The Adyar Library – THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY – A Heritage Walk

....A Continuation post.

 22^nd October 2016

During our Heritage walk, we had seen only the antique manuscripts and books and palm leaves displayed at ground floor and not to the first floor, where the variety of books kept for the reference. 

ADYAR LIBRARY  

In the display Bible in Hebrew language with gems on the four corners, an Indian chess, Valmiki Ramayana, the oldest book, miniature Bibles, Bhagavad Gita, Palm leaves manuscripts in Siamese, Mahabharata with Olcott’s signature, Tibetan manuscripts presented by His holiness XIV Dalai Lama and so on. We had spotted a 600 years old Quran also in the collection. It is a wonder that how could print a bible so..so..so.. small which can be read only through a magnifying glass!!!.

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..... to be continued

Heritage Buildings and Shrines , Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

 22^nd October 2016.

As a part of THE ADYAR – a cultural mapping, walked from Theosophical Society west side main gate to the broken bridge on 22^nd October 2016. The Theosophical Society ( wisdom of the Gods )  was formed based on the principles of Karma ( whatever we sow, we will inevitably reap ), reincarnation, etc.,  stated in all religions.  The Theosophical Society started with  Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, an Ukranian Jew and Colonal Henry Steel Olcott and spanned during Anne Besant’s period. During her period Theosophical Society spreads it’s wings in the field of religious, social, economic, political, etc,.

Arundale’s House 

The TS spreads over an area of 270 acres and we walked through International headquarters building, Adyar Library and research center, Arundale house, River side bungalow, H P Blavatsky’s bungalow, H S Olcott’s  bungalow, Raja’s house ( Jiddu Krishnamurti ), Radha S Burnier’s  house constructed in Zoroastrian’s style, International Youth Federation, Garden of remembrance, where the leaders of TS laid rest. Also through Temples of Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism,  Zoroastrian ( Parsee), Christianity and Buddhism. On the way we crossed the Olcott's coconut farm and many variety of trees, which includes the more than 500 years old banyan tree, under which historical events like Indian National Congress’s first meeting took place and African species Baobab tree. The Bungalows and houses are not occupied  for long years and has a deserted look. We could spot very few people except permitted evening walkers in the premises mud roads during our walk.     

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THE MEMORIAL BUILDINGS OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

The head quarters building of the Theosophical Society was with the statues of H. P. Blavatsky, Colonel H S Olcott, Annie Besant and many more and reliefs of Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrian, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam. Form the inscription on the wall Mr Hariharan G M – TS pointed out that India Joined as third member of this Society after US and England.

Arundale’s House with the cannon Ball tree in front 

International Head quarters Hall

The list of Countries that joined with Theosophical society. India is third after Us and England 

H P Blavatsky and H S Olcott’s - The first meeting with a cigarette last till their death 

A river side Bungalow

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's bungalow in front is the great Banyan tree

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's bungalow in front is the great Banyan tree

Lead beater’s Bungalow

Lead beater’s Bungalow

Radha Burnier’s House  with a Zoroastrian image in front and she lived for about 50 years in this house 

THE TEMPLES - OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

The Theosophical society’s premises has number of temples.. temple for Hindus - a Ponniamman in open to sky, Ganapathy temple, Church of St. Michael and All Angels for the Roman catholic Christians, A Buddhist temple with a missing gong- the Buddha was 1200 years old and the tree branch was brought from Bodh gaya and it was planted by Jinarajadasa and a memorial stone for the BodhiDharma who lived in 6th century, A temple for Sikhs, a temple for Muslims constructed like the pearl mosque at Agra , Zoroastrian, a Parsee / Parsi – flame of fire temple with unique feature of Pillars and Pothiyals and a Hanuman temple where Lord Hanuman keeping his leg on Sani Bhagavan. More than this the head quarters building was built like a temple. The temple s are maintained neat and clean.

  

Ponniamman & Ganapathy temple 

Hanuman temple 

Hanuman is keeping his leg on Sri Sanibhagavan 

The Buddhist Shrine

The Catholic Church 

The Parsi – Zoroastrian shrine 

The Parsi – Zoroastrian shrine 

The Pearl mosque – a replica to the one at Agra 

The Sikh temple  

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...... to be continued.

