06th
August 207.
How
the place Nanganallur has got its name
?..Since Sri Raja Rajeswari as a 16-year-old young girl, blesses us from her shrine on the16th
Street Thillai Ganga Nagar, Nanganallur.
Originally the place was called Nangai-Nallur, later changed to Nanganallur, This Rajarajeswari temple is a Private temple
of Sri Rajarajeswari Ashram ( AVR TRUST ) headed by Sri Rajagopala Swamigal.
The
temple faces east with an entrance from the North. The temple is constructed
like a big house. Sannidhi for Thathathreyar and Bairavar is immediately after the entrance on both sides. The main sanctum is at an elevated level with 16 steps. To
reach the main shrine we have to circumambulate from left to right after worshiping Ganesha
and Durga. Since Ambal is installed on
Mahameru with yantras, gents are asked to remove shirts and banians to absorb the good waves emanating from the main sanctum.
The special pooja in this temple is the Kungum pooja. It will be supplied along
with Archana and has to be deposited in the Box along with the name, birth star,
Thithi, and Tithi Nithya. When Sri Rajagopala Swamigal touches the kungum packet,
the person who had deposited wishes will come to the mind of Swamiji.
Dwajasthambam
and Simha vahana are before the
entrance of the main sanctum steps. At the start of the step sanga Nidhi and
Padmanidhi on both sides of the steps.
There are 16 steps on Purva paksha ( climbing side ) and 16 steps on Amara paksha ( climbing downside) with Ambal’s incarnation statues on each step with Agasthya Munivars hymn
engraved below that.
LEGENDS AND HISTORY
As
per the legend, Ambal forced Sri
Rajagopala Swamigal to build a temple after quitting the Bank job. The work was started with a donation
of Rs 101 from Pournami Mami followed by
Sivasankari Ammaiyar, who donated Rs 1000.00. All the contributions came from
his disciples. Ambal was shifted to this new place in 1970 ( Ambal temple has existed since ancient times in the same place where a new temple was constructed ). The temple was
built not as per the agama. Poojas are conducted as per Sri Vidya
procedure, hence the Sivachariyar cannot do pooja. Sri Rajagopala Swamigal
trained his disciples to carry out the pooja. As per Ambal’s direction, the Ambal was
installed on Pinathu place as per
Merupirastharam.
The
special pooja in this temple is the Kungum pooja. It will be supplied along
with Archana and the same has to be deposited in the Box ( Archana Kungum has to be
purchased only in the temple ).
It is believed that Agasthiyar and Thirumoolar
worshiped Ambal of this temple ( as per hearsay that Amabl temple existed in the same place ) and Power will be there for another 1000 years.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The
temple will be kept open between 06.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs and 17.30 hrs to 20.45
hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS:
AVR
Trust may be contacted at +9198406 65956 for further details.
HOW TO REACH:
The
temple is on 16th Street, Thillai Ganga Nagar, Nanganallur.
Very
near to the NangaNallur subway which connects Mount Road.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
---OM
SHIVAYA NAMA---
Namaskaram,
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for this post. Our great grandparents were from Nanganallur and used to visit the temple frequently. Definitely wants me to visit the temple sometime.
Such a historical temple. You may also check:
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Namaskaram
ReplyDeleteHappy to know about Rajarajeshwari temple.
I have a small doubt.
As you mentioned, Sri Rajagopala Swamigal built the temple in 1970.
In such a position,where and how did Sage Agasthya or Thirumoolar can worship the Devi here?
Are we not giving a chance to the non believers by telling like this?
Pls.reply.
Everything is a belief Sir, even Gods and their legends... Ambal forced Rajagopla Swamigal is a legend for us but for him it was real only.
DeleteIts clearly written this Ambal is shifted to this place that means this templebuilding was constructed by swamigal Ambal was moved to here. So that Ambal was worshipped by agasthiyar
Deleteand Thirumoolar too worshiped
DeleteLooks like a confusion in the above comments , there are 2 raja rajeswari temples in Nanganallur, this one is sarvamangala rajeswari and the other one is SriVidya rajeswari ,
DeleteOh.. thanks for the clarifications Sir
DeleteAgathiyar and thiru moolar worship done at SriVidya raja rajeswari temple which was found buried under earth for many years with Thapas of Maha periyava
ReplyDeleteThanks for the informations. Sir
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