Sri Azhagiya Singar Yanai vahana Aesal 2026

Thiruvallikkeni Aani Brahmothsavam 2026

Sri Azhagiya Singar Yanai vahana aesal

: https://youtu.be/NdODlMRtNBc

vibrant veethis of Thiruvallikkeni

 

Thiruveethigal of Thiruvallikkeni vibrancy with devotion

Pic may look a century old vintage stuff – but of 2016

@ Peyalwar koil street with Srisadagopam in front of  Sri Azhagiya singar

 

Varadhar pavalakkal vimanam 2015

 

A photo of 2015 – Sri Varadhar purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni

 

Just like "Rip Van Winkle"  a kind-hearted, lazy villager   who escapes his nagging wife by hiking into   Mountains;  falls asleep for 20 years – after 11 odd years the people in the pic especially the iconic photographer has not changed much

Thiruvallikkeni Garuda vahana aesal 2019

 

Devotees – thousands of them

Thiruvallikkeni Sri Parthasarathi Perumal Garuda sevai 2019

 

You may be inclined to zoom to check whether you are also visible – many of my friends are !!

allikkeni arulicheyal goshti - 2018

 

Thiruvallikkeni Vasanthothsava  arulicheyal goshti  2018

(திவ்யப்ரபந்த கோஷ்டியை வசந்தோத்சவத்தில் புகைப்படம் எடுக்க முயன்றபோது தானாக அமைந்த படம்.)

 

 

Sripadham ~ praying with folded hands, no mobiles !!

 

Thiruvallikkeni Sripadham kainkaryabargal – beautiful picture of 2019

 

See the folded hands of people  in prayer,

not a single hand raised holding a mobile, taking a photo

Manthra pushpam kainkaryam @ Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam

 பூக்கள் அழகானவை; நறுமணம் தர வல்லன.  பூக்களை அழகாக  தொடுத்து இறைவனுக்கு சாற்றி வழிபடுவது நெடுங்காலமாக உள்ளது. ஒரு நாட்டில் அதிகமாக மலர்கள் காணப்படுவதனை வைத்தே அந்த நாட்டின் நீர்வளம், நில வளம், மக்களின் மனவளம், ஆகியவற்றை நன்கு உணரலாம்.   பக்தி இலக்கியத்திலும் மலர்கள் முக்கிய பங்கு பெறுகின்றன. வண்ண நறுமணம் வீசும் மலர்களையே எம்பெருமானுக்கு சமர்பிக்கின்றனர்.  சைவ குரவர் திருஞானசம்பந்தர் -  முதல் திருமுறையில்,   திருக்கோலக்காவில் பொற்றாளம் பெற்றுச் சீர்காழி திரும்பி உடன்  நேரே ஆலயம் சென்று "பூவார் கொன்றை" எனத் தொடங்கும் திருப்பதிகத்தைத் தாளமிட்டுப் பாடினாராம்.  நமது ஸம்ப்ரதாய வழிபாட்டு முறைகளில், பூஜையின் முடிவிலும் மலர்களால் அர்ச்சனை செய்து முடிந்த பின் மந்திரங்களால் அர்ச்சனை செய்வார்கள். இதை மந்திர புஷ்பம் என்பார்கள். 

 

Flowers have a  very special place in our worship – symbolizing purity, devotion, and sacred connection with the divine.  Floral tributes (Pushpanjali) in our Sanatana Dharma are sacred offerings representing devotion, purity, and nature (Prakriti), used to invoke divine blessings during pooja (worship).  In the Bhagavad Gita, flowers symbolize pure devotion, renunciation, and divine beauty, with the lotus (kamal) being the most prominent, representing detachment, purity, and spiritual elevation, similar to how it rises above murky water without being soiled. 

In the holy scripture, having  established the benefits of worshipping the Supreme, Shree Krishna  explains how easy it is to do so.  In the worship of the devatās and the ancestors, there are many rules to propitiate them, which must be strictly followed.  Supreme  God accepts anything that is offered with a loving heart.  If you have only a fruit, offer it to God, and He will be pleased.  If there is no fruit available, offer Him a flower.  If it is not the season for flowers, offer God a mere leaf; even that will suffice, provided it is a gift of love.   It is the bhakti of the devotee that is pleasing to God, and not the worth of the offering.

 

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥ २६ ॥

 

             Lord Krishna declares: patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati ("If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it").   Krishna emphasizes that He does not need grand rituals or expensive items. He desires sincere love and devotion.  This verse indicates that anyone, regardless of wealth or status, can worship God by offering simple, natural, and easily available items.  The core requirement is that the item is offered with bhakti (devotion) by a prayatātmanaḥ (pure-minded/sincere devotee).  

