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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

காளிகாம்பாள் கோவில் உழவாரப்பணி

நம் குழுவினருக்கு அருள்மிகு அன்னை காளிகாம்பாள் கோவிலில் உழவாரப்பணி செய்யும் வாய்ப்பு இறையருளால் 26.08.2012 அன்று கூடியது.

More than 70 volunteers turned up and participated happily in the process. Usually, every Sunday , the  Kalikambal temple attracts devotees from various parts of Chennai.  No wonder, we were stunned to see the regular flow of devotees even after 12.00 noon.  Since we had taken up the task of cleaning the inner praharams and sannidhis, we had no alternative than to wait till the general public finished their darshan.

As directed by the temple authorities, we started bringing out the huge சர விளக்கு from the various sannadhis, besides other brass pooja articles and vessels  to clean them.  Separate teams of men and women started attending to the same near the goshala area, which continued till 4.30pm











நடை சாத்தியபிறகு, our volunteers started cleaning the various shrines in the inner praharam. Grime and dirt accumulated over the years were removed to the best of our ability.  Simultaneously, another group of volunteers were cleaning the shrines in the outer praharam.  











All the various groups put in their maximum efforts to keep the temple ready and open for the devotees when  the evening worship commences.  












After we finished the work, the Sivachariyars performed a special archana for the welfare of all of us combined and  the temple administration presented each volunteer with Ambal Prasadam.  We all returned home with the immense satisfaction of getting an opportunity to do our mite in this historic and powerful  Shakthi Sthalam.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

யாதுமாகி நின்றாய் காளி -எங்கும் நீ நிறைந்தாய்




யாதுமாகி நின்றாய் காளி -எங்கும் நீ நிறைந்தாய் 


ஆம் நண்பர்களே.  பாரதியார் வழிபட்ட அதே தலம்..  நமது அடுத்த உழவாரப்பணி சென்னை முத்தியால்பேட்டை  தம்புசெட்டி தெருவில் வீற்றிருந்து நம் அனைவருக்கும் அருள்பாலிக்கும் அன்னை அருள்மிகு  காளிகாம்பாள் திருக்கோவில்.

நாள் : 26.08.2012 ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை
நேரம் :  காலை 10.30

This powerful Shakthi Temple was earlier in the Fort St George area and shifted to the present location after the Britishers bought that place and built the fort.  It is believed that a fierce ugra form of the Goddess worshipped earlier has been replaced with the Shantha Swaroopa form of Kamakshi Amman.  

The great Maratha Ruler, Chatrapathi Shivaji worshipped the Goddess here when he was on a tour of the south during 1677.  Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathi worshipped the Goddess here regularly and it is inferred that his song  யாதுமாகி நின்றாய் காளி is sung  in praise of this Goddess.

Besides its great historic significance, the temple has a rich tradition of festivals that are celebrated throughout the year in great splendour.  Goddess Kalikambal Grants All Her devotees happiness . peace and prosperity.  No wonder, thousands of devotees throng this temple every day.  
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