After thirukoodalur, we went to thirukvithalam.

After Thirukoodalur, we went to ThiruKavithalam. This is one of the Krishnaranya Kshetrams. Perumal’s thirunamam is Gajendra Varadhan. Bhattar gave a very good sevai of the Perumal and Thaayar here...From the main temple entrance to the one inside, there was sand spread all over and we were terrified to walk bare foot in the hot sun as it was close to noon. So we had to walk with slippers even while crossing Dwajasthambam and in many temples that we visited during afternoon, we didn’t do namaskaram/pradakshinam, afraid of the scorching heat.. I feel sorry for having walked with slippers..and wish I had run inside the temple with bare foot..While leaving Bhattar gave me 2 bananas offered to the Lord and I had never tasted such a rasthaali (a type of banana) in all my life. Even my mom felt the same. I have to admit that we both were surprised by the sweetness of the banana!!!Leaving Kavithalam, we went to Thirupullamboothangudi . This temple is under the administration of Ahobila Mutt. Perumal here is Valvil Raman and He is in sayana thirukolam. Here He is taking rest after giving moksham to Jatayu. Bhattar also showed us the Jatayu near the Perumal. Since Seetha Devi was in Ashokavanam during that time, we have Bhoomi Piratti sitting near Perumal’s Thiruvadi. Later we went to ThiruAadanoor..Here Perumal’s thirunamam is Andalakkum Iyen and He is in sayana thirukolam. Bhattar also showed us the marakkal and kamadhenu . We had a good darshan here and left for Thirumandangudi. This is Thondar Adi podi Azhwar’s ThiruAvathara sthalam. The temple was closed , but somebody associated with the temple (don’t know who) was kind enough to open Perumal’s and Azhwar’s sannidhi for us and we had a good darshan. Perumal here is Kalyana Ranganathan and is in Nindra Thirukolam. It seems that there are only 2 temples where Ranganathan is in nindra thirukolam., one being Thirunagari and the other Thirumandangudi. We then visited ThiruNandhipura Vinnagaram (popularly known as Naadan Koil) and had a good darshan here too..Perumal is “Naadan Perumal” and is in Veetruirundha thirukolam. Our driver friend Rajendran managed to cover all these temples and he took us to Thiruvinnagar right on time for the Kalyana Utsavam. Most of the times he ran for the bhattar, did a lot of help and ensured that we did not miss any darshan. No amount of thanks can ever repay what he did for us. We reached Thiruvinnagar and had about 15 minutes to refresh ourselves and get ready for the kalyana utsavam. Around 3:30 PM, we reached the temple and Perumal and Thaayar were in a small procession inside the temple..Perumal and Thaayar exchanged garlands thrice and got ready for the divine wedding. To witness the Divyadampathi’s thirukalyanam is an experience about which Iam incompetent to write..We were fortunate to watch the entire wedding including kaapu kattudhal, mangalya dhaaranam, laaja homam, varanamaayiram etc. After the utsavam, we went to the Moolavar sannidhi and had a wonderful sevai. The beauty of this Perumal cannot be described in words and one has to see Him to believe this. We were also given lot of prasadams after the kalyana utsavam. We went to Badri’s home near by for some coffee and left early as we had planned to cover Thiruvelliangudi , Thirukudanthai and the local temples. Our next stop was at Thiruvelliangudi. Perumal’s thirunamam is Ksheerabdhi Naathan and is in sayana thirukolam. Perumal’s thirumeni is made of sudhai and He looks so beautiful. Visiting this divyadesam is considered to be equivalent to visiting all 108 divyadesams. There is one lamp inside the sanctum sanctorum called “Nethra Deepam”. People with eye disorders pray to this Perumal for their proper vision.We then proceeded to visit Chakrapani temple. This is probably the one temple dedicated to chakkarath Azhwar. This temple was very crowded as it was Saturday evening. We had a peaceful darshan both in Perumal and Thaayar sannidhis. Next visit was to Ramaswamy temple., Here Perumal is in Pattabhisekha thirukolam. Perumal and Thaayar are seated on the throne and we could see Lakshmana, Bharata and Hanuman doing kaimkaryam to Perumal. Then we went to Thirukudanthai divyadesam. Perumal’s thirunamam is Aaravamudhan and he is in Uthaana