SrI
Srimathe ramanujaya namaha
Srimathe ramanujaya namaha
Appeal for renovation of Sri Lakshmi
Narasimha perumal temple,Sevilimedu,Kanchipuram
Dear bhagavathas,
We all aware that there are 106 Perumal temples in India and Present day
Nepal that has been considered as Divya desam since the Azhvar saints sang in
praise of the Lord in these temples.Apart from these temples there are numerous
vaishnava temples mostly in South India that are visited by great srivaishnava
acharyas like Sri Ramanuja, Sri Vedanta Desika and Sri Manavala Maamuni etc..
There are plenty of vishnu and siva temples in Kanchipuram which every
one is aware of. The Kanchi varadarajar temple is well known to us and Pallava
kings have taken great care of these temples and these temples had glorious
time during their kingdom.However during the mugal invasion there was a great
threat to these siva/vishnu temples and our acharyas have taken great pains to
preserve the deities and the temple. At Srirangam during the Malikkafur's
invasion Sri Pillai lokacharya has taken the idols of Sri Ranganatha to Thirumalai
and for many years the temple at Srirangam was locked.Similarly during the
Mugal invasion the Kanchi Varadarajar was taken to a less known temple at
Sevilimedu village in the banks of Palar. There was a beautiful Sri Lakshmi
Narasimha temple at this village and Sri Varada was residing here for one year
and HIS utsavams were performed here.The idols were taken to this temple from
original varadaraja temple thru a tunnel which can be even seen today. In order
to remind of this incident even today Sri Varada visits this temple
during Chitra Pournami day.
Another interesting note is that the famous well from which Sri Ramanuja
used to offer water to Sri Varada is situated near to this temple. The Well is
called SalaikiNaru meaning the Well near the road.
The deities here are so beautiful and the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha is 7 ft
tall salagrama and Sri Soundarya valli Thayar is 5 ft tall. Utsava moorthy is
called as Sri Soundarya varadan.There are also vigrahas of Sri Hanuman, Sri
Andal and Sri Kannan.
What ever you read is the History.What happens today..
The Rajagopuram is totally damaged and even you have to use alternate
entrance to visit the temple. Further no sanctum santorum for Hanuman and
Andal. The madappalli (kitchen) is house for rats and mouse.There is no money
for daily aradana too..
The local residents and archakas have approached few mutts and the
response is not very encouraging. BUT with the blessings of Sriya: pathi YOU
can make a difference to this temple. The current estimate is around 15 lakhs
of rupees to renovate the gopuram and other maintenance works.
Please review the images of scanned pages of Kumudam bhakthi special
below regarding this temple.
Thanks for your patient reading.
dasan venkat.
Got this from web few years back. Many many thanks to that Narasimha Baktha who had done this pdf .
