Sri
Hemavarnambiga sametha Sri Dharugavaneswara swami Temple,
Thirupparaithurai.
Srirangam
Taluk. Thiruchirappalli District.
Kauveri is considered to be as sacred as the
Ganges throughout its course, with the same power to wash off all one’s sins.
There are Shiva temples all along its banks visited by Saints like Sambandar,
Thirunavukkarasar and Arunagirinathar who were sang hymns on the deity and
goddess. The Thirupparaithurai Shiva temple located in the south side bank of
the river Kauveri which is 16km away from Thiruchirappalli City and 340 km from
Chennai. It is considered to be the 3rd in the series of Devara
Stalams(Tamil Bakthi literature serial) in Chola kingdom. An ancient period
Rishis were did Yagna together in the forest Dharugavanam. Thirupparaithurai
Shiva temple known as Dharugavanam in Sankrit. It was so called because the
entire forest was full of Parai trees once upon a time.
Now this temple is under control of Hindu
cultural Department of Tamilnadu Government. In 1942, Founder Swami
Chidbhavananda was stayed in the temple and established Sri Ramakrishna
Tapovanam. This temple was taken renovation work and Kumbabishekam held on 1998
in the memory of Swami Chidbhavananda’s 100th year birth celebration.
After 12 years, The renovation works at this temple are almost complete and Sri
Ramakrishna Tapovanam have proposed to
perform the Mahakumbabishegam for Sri Hemavarnambigai sametha Sri
Dharugavaneswarar on July 14th Sunday.
So pilgrims and devotees are requested to
giving donations to the Kumbabishegam works for the temple.
Cheque senders make it in favour of “Sri
Ramakrishna Tapovanam” and Write down “Siva Pooja 2012-2013”.
Devotees are requested to send their
donations, contributions for Kumbabishegam directly to
Dr. R. Kumarasami,
Baby Hospital,
Netaji Road,
Erode,
Tamil Nadu.