 

Mantra pushpam is a Vedic hymn that is sung at the time of the offering of flowers to deities at the very end of the Pujas. The mantra is considered to be the flower of Vedic chants. It is part of the Taittiriya Aranyaka and speaks of the unlimited benefits which will be conferred by the secret knowledge of the waters, fire, air, the sun, the moon, the stars, the clouds and time 

யோ॑பாம் புஷ்பம் வேத॑³ । புஷ்ப॑வான் ப்ர॒ஜாவா᳚ன் பஶு॒மான் ப॑⁴வதி ।

 

At Thiruvallikkeni – during  Thiruvaradhanam, manthra pushpam occurs – designated kainkaryabar stands near the Battachar and chants the slokas.  Understand that here is a combination of select verses of Chatur Vedas, Ithihasa puranas as also verses from Divya prabandham.

In Dec 2025, Thiruvallikkeni sadly lost one of the doyens of Srivaishnavism – Manthrapushpam Bashyam Swami.  Tall, ever smiling, he endeared himself to all by his way of living, pleasing manners and sharing his knowledge with youngsters.  He was a respectful high official with Tamil Nadu Govt working in various capacities and retiring as Dist Development Officer.   He was a very regular  in arulicheyal kainkaryam at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam and did ‘Manthrapushpam’ kainkaryam for more than 3 decades.  Even after turning 94, he was fit and had firm steps – and continued his kainkaryam pleasingly.

After his demise, the mantle has now passed on to his relative, young (around 57 years of age) Sri U.Ve. Sridhar Sampath.  Sridhar well known to Triplicanites as a Cricketer assumed the duty of this kainkaryam and debuted in the grand festivity of 10^th day of Chithirai Brahmothsavam in Dwadasa Aradhanam at Thiruvaimozhi mandapam when all Emperumans and Azhwar, Acharyar had assembled at the mandapam with the chanting of whole Thiruvaimozhi.

Poliga, poliga, poliga !  - let kainkaryams continue unabated. 

adiyen Srinivasadhasan. 
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
11.5.2026

 

vintage photo - allikkeni arulicheyal goshti

Life in a divyadesam is always exhilarating – you get to mingle with so many persons whose life is entwined in service to Emperuman Sriman Narayana.  There would be purappadu on Uthsava kalams and on pancha parvams too.  There are Battacharyars whose exceptional dedication ensures that Emperuman comes out adorning the choicest of flowers, ornaments, dress and more.  There is the  Veda adhyapaka goshti – hundreds of them chant Nalayira divyaprabandham in front of Emperuman on the streets and  chanting Vedam  after the Perumal.   Of the many kainkaryams, Sripadham thangis are  physically associated too and can be very demanding.   

 

Yesterday got this photo from Mr KV Rangarajan – Thiruvallikkeni Adhyapaka goshti standing near Sri Thelliyasingar gopuram, presumably taken somewhere in late 1970s or early 1980s – thiruther purappadu with Blue house chathiram / CK Stores / Gandhi book centre name boards visible.

Thiruvallikkeni Veda Adhyapaka goshti is extremely organized ~ doing kainkaryam in exceptionally meritorious manner.  In the present goshti, there are  people more than 90 and some in their 60s, 70s & 80s, a few  of them below 60 !!  Divyaprabandha kainkaryam flows from Azhwargal, Acaryas, Swami Ramanujar, our Acaryar Manavala Mamunigal .. .. .. and continues to eternity.  In Triplicane, the Adhyapaka sabai has legal sanctity too.  

My initiation to participating in Nalayira divyaprabandha goshti started in mid 1970s, when a bunch of school going students (close to 100+) were taught Peyalwar’s moonram thiruvanthathi by MA Venkatakrishnan swami, who himself was a college student those days.  To me personally, it flowed through my maternal grandfather Sri Athichozhamangalam Ramanujachar Swami, a tall personality, who was regular in attending to purappadu and was a muraikarar (who had the privilege of starting goshti on the given day of the week) 

In this historic photo – I could figure out in the first line – Swamigal – Sri U.Ve :  Sthalasayanathuraiyavar, Kuvalai Ramanujachar, Sathabhishekam Govinda Narasimhachar, Desur Srinivasachar, Ashtagothram Nallan Chakravarthi Parthasarathi iyengar, Athichozhamangalam Ramanuja Iyengar (my mathamahar); Vinjamur Narasimhachar, Kuram Bashyam, Vanamamalai Sampath [will add more names as and when my Triplicane friends identify and inform me] 

Those days, chinna mada veethi purappadu would take around 20 minutes and periya mada veethi purappadu approx 45 mins.  Brahmothsava purappadus would take around 2 hours.     