SRI LANKA

PLACE	DESCRIPTION
Colombo	Ponnambalawaneswarar (Shiva ) Temple ( OLD)
Colombo Anuradhapura	Sri Ponnambalawaneswarar Temple ( New ) Sri Kathiresan Temple ( OLD )
Anuradhapura Dambulla  Kandy	Sri Kathiresan Temple ( New ) Dambulla royal Cave Temple ( New ) Sri Soma Sundareswarar Temple ( OLD )
Kandy Kandy	Sri Somasundareswarar Temple ( New ) Sri Dalada Maligawa Buddhists Temple  ( OLD )
Kandy Kathirkamam Kathirkamam/ Kataragama	Dalada Malligawa Sacred Tooth Relic Temple ( New) Kathirkamam Murugan Temple ( New ) Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Dewalaya ( OLD )
Matale Nuwara Eliya	Sri Muthumari Amman Temple ( New ) Mrithunjaya Devan, Gayathiri Peedam ( OLD )
Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya	Sri Gayathri Peedam ( New ) Sri Seetha ( Sri Ramar ) Temple OLD )
Nuwara Eliya Ramboda	Sri Seetha Temple ( New ) Sri Rama Bhaktha Hanuman Temple ( OLD )
Ramboda Thiruketheeswaram	Sri Rama Bhaktha Hanuman Temple ( New ) Thiruketheeswaram Temple
Trincomalee	Trincomalee Koneswaram Temple

NEPAL & TIBET ( CHINA)

PLACE	DESCRIPTION
Kodari	Buddha Vihara
Nepal Kathmandu	Sri Pasupathinath Temple
Nepal Kathmandu	Sri Jalanarayana Perumal Temple
Nepal Kathmandu	Sri Kukkeeswari Temple - Sakthi Pedam
Nepal	Sri Swayambunath Buddhists Temple

