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  • Melkote Western Fortress of Vaishnavism

    Melkote Western Fortress of Vaishnavism

    Melkote is a famous and popular Vaishnava Temple in Karnataka.

    Melukote in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district, Karnataka, in southern India, is one of the sacred places in Karnataka. The place is also known as Thirunarayanapuram. It is built on rocky hills, known as Yadugiri, Yaadavagiri and Yadushailadeepa, overlooking the Cauvery valley. Melukote is about 51 km (32 miles) from Mysore and 133 km (83 mi) from Bangalore.(wiki)

    This temple was the abode of Sri Ramanujacharya,who espoused the Qualified Non Dualism, Visishta Advaitha,Visishtadvaida,.

    He had to flee from the Chola kingdom, Sri Rangam due to persecution from the king and some Vaishnavas and Shaivas.

    One may add here that there no mention of Shaivas and Vaishnavas in the Vedas, and as such, in my opinion,the difference between them, to say the least,is not what Vedas say.

    Be that as it may,

    During middle ages in India there was resurgence of Jainism and Buddhism in South India.

    The Main and Buddhist monks had a great day in running the administration as they had the ears of the King’s.

    And both Shaivas and Vaishnavas were persecuted.

    This continued till Mahendra Varma Pallava( who followed Jainism and later promoted Hinduism) And Pandya King Nedumaran.

    Nedumaran was brought back to Hinduism by his sister Mangayarkkarasi and Saint Thirunavukkarasar.

    Then internecine feud between Shavias and Vaishnavas were on.

    It was during one of these periods,when Sri Ramanujacharya had to flee from SRI Rangam to Melkote.

    I shall be writing on Sri Ramanujacharya and Visishtadvaida in a series of articles.

    The Ruling Deity Thiru Narayanan(Tamil) and Cheluva Narayana in Kannada(which means Beautiful Narayana).

    Truly the Moolavar is beautiful beyond description.

    I can recall only Rajagopaswamy of Mannarkudi,as near to this Moolavar in Beauty.

    Now to the name Melkote.

    Mel kottai in Tamil means the Western Fortress.

    The eastern fortress of Vaishnavas is Sri Rangam,which is the second Divyadesa,the first being Thirupparkadal,in Vaikuntha,which is Celestial.

    So the Easter Fortress of Vaishnavism is Sri Rangam and West, Melkote.

    While Sri Rangam is a Divya desas,Melkote is an Abhimana Sthala,the Loved Abode.

    More on Melkote.

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    Over the last 1000 years, Vijayanagara kings, the Hoysalas and more recently the Wodeyar dynasty have made significant contributions to this temple.
    Dakshina Badri
    The ThiruNarayanan Temple is also referred to as the ‘Dakshina Badri’. A reference to this is found in 12 chapters under the topic Yadava Giri Mahatmiyam in the Narada Puranam.

    One of the four Swayambu Kshetrams
    ThiruNarayanapuram in Melkote is one of the four famous Swayambu Kshetrams, the others being Srirangam, Kanchipuram and Tirupathi.
    Araiyar Sevai
    One of the other highlights at this temple is the continued performance of the Araiyar Sevai, an artistic song and dance enactment of the Naalayira Divya Prabandham. This is one of the four Vishnu temples in India where Araiyar Sevai is still performed, the others being Srirangam, Srivilliputhur and Azhvaaar Thirunagari.
    Archakas of Melkote
    A special mention must be made of the archakas of ThiruNarayana Perumal temple. In these days of short cuts every where, these Bhattars follow every pooja ritual with a commitment that is sublime...

