Rajagopalaswamy Temple , Manargudi | Sengamalam | Voice of Vinu

Sri RajaGopalaswamy Temple, Mannargudi Moolavar : ParaVasudevan (Moolavar)– East Facing, Standing Posture Utsavar : Rajagopalan Goddess : Shengamala Thaayar Temple timing : 5am –12.30pm and 430pm-9pm 18 day Panguni Brahmmotsavam – 10 day Float Festival in Aani – 20 day Adyaana Festival in Margazhi- The Garuda Seva at Mannargudi is specially famous Location : 27Kms South West of Thiruvarur, 30kms SouthEast of Thanjavur and about 30kms South of Kumbakonam Bus : Well connected from Thiruvarur, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur and Pattukottai The huge temple tower, at a height of 154 ft. is fourth tallest among vishnu temples and can be seen from 5-10 kms away as one drives into Mannargudi. This place is also called Dakshina Dwaraka (South Dwaraka). As one enters the temple, a vast open garden in the outer most prakaram with greenery all around serves as a warm welcome for the devotees. With nice benches, this makes it a nice evening sit out for one to admire this remarkable temple. And then one walks through a long path alongside huge pillars and mandapams to reach the RajaGopalan Sannidhi. 7 prakarams, 16 temple towers, 18 Vimaanams, 24 Sannidhis, temple housed in 33 acre area with an equal area(33 acres) for the temple tank, festivals throughout the year just like Srirangam, a most handsome and majestic looking Vasudevan and a beautiful and alluring RajaGopalaswamy, with dangling Kundalam in one ear and an earring(Gopiyar’s) in the other ear- a sight to behold make it a terrific Vaishnavite temple. With such a towering presence, one has to wonder as to how the Azhvaars did not fall in love with this Lord. What is it that they saw (or did not see) that made the Azhvaars stay away from this temple. It is said that ThiruMangai Azhvaar did visit this place. He came up to the entrance of the temple, lifted the DwajasThambam(Flag Post) at the entrance of the temple that was lying on the floor and went away. The daily temple poojas are performed in a very systematic and traditional manner right from Vishroopam at 5am, with the temple elephant and the cow showing their devotion to the Lord. One is a witness to the temple elephant going down on its knees to pray before Lord RajaGopalan and then lifting its trunk to shower water on the Lord- a beautiful sight to watch so early in the morning. And this is possibly the only Vaishnavite temple in Tamil Nadu that opens at 5am and has the Vishwaroopa Darshan in a formal way like it once used to be in all the temples. The temple elephant Sengamalam takes a 10km walk every day to keep herself fit. With 32 villages around this temple, the elephant walks to one village every day. Interestingly, Shenbagammal does not eat plantains like other temple elephants. She has a special liking for biscuits. #rajagopalaswamy #manargudi #sengamalam #mannarkovil #manargudiperiyakovil #thiruvarur #thanjavur #thanjai #voiceofvinu #tamilnadu #hindu #elephant --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music Credit: Happy flute background music no copyright || Indian flute music no copyright || Just Download Music Channel: channel "Just Download Music" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------