This is no chronicle of purappadu and divyaprabandha goshti of Thiruvallikkeni – more of my remembrance of grandfather and others known.    

                   On 18.12.1984, early morning @ 3 am, Athichozhamangalam swami, started from home for Danur masa viswaroopam and Thiruppavai sarrumurai.  After viswaroopam, before thiruppavai sarrumurai, he reportedly collapsed – some (could remember VM Soundararajan) took him in a cycle rickshaw – we at home were alerted – went to a 24 hour dispensary (probably all was over by that time) – were directed to Royapettah Hospital, where Doctors stated that he had passed away peacefully sometime earlier.  

This place ‘Athichozhamangalam’ is really a very small tinydot village nearer Thanjavur – Thiruvarur.    The village Athichozhamangalam lies around 2 km away from the Thirumanthikunam railway station.  The village  Athichozhamangalam comes under Block : Koradachery; in the district of Thiruvarur.  When I went there on an evening in 2012, the  fields in tune with Thanjavur / Thiruvarur belt were lush green – not many knew of this place, even when enquired in nearer places.  Travelled from Kumbakobam – on road to Mannarkudi / Alangudi - Needamangalam - Left - Koradacheri - around 7 km - 4 road junction - Right - ONGC - 400m left - Athichozhamangalam - Byepass road - Ammaiyappan - road to Thirukannamangai divyadesam. 

There is ONGC exploration on the way and this is a small [really small] village – only fields – no big streets even.  There is a Post Office by the name of the village itself with name board proudly reading:  Athichozhamangalam P.O.  This is not my native village, - it is Mamndur, my father’s ancestral village – the one  identified with the nearest bigger place Dusi Village and known as Dusi Mamandur

 

~ adiyen Srinivasa dhasan -  S. Sampathkumar.
8^th Apr 2026

 

Aramula Sri Parthasarathi Kovil ~ Thiruvaranvilai divyadesam

Sri Parthasarathy Perumal Thirukkovil  (Aranmula) was  built by Arjuna, who came here at the end of the Mahabaratha war.   Lord Parthasarathy is the owner of 39 villages in and around Aranmula and people in these villages consider Lord Parthasarathy as their protector. 

For Sri Vaishnavaites, this place is of great significance – it is a Divyadesam situate in Malai Nadu – it is ‘Thiruvaranvilai” sung by Swami Nammalwar. 

Aranmula is   around 120 kms away from Trivandrum,  and almost the same distance from Cochin too ... this place is near Chenganoor.  Aramula is the place where the 'Thiruvabharanams’ (ornaments) Ayyappa Swami at Sabarimala, were originally kept

 

Aarattu purappadu at Thiruvaranvilai, taken few years ago !

Nachiyar Kovil Hamsa vahanam 2025

Nachiyar kovil Kal  Garuda Sevai 26.12.2025

Thousands of devotees waiting at  @ Thirunarayur  thirukkovil  [famously Nachiyar Kovil]

– Sri Vanchulavalli nachiyar hamsa  vahana purappadu

: https://youtu.be/qbJL4YGvNwA

divinity photographers of Triplicane !

 

To those enjoying Thiruvallikkeni Perumal photos – this is an iconic photo –

 

you can see Gopuram, kudaigal, Perumal, kainkaryabarargal and – so many photographers - : Avaneesh, Mandayam Murali Krishna, Sai Tej, Jilla, MAPs, Jhutur, Sundarakrish .. .. .. prominent among the missing is Kanakarajkumar, Shankar, Aravindha, Shyam Balakrishnan and . ..

 Repost of 2023

welcoming new Adhyapaks at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam 2026

Welcoming  new Adhyapaks at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam 2023

 

Today is a significant day – Panguni Punarvasu – Sree Rama Navami.  In the evening there was periya mada veethi purappadu of Sri Ramachandra Murthi on Hanumantha vahanam – and the subject matter of this post is arulicheyal goshti of Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam.

In every walk of life – how would anyone ensure continuance, which is the mother of all challenges :  – propagate the ideals, infuse youth .. .. !  In any group, when youth are inducted, the average age gets reduced, there is progress towards future permanency. 

