TIRUKKURUNGUDI NAMBI KOVIL VISIT Part One - 141

Mohan and Malathy share many things in common the foremost of which is that we share our offsprings with them , we are each other's Sambandhis . My son Haarish being married to their daughter Vandanaa . Both our families are avid visitors to Temples in and around our areas .
During their current visit which started yesterday , the DAY ONE  was scheduled for visiting the TIRUKKURUNGUDI NAMBI TEMPLE . This place is some 45 kms from Agasthiarpatty and consists of a set of  4 Nambis at the ground level and 1 up the Mahendaragiri Hills .
TIRUKKURUNGUDI ground level Temple in three Postures NINRA, AMARNTHA AND SAYANA ( standing , sitting and the lying position ) is in the Main Temple Complex . This temple is reportedly 2300 years old  and has  found mention by Four Alwars in their  Divya Prabandhams . This is a very big Temple Complex and all the sculptures are a masterpiece.  The attention paid to highlight the features like the Eyes , Nose  , Legs  and veins of  RATHI ARJUN MANMATHAN and other statues of Lions Elephants and others are simply awe inspiring .
The Fourth Temple of this 5 set of Temples is The Thirupparkadal Nambi and is a short distance away from the main complex . The beauty and architectural nuances need to be admired here .
A large part of the Temple finds Patronage of the TVS GROUP . It might interest many to note that the Letter   ' T '  in TVS stands for TIRUKKURUNGUDI .

Glad that we could visit this place at least now after staying almost 45 years away from this place which is just 45 kms away .

The Fifth and final Nambi of this Fivesome is the MALAINAMBI up the Mahendragiri Hill Ranges and close to the ISRO Liquid Propulsion Lab . The traverse through the final Five kms of this journey in the Kalakad Mundanthurai Wild Life Sanctury is over a treacherous set of rocks which goes by the name of a ROAD  .
More about the Visit to this Temple and Adventure in my next blog .






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