We had the privilege to visit all these three Lakshmi
Narasimhar Temples - Singrikudi, Poovarasankuppam and Parikkal, on a single day. These three temples lies on a straight line in the map. Singiri Narasimha and Parikkal Narasimha temples
are in a straight line and facing the Poovarasan Kuppam Narasimha.
We started our trip from the Singirikudi temple. This is
temple is situated about 3kms west of Abhishekapakkam road junction , off
Pondicherry--Cuddalore Highway. We reached the temple very early at 7.30am
before even the temple opens, and had beautiful first darshan. Here, the
God Narasimhar is found in sitting posture as Ugra Narasimhar by
killing the Demon King Hiranyakashipu with his hands. This seems to
be one of the very ancient temples. After a very peaceful darshan and
prashadams, we started at 8.30am, direct to the Poovarasankuppam.
Sri Amirthavalli Nayaki
Sametha Sri Lakshminarasimha Swami Temple – Poovarasankuppam
After a quick breakfast in between, we reached the
Poovarasankuppam temple at around 10.30am. Poovarasankuppam about roughly
20-25kms North of Panruti and the same distance East of Villupuram.
It’s believed that the lord appreared here in the same form
of Narashimha after the Hiranya Samharam at Ahobilam, hence, this temple is
referred to as Dakshina Ahobilam. A unique feature at this temple is the
posture of Lakshmi. One eye of the Goddess is turned towards the Lord and the
other eye is welcoming the devotees.
This is also another very ancient temple, There are culverts
inside this temple dating back to the 3rd Century AD. Also, there are
references to construction during Narasimha Pallava’s reign (7th Century AD).
There are also inscriptions indicating Krishna Deva Raya’s visit to this temple
(about 500 years ago).
After a very pleasant darshan, we quickly packed-up, as we
need to reach Parikkal before 1pm since the temple will be closed by
1.30 and will open again around 4 pm.
Sri Lakshmi Narashima Swami Temple,
Parikkal –Villupuram
We could reach Parikkal only at around 12.30 and there
was already a heavy crowd over there. For a moment, we thought, whether we will
have the fortune to see the darshan before noon or to stay till
evening. We’re blessed, had the good darshan at Paraikkal too, well
before 1.30 pm.
People said, it’s a great fortune to get the darshan of all
these three temples on the same day. We’re very blessed and made it on the same
day.
For more details, you may also refer the post Divine Blessings
For more details, you may also refer the post Divine Blessings
23 Comments to "Lakshmi Narasimhar Temples - Singrikudi, Poovarasankuppam and Parikkal"
thank you for the write up. In the same way we left chennai early morning by a toyota innova with a group of six and reached Pondy and then singagirikudi and all was over by 9 a.m. from there we went to Poovarasankuppam via madukkarai and finished the dharshan and was over by 10.30 A.M. Then had a small flash break fast and took the road to villuppuram since the other road is not all that good and also the locals informed that a bridge is being constructed there and reached villuppuram junction. after travelling exactly 21 kms we were looking for the Anjaneyar Statue on our left but we could not locate. By then my Mrs. saw the board directing to Parikkal and took a right turn from NH and just looked back. The Lord Anjaneya was still there but in front of him a shed was put up obstructing the view. Reached Parikkal (Rajagopuram work is going on) and had dharshan and all was over by 12.15.Thereafter decided to be back to chennai but after a short distance took the left from NH and reached thirukkoilur which is about 28 kms from the junction and also visited the thrivikaraman temple and thereafter Sri Gnannanda swamigal Ashramam (5 kms from thrivikrama temple) finished and back to chennai by 9 pm. The one and only important point is that you should leave early(though we planned 5 a.m. it got delayed to 5.30 a.m) and you need to forget your break fast and breaks then you can make it in half a day or else one full day is gone less thirukkoilur. going by bus you will be hardly able to cover only 2 or return to chennai by mid night for which you should be prepared.Else make a stay in Pondy previous night and start the next morning also a fine option. I thank all the blogs, write ups, especially maps(as the tourist cab driver not at all aware of even one temple)which was very useful in making the trip worth.
