Edayathumangalam Shri Mangalambikai sametha Mangalapureeshwar Temple

 It's not everyday you get the chance to see such a quaint and vibrant temple. We were truly blessed. On 12/5/24 after visiting Lalgudi and being blessed with darshan of lord Saptharishishwarar  and Srimathy ambal ( https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2011/12/saptharishishwarar-temple-lalgudi.html?m=1) , we visited the Sankara matam in lalgudi as it was Sankara Jayanthi ( https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2024/05/kanchi-mutt-lalgudi-ancient-adi.html?m=1) . It was around 12 noon when we bid our good byes and started back . Halfway I got a phone from my cousin asking me to return as the priest of Edayathumangalam had called him  and informed temple was open. Our joy was great it's not everyday the lord invites you and is gracious enough to wait for you. 

Many famous people hail from this village and still keep in touch with their roots. The trichy E.R.Highschool was founded by sri.Nataraja Iyer from this village

How to Reach:

Edayathumangalam is a tiny village , now a part of Lalgudi about 3 kms away on the banks of the Kollidam. The dry riverbed was a sore sight but when there is flowing water I could imagine the vibrant life around. So travelling via lalgudi towards Kollidam a right turn on the north bank leads you to the temple

The temple kumbabishekam has recently been completed and it was vibrantly painted.

Legends and stories:

The temple is a very important place for people born in Uthara phalguni star. This star is very auspicious for a happy wedded life,longevity of marriage and husbands life. Most chariots of temples roll out in utsavams in the month of Chitirai on uthra Nakshatra days .

Maangalya maharishi who did penance here had immense virtue in his palm. The akshathai blessings  he bestowed were precious so all devathas would come with spouses to receive them. We will see invitations of hindu weddings with angels flying around printed on them we believe these angels bestow blessings. These angels get the power and are recharged after they visit Maangalya Maharishi in this temple with their spouses.

 Hence first invitation for the wedding is always placed here to invite the Rishi and his Patni to our weddings and he comes with all the devathas at muhurtham time to bless the couple.

Srimathy ambal of Lalgudi saptharishishwara temple was born as the daughter of this rishi in this village and the descendents of that house still send paternal gifts to the goddess during the annual festival.

People pray to this rishi especially uthara star sign for happy early marriage, longevity and happiness. There is a separate statue for him in front of the vinayakar sannidhi. He also has a statue in the lalgudi saptharishishwara temple also.

 As you enter the east facing temple we see a huge nandi in front of the sanctum in outer praharam

On the left we find the vinayakar sannidhi with Maangalya rishi in the front

The Small temple has unique Kosta vigrahas

 

The sthala vriksham

The main sanctum houses a gigantic Shivalingam corresponding to the Nandi . The lord faces east 

(Pic courtesy from internet)

The ambal Mangalanayaki is in the same praharam her sannidhi faces south

(Pic courtesy the internet)

This powerful  petite ambal is very enchanting.

The vibrations and atmosphere in tbe whole temple enhanced our experience and we left feeling blessed.

Contact details: 

09843951363.  

Sri.srinivasan sivachariyar

(The priest of the temple)

 

 

KANCHI MUTT LALGUDI AN ANCIENT ADI SANKARAR SANNIDHI CONSECREATED BY MAHAPERIYAVA IN 1913

I recently visited my native village Lalgudi near Trichy and it was 12/05/24 Adishankara Jayanti so after visiting the Saptharishiswara temple we visited the Kanchi Mutt Lalgudi, an institution that was established by Shri Mahaperiyava before his sojourn at Mahendramangalam in 1913. When I reached,the sankara jayanti poojas were over and preparations were on for the Veedhi ulaa to be held in the evening with Adishankarar's vigraham which I was told was the only Adi Sankarar vigraham consecreated in all the areas around trichy and this veedhi Ula is very popular over the years

HOW TO REACH: Lalgudi is a bustlng extention of Trichy now and the temple of Saptharishishwarar is the geographical centre. The red stone gopuram gave it the name of LALGUDI from the invading moghuls. Once you reach the temple arch take a left on the NEW STREET. A furlong down this road will bring you to the Kanchi Mutt Lalgudi. The peaceful surroundings are enchanting. It used to house a bustling vedapatashalai and many eminent vidwans have studied here in the past sadly its not so today

LEGENDS AND HISTORY: It is mentioned in the book,"Pujya Mahaswami Divya Charithram by Shri Sambamoorthy sastrigal in page 18 that he established a shankaralayam in Lalgudi, a veda patashala was established in 1913 and later many vidwans emerged from here From family sources and other references I gathered these impressions, Periyava had special affinity for this matam since this was the first Shri ADI SHANKARAR prathishtai done by Periyava after his initiation to sanyasam. Engineer, Gopalakrishnan,Munsif Krishna Iyer (my paternal great grandfather),Judge L.S.Parthasarathy Iyer played a major role in this pratishtai. Periva himself had narrated this in 1959-60 to late Shri L.K.Saptharishi Iyer(Son in law of Angarai Annadhanam Iyer) who was the Mudradhikari of the mutt at lalgudi and the son of Munsif Krishna Iyer , that HE remembers the poornakumbam was given by Munsif Krishna Iyer during the event in 1913. Mahaperiyava visited the mutt in 1959-1960 for 10 days and performed chaturmasyam while staying in angarai village nearby. In 1977 Shri Jayendra saraswathi swamigal performed the Kumbabishekam and so also another kumbabhishekam under his tutelage was performed in 1994 . Pudhu periyava instructed to do Balalayam in 2012 and wanted to celebrate the 100th year anniverary of first prathishtai but could not come after the kumbabishekam. The bhaktas of Lalgudi are eagerly awaiting Shri Sankara vijayendrasaraswathi swamigal's visit for which HE has consented so good days ahead seem possible for the Lalgudi bhakthas and the Lalgudi Kanchi madam. As you enter there is a spacious courtyard as shown in the pic above which takes you into the building housing the Adishankarar sannidhi I visited after the Jayanthi celebrations

The area behind houses a huge pond but is now dry. It was once helpful in performing pitru karyas in the past.

There is a sandhyavandanam mandapam behind that seems encroached by the local homeless persons. The far end houses the adhishtanams of many sanyasis who were part of Kanchi mutt in their poorvashrama. The term used by the narrator was abathsanyasams . some pictures of the Sankara jayanthi I received later

A humble request is for devotees of our matam to visit this serene institution with a history from 1913 and experience the blessings of Adi Sankara, Mahaperiyava, Puduperiyava and BalaPeriyava HARA HARA SANKARA JAYA JAYA SANKARA