Venni Karumbeswarar temple of Kovil Venni

Visit   the  God who cures Diabetes, which is the major disease nowadays

Venni Karumbeswarar   temple of  Kovil Venni

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

(I saw about this temple  in the post of Athreya Gothram Bairava Ramani  and I collected   more info from various web sites. Thanks to Ramani    and the several web sites)

   This temple which is 1000-2000  years old   is situated   in a village called  “Kovil Venni”  near (5 km)  Needamangalam  of Thiruvarur district  of Tamil Nadu.

This place  was once upon a time called    as THiruvenni,   Venni thonnagar   or Venniyoor , The rays of the sun fall   on the Lord on 2, 3, and 4th   day of Panguni month. Lord in the temple is a Swayambumurthy. The Bana of the Shiva Linga appears as if covered by sugarcane bundles. The mandapam located on the outer side of Karuvarai was built at a later stage like Agazhi. Naalvar with Shankaracharya paintings can be found in Artha Mandapam. There are lots of inscriptions found on the outer walls of Karuvarai. 

History

This is the birth place of noted Tamil Scholar Vennikuyathiar belonging to the Sangam Age. One of her songs in Purananuru mentions the war of Karikal Chola known as Vennippor - war of Venni. The Battle of Venni was fought by Karikala Chola between Pandya and Chera kings. The battle resulted in absolute victory for Karikala Chola and the Chera King Uthiyan Cheralathan starved himself to death. The battle, dated approximately 190 CE, is considered historical and Karikala is believed to have contributed to this temple’s development after the victory. He won the Pandya, Cheras and other chieftains with the blessings of Mother Pidari Amman at the age of 18. This is mentioned as the Great Victory in an epigraphic note. It is believed that worshippers of Pidari Amman have no fear of enemies. Celebrating their victories, Karikal Chola and Emperor Muchukunda have done extensive renovations to the temple

There are no shops near the temple and so  people going to temple   should carry necessary pooja materials. If they are coming for cure of diabetes , they should bring Rava and Sugar   with them.

    The God   of this temple is Venni  Karumbeswarar  and the Goddess   is Soundara Nayagi (also called as Azhagiya nayagi)  .Venni  is a white flower called Nandiyar Vattai  which  is considered  as a flower dear to Lord Shiva.  The God in this temple appears as if he s made of tying   sugarcane stems . The god is also called as Rasapureeswarar  m, Trimbakeswarar and Venni nathar It seems this entire place   was once covered by sugarcane(Karumbu)   and Nandiar vattai (venni)  and two saints came here  and they found the Statue of God here and built a temple for him. There was some argument as   to  which should be the Sthala Vruksha(Temple tree)  and both   had different opinions and they finally decided  to call the God as  Venni Karumbeswarar    with Venni as the sthala Vruksha. Both Thirunavukarasar and Thirujnaa Sambandar   have sung about this temple, The God and Goddesses face east . The holy tanks of Surya Pushkarani and Chandra Pushkarani are situated  opposite the temple. is situated opposite the temple. Other deities in the temple include Murugan,Narthana   Vinayagar, Gajalaxmi, Bairavar and Navagraha. Goshta moorthies include Narthana Vinayagar, Dakshinamoorthy, Lingothbavar and Durgai.

    People with  Diabetes come to this temple  with a 50:50 mixture of sugar   andwheat Rava   and go round the temple sprinkling the mixture .It is believed that  as the ants keep  on removing sugar  , our sugar level would also get reduced ,After this they should worship the God and goddess  of the temple   and offer the God  SArkarai pongal.

iT is believed  that  if  ladies whose Valai Kappu , ceremony is over   come here and tiea few bangles in front of the goddess  , they would have   a sae delivery,

 People   With Shukra dosha come here   and light lamp before  Lingothbhavar  , For destruction of their enemies people pray before Pidari  Amman.

Nine dat  Navarathri  celebrations in September –october , Panguni Uthram , Chithra  Pournam , Vaikasi visagam  , Aani Thirumanjanam  , Trikarthigai , Thiruvadirai  , Thai poosam   and Masi magam are  celebrated in the temple.

Approach

The Temple is located at about 8 Kms from Needamangalam, 10 Kms from Avalivanallur, 13 Kms from Haridwaramangalam, 20 Kms from Mannargudi, 36 Kms from Thiruvarur, 26 Kms from Thanjavur, 31 Kms from Kumbakonam and 81 Kms from Trichy. This Shivasthalam is about 26 Kms from Thanjavur on the way to Needamangalam via Saliyamangalam and Ammapettai. Immediately after Ammapettai, one has to get down at Koil Venni bus stop and take a branch road going towards north for about 2 Kms to reach the temple. Koil Venni located on Tiruvarur to Thanjavur route. Nearest Railway Station is located at Koil Venni and Nearest Airport is located at Trichy.