    Festivals.
    Vaira Mudi Festival in the Tamil Calendar month of Panguni is the most important festival at this temple and attracts several thousand devotees. On the 6th day of the Brahmotsavam, Selva Pillai is adorned with a diamond crown and taken on a street procession.
    Ashta Theertotsavam during Raja Mudi Brahmotsavam in Karthigai is another popular festival.
    Thai Punarvasu festival – This is a special festival commemorating Ramanuja’s arrival in Thiru Narayanapuram on the Makara Shukla Punarvasu day
    Krishnaraja Thirunaal (9days), Aadi Pooram (for Thaayar)are a few of the other important utsavams at the ThiruNarayanan temple in Melkote.
    Prarthana Sthalam
    Childless couples who bathe in the Kalyani Pushkarani for 8 days and offer sincere prayers to ThiruNarayanan are said to be blessed with a child.
    Quick Facts:
    Moolavar : Thiru Narayanan
    Goddess : Yathu Giri Naachiyar
    Utsavar : Selva Pillai (Sampath Kumar)
    Utasava Goddess: Kalyani (Selva Nayagi)
    Temple Time : 730am-1pm, 4pm-6pm and 7pm-830pm
    Contact : S.Narasaraja Bhattar
    Contact Telephone number: 94487 54696, 94488 13124 or 08236 298 913
    How to reach
    Take 6222 Chennai Mysore Kaveri Express, Get down at Pandava Pura (715am arrival)
    Take Tumkur bound bus and get down at Jakkanahalli junction (about 15kms from Pandava Pura)
    Auto from Jakkanahalli to Melkote temple (about 5kms) will cost Rs.50/-.
    One can reach Melkote in 2 hours from Bangalore ( about 135kms) via Mandya- Jakkanahalli.

    Reference and citation.

    http://prtraveller.blogspot.in/2009/10/thiru-narayana-perumal-in.html

  • Kumbakonam Western Gateway Dated 23000 BC

    Kumbakonam Western Gateway Dated 23000 BC

    I have written on the fact that,

    Thiruvannamalai ,Tamil Nadu being 3.94Billion years old,

    Thirupathi, Andhra Pradesh,2100 Million years,

    Jwalapuram,Cuddapha,Telengana,74,000 years,

    Varanasi (Benares),world’s oldest continuously inhabited city,

    Thiruvananthapuram,25,000 years.

    Now to the city of Kumbakonam,city of Temples in Tamil Nadu.

    The Hindu Puranas mention Kumbakonam as the place,where the top portion of the Pot containing Amrith(Nectar),fell when the Pot was not by an arrow.

    The top portion of the Pot fell at an incline (angle)

    The name in Tamil means the place where the Pot fell at an angle.

    Kumbha-Pot;Konam-Angle.

    The earliest reference to Kumbakonam in Tamil Literature occurs in the Sangam literature,Puranaanuru, an anthology of four Hundred poems that speaks of the valour of Tamil Kings,among other things.

    குண திசை நின்று குடமுதல் செலினும், (20).
    குடதிசை நின்று குணமுதல் செலினும்,
    வடதிசை நின்று தென்வயின் செலினும்,
    தென்திசை நின்று குறுகாது நீடினும்,
    யாண்டும் நிற்க வெள்ளி; யாம்
    வேண்டியது உணர்ந்தோன் தாள் வாழியவே! (25)
    திணை – பாடாண்
    துறை – வாழ்த்தியல்
    இயற்றியவர் – புலவர் கோவூர் கிழார்
    அரசர் – சோழன் குளமுற்றத்துத் துஞ்சிய கிள்ளி வளவன்’

    ( http://garuda-sangatamil.com/pages/third/first10-10.php )

    This poem on the Chola king refers to West as Kuda Thisai ,குட திசை.

    Tamil Literature calls the area adjoining the Arabian sea as in The West,கு

    அரபிக்கடலை எல்லையாகவுடைய தமிழ் நாட்டு நிலப்பரப்பைத் தமிழர் குடக்கு என்றனர். கரை ஓரம் குடம் போல் குழிந்தும் அருகில் தென் வடலாக மேற்கு மலைத் தொடரும் உள்ள நிலப் பரப்பு இது. மேற்கு நோக்கிப் பாயும் சிற்றாறு களும் கிழக்கு நோக்கியும் பாயும் பெரிய ஆறுகளும் தோன்றும் மலை மேற்குத் தொடர்.

    ( http://keetru.com/index.php/2010-06-24-04-31-11/ungal-noolagam-mar-2015/28316-2015-04-19-04-30-55 )

    Kumbakonam was referred to as Kudavaayil in Silappadikaram,one of the Five epics of Tamil.

    So the term Kudavaayil means the a Gateway to the West.

    Vaayil means entrance.

    Most of the Chola Trade was carried through Poompuhar on the eastern seaboard.

    The city was also called Kudavaayil or the Gateway to The East,

    But Trade was also carried out through western ports on the Arabian sea.

    Chera kings used this route.

    But for the Chola’s,whose Ports were in the East,had to reach the western ports .

    And they used Kumbakonam as the Entry point to the western Ports.

    The early Chola,Karikal Valavan held Court in Kumbakonam.

    Anbil Plates also refer Kumbakonam as Kudavaayil.

