This narration is about a beautiful stone temple housing Lord Venkatachalapathy and Lord Shiva where there is no daily pooja. We have special interest in this temple because this is the ONLY Vishnu temple which was lying uncared for among the 33 temples we screened for restoration of daily pooja.
It is a temple neglected by the locals and not cared for by the Government. This temple is in Pallakkal near Rangasamudram in Tirunelveli district.
It is a temple neglected by the locals and not cared for by the Government. This temple is in Pallakkal near Rangasamudram in Tirunelveli district.
The Main entrance has a huge ornamental red colour gate with a small opening at the
bottom for people to go when the main gate is closed.
This temple has Idols of Lord Venkatachalapathy and Lord Shiva (which could not be seen by us as the Sannidhis were closed) but you can see pics of Hanumar & Garudan.
For the last 5 months we are on a hunt for a suitable priest to do the daily pooja and only now we have identified one Mr. Muthukrishnan who has agreed to undertake daily pooja in this temple . He is presently taking care of an Amman temple in a nearby village.
Mr Diyagarajan, 78 years old, the present caretaker, has the key to the temple and is ready to support anybody who is willing to underatke restoration of pooja in this temple. Mr Anand, an youngster and a keen devotee has agreed to personally help do the Uzhavarapani and remove the wild growth and follow up daily pooja in this temple. Our thanks are due to both of them and Mr L Viswanathan, who is presently in Rengasamudram co-ordinating the activities personally and meeting the Executive Officer at Ambasamudram to seek his support and help for restoration of daily pooja in this temple.
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