The temple is open   8 Am to  12 noon   and from 5 pm – 8 PM

The temple priest can be contacted  in 9626769424/ 9842294416

Match stick

Match stick

Posted  by

SWarnam  Meenakshinathan

Rewritten in english by

P.R.Ramachander

Matchstick lit the lamp,

Everyone saluted the lamp,

But that one  who appeared mad,

Saluted the match stick and ,

I asked   him  , “Why?”

And he said, “Is not that which brightens,

Greater than  that which is brightened?

Is not the teacher   great   than the student?”

தீக்குச்சி
விளக்கை ஏற்றியது
எல்லோரும்
விளக்கை வணங்கினார்கள்
பித்தன்
கீழே எறியப்பட்ட
தீக்குச்சியை வணங்கினான்
"ஏன் தீக்குச்சியை
வணங்குகிறாய்?"
என்று கேட்டேன்
"ஏற்றப்பட்டதை விட
ஏற்றி வைத்தது
உயர்ந்ததல்லவா" என்றான்

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

Then and now

Then  and now

Translated from  Malayalam

By

P.R.Ramachander

(Image gives original text)

During those days

One small pot of water    was sufficient for  cleaning oneself

One  hurricane lantern used to give light throughout the night

One small  vessel of  Gruel  was the  fuel for the entire day

One   dilapidated hut was the cage   for lots and lots of love

But today

Even one tank of water    is not sufficient for  cleaning   a person

No halogen bulb  is sufficient to light the path of any person

Even a heap of rice is not sufficient to satiate  any one’s hunger

No concrete bungalow  can li the wick of joyful love

Prove that and live a great life or at least get defeated and win

Prove that and live a great life  or  at least get defeated and win

By

P.R.Ramachander

(Based on the   write up and posting   of several people.Thanks to  the  original; author)

Prove that   you would “Up to the end love her”   with mother,

Prove  that you  would “ forever protect  his name “,  with father ,

Prove that you would “love her only  till the end”   with  your wife,

Prove that  “you would always support him”   with your brother

Prove that “presents to her would never be  a burden to you”   with your sister 

Prove that  “ even if the entire world opposes    you would be always with him”  with your son,

Prove that “You would never   be able to bear her sorrow” with your daughter ,

Any other  proof to any body else   is a sheer   waste  ,

For  if you are defeated   would you ever win?

II.Get  defeated with mother  , her love will increase,

Get defeated    with father , t your wisdom will increase

Get defeated  with wife  , the happiness  would get doubled

Get defeated with mother , his affection would increase,

Get defeated by relations  , the bons with them would become strong

Get defeated   with friend, friendship  would  become strong

And so please get defeated and achieve  victory ,

Live with love   and make others lead such a life

A letter from a girl to her unknown future husband

A letter  from  a girl to her   unknown future  husband

Writeen  based on a  Tamil post

BY

P.R.Ramachander

(I was  greatly moved by this  letter.My thanks to Rajagopal Srinivasan    who had posted   the Tamil  Original)

My dear  future   husband,

I am waiting    for your arrival,,

I do not know how  you would  look like  nor the place that  you live   at present,

But I know    you will come in search of me

Because  that is fate for

God has created  me for you and  you for me

I am your dear  wife  , Oh my dear  husband

You might at present be in love with some other girl,

Or you might have   been defeated in love   and is sorrowing

Many girls might have teased    you and made   you cry,

My darling   do not  get   worried, because   that might have been due  to my prayers

I have been created for you and you only

I am born    for you only ,

When you come to me  , I will hug you with love

I would make you forget  those  of  your earlier   love affairs   in your tears

And then you will understand that I am your only darling

I do not need your beauty

I do not need your money

The only thing  that I want from you  is   that you should be a good male following  Justice and Dharma

Do not get worried , my great love will make you  forget your earlier life

I am another soul   who would make your future pretty

I am not near you now

But when you surrender to me, I would never go away from you

Except death nothing has the power   to take me  away from you

Where are you, I am keeping  myself   fit only for you

Evem if 100  children were born to me , my love for  you will not diminish,

Because you are my first child

I am waiting   for your arrival

I am waiting for the day of our wedding  as determined by God

Oh my dear darling .

Without worry wait    for me

Yours ever faithful,

(your future wife) 

Some good are bad and some bad is good

Some good are  bad and some bad is good

By

P.R,Ramachander

(Based on  a post of  Meena Rajan,)

Ten rupees  is too much to give it to a beggar,

Thousand rupees  is too small  to go for shopping

Too much bore   to read  to read one page of Gita,

Very interesting to read  hundred pages  of a  weekly

One hour is too much time to worship a God

Three hours is too less  time to see a motion picture

No doubt  while reading a newspaper,

Thousands of doubts  while reading religious books

Very difficult  to chant the Vedas for five minutes,

Very easy to gossip for three  hours

Last   to enter   the temple,

First to enter  new release picture

Twenty minutes meditation is extremely tough,

Five hour  useless chit chatting  is extremely easy

Two minutes saluting of God  is boring,

But cell phone  chat   for hundreds of hours is Okay