    Silappadikaaram,the Epic in which action takes place refers to Poompuhar and Kumbakonam.

    Poompuhar is dated about 11,000 years ago.

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    The place is called Poompuhar. It lies on southeast India’s Coromandel coast facing the Bay of Bengal between modern Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Its immediate offshore area has been the subject of marine archaeological investigations by India’s National Institute of Oceanography since the 1980’s — and numerous non-controversial finds of man-made structures dated between the third century AD and the third century BC have been made in the “inter-tidal zone” close to shore at depths down to 6 feet (approximately 2 metres).

    These finds of structures in shallow water (some so shallow that they are exposed at low tide) have been quite widely written-up in the archaeological literature. But for some reason other discoveries that the NIO has made in deeper water off Poompuhar have attracted no attention at all. Most notably these other discoveries include a second completely separate group of structures fully three miles from the Poompuhar shore in water that is more than 70 feet (23 metres) deep. The lack of interest is surprising because to anyone with even minimal knowledge of post-glacial sea-level rise their depth of submergence is – or should be – highly anomalous. Indeed according to Glenn Milne’s sea-level data the land on which these structures were built last stood above water at the end of the Ice Age more than 11,000 years ago.

    Is it a coincidence that there are ancient Tamil flood myths that speak of a great kingdom that once existed in this area called Kumari Kandam that was swallowed up by the sea? Amazingly the myths put a date of 11,600 years ago on these events — the same timeframe given by Plato for the end of Atlantis in another ocean.

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/03/02/poompuhar-find-sets-tamilhinduism-by-atleast-20000-years/

    So,Kumbakonam,which has the earliest references to it in Puranaanuru,which is about Five thousand years before Poompuhar reference,must be at least Twenty-five thousand years.

    That is 23,000 BC.

    Image Credit. http://www.kmphtrips.com/#!/destinationDetails/Kumbakonam

  • Dew Drops On Krishna in Summer,Himvad Gopalaswamy Temple

    Dew Drops On Krishna in Summer,Himvad Gopalaswamy Temple

    There seems to be no end to the architectural marvels in the temples of India.

    We have temples,where

    • The pillars give out the basic seven notes Carnatic Music,
    • The rays of the Sun fall on the main deity on a particular day/time,
    • The idols change colour daily/hourly/once in Fourteen days,
    • The pillar does not rest on the ground,
    • The shadow of the tower falls on the base,
    • There are thousands pillars,
    • The idol looks male from the front and female from behind,
    • The idol appears to look straight at you,
    • Temples which are aligned at a specific longitudes,
    • Temple tank where one can not look at each other while they bathe on the opposite bank,
    • Where the area near the sanctum feels like air-conditioned ,while other areas are in tune with the temperature outside the temple,
    • Where water drops on the Presiding Deity from the top which has no source of water.

    Of the last,that is of water dripping on the Presiding Deity,Moolavar, I have written on the Shiva Temple in Temple.

    I have just visited a visited a Vishnu temple where water drops on the Presiding Deity and on the step to the sanctum.

    The temple is Himvad Gopalaswamy temple at Himvad Hills located near,about thirty kilometers from Gundlupet.

    Private transport is stopped at the base as the hill is a protected Tiger sanctuary.

    The climb to the top from the base is about six kilometers and frequent buses are available.

    The temple is dedicated to Lord Krishna as Gopalaswamy.

    Himvad Gopalaswamy .image
    Himvad Gopalaswamy.

    The temple is reported to have been constructed in thirteenth century.

    The Presiding Deity is Gopalaswamy Krishna and Sage Agastya is reported to have installed it.

    One can see few drops dropping on the Presiding Deity,Moolavar and on the step just in front of the sanctum even on a hot summer day.

    The roof has no source for water supply.

    The water seems to be from the roof stone.

    The same construction is found in a Shiva Temple in Tamil Nadu.

    The stone,Tamil Literature is called Chandrakantha Kal,meaning stone that attracts Moon’s rays and it converts it into water.

    It also draws power from the rays of the Sun.

    The temple is well maintained and free food is offered to devotees between 12 and 2 pm.

    Nearest airport,Mysuru, Bangalore.

    Railway station , Mysuru,Nanjangudu.

    Buses are available from Gundlupet and Nanjangudu.

    Preferable mode of public transport is from Gundlupet.

    Type of Place: Hill and ancient Temple

    Situated: Chamarajanagar District, karnataka. INDIA.

