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The Lord is facing east having the measuring vessel (Padi) as his pillow with his right hand placed over it, reclining on the bed of Aadhi seshan with his five heads as umbrella. The Adhisesha forms a 5.5 feet high 3 layer bed to Him. Legend has it that He is resting after getting tired over giving away the grains in the measuring vessel to feed the world during the harvest season. The idol is a sudai sculpture made of many Salagrama stones which are considered very sacred for worship. The Lord has a perfectly chiseled face with flaring nostrils. The sanctum sanctorum is very small, just enough to accommodate the Perumal, the urchava idols and the bhattar. The entrance to the sanctum is very narrow and only about 5-6 people can have a full dharshan of Perumal at any time but the big advantage being that we can see the perumal very closely from a distance of just about 2-3 feet. To see the Perumal with so much power, beauty and grandeur so very close is really a striking experience. Since the idol is a sudai sculpture, no abhisheham is being done and only the herbal oil (thailakappu) is being applied to Him once a year. Only the urchava idol takes on the abhisheham. Brahma is seen on a lotus coming out from the navel of Lord. Sridevi and Bhoodevi are present near His feet. Sage Thumburu and Anjaneya are present around Him praying. In the outer praharam, small shrines house a beautiful Lakshmi (Ranganayaki), a graceful standing Andal and Chakkarathaazhwar. There is a snake pit at the back praharam of the temple. The foot of the Ranganathar is imprinted on the outside of the inner prahara wall as a projection from the sanctum idol. The Sthala Vruksham is Parijatham (Pavazha malli). Anjaneyar shrine is located near the entrance.
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N.V.Sivakumaran says..
Thank You for the information about Uthara Rangam Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple near Anupampat/ Ponneri..
சூர்யநாராயணன் says..
I was never aware of this temple and the 16ft long sri ranganathar; thks for bring this to our notice and thks to Smt Saroja Sadasivam for taking pains to rennovate this temple. hope we will get a chance to visit this temple..
Anbil S.ஸ்ரீனிவாசன் says..
Very grateful for disclosing a beautiful Temple of Sri Ranganatha so near Chennai, with a history of its own. hats off to the lady for taking up the command of the Lord in her dream and brought the temple into limelight. Next time when I go to Chennai I will make it a poin to visit the Lord and seek His blessings..
Gunasekaran Subramanian says..
Thats an excellent portrayal of Devadanam Ranganathar temple with good visuals. There is one more temple nearby as old as this one and believed to be built during Salukya King regime belonging to Thondai Nadu then.
The place called ‘Elavambedu’ falls between Ponneri-Minjur on Tiruvottiyur High Road. This ancient Lakshmi Narayanar temple was in a derelict state like Devadanam temple once, and now some youth came together and are renovating against odds and some elders’ criticising that its a Himalayan task to do it.
May be we may not need another ‘Saroja Sadasivam’ alone to dream, because there are few noble minds dreaming of it for quite sometime, resulting it into half-way journey so far..
நன்றி: http://shanthiraju.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/devadanam/
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