OTHER STATES & UNION TERITORY - ANDHRA PRADESH, KARNATAKA, KERALA AND NORTH INDIA & HIMALAYAN HILLS

OTHER STATES	PLACE	DESCRIPTION
Andhra Pradesh	Appalayagunta	Sri Prasanna Venkateswara Swamy Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Bairavakona	Rock Cut cave Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Chennavaram	Sri Chennakesavaswami temple
Andhra Pradesh	Gudimallam	Sri Iragalappa Chelam Shiva Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Gudimallam	Sri Parasurameswara Swamy Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Katheragandla	Sri Sambasiva Swamy Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Malakonda	Malyadri Lakshmi Narasimhar Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Mallam	Sri Subramanya Swamy Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Nagalapuram	Sri Vedanarayana Perumal Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Narayanavanam	Sri Agastheeswarar Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Narayanavanam	Sri Avanakshamma Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Narayanavanam	Sri Kalyana Venkatesa Perumal Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Narayanavanam	Sri Kalyana Venkatesa Perumal Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Narayanavanam	Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Narayanavanam	Suraikai Swamigal Jeeva Samadhi
Andhra Pradesh	Ramagiri	Sri Kaala Bhairava & Sri Valeeswara Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Ramagiri	Sri Valeeswarar Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Shivalinga Kona	Water Falls
Andhra Pradesh	Shivalinga Kona	Shivalinga Kona Water falls
Andhra Pradesh	Siddhala Kona	Sri Siddheswara Swamy Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Srikalahasti	Sri Kalahastheeswarar Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Srisailam	Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Surutapalli	Sri Pallikondeswarar Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Tadipatri	Bugga Ramalingeswara Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Tadipatri	Chintala Venkatramana Swamy Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Thumburu	A Jain  Tirthankaras and Hindu Deities
Andhra Pradesh	Thumburu	Sri Mahavishnu Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Thumburu	Sri Thumbeeswara Swamy Devasthanam
Andhra Pradesh	Tiruchanur	Sri Padmavathi Thayar Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Tiruchanur	Sri Padmavathi Thayar Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Tiruchanur	Sri Padmavathi Thayar Temple & Thirumala
Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati	Sri Padmavathy Thayar Temple & Thirumala
Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati	Sri Venkatesa Perumal Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati	Thirumala & Foot Path
Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati	Thirumala and Trekking Route
Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati	Umbrellas - Chennakesava Perumal Temple
Andhra Pradesh	Vadamalpet	Sri Anjaneyar Temple
Jammu & Kashmir	Amarnath	Sri Amarnath Temple
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu	Raghunath Temple
Jammu & Kashmir	Katra	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Cave Shrine
Jammu & Kashmir	Ransoo	Shiv Khori Cave Temple
Jammu & Kashmir	Tulmulla	Shri Kheer Bhawani Temple
Karnataka	Agara	Sri Durga Temple
Karnataka	Agara	Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar Temple
Karnataka	Agara	Tiruviramisvaram-Udayar Temple
Karnataka	Aihole	Badiger Gudi
Karnataka	Aihole	Ladkhan Temple
Karnataka	Aihole	Sri Chakra Gudi
Karnataka	Aihole	Sri Durga Temple
Karnataka	Aihole	Sri Gaudara Gudi
Karnataka	Aihole	Sri Surya Narayana Temple
Karnataka	Aihole, Meguti	Meguti Jain Temple
Karnataka	Aihole, Museum	ASI Loose Sculptures
Karnataka	Aihole, Ravanaphadi	Huchchimalli Gudi
Karnataka	Aihole, Ravanaphadi	Ravanaphadi Rock Cut Cave Shrine
Karnataka	Ambale	Sri Kapileshwara Temple
Karnataka	Aritepura	Ancient Jain Vestiges
Karnataka	Avani	Sri Ramalingeshwara Swamy Group of Temples
Karnataka	Badami	Badami ASI Museum - Lajja Gauri
Karnataka	Badami	Badami Rock Cut Cave Temple, Cave - 1
Karnataka	Badami	Badami Rock Cut Cave Temple, Cave - 2
Karnataka	Badami	Badami Rock Cut Cave Temple, Cave - 3
Karnataka	Badami	Badami Rock Cut Cave Temple, Cave - 4
Karnataka	Badami	Bhutanatha Group of Temples
Karnataka	Badami	Mallikarjuna Temple Group
Karnataka	Badami	Yellamma Devi Temple
Karnataka	Badami, Cholachagudda	Sri Banashankari Amma Temple
Karnataka	Bannur	Sri Hanumandeswara Temple
Karnataka	Basaral	Sri Mallikarjunar Temple
Karnataka	Begur	Sri Panchalingeshwara Swamy Temple
Karnataka	Begur/Hulimavu	Sri Ramalingeshwara Cave Temple
Karnataka	Belavadi	Shri Veeranarayana Swami Temple
Karnataka	Belur	Shri Chennakeshava Swami Temple
Karnataka	Budanoor	Sri Anantha Padmanabha Temple
Karnataka	Budanoor	Sri Kasi Viswanath Temple
Karnataka	Dharamsala	Sri Manjunatha Swamy Temple
Karnataka	Doddagaddavalli	Sri Lakshmi Devi Temple
Karnataka	Doddamallur	Sri Aprameya Swamy Temple
Karnataka	Doddathuppur	Ancient Ruined Jain Temple
Karnataka	Gokarna	Sri Mahabaleshwar Temple
Karnataka	Gundlupet	Sri Vijayanarayana ( Janardana ) Temple
Karnataka	Hale Alur	Sri Arkeshwara Temple
Karnataka	Hale Budanur	Sri Someswara Temple
Karnataka	Halebidu	Sri Hoysaleshwara Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Achutharaya Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Bhima's Gate Way
Karnataka	Hampi	Ganagiti Jain Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Hemakuta Hill and Group of Temples
Karnataka	Hampi	King's Balance
Karnataka	Hampi	Kodanda Rama Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Kuduregombe Mantapa- Vishnu Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Octogonal Water Pavilion
