Anuyatra .. Anusmaranam..svAnubhuthi

After getting a wonderful darshan of Sri Azhagiya Manavala perumal in Uraiyur, we proceeded towards Srirangam. Last time, I visited Srirangam on Vaikunta Ekadesi and was unable to get the darshan properly. I prayed to Sriranganatha requesting an opportunity to have his darshan sometime this year. My prayer reaped the fruit last week. Atlast, we reached Srirangam. Huge Iyyapa swamigal crowd was there. First, we visited Andal Sannidhi. Then we visited Mettu Narasimhar and Raamar and then went to see the Paramapadha nadhan sannidhi. Adiyen had a great Sowbhagyam of worshipping Andal in Kannadi arai with a green colour saree. Then we visited Ranganayaki Naachiyar. When I reached the Sannidhi, I chanted Lakshmi ashstotram. Had a great seva of Ranganayaki Naachiyar. Then we went to the Pattabiramar sannidhi. Bhattar there gave an explanation about the significance of the Pattabiramar there. This Ramar sannidhi is in straight line with Sri-ranganatha's padugai. When we visit Srirangam to ...

Last week, I had a great Sowbhagyam of visiting Divyadesams around Trichy. Myself and my dad started off to Trichy last Friday and reached there around 3:00 PM. One of my dad's friend told us that he had booked a room in Maayavaram lodge but due to some miscommunication we ended up having a room in another place near Central Bus Stand. We booked a cab for the trip which would include 1.Srirangam 2. Uraiyur 3. Uthamar Koil 4. Thiruvellaarai 5. Anbil 6. Koviladi We had a very nice and efficient driver who took us to all the places irrespective of time shortage. First stop on Friday was Uraiyur. Uraiyur : The speciality of this temple is Namperumal of Srirangam is the utsavar for this temple and will come and stay here at Uraiyur and will marry the Thaayar in Panguni Uthiram. Had a very good dharshan of Perumal and Thaayar. Thaayar purappadu alangaram was about to happen and we rushed to see the Perumal and Thaayar. But Azhagiya Manavaalan was so kind enough to wait till this puny adi...