அருள்மிகு குழந்தைவல்லி அம்மன் சமேத ஸ்ரீ கும்பேஸ்வரர் ஆலயம்

அருள்மிகு குழந்தைவல்லி அம்மன் சமேத ஸ்ரீ கும்பேஸ்வரர் ஆலயம்

அமைவிடம்:  சிற்றம்பாக்கம், கடம்பத்தூர் தாலுக்கா , திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்டம்

சென்னையில் இருந்து செல்லும் வழி : பூந்தமல்லியிலிருந்து பேரம்பாக்கம் வரை மாநகர பேருந்துகள் செல்கின்றன.  அங்கிருந்து சுமார் மூன்று கி.மீ தொலைவில் இத்திருக்கோவில் அமைந்துள்ளது.

உழவாரப்பணி நாள்: 22.12.2013.  

We had  written about this seventh century  temple in our  earlier  post of March 17, 2013 HERE   The local villagers, with great efforts,  have been able to complete a major portion of the renovation work and the Kumbabishegam is to be held within the next two months. 

We had offered our services for doing the painting and white washing work.  The first batch of volunteers reached Perambakkam on the previous night itself along with all the requisite materials.  The owners of Meenakshi Ramakrishnan Kalyana Mandapam at Peramabakkam were kind enough to accommodate  our team for the overnight stay there.  Other team members  came directly to the temple next morning to join the uzhavarappani.

The work of our volunteers is better depicted by the photos uploaded here.  Incidentally, a young and energetic lady reporter from the Tamil Spiritual Magazine--Sakthi Vikatan joined us to have a first hand account of our group's activities.  After interacting with various members of our team and taking photographs, she happily joined us in our painting work.

 What we have done is only the primary coat of painting.  We will again visit this temple a week before the Kumbabishegam to give a final  finishing touch.

The temple tank in need of renovation

An Appeal:  This temple has a beautiful tank, which is in a bad shape. For de-silting the tank and building strong bunds on all the four sides, the renovation committee is on the look out for donors.  Those who wish to participate in this Holy Kaingaryam are requested to contact any of the following renovation committee members:

1.  Shri Chengalvaraya Naidu - 94451 52916 
2. Shir Gajendra Naidu - 98845 41609
3. Shri Murugaiyan Mudaliar  - 044-2765 5233 
4. Shri Krishnan Mudaliar - 98435 25398  
5. Shri Udayakumar Mudaliar - 95781 40502

Contributions can also be directly sent to:
UCO Bank, Perambakkam 
SB Account No. 05170110021941 in the name of
SK SK Alaya Maiyam
IFSC Code: UCBA0000517

Additional Photos @ Chitrambakkam Uzhavarappani

Innambur Uzhavarappani

Temple Priest explaining the Salient Feature of the Temple

When we had planned the uzhavarappani, we were a bit apprehensive for quite a few reasons: ---.  The distance involved being too long most of our time may be spent in travelling.  Not many may turn up because of this.  The area that needed to be white washed / painted was in the region of more than 50000 sq. ft. and we were really worried if we could do it.   With all such doubts, we started our preparations in the month of May.  But, we were really surprised by the   overwhelming  response of our volunteers.  

More than 100 people had volunteered and we had to arrange two buses.  We left Chennai on the evening of 15th and reached Swamimalai around 11.30pm.  After resting for the night in a Kalyana Mandapam, we left by 7.00 am 16.06.2013 and proceeded to Innambur, which is at a distance of about 4 km.   The Kumbabishegam event, as mentioned in our previous post, now stands postponed to the month of August 2013.

Our major work here was only white washing of the inner and outer walls.  The temple contains two praharams.  The  inner praharam walls have a height of more than 18 feet and the outer compound walls are slightly less high.  Initially it appeared as a daunting task.  But all the participants including women and children vied with each other in  taking up the work.  For white washing the higher reaches of these walls, our guys tied a make-shift scaffolding and the brave at heart climbed them without any hesitation to paint the top portion.

 The walls of the Sugandha Kundalambal Amman Sannadhi in the second praharam, were of a lesser height and most of the painting here was done by the women volunteers.

Besides painting the walls, we also painted the grill gates, windows and collapsible gates with aluminium paint.  The sponge-brush method we learnt earlier at Thiruvaiyaru from Shri Venkatesh  came in handy to complete the same at a fast pace.  Besides the usual cleaning of Sannadhis were also done.

Apart from our volunteers, Shri Venkatesh had arranged a team of regular painters and a set of compressors. The inner and outer compound  walls were given a white wash by using these spray guns.

By the evening, we finished whatever work that we could complete and had a Darshan of  அருள்மிகு எழுத்தறிநாதர் before we left.  All the remaining incomplete work was finished by the team of Shri Venkatesh.

