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Mannargudi - Day 2

On the next day at Mannargudi, we had an early start. After having tea through room service we left to the Rajagopalaswamy temple. The temple gopuram can be seen at a large distance as the from the space was allocated for parking. Early morning we could see only 2 cars before us. After paying the parking fee we went inside the temple. Due to the maintenance work we were devoid of enjoying the beauty of the temple gopurams. We got to see the temple's famous elephant - Sengamalam as soon as we got in. This temple is called as south Dwaraka, there is small Krishna statue inside which we can worship by taking in our hands. 



The main deity Lord Vasudevaperumal is seen here along with his cow. Next to his the baby Krishna idol which can we worshipped by devotees for their special prayers. We had a good darshan of the Perumal. Had theertham, jadaari and then walked towards the Goddess. The consort of Lord Rajagopalaswamy is Goddess Sengamala Thaayar. We had a very peaceful darshan as it was sparsely crowded. The 1000 pillar mandapam was found much in front. The temple has undergone change during various kingdoms to get to the current structure since the Cholas times. Out side the temple, far from the gopuram and almost in the road is a lone pillar standing to indicate the temple near by. The outer corridor is quite huge and that morning time we could see people taking walk around with their footwears, a bit difficult to digest. In some 45 mins we were out of the temple.
We walked towards the market street and had breakfast at Aryas. For Rs.90 they serve a very good plate of mini tiffin. Being near Kumbakonam, kadappa is seen part of the tiffin here. From there we drove to the near by birds sanctuary at Vaduvoor. As this is off season we managed to get a glimpse of few birds. Its a huge area with birds hanging around the water body. With that we retired to the hotel, took a nap and called it a goodbye to Mannargudi.




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Location: Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu, India

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