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From: Sampath Rengarajan (srengara_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Sep 27 2001 - 13:11:26 PDT
Dear bAgawathAs,
Thanks to Sri VS for forwarding the small scribe on visit
to Srirangam temple, written by my son Chi Sravan. adiyEn
also thank Sri Mani for providing a lot of details. adiyEn
wants to add a little as desired by Sri VS.
adiyEn think that my son had mentioned that the biggest
"Hindu Temple" in the world is Srirangam temple. So adiyEn
is sure that he didnot consider Buddha temples in comparison
with Srirangam temple as they come under different category
in the Guinness.
adiyEn and many Srivaishnavas believes that Srirangam temple
begins its premises from the adayavalainchAn and rAjagopuram
built by Sri HH 44h jeer. It is suggested by seers that any
temple may be considered beginning its premises from the
rAja gopuram. The fact that there are streets and habitants
living in and around the last 3 circuits doesnot make those
circuits as one that are exempted from temple premises.
Those puNNiyAthmAs who are blessed to live in those circuits
are themselves considered the dEvas and nitya suris in our
Srivaishnava sampradAyam. We also note that there are
several sannithis for our AchAryAs and perumALs in and
around those circuits where regular worshipping takes place.
When one enters from one circuit into the other from any
side, they have to enter through a small gopuram. ie..
There are gopurams that form the part of these streets as
well. There are temple rituals and protocols that assume
significance that these circuits are part of the temple.
"nagara sOthanai" by sEnai muthaliyAr takes place routinely
and so on. Besides that point, if one may consider the
temple from the kArthigai gopuram itself, such area may be
bigger than Madurai Sri MeenAkshi Amman temple. As far as
adiyEn have seen, the second biggest temple may be the
Chidambaram thillai thiruchchithrak koodam temple.
Regarding the Guinnes book, adiyEn read it myself when my
son showed it to me. That book also cites London's Hindu
temple as the biggest hindu temple outside India. Besides
there are listings on what are the biggest places of worship
for each religion and I didnot care to look at all of them
closely enough to comment. It is a concise edition that is
sold in US and probably made for children I believe. adiyEn
will give the particulars of this edition to you later in
the day.
adiyEn
thirukkudanthai Sampath Rengarajan
BTW, Chi Sravan wanted to write that he saw two garudans and
their nest on top of a tree near chandra pushkarani. Since
it is kind of rare to see GarudA's nest he thinks it is very
significant and important to note.
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