    Distance: 220 Km from Bangalore; 75 Km from Mysore; 10 kms from Hangala Village, 21kms from Bandipur Reception area.

    Transport: Only Karnataka State Government buses ply to the top of the hill.

    Information: Private Vehicles / Tourist Vehicles are not allowed to the top of the hill

    Timings: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

    Staying Options: Forest Guest House at Bandipur, Jungle Lodges, M.C.Resorts, Country Club, Cicada Resort.

    Lodges in Gundlupet,Nanja Nanjangudu.

    Reference and citation from the temple site.

    http://www.himavadgopalaswamy.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=8

     

     

     

  • Murugan Married Valli Kumarakoil Padai Veedu, NOT At Thiruthani?

    Murugan Married Valli Kumarakoil Padai Veedu, NOT At Thiruthani?

    Among the six Major Subrahmanya Temples in Tamil Nadu( Subrahmanya is called Murugan in Tamil), Thiruthani is believed to be the place where Subrahmanya married Valli.

    Thiruthani is in the northern parts of Tamil Nadu and a small hillock.

    But historical evidence suggests that it is not so and Murugan married Valli in Kumaran Koil in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu and it was a part of Ancient Chera Kingdom of the Tamils.

    Nachinarkiniyar , a commentator of ancient Tamil Grammar mentions this fact.

    Silapaddikaram, one of the Five Epics of Tamil penned by the brother of the Great Chera King Cheran Chengkuttuvan, mentions this as well.

    He was Illangovadigal.

    So Thiruthani is not the place where Lord Murugan married Valli and it was Kumaran Koil.

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    Wherever there is a hill, there is an abode for Lord Murugan.’ True to this saying, there is a beautiful temple for Lord Murugan at the foothill of Velimalai, on the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent, fifteen kilometers northwest of Nagercoil on the road to Thiruvananthapuram, bordering the town of Padmanabhapuram.

    Set in scenic surroundings, the temple is renowned among all the Murugan temples in Kanyakumari District. There are many versions as to how the hill derived its name veli malai. Vel was the surname for the Ay rulers. The Ay kingdom was a medieval Hindu feudal kingdom on the Malabar coast of South India. The hill that belonged to the Ay rulers came to be called as Velimalai. It is also known as Velvi Malai since Lord Murugan performed a yagna of sublime love, for the purpose of union of jivatma with Paramatma.

    Kumarakovil is also known as Kumara Kshetram and Subrahmanya Sthala in Malayalam. The early Tamil epic Cilappatikkaram refers to the temple as Chera Nattu Aeragam.

    Kumarakovil is a very ancient temple, as attested by the massive sculpture of Lord Murugan in a style dating from the Buddhist period. Buddhism probably flourished from 650-850 CE in Kerala. However, the available inscriptions about the temple date from from the 18th century CE only.

    The temple is accessed through a flight of forty steep steps. Lord Murugan graces the devotees with His consort Valli. He is faces the east and said to be facing Sthanumalayan (Lord Siva) of Suchindram. The idol of Lord Murugan is a monolithic sculpture measuring eight feet and eight inches in height. Its long ears indicate that it belongs to the Buddhist period. Goddess Valli who adorns the sanctum is six and a half feet tall. Nandipadam and Murugan Padam on the top of the hill are believed to be the imprints of Nandi and Murugan.

    Kalyana Vinayakar, who aided His brother in His marriage with Valli is in the right side of the entrance to the inner circumambulatory path. On the western circumambulatory path there is a shrine for Kasi Lingam and on the southern circumambulatory path there are shrines for Mahadevar, Sivakami and Chadikeswarar. The unique feature of this temple is that there is a shrine for Daksha, the maternal grandfather of Lord Murugan.

    The sacred tree of the temple is a venerated vengai tree that is a hundred years old. Here, Arumuga Nayinar (Lord Murugan) is flanked by both His consorts, Valli and Deivayanai. This temple is associated with the legends of Valli’s marriage with Murugan. This is said to be the birth place of Valli.

    Valli guhai is on the top of the hill which is two kilometers off the main temple, Valli sunai, a pond where Valli took bath, Valli colai, the millet field that Valli guarded, and kizhavan colai is where Murugan came in the disguise of an old man to woo Valli. The protocol of worship offered here is Kerala Tantram.

