Monday, May 23, 2011

You may be aware that with all your help and cooperation Kumbabhishekam for Valavanadeesar Temple at No.19, Arcot Taluk, Valayathur Village, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu 632504 was performed on 18th April 2010.

More than a year has passed by since then.
During the past one year, the Temple has been running well and has been open both Morning and in the evening daily.

A separate Archakar has been appointed for the Temple. He performs pooja and naivedyam and rituals daily and attends to the devotees who visit the Temple.

During this one year the following special poojas were conducted, with the help of devotees:


1. Mandalabhishekam for 48 days.

2. At the end of Mandalabhishekam, a Vinayaka deity was installed, Kumbabhishekam performed and also Shanakabhishekam for the Lord.
Procession of Lord i
n the village etc.

3. Annabhishekam in a Grand manner

4. Karthiga Pooja and Deepam festival.

5. Dhanur Masa Pooja on all 30 days. Procession of the Lord through the village on Arudhra
Day.

6. MahaSivarathri with four Kala poojas, Rudra Homam, Mahabhishekam etc.

7. First Annual Day of Kumbabhisheka on 17th April 2011, a new Pradosha
Vigraham with Nandi Vahanam in Panchaloha was dedicated to the Temple
by a devotee.

8. 108 Shankabhishekam was also performed

9. Throughout the year all Pradosha Poojas were conducted.

10. In all five procession of Lord in the village in the year took place


11. A number of Abhishekams and Aradhanas by devotees in the village and others from far and wide.


This communication is written to you with the sole purpose of continuing all those activities during the years to come without fail. To achieve this we need assistance from the devotees.

The day to day expenses for a month comes to around Rs.9400/- as follows:


1. Salary for Archakar - 4000

2. Naivedyam 1kg Rice per kg 30x35 - 1050


3. Oil for a month and other accessories - 1000


4. Servant Maid - 350


5. Flowers for 30 days @Rs. 20 30x20 - 600


6. Two Pradoshams 1200x2 - 2400

A small corpus is available with the Temple Trust which takes care for a few months’ expenses i.e. about five months.


But we need some more assistance for carrying out these activities on a regular basis. Hence all devotees are requested to take part in this Maha Yagya of maintaining the Brihannayaki Sametha Valavanadeesar Temple in all its glory and receive his blessings.

You can visit the Temple any day of the year and can take part in the poojas of the day.
Your participation in the maintenance of the Temple can be in any of the following methods:

1.Participation in daily Pooja on any day/days of your choice by paying Rs.350/- for each day.

2. Participation in Pradosham on any of the 24 days in a year by paying Rs.1200/- per pradosham.

3. By adding you mite by sending contribution to increase corpus of the Trust.

As usual you may send a cheque/DD/MO in favor of Valavanadeesar Trust and send the same, after specifying your requirement to the following address, viz.:


V.Ananthakrishnan,

72, 7th Street, Sai Nagar,

Virgambakkam
Chennai 92

May Lord Valavanadeesar bring you all prosperity and happiness to you all.

Sri Valavanadessar Temple Work in Progress Latest Pictures..

Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The renovation work at Sri Valavanadeesar Temple is progressing at a fast pace.

The Kumbabhishekam of Sri Valavanadeesar Temple is scheduled to be performed on 18 April 2010.

The following are the latest pictures taken from Sri Valavanadeesar Temple renovation site:
































































































































































































































































Sakthi Vikatan Magazine's coverage article on Sri Valavanadeesar Temple

Sunday, July 5, 2009
The renowned Sakthi Vikatan Magazine, recently did a cover article on Sri Valavanadeesar Temple. Below is the scanned article:



Times Of India Chennai Article on Sri Valavanadeesar Temple, Valayathur

Sunday, June 14, 2009
This article on Sri Valavanadeear Temple, Valayathur appeared in The Times Of India, Chennai edition.

Click here to read the article: HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT -
Villagers pitch in to save 1000-yr temple

The Hindu Coverage of Sri Valavanadeesar Temple

Monday, June 8, 2009
One of India's Mainstream Newspaper, The Hindu posted this article on Sri Valavanadeesar Temple's Renovation Works:

Article was posted on Friday, Mar 20, 2009 in the Friday Review, Chennai Edition.

You can read the article by clicking here Taken up for renovation

Sri Valavanadeesar Trust

Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sri Valavanadeesar Trust, a registered Trust was created with the object of renovating old temples.

Address of Sri Valavanadeesar Trust:

Sri Valavanadeesar Trust,
No.4, New Kancheepuram Road,
Thiruvetipuram, Cheyyar,
Thiruvannamalai District,
Tamil Nadu - 604 407.

The first task that the Trust has undertaken is to renovate Sri Valavanadeesar Temple at Valayathur Village, Arcot Circle, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu.

You can read about the History of Sri Valavanadeesar Temple here.

As the once glorious temple is in a bad condition and requires immediate repairs to bring it back to its pristine glory.

The first step, Sri Valavanadeesar Trust has taken is to create a Balalayam and Kumbabishekam has been performed on 12.11.08, with the approval of Government of Tamil Nadu, India.

The repair works have been started on 01.02.2009.

Expenditure for the renovation of Sri Valavanadeesar Temple is estimated to be in the order of Rs. 20, 00,000/- (Rupees Twenty Lakhs).

Donations are sought from Devotees for this holy purpose.

Drafts/Cheques may please be sent in the name of "VALAVANADEESAR TRUST" to:

Sri. V.Ananthakrishnan,
President, Valavanadeesar Trust,
No. 72, 7th Street,
Sai Nagar,
Virugambakkam,
Chennai - 600 092.

Contact Information:

Email : va.vananthakrishnan@gmail.com
Phone: 91-044-24793273

The History of Valavanadeesar Temple



The Valavanadeesar Temple has been in existence even before the 13th Centure A.D. This was found from the inscriptions on the wall of the temple.

Also found from the inscriptions was found the fact that from that period the first Sambuvaraya King had endowed the temple with lands etc. with tax remissions.

During the subsequent periods of Pallavas, Cholas, Vijayanagaras, Naikers Dynasties also the kings had great faith in Lord Valavanathar and hence repeatedly endowed the temple with Lands, villages, money tax remissions etc.

The temple had people worshipping Saptakannikas, Dakshinamurthy, Mahishasura Mardini, Kotravai, Dancing Ganesha etc.

Now except the main deity, Lord Valavanadeesar and Mother Brihannayaki, the other statutues have been broken and thrown here and there around the temple.

The present condition of this once glorious Temples is very bad and requires immediate repairs.

To restore this temple, the Sri Valavanadeesar Trust has been created with the aim of renovating old temples and the first task before this Trust is to restore Valavanadeesar Temple to its pristine Glory.