Suryakshetra 95 Chandragiri

SURYAKSHETRA –95
Dr P V Sesha Sai
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2nd May 2005

What this little man speaks…

Quote: When there is no moon, each of us will try to adjust and go by stars.
(Surely there is no othergo)

In Chandragiri itself, we find two more temples of ancient times. One is Sri Rajarajeswari, Moolastana Ellamma temple – Goddess of the town. By the name itself we can observe that there are three Goddesses by the names of Sri Rajarajeswari, Sri Moolastanamma and the third one Ellamma. We have found the temple as an ancient one by its looks and by its construction and other aspects. On an enquiry we got the information that the temple was established by the great sage by name Agastya. This sage appears to have dominated in establishing temples and idols in these parts of the State of Andhra Pradesh. Even the sage has written the lives of most of us centuries ago and preserved them in palm leaves which are available in many parts of Tamilnadu. WONDER IT IS, THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF TODAY ARE CLEARLY DESCRIBED BY THE SAGE INCLUSIVE OF THE NAMES OF PARENTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE FAMILY AND CLEAR DATE OF BIRTH AND HOROSCOPE WHICH WILL INVARIABLY TALLY WITH THE ONE WHICH IS ALREADY PREPARED BY OUR PARENTS AT THE TIME OF BIRTH AS PER INDIAN ASTROLOGICAL SCIENCES.

How the GREAT sage conceived that so and so will born after a few centuries and leads a specific type of life and so on- is a real matter of wonder and surprise. Incidentally all these palm leaves are in Tamil language and they are to be read by a language expert. There are many trained personnel in this field.

We have deviated from the main topic, back to the temple; we have seen a rare UGRA PRATYANGIRA DEVI idol in this temple. It is surely a rare one since we have not come across any such anywhere so far in our visits. By and large it is place worth visiting basing on its ancient structure and of religious importance.

Just a few yards from the aforementioned temple, there is one more Goddess temple of Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari. We find temples of this Goddess in nooks and corners of Andhra Pradesh today particularly, but then most of them are of recent times. Where as this temple is age old and interestingly this temple is having NAVAGRAHA MANDAPAM where the Navagrahaas are installed with their wives. We see only Navagrahaas in many temples mostly they are nine idols without wives. Contrary to the usual nature, this temple is having Navagraha mandapam with the wives of the Nine ruling Lords of lives of all of us.

There is no need to take extra strain to visit these two temples for the reason they are on the main high way and on our way to Chandragiri Fort.

Thanks to the TTD for having introduced the Sudarshan Token system due to which pilgrims are forced to wait for a day or so in Tirumala/Tirupathi. It is a golden time for the pilgrim to visit in and around places of Tirupati/Tirumala so that they will have an opportunity to assess the greatness of the LAND OF THE LORD besides taking the blessings of the Lords of different times.

Quote: A gem is not polished without rubbing nor is a man perfected without trails.

I shall be back again soon…
HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI