This is the last and 15th instalment in this series of essays on my 3-day pilgrimage to 6 Divya Desam temples in and around the town of Mayiladuthurai in Tanjore and to the Tharangambadi-taluka village of Vilanagar where the grand Mahasamprokshanam of a c.900-year old temple of Sridevi Perundevi Thayar sametha Sri Varadaraja Perumal wasContinue reading “THE END of a memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” – Vilanagar Varadaraja Perumal Temple (Part-15) : CONCLUDED”
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A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” – Tiru Sirupuliyur (Part-8)
In the minds of many Sri Vaishnavas exists still a very deep-rooted conception or consciousness of the Dravidian origins of their ageold history which broadly is imagined to be divided into (a) the Azhwar Era and (b) the post-Ramanuja era. In the Azhwar era, again it is believed by them, that Vaishnavism took roots inContinue reading “A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” – Tiru Sirupuliyur (Part-8)”
A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” – Tirukannangudi (Part-6)
There are 3 types of pilgrims in the Sri Vaishnava fold who go visiting the 106 Divya Desam temples located all across India. 1.1 There is one problem though with these professional religious tours. The operators compete aggressively for custom. So, the group numbers of religious tourists they canvas for are so large and soContinue reading “A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” – Tirukannangudi (Part-6)”
“Gajendra Moksham” episode caught on video-camera !
To many in the social-media circuit who watched the above video-clip, it brought to their mind instantly the purana parable of “Gajendra moksham” – a fascinating story in the Srimadh Bhaagavatham that has been told and retold by parents and grandparents in the homes of millions of Hindu families in India to all children andContinue reading ““Gajendra Moksham” episode caught on video-camera !”