[Advaita-l] Regarding Padmanabhaswamy

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

Tamil Nadu had the worst Vaishnava Vs Saiva fights in the country. No unity
at all. That is why parties like DMK could drive out the Brahmins and
follow atheism. Kindly see -

http://dmk.in/philosophy

 Latest atrocities on Brahmins was the Late Jayalalita putting the Kanchi
Swamijis in jail. Tamil Nadu has many Brahmin haters even today.

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 8:36 PM, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Tillai Govindaraja was forciblly installed against opposition of Dikshitars
> by one Tupakula Anantakrishna Bhupala literally at bayonet point.
> It appears that a number of hereditary Dikshitars were killed in the
> process.
>
> regards,
> Sarma.
>
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Kalyan via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > //There is another very important Govindaraja sannidhi, with the
> reclining
> > Vishnu as the mUlavigraha, in Chidambaram, within the same temple complex
> > as the famous Nataraja temple.//
> >
> >
> > The Govindaraja swamy temples at Chidambaram and Tirupathi have a deep
> > connection.
> >
> > Chidambaram was the place where the original Govindaraja swamy temple
> > existed before the idol was said to be dumped into the sea due to
> sectarian
> > rivalries. Vaishnavas were however able to save the utsava murtis and
> > brought them to Tirupathi, and built the current Govindaraja swamy temple
> > at Tirupathi.
> >
> > Later, during the Vijayanagara rule, the current Chidambaram Govindaraja
> > Swamy was installed again by a local king.
> >
> >
> > http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2621/stories/20091023262102600.htm
> >
> >
> > //According to historians, during the reign of Kulothunga Chola-II, a
> > Saivite, the idol of Govindaraja Perumal was dumped in the sea. When it
> was
> > reinstalled later by a chieftain of the Vijayanagar empire, as many as 20
> > Dikshitars committed suicide//
> >
> >
> > //In its judgment on September 15, the court pointed out that both the
> > shrines, of Nataraja and Govindaraja Perumal, have separate sanctum
> > sanctorums, altars, temple towers and flag masts. Separate rituals and
> > ceremonies are conducted for the deities. The order also points out that
> > the Sabanayagar temple is one of the 108 divyadesams (holy places of
> > Vaishnavites). Tamil savants Kulasekara Azhwar and Thirumangai Azhwar had
> > visited this shrine, and their verses on Govindaraja Perumal have been
> > compiled into Nalayira Divyaprabandam, it adds.//
> >
> >
> > //"It is also history that due to certain conflicts between the Saivites
> > and Vaishnavites, the idol of Thillai Govindaraja was removed in or about
> > the 13th century and later during the rule of Vijayanagara kings, one of
> > their chieftains reconstructed the Govindaraja sannidhi [sanctum
> > sanctorum], after which [17th century] the small sannidhi in its present
> > form came to stay and pujas are being performed by a separate sect of
> > Vaishnavite priests,” it says.//
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Kalyan
> >
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-Venkatesh