Sunday, 15 January 2017

Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu.

 10th January 2017.

This is one of the wishes to see the aArudra darshan of Sri Natarajar at Uthirakosamangai, made out of a precious green emerald stone “Maranatha”.  Also many times Manickavasagar praised Lord Shiva of Uthirakosamangai in Thiruvasakam. The abhishekam will be done once a year and for the rest of the period, the Natarajar will be coated with sandalwood paste. It came true on the 10th and 11th of January 2017.  Usually, the Arudra darshan happens during December month and I was forced to stay in Chennai to attend official duty. This year I was so happy since it happened in the second week of January and planned my travel 3 months in advance.


When I spelled out my plan to Uthirakosamangai visit, my friends suggested going to Thirupullani, one of the 108 Divya Desam / Mangalasasana Vaishnava temples and Devipattinam associated with epic Ramayan. Utilizing the opportunity booked the onward ticket to Rameswaram to have the darshan of Lord Sri Ramanathaswamy. While traveling on the train it was observed that many people were planning to attend Arudra darshan at Uthirakosamangai.

Landed in Rameswaram on the 10th morning through Rameswaram Express and had the darshan of Sri Parvathavardhini samedha Sri Ramanathaswamy. During my previous visit, the temple was preparing for the Kumbhabhishekam. The details and some of the photos taken are uploaded in one of my previous posts ( Click here ).





... to be continued ( Uthirakosamangai )
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

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