Tamizh Thalaivan Adhyapaga Veda Parayana Kainkarya Sabha

Tamizh Thalaivan Adhyapaga Veda Parayana Kainkarya Sabha

Recently I came across this society called "Tamizh Thalaivan Adhyapaga Veda Parayana Kainkarya Sabha" functioning from Mylapore. They do organize a lot of services in various Sri Vaishnava temples and also functions like Thirunakshatiram of various azhwars etc. From the pamplets, I would like to share the address for the benefit of various devotees.

Tamizh Thalaivan Adhyapaga Veda Parayana Kainkarya Sabha,
32, Kesava Perumal East Street,
Mylapore,
Chennai -- 600 004.

Telephone: +914424612748
                    +919444407630

Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar Temple, Narasingapuram (Perambakkam)

Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar Temple, Narasingapuram (Perambakkam)

This new moon day coincided with Deepavali and my house members had travelled to Thiruvellore to worship Vaidya Veeraraghavan (Evvul Kidhanthan) on the holy day. And through them, who had seen the advertisement in front of Sri Ahobila Mutt, Thiruvellore, I came to know of a very old temple called Narasingapuram Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar temple. A brief search in Google revealed some tidbits of information on the temple. I would like to present a compiled information over here, along with the information given by Narasimhan, who is also in the administrative trust of the temple.

The temple is located in Narasingapuram near Perambakkam, which is about 21 Kms from Arakkonam. The temple is located on Chennai - Tandalam - Perambakkam route. And also Arakkonam is near Sholinghur, which is another famous hill temple of Lord Narasimha. Currently the temple is in a very much dilapidated condition and is requiring lot of renovation. Renovation efforts have been forced by the trust in full swing and the trust is in need of philanthropic support to complete the service to the Lord. It would be a great service for us to visit the temple once and associate ourselves with the service (kainkaryam) to the Lord. Among the different URLs and persons I have contacted, and I am compiling all the addresses over here so that you can contact the respective persons to get associated with the divine service.

Source URLs:

1. Narasimha temple in ruins
2. Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar Temple -- Narasingapuram

Significance of the Temple

1. The diety also has the name 'Sri Kalyana Lakshmi Narasimhar' since holds Lordess Lakshmi closely (Aalinganam)
2. The Periya Thiruvadi (Garudazhwar) is about four feet heigh and about sixteen serpents adore his body as jewels.
3. Those who worship this temple for about nine Swathi Nakshatirams are entitled with complete bliss with respect to health and wealth and any associated problems in those vanishes.

Contact Address

1. Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Seva Sabha,
Narasingapuram, PO.,
Via - Perambakkam,
Thiruvallur District - 631 402.
Tamil Nadu.

2. Shri. Muralidharan
Telephone: +914428341404; +914428342229

3. Shri Narasimhan
Telephone: +919444351026

Accessibility:

1. Bus routes 86A, 91, 91B, and 107 from Chennai pass through Narasingapuram and Perambakkam. Next nearest temple is Nemili Bala Tripura Sundari.
2. Buses from Chennai Mofussil Bus Stand towards Tiruvellore and/or Thiruthani would ply through this place.

Free Veda Patashala for Kids

Free Veda Patashala for Kids

I have tried to compile this information from a small ad slot in Dinamalar, Chennai Edition dated 21st October, 2006. There is a free Veda Patashala for kids upto the age of 10 conducted in Pondicherry. The patashala is being organized in Gurukula style. The training, accomodation and food for free for inmates. The kids who enrol should have undergone Upanayanam at the time of enrolment and admission is strictly restricted to Brahmin kids only.

If you know someone, let them and the organizers know regarding the same with the following details:

1. Candidate Name
2. Address
3. Age
4. Language
5. Subsect
6. Gotram

Have these details preferably in a postcard or a white sheet of paper and send them across to:

Sri Sankara Vijayam,
20, Ramakrishna Nagar,
Muthialpet,
Puducherry -- 605 003.

This ad has been originally released in Dinamalar Chennai Edition under the banner of Convenor, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Veda Patashala and is being reproduced here for the benefit of various prospective candidates and as a humble service towards proliferation and development of Vedas.

Saranagathi Gadhyam TeleUpanyasam of HH Srimad Azhagiya Singer on 28th

Saranagathi Gadhyam TeleUpanyasam of HH Srimad Azhagiya Singer on 28th

Ahobilamutt.org has scheduled a FREE tele-upanyasam on 28th October 2006 on the topic Saranagathi Gadhyam. The tele-upanyasam is scheduled at 0930 AM Eastern Time (which is roughly about 7 PM Indian Time).

Check out http://www.ahobilamutt.org/upan/signin01.asp to get the dial in number and access code.

Parikkal Temple

Parikkal Temple

With humble thanks to Deevalur N. V. S. Swami for sending the share invitation towards YouTube hosted Parikkal Temple video. Check out the hosted video of Parikkal Temple over here. And check out Ahobilam.com website for plethora of Vaideekam cum matrimonial services and host of articles on aanmeekam presented in a most lucid and elegant fashion.

Malainattuth Thiruppathigal Tour

Malainattuth Thiruppathigal Tour

Velacherry Sri. M. K. Raghavan Iyengar group (Jai Shri Yatra Travels) is again organizing a tour to the thirteen Malainattu Divyadesams. The tour spans from 25th December 2006 to 31st December 2006 .The price of the tour has been fixed at INR 3575 per head, which covers breakfast, lunch, dinner along with dormitory accomodation for the pilgrims.