Thank you Mr. Sivakumar. Thanks for sharing your experiences too. May god bless!
Is that compulsory to visit these temples on Sunday or any other day is fine?
@mangai Suresh: It's ok to visit on anyday. However, we notice a big crowd coming on every Saturdays, and it's believed that visiting all the three temples (Singrikudi, Poovarasankuppam and Parikkal) in a single day is ideal.
There is no rule that states that all three Temples should be visited on a single day. This is the fake imagination of some one-time astrologers who ill-advice their Customers to visit three temples on a given day.
Visiting Temples on Working Days will help elderly devotees to have a pleasant Darshan of the Lord since there will be less crowd and spending a few minutes/hours inside the temple reciting some Slogans will give one a one-in-a-lifetime experience which should be felt and cannot be explained in words.
Please leave Saturdays and Sundays for Working Employees who can come to such Temples only on Saturdays and Sundays.
This way, one can easily visit two temples in the Morning before 12.30 p.m. and two temples in the afternoon after 4.30 p.m. either by your own vehicle (or) by Bus.
The entire Trip will be a memorable and enjoyable one with less stress on oneself.
Please advice your Blog Readers to spend more time in one Temple listening and reading the history of that Temple so that they will remember that visit for the rest of their Life. Also, Devotees can do their bit of Service to any Temple of their Choice which will help us maintain our Treasures for our future generations.
- Aravamudan K.
@Madan Krishna : Thanks, I agree your view, no hard rule to visit all the 3 temples in a single day; As you said, it could be as simple as astrologer's gimmick too!.
It's completely up to the devotees to plan for their wish.
Thanks for your valuable information
Thanks for your valuable info! We made a trip over the weekend and there is also another temple near Thirukovilur, which is often neglected. its in a place called Anthili and is very very small, but has a rich history. Try visiting it nxt time around...
Thanks for the info. I am planning a day long visit covering above 3 Narsimha temples and also Thirukovalur/Anthili/Thiruvarangam. Since most temples close from 12.30 to 4pm, wanted to know details of good place for lunch and taking a break. Thanks.
If you plan to visit all the 3 temples in one day, its really tough to drive to a good restaurant in between. We stopped at Kadalur for food. I think, you'll find some decent options there.
Hello Pon Ganesh!
Nice article on Lord Shri Narasimhar temples. And also nice to note that my efforts on creating that route map are helpful for the devotees. Yup! I'm the one who had drawn that route map. I've actually made some improvements from map made by one Mr. Va. Govindhan.
Would you mind, if I post the link of my blog which might be much more helpful to devotees on what's along the route. I've emphasized more on the route in my blog. If you think it'll add some value for the devotees, please approve this comment and let the devotees get some fair idea of what to expect en route.
Thanks!
Babu Kothandaraman
http://lordshrilakshminarasimhar.blogspot.in/2009/03/shri-lakshmi-narasimhar-sthalangal.html
Thanks Mr.Babu @divine blessings; I am giving a link of your post, which has a lot more useful information. I am also updating the map with your latest update. Thanks again.
If SWATHI star means it's well & Good
Mr. Pon Ganesh, is it necessary to visit & have a.the dharsan in order of Singrikudi, Poovarasankuppam & Parikkal. CoZ we are coming from Salem to Vilupuram so for us it can be Parikkal, Poovarasankuppam & Singrikudi means it is convenient for us. YOUR SUGGESSTION PLEASE SIR...
Dear @KARTHICK : Sorry, I am not aware of any reliable recommendations on this. I personally feel, It is all about our own belief, it may be ok to visit in any order.
