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Aravamudham: Thiruchenkunroor Divya dEsam (aka ThiruchitrAru)
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Celebrating the Azhwars and the Divya Desams of Lord Sriman Narayana! Monday, August 12, 2013. Thiruchenkunroor Divya dEsam (aka ThiruchitrAru). This is one of the six divya dEsams that can be worshipped by making TiruvallA town as the travel base. This place is also referred to as Chengannur. Note: The numbering convention for the pAsurams seems to differ in various Divya Prabandham books. In some Divya Prabandham books, the same pAsurams by srI nammAzhwAr are listed as verse numbers 2887-2897.]. In thi...
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Aravamudham: ThiruvaNvaNdUr Divya dEsam (aka ThiruvamundUr)
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Celebrating the Azhwars and the Divya Desams of Lord Sriman Narayana! Saturday, August 16, 2014. ThiruvaNvaNdUr Divya dEsam (aka ThiruvamundUr). ThiruvaNvaNdUr is yet another Divya dEsam that is located in the Chengannur area. It is one of the five divya dEsams in this area that is connected with the pAndavAs of mahAbhArathA fame. According to legend, this temple was renovated by Nakula, the fourth of the pAndavA brothers in the mahabhArathA. Note: The numbering convention for the pAsurams seems to diffe...
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Aravamudham: ThirukkAtkarai Divya dEsam (Thrikkakara)
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Celebrating the Azhwars and the Divya Desams of Lord Sriman Narayana! Saturday, February 21, 2015. ThirukkAtkarai Divya dEsam (Thrikkakara). Thrikkakara is a grand Divya dEsam where the Lord is said to have incarnated as vAmanA to save the Asura king mAbali from his own arrogance. Hence it is also the epicentre of the Onam festival, which is an important celebration in kEraLA and is linked to the legend of mAbali and vAmanA. Note: The numbering convention for the pAsurams seems to differ in various Divya...
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Aravamudham: September 2012
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Celebrating the Azhwars and the Divya Desams of Lord Sriman Narayana! Friday, September 14, 2012. The Divya dEsams of kEraLA. Click on picture to enlarge]. This webpage has a lot of details on the architecture of kEraLA temples: http:/ www.thrikodithanam.org/intro.htm. This blog has a lot of useful information on Kerala Divya dEsams: http:/ www.akaarakani.blogspot.com/. The divya dEsams of kEraLA are unique in the following ways:. Usually there is a huge stone platform in front of the sanctum sanctorum.
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Aravamudham: February 2013
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Celebrating the Azhwars and the Divya Desams of Lord Sriman Narayana! Sunday, February 3, 2013. Click on above pictures to enlarge. Source of pictures unknown.]. Thiruvananthapuram is the capital city of the south Indian state of kEraLA. It is well connected by rail, road and air (airport code TRV). It has a wide variety of food and stay options to cater to all budgets. The divya dEsam of Thiruvananthapuram is located close (approx. 1 km) from the city’s railway station. கெடும். நாளும். In this pAsuram, ...
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Aravamudham: ThirukkadithAnam Divya dEsam
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Celebrating the Azhwars and the Divya Desams of Lord Sriman Narayana! Sunday, July 7, 2013. Image from http:/ www.thrikodithanam.org. Also known as ThirukOdithAnam, this is one of the malai nAdu divya dEsams. The thAyAr here is known as sri karpagavalli and the perumAL here is called sri arputha nArAyanan or amirtha nArAyanan. There are separate sannidhis for SrI narasimhA and SrI krishnA. The temple is built in the typical kEraLA style of architecture. An interesting statue :. Note: The numbering conven...
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Aravamudham: Thiru vAran viLai Divya dEsam (Aranmula)
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Celebrating the Azhwars and the Divya Desams of Lord Sriman Narayana! Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Thiru vAran viLai Divya dEsam (Aranmula). Image from http:/ www.aranmula.net. This is also one of the five malai nAdu divya dEsams associated with the five pAndavAs of mahAbhArathA fame. Also, this is one of the six divya dEsams that can be visited with the town of TiruvallA as the travel base. Also, once, a couple of demons named Madhu and KaitabhA stole the vEdAs from BrahmA, the creator. BrahmA, bereft of ...
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Aravamudham: ThiruppuliyUr divya dEsam (aka kutta nAdu)
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Celebrating the Azhwars and the Divya Desams of Lord Sriman Narayana! Saturday, September 21, 2013. ThiruppuliyUr divya dEsam (aka kutta nAdu). This is one of the 5 divya dEsams in the ChengannUr area of kEraLA, that are connected with the five pAndavA brothers of mahAbhArathA fame. ThiruppuliyUr is located 5 km West of the town of ChengannUr. It is best to drive to this Divya dEsam. Buses are very infrequent. There are practically no facilities for staying here. SrI thirumangaiAzhwAr: 2673 (71). நே...
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Aravamudham: July 2013
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Celebrating the Azhwars and the Divya Desams of Lord Sriman Narayana! Sunday, July 7, 2013. Image from http:/ www.thrikodithanam.org. Also known as ThirukOdithAnam, this is one of the malai nAdu divya dEsams. The thAyAr here is known as sri karpagavalli and the perumAL here is called sri arputha nArAyanan or amirtha nArAyanan. There are separate sannidhis for SrI narasimhA and SrI krishnA. The temple is built in the typical kEraLA style of architecture. An interesting statue :. Note: The numbering conven...