sayanam, trying to get up for Thirumangai Azhwar.We had a very peaceful darshan here as we did not have any other temple to visit for the day and spent time with this Perumal to our heart’s content. Then we had dinner in Badri’s home and retired for a good night’s sleep. On 18th morning, we woke up in time for the Viswaroopa Darshan of Oppiliappan. We had a wonderful sevai and it was so great to watch the gigantic Perumal and kind thaayar in that early hours..What a way to start the day!! People who reside in such divyadesams and see Perumal everyday are really blessed..Next stop was at Therazundhur. Here Perumal’s thirunaamam is Aamaruviyappan. When we reached the temple, preparations were in progress to awake the Lord and we were fortunate to have the viswaroopa sevai. Bhattar gave a long and wonderful commentary of this divyadesam quoting Azhwar’s pasurams. He also showed us the cow and calf at Kannan’s Thiruvadi. Perumal is giving darshan as Gopalan here.Bhattar also showed us the Thiruvaabharanams of Perumal and we were so fortunate to touch them. Rajendran then took us to ThiruIndaloor divyadesam. Perumal here is Parimala Rangan and is in Veera sayana thirukolam. We also had a good sevai at Thaayar and Ramar sannidhis. Next we visited ThiruSirupuliyur Divyadesam. Here Perumal is called ArulMakadal Amudhan and is in Bala Sayanam. This Perumal is of very small thirumeni and this is probably the smallest of all sayana thirukolams. This Perumal gave moksham to maharishi Vyagrapadhar and this maharishi is also seen at Perumal’s thiruvadi. We then proceeded to Thirukannapuram. Perumal’s Thirunamam is Sourirajan. Thirumangai Azhwar has dedicated 100 pasurams to this Perumal. He is seen with a prayoga chakkaram and looks so beautiful. We also had a wonderful sevai at the Thaayar sannidhi. She is called Kannapura Nayagi. Then we drove to Thirukannamangai divyadesam and this Perumal is called Bhaktavatsalan. He stands very gigantic and majestic. Bhattar then took us to the Thaayar sannidhi and he also showed the thenkudu just outside the thaayar sannidhi. It is believed that all the 33 crores of devathais took forms as bees in this kaliyuga and is doing kamikaryam to Thaayar. We reached this temple just before it was about to be closed.Thanks to the driving expertise of Rajendran . All these time he was planning/driving to cover as many temples as possible and it was due to his attitude and expert driving that we got to see these many temples at one stretch. Our morning trip ended with Thirukannamangai ., we had lunch at Badri’s home and rested for a while. Mama was concerned that we didn’t visit Thirukannangudi and Thirunaagai but I felt extremely satisfied and happy having seen so many divyadesams. Hope we get to visit Thirukannangudi and Thirunaagai in our next trip. For the evening we had planned to visit Nachiyar Koil and Thirucherai. First we went to Thirucherai to see Saranathan Perumal. This is Pancha Saara Kshetram. Thaayar is Saara Nayagi.There wasn’t much crowd and we had a peaceful sevai here. Next we visited Nachiyar Koil. Perumal is called Srinivasan and Thaayar is Vanjulavalli Thaayar. As the name suggests, here Thaayar gets the first of everything. Bhattar mentioned that just like Parthasarathy is with his family in Thiruvellikeni , Kannan is seen with his family (Balaramar, Aniruddha ) in Nachiyar Koil too. Then we visited the famous Kal Garudan sannidhi. Garuda Bhagawan looks so majestic and is seen with 9 snakes (If Iam right) in his Thirumeni. Some 200 years back, a devotee (who had travelled all divyadesams and made 108 Utsava Perumals) had given utsava perumals of various divyadesams he worshipped to Nachiyar Koil. All of the kutti perumals now reside in Nachiyar Koil and we were blessed to get a darshan of all these Perumals.In the outer prakaram, we saw the place (in the tree) where 2 birds had lived earlier and attained Paramapadham. Our evening went so peaceful visiting Thirucherai and Nachiyar Koil. We then left for the station to catch our Chennai train. Badri’s family had packed curd rice for our dinner. We were extremely happy at our 2 day visit covering 17 divadesams and I feel highly indebted to Ramadurai mama for completely organizing this trip for us. These divyadesams would remain in our hearts forever.