We just did Singarikudi, Poovarasankuppam and Parikkal in that order. We started at 7 from Chennai through ECR, had breakfast on the way (@ Sangeetha) and reached Singarikudi around 10.30 AM. After finishing the darshan there we reached Poovarasankuppam at 12 noon (takes 45 minutes from Singarikudi) and finished the last darshan by 12.30. We then headed to Villupuram for lunch (@ Bhojanalaya) by 1.30 pm and after lunch started by 3 and reached Parikkal by 3.30 (takes only half hour). The temple opens by 4 pm and by 4.45 pm we were done and then headed back to Chennai through the Chennai - Trichy NH. This way it was not a tight schedule and we could take it in our pace
At Parikkal an elderly person was giving a talk to the crowd that had gathered before the temple opening time, about the temple mahatmiyam including visiting the 3 temples on the same day in the order of Singarikudi, Poovarasankuppam and Parikkal - his logic being attend to the Ugra Narasimhar at Singarikudi first and then the other Narasimhar - he gave a lighter example that generally we tend to attend to an angry person first and so on similar logic - and then visit Poovarasankuppam and Parikkal where Narasimhar is peaceful along with Lakshmi devi. Other than this logic not sure if there is any other story
Hi @Karthick... Visiting Ugra Narasimhar at Sigirigudi first and the Lord at Parikkal is Yoga Narasimhar. Visiting Parikkal last is said to leave a peaceful vibrations
Sir You are correct. The Most of the Devotees are informed the same only. As such we are coming from Erode so we thought that Parikkal will be easy for us to reach then PoovarasanKuppam then Sigarikudi. But the Gurukkal in the Temple told the same as you informed. So we are staying at pondicheery, Starting from Manakula Vinayagar, then Singarikudi, then Poovarasankuppam finally we have a Dharsan at Parikkal then Home with out any Break. Anyway Thankyou for the courtesy.
Again visited the three narasimhas couple of days back and places as per my last posting. Thie time found that Temple of Andhili ( one more Lord Narasimhas temple in the banks of pennar) which is just close to Thirukkovilur. Actually it is two kms before reaching thirukkovilur and the place is called ARAKANDANALLUR.It is a lonely means virtually lonely temple where Lord narasimha is seated with goddess in a rock pedestal. No one is there. The telephone number of Thiru. Srikanth battar (given in one of the blogs) is absolutely a wrong number and getting connected by mobile is pretty difficult and I presume no proper towers are there. Luckily in our third attempt we got the call answered saying it is a wrong number. The temple was locked when we went in the evening at 6pm and the roads are pretty narrow and some portion is being relaid now. We were a bit worried about our return as there was no lights at all. With all that wefound the temple locked and was very much disappointed. Like us there was one more couple who had come there in two wheeler. We did the pradhakishanm and were about to leave. Suddenly one youth came in a motor cycle with the temple keys and opened it and by the grace of Lord we had a fantastic dharshan and hurried back to the main road. This place anthili is located two kms before triukkovilur as a mentioned earlier and you find a police station and the raod abutting say for 2 kms leads you to the temple. The biggest thing here is thirukkovilur approach from national highways has two entry points. When you come from Parikkal first you come across the bye pass on your left and ignore that and proceed further the second left to thirukkovilur leads to Arakandanallur police station. This aspect has to be kept in mind otherwise you will be simply roaming wasting your time. The youth who brought the keys informed that the temple is generally opened in the mornings which I doubt because there was no trace of lamp liting or pooja conducted to Lord Narasimha. Probably if you are lucky (like us) you may get the dharshan.
Last month I visited all the Three narasimhar temples and also to srimutcham all before 1pm.we started early morning 5am reached pandy by 7.15.nice darshan at manakul vinayakar.we have nice breakfast in surgery.then to singrigudi highway Pondy Cuddalore just 5km turn to right to singrigudi by 10am.then to poovarsamkuppam by 11am then to parikal from there 20kms.reached by 11.30.great darshan all four before 12.then to srimutcham and had lovely darshan and reached Kumbakonam 2pm
we are from bangalore planning to hire a car from chennai...can u help us out for good travel agent ...whom can be worth hiring for 3 narasimhan templed
I am really sorry, I don't have any reliable travel agent contact :(. Please go with some known agents.
If possible will get road map for the same.
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