Kanjanur - Sukra Bhagawan Temple

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 02 Oct 2007, 09:58

Recently, I had been to Navagraha Temples near Kumbhakonam.

The temple in which the planet Venus is worshipped is at Kanjanur. I was pleasantly surprised the priest happily in full throated voice started worshipping 'Sukra Ashottara' in nAdaswarAvali. After, the puja i enquired, is it not nAdaswaravali ?, he was very happy that I had identified the rAga correctly. When the next batch of pilgrims came, he changed the recitation to Dhanyasi.

I would have been much more happier if the priest had sung Sukra ashottara in the ParaZ as that lovely song 'sri sukrabhagavantham' of MD is in Paraz.

ignoramus · Post by **ignoramus** » 02 Oct 2007, 10:25

thingalur is associated with the moon. the place normally asoociated with venus is kanjanur i think

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 02 Oct 2007, 11:52

ignoramus is right. refer this url , gives a visual snapshot
http://www.templepages.com/maps.html#navagrahams

manjunAth,
I am assuming you should be writing nAdaswaraavaLi as nAgaswaraavaLi

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 02 Oct 2007, 12:58

ignoramus wrote:thingalur is associated with the moon. the place normally asoociated with venus is kanjanur i think

Thanks. It's kanjanur only.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 02 Oct 2007, 13:04

rajeshnat wrote:ignoramus is right. refer this url , gives a visual snapshot
http://www.templepages.com/maps.html#navagrahams

manjunAth,
I am assuming you should be writing nAdaswaraavaLi as nAgaswaraavaLi

rajeshnat- it's nAdaswaravali only. I am sure rasikas pardon me for the dual errors in my post. My only point to convey was rasikas, please visit this temple and enjoy the puja performed at this shrine.

Request ADMIN to change the title from "Thingalur" to "Kanjanur"

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 02 Oct 2007, 21:07

vs_manjunath wrote:
rajeshnat wrote:manjunAth,
I am assuming you should be writing nAdaswaraavaLi as nAgaswaraavaLi
rajeshnat- it's nAdaswaravali only.

manjunAth,
I have never heard nAdaswaraavaLi. What is the scale of nAdaswaraavaLi?

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 02 Oct 2007, 21:24

I am really surprised of this question by you.

s g m p d s|
s d p m g s ||

A janya of harikAmbhoji.
I am writing all this from my memory. So please pardon me for any mistakes. Rasikas are welcome to correct me.

sripathe of Thyagaraja, popularised by KVN
sri shankara guruvaram of Maha Vaidyanatha Shivan
garuda gamana samayamide are very famous songs in this rAga.

I think there is a thread disscussing abt this raga.

MaheshS · Post by **MaheshS** » 02 Oct 2007, 21:55

That is known as nAgaswaraavaLi as far as I'm aware ....

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Oct 2007, 22:29

tingaL is moon in tamizh and Ur is town or village. So, the Moon Town...

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 02 Oct 2007, 23:03

For details of Navagraha temples in and around Kumbakonam, please visit -
http://www.tamilnadu-tourism.com/tour-p ... -tour.html

srinivasasarma · Post by **srinivasasarma** » 03 Oct 2007, 12:53

If anyone would like to have darshans in Navagraha temples, near kumbakonam, better they allot some moretime
rather than rushing from places to places, so that they can recollect what they have seen !.

also nearby there are some more kshetrams- such as thittai (also for Guru), thirumananchery (near Kanchanur,
Sukra temple), PattEswaram (durga), thirukkarukavoor (Garbarakshambikai), KoothanUr (saraswathi), thiruvaiyaru
PanchnadEsawarar, thirukkadaiyur (abirAmi) Uppiliappankoil ........

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 03 Oct 2007, 17:06

in Thanjavur district, there is a kshetram every second mile , some of them associated with musical legends like semmangudi , tiruvaduthurai, tiru veezhimizhalai , melatturetc (the list is endless) koothanur is unique in having a temple dedicated to GODDESS OF LEARNING (probably the only place) it will be very pleasant to visit these and other places in thanjavur dist in january when there will be greenery on bothsides of the road, the paddy fields full to the brim.having enjoyed the bounty of Kaveri mata(especially this year,when Mettur has become full sixtimes), the farmers spreading the hay for sunshine on the roadsitself as a6iinch thick bed(drivers of the cars to be careful to avoid skidding), I must stop now having gone wide off the subject gobilalitha

baboosh · Post by **baboosh** » 03 Oct 2007, 20:52

gobilalitha wrote:in Thanjavur district, there is a kshetram every second mile , some of them associated with musical legends like semmangudi , tiruvaduthurai, tiru veezhimizhalai , melatturetc (the list is endless) koothanur is unique in having a temple dedicated to GODDESS OF LEARNING (probably the only place) it will be very pleasant to visit these and other places in thanjavur dist in january when there will be greenery on bothsides of the road, the paddy fields full to the brim.having enjoyed the bounty of Kaveri mata(especially this year,when Mettur has become full sixtimes), the farmers spreading the hay for sunshine on the roadsitself as a6iinch thick bed(drivers of the cars to be careful to avoid skidding), I must stop now having gone wide off the subject gobilalitha

Rasikas may be pleased to know that Late.MLV was agreat devotee of Koothanur Maha sarasvathi and created some endowments in the temple.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 04 Oct 2007, 06:23

Continuing gobilalitha's pilgrimage tour of Kumbakonam, I happenned to visit a lovely SHWETHA GANAPATHI temple attributed to the churning of sea by Suras & Asuras episode. The deity is supposed to have made out the seawaves hence the name.

I want rasikas please investigate, there is a Muthuswamy Dikshitar's song starting with "Swetha Ganapathim", the question -is this song on this shrine ??

ignoramus · Post by **ignoramus** » 04 Oct 2007, 09:53

vs_manjunath, are you refering to a small idol in tiruvalanchuzhi near swami malai? that is a lovely one.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 06 Oct 2007, 12:50

Yes, you are 100% RIGHT. I am referring to this lovely BIG temple in which the idol is small.

ignoramus · Post by **ignoramus** » 07 Oct 2007, 07:05

yes, that is the one i have been there some 6 or 7 times. nice place