Lakshmi Narayana Swamy. Was responsible all through his life in collection of funds to build the largest Gopuram for Sarngaani Perumal. It was his.life ambition people advised.him.to.get married. That there should.be.somebody to at least perform his last.rights.
{As per a temple legend, once a staunch Brahmin devotee of Aravamudhan spent most of his life to the service of the deity. At the end of his life, he felt his loneliness and prayed for his karma to be performed. Aravamudhan descended himself to perform the last rites on a Deepavali day. The ritual is performed annually by the priests and is one of its kind where death rituals are performed in the precincts of a Vishnu temple.}
Raghunatha Nayaka one of the 3 famous Nayak kings who ruled from Tanjore had an Asthan pandit by name Iyyakumara Tatacharyar. he was a great devotee of Arvamudhan. he spent his whole life doing work in the temple. He built a separate sannidhi for Thayar near the Perumal sannidhi. The thayar is believed to have appeared in a dream to the Nayak king and told him that a statue of Iyyakumara Tata charya may be set up opposite to her sannidhi so that the devotee could for ever continue to worship the Lord in her presence. Even today this idol can be seen in the temple.
Lakshmi Narayana was a close disciple of the above Tatacharya. he too was rewarded in an unusual manner by the Lord for his sincere work done by him in the temple. Lakshmi Narayana was a Sri Vaishnavite brahmachari and an orphan. he lived in Kumbakkonam and worshiped Sarangapani very sincerely. he wished to built the biggest Gopuram for the Lord in the chola desha. He approached a number of rich people and collected funds he spent his entire life in collecting money for the temple. he was growing old and people advised him to get married so that there would be somebody to perform his final obsequies he replied he was happy with the loka offered to him by Saranga raja Perumal and if he were to die thesamskara would surely be done by the Lord himself. He however was able to achieve his goal of building the Gopuram. people started calling him Lakshmi Narayana Swamy. it is believed that when he died an archaka of Sarangapani temple dreamt that Lord Aravamudha appeared and told him to take the dharba from His hand and do samskaram for Lakshmi Narayana swamy. The nextmorni g the archaka did as ordered by God, as though the samskara was done by the Lord himself. even today during the Deepavali Amavasya the day Lakshmi Narayana swamy died the ceremony is performed by the temple after taking the dharba from Aravamudhan's hand. the food prepared that day is offered to the Lord.
{As per a temple legend, once a staunch Brahmin devotee of Aravamudhan spent most of his life to the service of the deity. At the end of his life, he felt his loneliness and prayed for his karma to be performed. Aravamudhan descended himself to perform the last rites on a Deepavali day. The ritual is performed annually by the priests and is one of its kind where death rituals are performed in the precincts of a Vishnu temple.}
Raghunatha Nayaka one of the 3 famous Nayak kings who ruled from Tanjore had an Asthan pandit by name Iyyakumara Tatacharyar. he was a great devotee of Arvamudhan. he spent his whole life doing work in the temple. He built a separate sannidhi for Thayar near the Perumal sannidhi. The thayar is believed to have appeared in a dream to the Nayak king and told him that a statue of Iyyakumara Tata charya may be set up opposite to her sannidhi so that the devotee could for ever continue to worship the Lord in her presence. Even today this idol can be seen in the temple.
Lakshmi Narayana was a close disciple of the above Tatacharya. he too was rewarded in an unusual manner by the Lord for his sincere work done by him in the temple. Lakshmi Narayana was a Sri Vaishnavite brahmachari and an orphan. he lived in Kumbakkonam and worshiped Sarangapani very sincerely. he wished to built the biggest Gopuram for the Lord in the chola desha. He approached a number of rich people and collected funds he spent his entire life in collecting money for the temple. he was growing old and people advised him to get married so that there would be somebody to perform his final obsequies he replied he was happy with the loka offered to him by Saranga raja Perumal and if he were to die thesamskara would surely be done by the Lord himself. He however was able to achieve his goal of building the Gopuram. people started calling him Lakshmi Narayana Swamy. it is believed that when he died an archaka of Sarangapani temple dreamt that Lord Aravamudha appeared and told him to take the dharba from His hand and do samskaram for Lakshmi Narayana swamy. The nextmorni g the archaka did as ordered by God, as though the samskara was done by the Lord himself. even today during the Deepavali Amavasya the day Lakshmi Narayana swamy died the ceremony is performed by the temple after taking the dharba from Aravamudhan's hand. the food prepared that day is offered to the Lord.
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