A prayer for divine blessings through beads prepared with reverence, the beads made of freshly pestled sandalwood and made into beads and then the Garland about 160 feet in length the same is in a basket just above the picture of Anjneya. Kudos to Shrimati Lakshmi Jayaraman of Calcutta for patiently preparing it for the last two years.
Earlier in the year 2012 Mrs.Jayaraman had made a garland of sandalwood beads but of shorter length and the same was threaded into a garland in nylon thread which was not accepted by the temple authorities in Naganallur Chennai and the same was garlanded to a Photograph of Anjneya at the same temple. However she became more determined and started the present bead preparation and threaded the same in copper wire this has taken almost two years for her to prepare.The finished Garland of Sandal beads was ferried to Chennai by Ramkumar Nagarajan, the same was kept at one of the trustees's Anjneya temple Naganallur, however before the same was transported to the Padappai temple the same was kept at Mr. Balasubramaniam's home where he has a more than hundred year old Rama Pattabhishekam picture which is being worshiped till date.
On the 18th of September 2015 the same was transported by Sreedhar Kavita Self Vijaya Mohana Ganeshan Aruna Aditya and Shreyas to Mellapattu in Padapai. We did not know the location of the temple it was sheer coincidence that while on our way we checked at three points for the location of the temple and we had checked for the place at exact places where we were to take a turn and the Anjneya welcomed us as the gates of the temple just then opened.
The poojari was very cooperative and he summoned another person for his assistance and we could enjoy the Garlanding of the Sandal Beads mala to the huge idol of Hanuman 24 feet high, the garland had four rounds over the neck of the statue.
You can enjoy the picture of Hanuman with the Garland and also the Garland kept there in the basket.
The poojari gave a description of the place (Sthala Varalru) in which he described that the Hanuman temple is located in a place where RAMA and SEETA visited the place before their Vanavasam and the Hanuman is placed there and he is Meditating looking up at the Sky for his Lord.
JAYA HANUMAN
2 comments:
What a wonderful labour of love by Lakshmi Manni,bringing to all of us in the family the blessings of Lord Anjaneya.
It also speaks volumes for Manni's strength of character and loving devotion.I believe the garland of dried
sandal paste beads has a strong Jamshedpur connection too,in the form of the copper wire threading the beads!
Hats off to manni for the exemplary effort. Thanks to the whole team including our own Hanuman's hanuman ( Ramji) for making it happen & allowing us to have a glimpse of the decorated Lord.
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