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Sriman Narayana!!
Gunaseelam Prasanna Venkateswara Perumal Temple is
one of the Abhimana Kshetrams of Lord Vishnu located on the banks of River Cauvery
Trichirappalli, Tamil Nadu. It is one of
the oldest temples of Lord Vishnu. It is believed that visit to this temple
(South Thirupathi) brings abundance of pieties equivalent to Thirupathi Balaji
of Andhra Pradesh. Bhavishyothara Puranam describes the grandeur of Gunseelam
Temple and the temple histories are beautifully engraved with pictorial
descriptions on the walls of inner praharam of this temple.
Presiding diety - Moolavar - Sri Prasanna
Venkateswara Perumal With his consort Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi Thayar, Utsava Moorthy
- Srinivasa Perumal with his consort
Goddesses Sreedevi and Boodevi Nachiyar.
The legend has that Sage Gunaseela with his Guru
went to Himalayas. On their way back, visited Thirupathi and Sage Gunaseela was
immersed at the beauty of Lord Balaji. Totally
absorbed at the enthralling beauty Lord Balaji, Sage Gunaseela prayed to have
his perpetual presence at his village Gunseelam too. He undertook severe
penance at his hermitage on the river banks of Cauvery. Lord was pleased at the
devotion of Sage Gunaseela and appeared before him as Lord Prasanna Venkateswarar
with his consort Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi.
Lord Prasanna Venkateswara most pleasingly promised to stay there till
the end of Kali Yugam. Sage Gunaseela built a temple and started to worship
the Lord Prasanna Venkateswara and Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi on the river banks
of Cauvery. At the end of Dwapara Yuga, Sage
Gunaseela went to Naimisharanya Kshetram with some of his disciples. Before
leaving this place Sage Guseela designated his other disciples to perform the
daily rituals in his absence. Unfortunately, the Cauvery River engulfed the
entire area and the wild animals drawn together for shelter made the disciples to run
off from the worshipping place.
After several years the Chola King of Worayur happened
to visit Gunaseelam. He heard a
mysterious voice commanding him to dissolve the pit by pouring milk. The King brought
his army men to perform the enormous task. instantaneously, there appeared Lord Prasanna Venkateswarar
with consort Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi and promised to be in Gunseelam till the
end of Kali Yuga as desired by him. Later
the King shifted his palace from Worayur to Kallur and built a magnificent
place to worship known as the present day temple. The daily rituals are being
carried out as directed by the Lord Sriman Narayanan/Paravasudevan in this
temple.
Whoever worship Lord Prasanna Venkateswara Perumal
with his consort Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi and undergo austerities for 48 days would
be blessed with physical as well as mental well-being.
This temple remains open from 8.30 AM to 1.00 PM in
the morning and 4.00 PM to 8.30 PM in the evenings.
Contact Person: Pichumani Iyengar, Telephone Nos.
04326 275210/ 04326275310 or 9486304251
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
2 comments:
This is wonderful blog. I love it.
Very nice article. Thank you for sharing this. Jai Sri Sri Prasanna Venkatachalapathy!!
Hare Krishna!
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