Nenmeli Sradha samrakshana Perumal

Nenmeli  Sradha samrakshana  Perumal

A place where God will do Sradha for people who could not do Sradham or to people who do not have anybody to do Sradham.

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

(I saw about this temple in a post by my friend  Prof  Viswanath Das , Half the article is a translation from his post and the other half from a web site http://www.divyadesam.com/hindu-temples/nenmeli-temple.shtml .THanks and acknowledgements to both of them.)

      This temple is located  in nEnmeli   which is 5 km   ftom   CHengalpat  town  on the road to Thirukazhukundram  . The deity is called  Sri Lakshmi  Narayana  Perumal  and the Ulsavar of the temple is called  “Sradha samrakshana Perumal” meaning God who protects   the Sradha) . The sthalam is called with the name "Pundareega Nallur" (Pindam vaiththa Nallur) and is considered sacred and is equivalent to Gaya and Kasi.

  This God is   believed to do Sradha( worship of our dead ancestors called Pithrus) , when for some reason    we are not able to perform it.. It could be that  we have lived in a place where  there are no priests or just left it due to non belief. When a couple   die without children, there would  not be anybody to do sradham for them. People hesitate   to do sradham to people who have committed suicide  , people who have met a bad death, people   whose profession  is  black magic etc. This non performance of Sradha  to Pithrus (whatever   the reason may be)  would make  our Pithrus(manes)   curse us . This can bwe detected  by our  children having Sarpa dosham or or our family  not getting any male child to do Sradham for us. IN all such cases people can  go to this temple (even ladies can go)  and  get Sradha  performed  by the God to all those  ancestors,

        There is an interesting story behind this. “Sthalapuranam :

“The place where the temple is situated once was under the kingdom of Arcot Nawab. And, in this kingdom, lived an aged couple - Yagna Narayana Sharma and Sarasavani. Yagna Narayana Sharma had a Guru - Yagnya Valkiyar, who belonged to Suklaya jeer Vedam. Yagna Narayana Sharma worked as a Diwan in the Nawab kingdom and both he and his wife Sarasavani had a great bhakti towards Sriman Narayanan.

Because of bhakti, the money, which they wanted to pay to the Nawab, was spent towards Deiva Kainkaryam. And as a result of this, they both were ordered to be prisonned. But they don't want to accept the punishment and thought they spent the money only for good needs and for Deiva Kainkaryam. So, they went towards the Pushkarani of Thiruvedenthai Divyadesam and let their death happen in the Pushkarani.

But after their death, both of them were worried that they didn't have any children to perform the Srardham for them. It is Bhagavan Sriman Narayanan who knows all of his Bhaktas thoughts and He fulfills them. And, He himself performed the Srardham, Thithi for the couples and even today the first theertham is given to the family members of Yagna Narayana Sharma and Sarasavani. And even today, the Perumal himself perform Srardham for the people, who doesn't have son or anyone else to perform  Sradha   to them “ (From  http://www.divyadesam.com/hindu-temples/nenmeli-temple.shtml with thanks)

   People who want to do SRadham (Because they were not able to do it  or for person who do not have  people   to do Sradha) should reach the temple at 11 AM along with  Turmeric , Gingelly  , Dhurbha grass  , Pavithram , Thamboola   as well as Banana  fruit and do SAnkalpa for Sradha to their pIthrus and dedicate  it to the God.

Then along with priest  theys shold go to the back side of the temple along with  priest   and again to SAnkalpa and offer it to the God .This is SRadha samrakshanam(Protection  of Sradha) 

     They shouldagain come before God   and do detailed worship of the God  along with all rituals  .There just like the Sradha  cooking in out homes  , Ven pongal  , Curd rice and PPirandai thuvayal are prepared and  offered to the God  ,It ids believed   hat God accepts   them from us and satisfies our manes(Pithrus)  .It is believed by doing so we can avoid or even get rid of  Pithru SApas

The Pithru Poojai, which is performed during Amavasai and Ekadasi thithi, is said to equivalent to that of the Srardham that's being performed in Gaya.

The priest   of the temple can be contacted  at  04427 420053

The address of   the temple is  Address : SH58, Nenmeli, Porunthavakkam, Tamil Nadu 603001