    Celestial Wedding
    The divine wedding of Valli and Murugan is celebrated with great fervor in the Tamil month of Panguni (March-April) and is attended by thousands of pilgrims all over the state. Kuravar Patukalam, the war waged by Valli’s relatives against Murugan, is colourfully re-enacted during the divine wedding. The seven-day festival begins in the star of Anuradha in the month of Panguni. On the day of the wedding Manavalakkumaran (processional deity) seated in a palanquin proceeds towards Tiru Kalyana Mandapam which is at a distance of two kilometers from the temple. After the celestial wedding the deities are taken in procession back to the temple.

    En route we witness the ceremonial Kuravar patukalam. Kuravas (tribal folk of the hill) wage a war against Lord Murugan in line with the legend associated with Murugan and Valli’s marriage. When the wedded couple reaches the rear entrance of the temple, Kuravas surrender to Lord Murugan and happily consent to the marriage. Then Lord Murugan is propitiated with abhishekam and deeparadhanai and a formal wedding is celebrated at night in the decorated temple mandapam bedecked with flowers. During the marriage, Valli colai, Vatta colai, Kizavan colai…etc are given as gifts to Lord Murugan from the bride’s side. This gift list is read aloud in the assembly. Kum-kum, honey and millet flour are given as prasadam after the divine wedding.’

    Source. http://murugan.org/temples/kumarakoil.htm

    The temple is considered to be one of the “Padai veedu” (the places where the Lord showered devine powers) of Lord Muruga. The sangam literature “Thirumurugattu Padai” written by poet Nakkeerar refers to the place unique in the sense that the devotees there wear only wet clothes only in the lower part of their body and enter the temple in the early morning with flowers to have oblation. This unique feature of worship is being followed there at Kumaran Koil till date. Prof. N.K. Mangala Murugesan in his book “Muruganin Arupadai veedugal” write, As per Thirumurugattupadai, in Earagthu Murugan temple, the Brahmins who observed a bharamacharya viradha for forty eight years sang veda mantras and the Aruchagas wearing wet lower garments and saying the six letter manthra (ohm saravanabhava) performed archanas. This practice is in vogue in Kumara shetram even now. On this basis, Earagam is Kumara shethram or Subramania Sthala besides the western ghats.

    The Tamil epic “Silappathykaram” written by Illangovadigal refers four shetras (temples) as Padai veedu of Lord Muruga. Silappathikaram Vanji Kandam refers to,-“seerkezhu Senthilum, Sengodum, Venkuntum, Eragamum Neenga Eraivankai Vel …..” These are perhaps Thruchendur, Palani, Thirupparankuntam, Kumarakoil (Thiruveragam) situate in present-day Madurai, Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari Districts. Some say that venguntu is Swamimalai. How it could be that scholars like Elangovadigal omit the place at which murugan married Deivanai, that too very near to the city of Madurai which is the theme centre of Silappathikaram. After burning Madurai, Kannagi went alongside Vaigai river and reached Western ghats. There, the people saw Kannagi and enquired about her. They exclaimed that you are like our Valli, but you are in distress. Who are you? Mangala Devi Koil dedicated to Kannagi by the Madurai King Cheran Chenguttuvan is in the Mangaladevi mountains alongside Periyaru river. This enhance the belief that Valli was brought up in western ghats.

    Nachinarkuenier who had written meaning (arumpathavurai) for the poetry Thirumurugattupadai asserted that Earagam is ‘Malai Nattu Oru Thiruppathi’. Malai Nadu means Cheralam now known as Kerala. Veli Malai was part of Travancore Samasthanam in olden days. The place was part of Cherala Nadu when Silapathigaram was written. After Independence too this place was part of the present Kerala State. After a prolonged agitation under the leadership of great leaders like Nesamani Nadar, Ponnappa Nadar etc., the taluks of Thovalai, Agastheeswaram, Kalkulam, Vilavancode, and half of Neyyatinkarai were ceded to Tamil Nadu.

    Source. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumarakovil

  • Sraddha Snake Last Rites Details Kukke Subrahmanya for Welfare Disease Relief

    Sraddha Snake Last Rites Details Kukke Subrahmanya for Welfare Disease Relief

    If one comes across problems in life, it is natural to look for solutions, which may not, in my opinion need not, stand to reason.

    The popularity of some practices belong to this.

    When one finds himself/herself in deep trouble or concerned with some issues, which can not be solved by normal means, one seeks things that are beyond normal.

    These are the vows taken by people despite their religious leanings, Caste, creed.

    This applies to the Rationalists (?),as well, who resort to these practices on the sly.

