Temples Info

INTRODUCTION: Anna Nagar Ayyappan Temple is dedicated to Lord Ayyappan in Chennai. In the year 1979, the temple construction was started and the kumbabishekam and consecration of the idol were performed in the year 1984 by the temple management. In this temple separate shrines for Lord Ganesha, Muruga, Mata Durga, Navagraha and Sri Anjenaya were also found. In the year 2005, gold coating work of dwajasthambam was made. The temple is situated near the Anna Tower also known as Visveswarayya Tower.There is an auditorium, for conducting various spiritual programmes, musical concerts and religious ..

INTRODUCTION :Raghavendra Swamy Mutt is situated at Ayanavaram and it was built during the year 1982, and the temple is located nearby Ayanavaram Bus Terminus. Lot of devotees would visit this Mutt during Thursdays, and other auspicious festival days and lot of miracles were happened in the life of the devotees of Raghavendra after visiting this holy Mutt. The temple is situated in a large area, and a shrine of Lord Vinayaka is also located inside the temple complex. Annual Aradhana festival would be celebrated in a grand manner in this temple, and free food is offered for three days to all th..

INTRODUCTION: Sri Yadavendra Teertha (16th century AD) was a contemporary of Sri Raghavendra Teertha, and his Guru was Sri Sudheendra Teertha, and his disciple was Sri Lakshminatha Teertha.Sri Sudheendra Teertha taught him various divine subjects and gave him sainthood, and after that Sri Yadavendra Teertha went for Holy Pilgrimages.  After visiting several holy temples, he visited Kumbakonam and met Sri Raghavendra Teertha who was the pontiff of the Kumbakonam mutt.Raghavendra Teertha invited him to Kumbakona Vidyapeeta and requested him to take charge of the Vibudendra Tirtha Mutt...

INTRODUCTION : Ulagalantha Perumal Temple also known as Trivikrama Temple is a   temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in Tirukovilur, Tamil Nadu. It was constructed with great architectural skills, and the importance of this temple is mentioned in the Divya Prabandham. It is one of the 108 Divyadesam, and Lord Vishnu is worshiped as Ulagalantha Perumal and his consort Mata Lakshmi as Poongothai. The temple is constructed by Chola Kings, and later renovated by Vijayanagar and Madurai Kings. The temple is considered as one of the biggest temple in tamil nadu.As per ancient lege..

INTRODUCTION : Arulmigu Adhiparasakthi Temple is situated at Melmaruvathur, Tamilnadu. In the Melmaruvathur Adiparashakti Siddhar Peetam, the divine mother Adhi para sakthi had given great spiritual powers to Sri Arulthiru Bangaru Adigalar, and through that lot of welfare activities are taking place at this temple.In 1966, people began to worship the Swayambu (self-emanated) form of Adhi Parasakthi, and built a small hut in order to cover the Swayambu Amman and conducted regular Pujas to it.This place is known as Siddhar Peetam. In the year 1977, the idol of Mother Adhi para sakthi was in..

INTRODUCTION: Sankarankovil is a place where the famous Sankara Narayanan temple is located. In order to make the devotees of Vishnu and Shiva to realize that both of these gods are one and the same, Lord Shiva and Vishnu were appeared in this place as Sankaranarayanar.It was built by the great Pandiyan king Sri Ukkira Pandiyan during the 9th century AD. The main deity of the temple is Swamy Sankara Narayanan, consisting of the appearance of both Vishnu and Shiva.The deities found in the temple are Sri Sankareswarar, Sri Gomathi Amman and Sri Sankara Narayanar.The holy sand of this temple..

INTRODUCTIONPallikondeswara Temple is a famous temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and it is situated in Surutapalli, a village in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The main deity Pallikondeswara, unlike in other Siva Temples, will be in the form of resting posture, and such a kind of form is not found anywhere else.Palli Kondeswarar is found along with Mata Parvati who is called as Sarva Mangalambika, who gives all kinds of prosperity to us. The temple was built by the Vijayanagara kings. Here Lord Shiva is not worshipped in the form of Lingam. The divine idols of Ganesha, Muruga, Surya, Chandr..

INTRODUCTION :Navagrahas are occupying the main place in our life. We are able to live in this world, through their grace only. Apart from the main gods, Navagrahas are considered as demi gods, and are even worshiped by the great rishis, sages and saints. In order to get prosperity and to get rid from our problems, it is advisable to visit and worship the nine temples, also called as Navagraha temples, situated nearby the Kumbakonam area. The details of the nine temples are as follows:1. Suriyanar KoilTemple HistoryThe temple is believed to be the place where all Navagrahas also called as Nine..

INTRODUCTION :Kavindra Tirtha (1333-1398) was a dvaita saint and the pontiff of Uttaradi Mutt. He was a great scholar and talented in all vedas, shastras, Upanishads and other holy texts. He was the chief of the Uttaradi mutt during his last six years, before attaining Samadhi in the Nava Brindavan, which is situated in Hampi, Anegunde,     karnataka. Devotees from all sects of Hinduism would visit this holy place, and worship the great Saint Kavindra Tirtha along with the eight other saints.The nine saint names are as follows:1. Shri Padmanabha Tirtha2. Shri Kavindra Tirtha3. S..

INTRODUCTION :Gangamma Devi Temple is situated at Boyakonda, Andhra Pradesh 517257. This is a holy temple dedicated to Mata Gangamma Devi, who is considered as an incarnation of Mata Parvati Devi.Hundreds of years ago, the tribal community people known as Boyas were lived in the forest located near the hills. They were against the rule of the Sultan kings and started fighting with them. But they couldn’t withstand the army of the Sultan and escaped into the forest and prayed to the holy mother to save them. Due to the divine grace of Gangamma, the nawab’s army were fled away from that place. I..