Life in a divyadesam is always exhilarating – you get to mingle with so many persons who are well educated, well mannered, whose life is entwined in service to Emperuman Sriman Narayana.  There would be purappadu on Uthsava kalams and on pancha parvams too.  There are Battacharyars whose exceptional dedication ensures that Emperuman comes out adorning the choicest of flowers, ornaments, dress and more.  There is the  Veda adhyapaka goshti – hundreds of them chant Nalayira divyaprabandham in front of Emperuman on the streets and  chanting Vedam  after the Perumal.   Of the many kainkaryams, Sripadham thangis are  physically associated too and can be very demanding.   Brahmothsavams are extremely engaging for purappadus take long hours – night purappadu could extend to midnight and next day morning starts too early – well, those in service do not think of sleep but think only of kainkaryam (service). 

Arulicheyal   kainkaryam (chanting of Sri Naalayira divyaprabandham in Temples) flows from Azhwargal, Acaryas, Swami Ramanujar, our Acaryar Manavala Mamunigal .. .. .. and continues to eternity.  Of those rendering ‘arulicheyal kainkaryam’ - Thiruvallikkeni Veda Adhyapaka goshti is extremely organized ~ doing kainkaryam in exceptionally meritorious manner.  In the present goshti, there are at least 2 Swamis (Sri U Ve Kavanur Srinivasaraghavan Swami, Sri Kooram Bashyam Swami)  are more than 90+ and still very regular too; Sri Deivanayagam swami continues to be there everyday braving his ill-health.  Then there Octogenarians, Septugenarians  & Sexagenarians who are adhyapaks.    In Triplicane, the Adhyapaka sabhai has legal sanctity too dating back to century old landmark Madras High Court Judgment of 1923 which categorically spelt out the rights of the Prabhandham Ghosti of Thennacharya Srivaishnavaites. 

My initiation to participating in Nalayira divyaprabandha goshti started in mid 1970s, when  bunch of school going students (close to 100+) were taught Peyalwar’s Moonram thiruvanthathi by MA Venkatakrishnan swami, who himself was a college student those days.  To me personally, it flowed through my maternal grandfather Sri Athichozhamangalam Ramanujachariyar  Swami, a tall personality, who was extremely regular in attending to purappadu and was a muraikarar (who had the privilege of starting goshti on the given day of the week).  When I was young – my grandfather and my mother inculcated the habit of going to sandhai, learning divyaprabandham from MAV and attending thiruveethi purappadu without fail. 

The Arulicheyal Veda Adhyapaka goshti has passed through challenging times a few decades earlier.  When I started going to goshti, it was the imposing presence of U.Ve. Kavalkazhani Ananthacharyar swami, whose voice would resonate be it in purappadu or during thirumanjana kattiyams.  Then there was Ashtagothram Nallan Chakravarthi Parthasarathi Iyengar swami – whose family is in good numbers present in the goshti, especially vedha goshti.   In the early  part  of the 20th century, there were Trustees and some friction led to a case before   the Madras High Court.  In a landmark judgment, an order was passed in 1923 placing the right of appointment of Ghosti members  and for centuries it has been Thennacharya sampradhayam only.      

Those days (in 1970s), chinna mada veethi purappadu would take around 20 minutes and periya mada veethi purappadu approx 45 mins.  As I could remember, the first line was garnished by Sri U.Ve  :  Kavalkazhani Ananthachar swami, Desur Srinivasa iyengar swami, Anantheri Vathiyar, Kanthur vathiyar (fondly kittachi), Kuvalai Ramanujachar, Ashtagothram Parthasarathi Swami,  Athichozhamangalam Ramanujachar (my grand father),Vinjamoor Narasimhachar,  Thirucherai Ramanujachar, Vanamamalai Sampath swami ~  Sri Varadhanarayana iyengar, Vanamamalai Deivanayagam swami, Kooram Bashyam swami .. and more .. .. then there were: Dr VV Ramanujam, Sthalasayanathu Uraiyavar,  Sri NC  Rangarajan,  MA Venkatakrishnan, Vinjamoor Raghavan, Sathish, Rajappa, TA Raghavan,  MS Srinivasan (MS Seenu)  .. .. ..  and more . .. (and all of them encouraged  the children who enthusiastically came for the purappadu) [obviously there are so many swamins who did great kainkaryam  over the period of time – if I had left out some names, please forgive me or put on the comments, so that I can correct and mention appropriately.] 

