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A TEMPLE FOR RAMA AND LAKSHMANA |
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The popular
belief is that darshan of both Tirunavayi and Tiruvilwamala on one and the same day is
very auspicious. Since seeing the light of temple even from a distance is equal to
seeing the deity, lights in the towers were prohibited. The Lord ordained it that
the real Bhakta should come physically to Tiruvilwamala and pray rather than adopt the
short cut of viewing the lights from Tirunavayi.
The story goes that once the temple priests sleeping on the top storey of the gopuram
lighted a lamp and some of them went to Tirunavayi to see if the lights could be really
seen from there. They did see the lamp and they showed it to others as well.
The very next day the gopuram was struck by lightning and thunder and was razed to the
ground. They have not been rebuilt since. |
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