    A Temple which is famous for solving problems relating to,

    Childless people,

    Health,

    Eyesight,

    Nervous debility,

    Depression,

    Ear disorders,

    Life threatening diseases, and

    Skin diseases.

    Apart from this this temple is known for absolving one of the curse dosha that accrues because of killing Snake, Sarpa Dosha.

    It is believed that performing Sarpasamskara, meaning the last Rites for Snake, is an atonement for having killed a snake intentionally or otherwise.

    (leave alone the absolving one of sin, but look at the Humane consideration for a reptile by the Hindus. I may note here that Hindus Shanti Mantra places the welfare of the plant life first and places the welfare of humans later.. ‘Urdhvam jigadhu beshajam, sanno asthu dwipadey sanchatushpathe’ may water spread from roots to the top, may the two legged be happy, may the four legged be happy’)

    The harmed snake is either dead or injured.

    So in Sarpasamskara, the last Rites are performed for the snake if it is dead and if it is injured, a prathima or an idol is placed in the moolasthana of Subrahmanya.

    Sarpasamskara has the following.

    The final Rites are performed including ten days tharpanam, Apa Thapa Upasamanam , that is the satisfying of incomplete cravings of the snake and the fulfilled yet sought after objects, as one would for a human.

    For last Rites of humans please read my articles.

    And Homa is performed and the snake’s body in the form of a representation is consigned to the flames of the Homa.

    As in Vedic Rites Pindapradhana is performed with eight rice balls.

    As in humans, the pindas are mixed and promoted to higher lokas.

    Then sixty four dhanas, gifts are distributed including Cow, food for Brahmins.

    As this is the last rite and as such is not an auspicious occasion.

    Hence one is asked to take bath after the Homa.

    I may note here that one should eat once and go without dinner the day preceding the Sarpasamskara, as one would do for one’s ancestor’s annual ceremony or Sraddha.

    One can take food on the day of Sarpasamskara after the Homa at the temple and can take only lite refreshments in the night.

    No onion, Garlic, non vegetarian.

    The next day one visits the temple for Sarpa pratishta in the temple where the image, idol is kept in moolasthana room.

    Sarpasamskara procedure on line Kukke Subrahmanya.

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    . SARPA SAMSKARA inclusive of Nagaprathishta (For relief from sarpahathya dosha): For this seva, devotees have to register their names in the temple office by paying ₹ 3,200.00 (Rupees Three Thousand only) either by cash in person or by the Bank D.D. in favor of Kukke Shree Subrahmanya Temple along with complete address and contact numbers. This seva can be booked online too. The devotees who have undergone Upanayana Samskara and performed Pithrukarma can undertake this ritual themselves. For others the temple office will allocate Kriya Karthu on their behalf. The registered devotes will be informed the date of the commencement of the seva. Such devotees have to be stay here for two days. A room will be reserved for the Seva, but room rent has to be paid separately. This Seva can be performed on all day except Dashami, Ekadashi, Gokulastami, Shivarathri, Grahana (Eclips) and during the annual festival for 15 days.

    • Seva devotees after bath in the holy Kumaradhara and Darshana of Lord Subrahmanya should report at 8.30 a.m. on the booked date at Adi Subrahmanya in the venue reserved for them.
    • Follow the instructions given by the Purohitha regarding rituals.
    • Partake forenoon PRASADA at 1.00 noon and evening tiffin at 6.00 p.m. in the SHANMUKHA DINING HALL. (upstairs). Night meals are forbidden.
    • Food and tiffin arrangements are limited to 4 people per one Seva.
    • Next day morning after bath report at the very same venue at 5.30 a.m. and have tiffin at 7.30 a.m. in the Dining Hall.
    • Report at NAGAPRATHISHTA Mantapa in the outer quadrangle of the Kukke Sri Subrahmanya Temple after Pradakshina. Soon after midday MAHAPOOJA the Archaka concerned will conduct Nagaprathishta Partake PRASADAM.
    • Seva fee of ₹ 3,200.00 is inclusive of Dana Dakshina to Purohitha, Kriya Karthu, Brahmacharis and Godana. Hence if anybody insists or demands for extra payment, complaint can be lodged at the temple office.
    • Temple entry is forbidden on the first day of the seva.
    • Avoid unofficial advice. Temple administration is not responsible if devotees land in trouble by misinformation / disinformation.
    • For any clarification contact Temple Office only.
    • Info from.

    https://www.kukke.org/en/seva_details.aspx#