The average  age of the goshti (more specifically of the Adhyapakas) naturally was getting higher.  Today there has been  initiation of 2 more youngsters – Sri Kuram Ramu & KV Venkat -  inducted as ‘adhyapakas’ at Thiruvallikkeni. [the new 2 are on the extremes L & R]   

The present day list is Sri :  Dr MA Venkatakrishnan Swami, Kavanur Srinivasa Raghavan Swami, Kooram Bashyam Swami, Vanamamalai Deivanayagam swami, NC Rangarajan swami, Ms Sreenivasan Swami, TA Raghavan swami, Venkatachari Swami, Damodharan Swami, Vasu mama,  Thirucherai Ramanujam swami, Kavalkazhani Rajappa swami,  S Krishnan Swami, TA Bakthisaran swami, Vadhyar Narayanan swami  and present addition of Ramu & Venkat today.  

Sri Kuram Ramu is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is 59 now. He has worked in big Corporates.   His father Sri U.Ve. Kuram Bashyam swami is an adhyapakar but at 90+ age is having some difficulties.  Their family (him, brother, two sons – Ramu, Ranga and other relatives) are doing great kainkaryam at the avatharasthalam of Kuresar.

Sri Kavalkazhani Vinjimoor Venkatakrishnan, is younger @ 51.  He is B.Com + MBA and has been regular in kainkaryam at the temple.  Sure, you would have read mention of late Kavalkazhani Ananthachariyar (his father); his elder brother KV Rajagopalan (Rajappa) is an Adhyapak.  Sad to mention that his other brother KV Srinivasan (Hindu photographer Cheena) who did many a kainkaryam passed away in 2023.

Feeling happy that Ramu & Venkat have been inducted as New Adhyapakars.  Good to say that they have initiated their next generation also into kainkaryam. 

adiyen Srinivasa dhasan

Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
27.3.2026

  

Bakthi culture ~ திருமண் தரித்து திருமாலை தரிசித்தல் - திருமலை திருப்பதி

 

திருமண் தரித்து திருமாலை தரிசித்தல் - திருமலை திருப்பதி

: https://youtu.be/JG-Gp1Fizv4

Sripadham kainkaryam - Ekkadu Uthsavam

 

Ekkattuthangal Thiruvural Uthsavam this year on Sunday8,  15^th Feb 2026

 

How often one would walk 25 to 30 kms ! – that too on a circuitous route, starting early morning at 1.30 am .. .. reaching the destination by around 11.15 am ! – nay, no simple walk, carrying the heavy Pallakku. To put it simply as arduous or gruelling may not reveal the reality !

Thiruvallikkeni Thennacharya Sripathamthangigal – they carry Sri Parthasarathi Emperuman gleefully – energetically with purpose – perfect harmony !!

Poliga, poliga, poliga – the great kainkaryabarargal of Allikkeni – pic of this day 2024  

 4.2.2026

 

 

*சிந்திக்கும், திசைக்கும், தேறும், கை கூப்பும்*‘ ~ Bakthi ,.. ... Surrender unto God

*சிந்திக்கும், திசைக்கும், தேறும், கை கூப்பும்*‘ எம்பெருமான் ஸ்ரீமந் நாராயணனையே  சதா சர்வகாலமும் நினைத்து கை கூப்பி வணங்கும் பக்தர்கள் -

 

A  Srivaishnavaite way of life is simple – Surrender unto the Lotus Feet of Sriman Narayana, do kainkaryam that pleases Emperuman and his bakths.

 

To many of us he concept of "Bhakti - surrender to God" represents a profound merging of spiritual devotion with material detachment, where a devotee offers their highest material assets (gold/wealth) to the Divine as an act of absolute surrender (sharanagati)  -  not exactly !!! 

In Sri Vaishnavism, Saranagati (or Prapatti) is the core principle of complete, unconditional surrender to Lord Narayana (Vishnu) and His consort Lakshmi, recognizing them as the sole refuge for attaining liberation (Moksha). It involves a deep commitment to God's will, abandoning ego, and relying solely on divine grace, often through specific practices like Anukulyasya Sankalpa (accepting the favorable) and Atma-nikshepa (self-offering), leading to spiritual freedom. 

The Bhagavad-gita (18.66) concludes by calling upon us to surrender to Krishna. To some of us, the word “surrender” may conjure images of a defeated military general reluctantly and resentfully giving up a lost fight. The Gita’s  teaching of the concept of  surrender is totally different: it connotes a voluntary offering of our heart’s love to Krishna expressed by harmonizing our human will with his divine will. 