From Innambur, we proceeded to Thiruppurambiyam and had a darshan of  பிரளயம் காத்த விநாயகர்  and 

சாட்சிநாத ஸ்வாமி.  We came back to Swamimalai and had a darshan of Lord Subramanya.  

Leaving Swamimalai around 10.pm after finishing our dinner, we reached back Chennai in the early morning of 17th June 2013.

Our expenses for this Uzhavarappani has exceeded 2.00 lakhs.  As the temple was not having any funds and no grant came from the Govt, we had decided to bear all  the cost of material used.  But we have to admit that it exceeded our original estimates, especially in view of the massive size of the walls.  However, Lord Shiva has not let us down.  Many philanthropists have helped us through their  donations.  Our sincere thanks to all of them.  Their timely contributions have helped us to a great extent to tide over a major part of our crisis.

To see additional snaps of Innambur Uzhavarappani :     Click Here

இன்னம்பூர் செல்வோம், வாருங்கள்

Innambur Temple Rajagopuram

Present Condition- A portion of the Compound Wall

சுவாமிமலைக்கு அருகில் ஐந்து கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் அமைந்துள்ள பாடல் பெற்ற தலம் இன்னம்பூர்.  அருள்மிகு எழுத்தறிநாதர் (வடமொழியில்  அட்சரபுரீஸ்வரர்), மற்றும் ஐராவதேஸ்வரர் என்று அழைக்கப்படும் மிகப்பெரிய சுயம்புலிங்க திருமேனி.

Highlights of the temple:  The temple is situated in a massive two acres of land, with two praharams.  The Shivalingam and the entrance to the sanctum are massive.  Goddess Nithyakalyani Amman representing the Kalyana Thirukkolam is to the right of Shiva.  Goddess Sugandha Kundalambal Amman is in the outer praharam.  The rays of the Sun fall directly on the Lord on the 13th , 14th & 15th of Tamil month Panguni(March-April).  Agasthiar.org web site mentions that this holy temple is one of the Aaditya Hridayam Shakthi Temples( http://www.agasthiar.org/a/ah.htm).  Devotees bring their children here on Vijayadasami day and pray for their increased mental faculties.

Legend:  

• The Sun God worshiped  Lord Shiva here.  Innan refers to  Sun.  The name  Innan Nambur got corrupted over the centuries and now called as Innambur.  

•  It is here that the God revealed the Tamil grammar to Sage Agasthiyar.  

•  The mythological white elephant Iravatham worshipped the God here and hence the entrance to the sanctum is a huge one to enable its easy entry.  

•  The Lord appeared in human form( as the temple administrator) and submitted the temple's accounts to the king. 

The Kumbabishegam for this temple has been fixed for 26 Jun 2013.(It is possible that due to paucity of funds, it may get delayed).  Our contribution for this Kumbabishegam will be painting and white- washing.  As the place is a bit far away from Chennai, we have decided to arrange buses for our up and down trip at a cost of Rs. 500/- per person.  So far around 90 people have volunteered.  We are leaving Chennai on 15.06.2013 at 03.30pm.  Night stay at Swamimalai has been arranged.  We plan to leave Innambur in the evening of 16.06.2013 after a day's work.

Philanthropists and devotees  who are interested in participating in this renovation may please contact our coordinator  Shri Ramachandran @ +91-9884080543

அருள்மிகு குழந்தைவல்லி சமேத கும்பேஸ்வரர் ஆலயம், சிற்றம்பாக்கம்

Chitrambakkam is a small village in the Kadambathur taluk of Thiruvallur district.  The local villagers have taken up the task of renovating a 7th century Sivan Temple which was in a dilapidated state. 

வினை தீர்த்த விநாயகர், வள்ளி தெய்வானை சமேத முருகப்பெருமான், கடாட்ச லிங்கம், தாயாருடன் உடனுறை லக்ஷ்மி நாராயண பெருமாள், சண்டிகேஸ்வரர் சூழ, குழந்தைவல்லி தாயாருடன் கும்பேஸ்வரப் பெருமான் அருளாட்சி நடத்தும் அற்புதத் திருத்தலமே திருச்சிற்றம்பாக்கம்.

Our group was approached by the renovation committee with a request  to explore the possibility of providing them at least 100 bags of cement.  Messages were sent through SMS to our volunteers during the beginning of this month.  Thanks to their overwhelming response, we have been successful in mobilising  an amount of Rs.33000/= within two weeks and the same was handed over to the members of the renovation committee last week.

Those who wish to take part in this holy kaingaryam of renovation are requested to contact: 

     email:  kumbeswarar@gmail.com
     mobile: 0-94451 52916

Contributions can also be directly sent to:

UCO Bank, Perambakkam 
SB Account No. 05170110021941 in the name of
SK SK Alaya Maiyam
IFSC Code: UCBA0000517