank

Of India, SB a/c no: 3367

0360806, Aminjikarai,

Chennai Branch. IFSC:

SBIN 0003273. Branch

code: 03273. Donations by

Demand Draft/Cheque

may be drawn in favour of

‘ETM TRUST’ and sent to

Daffodils, Third Floor, No.

45, Bajanai Koil Street,

Choolaimedu, Chennai

600 094.

At Kandigai-Ponmar

Junction Road

The Thiruvenkatamangalam

Tiruvenkata Perumal

Devasthanam, No. 9,

Kandigai-Ponmar Junction

Road, Chennai – 127, has

undertaken the task of

renovating the Thiruvenkataperumal

temple, to be

constructed on a 5 1/2 acre

land at an estimated cost

of Rs. 3 crores. Donations

in the form of cheques may

be drawn in favour of ‘Thiruvengadaperumal

Aalaya

Thiruppani Sangam.’ Contributions

may be deposited

directly. The details:

Indian Bank, East TAmbaram

Branch, (IFS Code no:

IDIB000T004), A/C NO.

6101503542. For details

call 93827 27555/

97108 31114.

At Velur village

Sri Neelayadakshi sameda

Sri Niranjaneswarar

temple has been renovated

and consecration will take

place on June 5, 7.30-8.30

a.m. The 900-year old temple

in Velur village, Ponneri

Circle, Tiruvallur

district, that was in ruins

was taken up for renovation

by the villagers notwithstanding

the huge

estimate it involved. With

donations from the public,

work, which began in June

2012, made slow but steady

progress. Consecration level

has been reached but a

lot has to be done. The

temple has Navagraha,

shrines for Sundara Vinayakar,

Subramanya, Sri

Nandikeswarar, Sri Chandikeswarar,

Sri Durga, Sri

Dakshinamurti, etc. For

details contact

9786285821,

9786285821 and

9790954325.

On Monday

The Mahakumbabishekam

of Sri Lalitha Maha

Tiripurasundari temple in

Nochiyam on the banks

of the Kollidam, Tiruchi, is

happening on Monday,

June 2, 6.45-7.30 a.m. Rituals

related to the consecration

begin today.

Contact 9443370605

and 9486831081. email

srirajamathangi@

gmail.com