How do we surrender to Krishna as we fight our many battles in the course of daily life? Do we quit those battles or do we keep fighting? The essence of surrender is to do Krishna’s will. That may sometimes require persevering in a battle and sometimes require putting aside a battle. What we do specifically is not as important as the consciousness in which we do it. When we surrender to Krishna, we hand our will to him and ask him to use us as he sees fit. The resulting divine connection helps us see the situation from a higher perspective. With that raised consciousness, we discover in life's battles hidden opportunities to experience Krishna’s love for us and to express our love for him. Tapping those opportunities is the heart of surrender.

 

To put it simply -  “Accepting everything favourable to devotion to Krishna, rejecting everything unfavourable to devotion to Krishna, being confident that Krishna will grant His protection” 

பகவத்கீதையின் 10-வது அத்தியாயமான விபூதி யோகம், பகவான் கிருஷ்ணரின் அளவற்ற மகிமைகளையும், அவர் எல்லா உலகங்களுக்கும், உயிர்களுக்கும் எவ்வாறு ஆதாரம், தலைவன், படைப்பின் காரணம் என்பதை விளக்குகிறது; அர்ஜுனனின் பக்தியை அதிகரிக்க, கிருஷ்ணர் தனது दिव्य manifestations (விபூதிகள்) பற்றி விரிவாகக் கூறி, அவரே அனைத்துக்கும் மூலம், அவரே அனைத்திலும் நிறைந்திருப்பவர், அவரே சர்வ வல்லமையுள்ளவர் என்பதை வெளிப்படுத்தும் அத்தியாயம் இது. 

கடவுளே எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் பிறப்பிடம். அவரிடமிருந்தே எல்லாம் வெளிவரும். அவரே அழியா வீடு. அவரே அமரர்க்கும் முன்னோர். அவரே பிறப்பிலர். அவரே இறைவன்.  அன்புடன் என்னை வழிபடும் அன்னோர்க்கு யான் புத்தியோகம் அளிப்பேன். இதனால் என்னை யவர் எய்துவார்.

 

நீயே பரப்பிரம்மம், நீயே பரவீடு, தூய்மையனைத்தினுஞ் சிறப்புடைய தூய்மை நீ. நின்னையே ‘நித்திய புருஷ’னென்றும், ஆதிதேவனென்றும், பிறப்பிலானென்றும், இறைமைக் கடவுளென்றும், முழுமையாக நம்பி, அவன் தாள்களை பற்றி அவனிடம் சேர, அவனிடமே வேண்டுவோம்.

 
adiyen Srinivasa dhasan
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
20.1.2025

  

Allikkeni temple photography !!

 

Many of us are able to have darshan of Thiruvallikkeni Emperuman through videos and photos - here galaxy of  temple photographers - TV Venkatesh (taking photo of Azhwar); Shankar; Kanakaraj; Sundarakrishnan, Devathirajan, Balaji Ravi seen in this photo !!  ~  

 Emperor of them all (the most talented videographer is not inside the frame)

 

This day 2021

Shri Parasaran felicitation - Sri Parthasarathi Swami Sreepadham trust

 

This day 2019❤️ Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sripadham Trust - 12th year Kainkaryam function

 .. ..  Me doing  welcome address and introducing eminent Guests - Periyamurai mirasu Sri Parthasarathy battar, Dr MA Venkatakrishnan swami, Thiru K Parasaran, Thirukoshtiyur Madhavan Swami, Mr Veera Shanmuganathan, HR&CE, Dr Parthasarathi battar (chinnamurai), Sri Vanamamalai Deivanayagarn swami & Sri Devathi battar [pic credit : Shankar Ramakrishnan Iyer] [23.12.2019]

epitome of bakthi !!!

 

epitome of bakthi - this elderly woman, who climbed along with us ..

Azhwar malai – Thiruneermalai - 2017

Sivanadiyar at Thiruchirrambalam

 

எங்கேனும் இருந்து உன் அடியேன் உனை நினைந்தால்

அங்கே வந்து என்னோடும் உடன் ஆகி நின்றருளி

இங்கே என் வினையை அறுத்திட்டு எனை ஆளும்

கங்கா நாயகனே கழிப்பாலை மேயோனே.

 

இறையுணர்வு - தெய்வ பக்தி, திருத்தலங்கள் செல்தல், வழிபடுதல் - பக்தர்களின் வாழ்முறை - சிவனடியார் திருச்சிற்றம்பலம் சிதம்பரத்தில் !!!