The bus starts at 9PM on 24th December 2006 from Velachery and returns on 31st December 2006 at 10PM.

Some of the places that are visited are:

1. Srirangam
2. Nanguneri
3. Thiruvanparisaram
4. Thiruvattaru
5. Vargaladha
6. Thiruvananthapuram
7. Thiruppuliyur
8. Thiruvaranvilai
9. Thiruvanvandoor
10. Thiruchennganoor
11. Thiruvallavaz
12. Thirukkadiththanaam
13. Thirukkatkarai
14. Thirumoozhikalam
15. Guruvayoor
16. Thirunaavai
17. Thiruvithuvakkodu

The organizer has planned for a 35 seater 2x2 push back bus and has requested for bookings to be before 17th December 2006. If there are less bookings, a 27 seater 2x2 push back bus would be taken for the tour. The booking of seats would be in the order of reservations from the first of the bus. Interested pilgrims can contact the organizer for more details at the following address and the organizer has specified flexible contact timings between 9 AM and 1030 PM. If the bus has an exact at capacity booking, the organizer is planning to discount the tariff by 200 INR, wherein the tariff would be at 3375 INR.

M. K. Raghavan,
13, "Raj Flats",
Fifth Main Road,
Dhandeeshwaram Nagar,
Velacherry,
Chennai -- 600 042.

Landmark: Behind Raja Theater.

Telephone Number: +914442021109

You can also check out all the Malainattuth Thirupathigal from my Sri Vaishnava Network website.

Ahobilam Pilgrimage on First Sunday of Karthigai Month

Ahobilam Pilgrimage on First Sunday of Karthigai Month

Velacherry Sri. M. K. Raghavan Iyengar group (Jai Shri Yatra Travels) is organizing a tour to the Sri Ahobilam Divyadesam on the first Sunday of Karthigai month. The tour spans from 17th November 2006 to 19th November 2006. The price of the tour has been fixed at INR 1500 per head, which covers breakfast, lunch, dinner along with dormitory accomodation for the pilgrims. For the commutation purposes, it has been planned to deploy a 2x2 35 seater hitech pushback air bus.

1. This trip is Point-To-Point between Chennai and Ahobilam and return back.
2. The bus starts at 9PM on 16th November 2006 from Velachery and returns on 19th November 2006 night around 10 PM.

Interested pilgrims are requested to make the reservations on or before 10th November 2006. Seats would be allotted in the order of booking from the first seat of the bus.

Interested pilgrims can contact the organizer for more details at the following address and the organizer has specified flexible contact timings between 9 AM and 1030 PM.

M. K. Raghavan,
13, "Raj Flats",
Fifth Main Road,
Dhandeeshwaram Nagar,
Velacherry,
Chennai -- 600 042.

Landmark: Behind Raja Theater.

Telephone Number: +914442021109

One day Tour of Divyadesams around Chennai

One day Tour of Divyadesams around Chennai

I came to learn from Velacherry Sri. M. K. Raghavan Iyengar that there is one more one day tour of Sri Vaishnava Divyadesams that is being organized on 29th October and the tariff of the tour has been fixed at INR 450. Breakfast, Lunch, Evening Coffee and Mini Dinner would be supplied within this cost. The tour is expected to start at 6 AM and is scheduled to reach back Chennai by 2230 hours the same day. Interested pilgrims are expected to make the full payment on or before 22nd October 2006 since this is a festive season. Seats are booked in the order of booking from the first seat of the bus.

The temples that are visited in the one day tour are:

1. Chennai and Neighborhood
1. Madhuramangalam Embar Sannidhi
2. Kooram Koorathazhwan Sannidhi
3. Thirupparkadal Sri Ranganathar Srinivasar Sannidhi
2. Walajapet and Neighborhood
1. Sri Dhanvanthiri Mahamanthram
2. Srinivasar Sannidhi

Interested pilgrims can contact the organizer for more details at the following address and the organizer has specified flexible contact timings between 9 AM and 1030 PM.

M. K. Raghavan,
13, "Raj Flats",
Fifth Main Road,
Dhandeeshwaram Nagar,
Velacherry,
Chennai -- 600 042.

Landmark: Behind Raja Theater.

Telephone Number: +914442021109

Helping out the Araiyars of Srirangam and Sri Villiputhur

Helping out the Araiyars of Srirangam and Sri Villiputhur

The custom of Araiyar Sevai (service of the Araiyars) is a very significant one during the utsavams at Divyadesams like Sri Rangam and Sri Villiputhur. You can check out about the greatness of Arayar sevai at Mani's Bhakthi List website over here.

A subscriber to DivyaDesam yahoogroup has brought to the attention of us that a few arayars in Sri Villiputhur are facing deep financial crunch. Inspite of their kith and kin are coming bright academically, they are facing deep troubles in pursuing higher educations. Following the message at this URL, he and his team have teamed up to get support from philanthropists worldwide to help out the Araiyars in Sri Rangam and Sri Villiputhur. I would like to share this information with others so that those of us interested can contact them to get the blessings of the Lord Sriman Narayana.

Contact Information:

1. Prabhu -- +919444040748
2. Bala Mukunda Arayair (Sri Villiputhur) -- +919443867345