Karnataka	Hampi	Queen's Bath
Karnataka	Hampi	Saraswathi Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sasivekalu Sri Ganesha
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Chandikeswarar Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Hazaara Ramachandra Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Krishna ( Bala Krishna ) Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Lakshmi Narasimhar and Badavi LingaTemple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Malayavathana Sri Raghunatha Swamy Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Pattabhirama Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Prasanna Virupaksha Temple-UG ShivaTemple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Uddana Veerabhadrara Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Virupakshha Temple
Karnataka	Hampi	Sri Vitthala Temple
Karnataka	Haranahalli	Shri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami Temple
Karnataka	Hardanahalli	Sri Divyalingeswara Temple
Karnataka	Honganoor	Sri Arkeswara Temple
Karnataka	Honganoor	Sri Varadharaja Perumal Temple
Karnataka	Honnur	Sri Mahalingeswarar & Samundeeswari Temples
Karnataka	Kalale	Sri Veerabhadraswamy Temple
Karnataka	Kelasur	Sri Bhagwan Chandranath Tirthankara Basadi
Karnataka	Kempanapura	Sri Moolasthaneswara Temple
Karnataka	Kolar	Sri Kolaramma ( Chamundeeswari ) Temple
Karnataka	Kolar	Sri Someshwara Temple
Karnataka	Koravangala	Shri Bucheshvara Swami Temple
Karnataka	Madduru	Sri Chakrapani Temple
Karnataka	Madduru	Sri Siddeswara Temple
Karnataka	Madduru	Sri UgraNarasimha Swamy Temple
Karnataka	Mahakuta	Mahakuta Temple Complex
Karnataka	Malavalli	Sri Ravaleshwara Temple
Karnataka	Mangala	Sri Basaveswara Temple
Karnataka	Mangala	Sri Moolasthaneswara Temple
Karnataka	Marehalli	Sri Amrudeswara Temple
Karnataka	Marehalli	Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy Temple
Karnataka	Melkote	Shri Cheluvanaarayana Swami Temple
Karnataka	Melkote	Shri Yoga Narasimhar Temple
Karnataka	Mosale	Shri Chennakeshava Swami Temple
Karnataka	Mosale	Shri Nageswara Swami Temple
Karnataka	Mudigundam	Sri Lakshmi Narayana Temple
Karnataka	Mudikundam	Sri Mudikondeswara Temple
Karnataka	Muguru	Sri Shankareeswara Temple
Karnataka	Mulbagal	Sri Someshwara ( Purana Prasidda ) Temple
Karnataka	Murudeswar	Sri Murudeshwara Temple
Karnataka	Nagamangala	Sri Bhuvaneshwara Temple
Karnataka	Nagamangala	Sri Saumyakesava Swamy Temple
Karnataka	Nandhi Hills	Sri Yoganandheeshwara Swamy Temple
Karnataka	Nanjangud	Srikanteshwara ( Nanjundeshwara ) Temple
Karnataka	Narasamangala	Sri Ramesvara Temple
Karnataka	Nuggehalli	Shri Sadashivaswami Temple
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Pattadakal ASI Museum
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Chandrashekara Temple
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Galaganatha Temple
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Jaina Narayana Temple
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Jambulinga Temple
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Kadasiddheshvara Temple
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Kashi Vishweshwara Gudi
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Mallikarjuna Temple
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Papanatha Temple
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Sangamesvara Temple
Karnataka	Pattadakal	Sri Virupaksha Temple
Karnataka	Sitti peta	Sri Kalabairava & Patishwara Temples
Karnataka	Somanathapura	Mahishamardini Panels
Karnataka	Somanathapura	Sri Chennakesava Temple
Karnataka	T Narasipura	Sri Agasteswara Temple
Karnataka	Tadi Malingi	Sri Janardhana Temple
Karnataka	Tadi Malingi	Sri Mahalingeswara Temple
Karnataka	Talakadu	Sri Kirtinarayana Temple
Karnataka	Talakadu	Sri Maraleswara Temple
Karnataka	Talakadu	Sri Pataleshwara Temple
Karnataka	Talakadu	Sri Vaidyanatheshwara Swamy Temple
Karnataka	Terakanambi	Sri Lakshmi Varadharaja Swami Temple
Karnataka	Terakanambi	Sri Mulasthaneshwara Temple
Karnataka	Thondanoor	Shri Narayana Swami Temple
Karnataka	Thondanoor	Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple
Karnataka	Thondanoor	Thondanoor Lake & Ramanujar Statue
Karnataka	Triyambakapura	Sri Triyambakeswara Temple
Karnataka	Udupi	Sri Krishnar Temple
Karnataka	Virupakshi	Sri Virupaksha Someshwara Temple
Karnataka	Yelandur	Mahishamardini Panels
Karnataka	Yelandur	Sri Gaurishwara Temple
Kerala	Kodungallur	Sri Bhagavathi Amman Temple
Kerala	Koodalmanikyam	Shiva Temple
Kerala	Sabarimala	Sri Swamy Ayyappa Temple
Kerala	Sringapuram	Sri Sringapuram Shiva Temple
Kerala	Thiruvanchikulam	Thiruvanchikulam Mahadeva Temple
Maharashtra	Ellora	Sri Kailasanathar Rock Cut Temple
Maharashtra	Panchavati - Nashik	Epic Ramayana Sites
Maharashtra	Pandaripuram	Sri Vittal & Pandurangan Temple
Maharashtra	Shinganapur	Sri Shani Bhagwan Temple
Maharashtra	Shirdi	Sri Shirdi Saibaba & Kandoba Temples
Pondicherry	Dharmapuram	Yazhmurinathar Temple
Pondicherry	Karaikal / Thiruthelicherri	Sri Parvatheeswarar Temple
Pondicherry	Karaikal	Sri Karaikal Ammayar Temple
Pondicherry	Madhakadipattu	Sri Tirukundankuli Mahadevar Temple
Pondicherry	Thirubuvanai	Sri Thothirinatha Varadharaja Perumal Temple
Pondicherry	Thirunallar	Sri Dharbaranyeswarar Temple
Pondicherry	Thiruvandarkoil	Panchanatheeswarar Temple
Pondicherry	Thiruvettakudy	Sri Sundareswarar Temple
Punjab	Amritsar	Golden Temple / Harmandir Sahib
Punjab	Amritsar	Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Punjab	Wagah	Attari - Wagah Border Ceremony
Uttarakhand	Badrinath	Indraneela Parvatham
Uttarakhand	Badrinath	Sri Badrinarayanan Temple
Uttarakhand	Gaurikund	Anekathangapatham
Uttarakhand	Kedarnath	Sri Kedareswara Temple