Divya Desam Near Thanjavur
Melanie Wendelberger
Hello Prabhu.
Thank you so much for a detailed blog. I have a couple of questions about the temple visit since I plan to take my parents alongwith who are elderly. Are the temples in this region easily accessible? Hoping none are on a hill or have too many steps to be climbed before reaching the main garbha gudi i.e. perumal's sannidhi? Also can all these temples be covered completely in 2 days if I take a taxi?
Thanks in advance, pls. email me at vmal...@gmail.com
Thanks for an excellent blog that provides a lot of details. Planning to a 2 day trip with 2 10 year olds to Thanjavur and Kumbakonam from Trichy. What would be a suggested temple tour route and itinerary. Would you be able to help ?
Hello prabhu. I need your help I'm going to kumbakonam on 30th March at morning will be there. So m spent time for only 1day. Pls guide and need to taxi.. I col to that number that given contact mr Sarvanan bt not In the line
Hello prabhu.
Thank u for the details. We need a help from you. M cm with my family to kumbakonam on 30th morning. I will be there for only one day. So pls guide me. And pls give me a contact of taxi. Bcz you gv the saravanans number we can't get.
Hi
We are coming in own car from chidambaram to kumbakkonam. After finishing chidambaram temple by 1 pm , we can proceed towards kumbakkonam for 2 nights stay . Can you pleas guide us the order of temples that we can see as we are with old parents and kids . Appreciate your guidance
Hi sir
My parents are planning to visit divya desams near thanjavur kumbakonam mayiladuthurai n nagai from chennai...can u pls suggest a plan for
them..also they are planning to stay fr 3 days in kumbakonam..Note : im not considering the temples in sirkazhi for this trip as they may bcum very tiresome..Also need a cab @ nominal rate for these 3 days to take them around ..expecting your reply sir
Thanks,
Vidhya
Hi sir,
We visited all the divya desams around kumbakonam, thanjavur,nagai n thirunangur.
As you suggested we went with saravanan cab owner who was very helpful throughout the trip.. He knows all these places well n also plans very well as per our requirement...He took us to other famous temples on the way to divya desams..Along with 33 divya desams he took us to 20 famous temples (all in just 4 days)... He charges reasonable amount only..
Thank you so much sir for providing the suggestions which greatly helped me to plan for this trip...
Thanks,
Vidhya
Hello Mr.Prabhu,
Your blogs on the Divya Desams have been extremely helpful by providing insightful details. Recently we visited Tanjore, Kumbakonam, Thiru Nangur, Mayavarum, Thiru Nagai, Sirkazhi/Chidambaram and covered 33 divya desams (could not have darshan at Thiru kapisthalam) in 4 days. We went with Saravanan for Cab services as suggested by you and encouraging feedback from other devotees.
Though I had made a detailed plan for this trip based on your inputs and also from other sites, I didn't really need to use it. Saravanan assured me on Day 1 that he would cover 34 Divya desam and kept his word. Not only that, we could visit additional 20+ other famous temples during the trip. What we liked about Saravanan was his passion/devotion in giving the details of some of the famous temples, and in a way played the role of guide as well.
We took the help of Sathish (through Madhav Bhattar of Thiruvellankulam Annan Koil) during our trip without whom we wouldn't have covered Thiru Nangur divya desams to a plan. We stayed at Kumbakonam for the entire trip. Perhaps, we could have covered few more temples if we stayed one night at Mayavaram. Indeed, a very satisfactory trip for me and my family.
Thank you for your very useful blogs and help to devotees. Appreciate it
Venkatesan
Hello - traveling from Thirunagari to Srirangam by car on Friday. Will be reaching Kumbakonam around 11AM. We want to reach Srirangam before 6PM. Please suggest what divya desams can be covered in this short period.
Sir. I have to visit Thirukarukavur. We will be leaving this Saturday morning from chennai by car and we want to back in chennai by Sunday late night. We would like to visit divyadesams near kumbakonam. Can you suggest suitable i route to cover maximum temples, including thirukarukavur.
Thanks in advance
Chandra Aiyangar
Chandra...@gmail.con
Adiyen,
Thanks for such a detailed account.
I'm planning a trip to visit the Divya Desams in the Thanjavur/ Kumbakonam belt between 29-31st July (I'll be travelling on the 28th night by train from Chennai to either of Thanjavur or Kumbakonam, whichever you recommend as a better starting point for covering the Divya Desams). On 31st afternoon, I wish to travel to Kalyanapuram and on 1st morning/afternoon travel back to Chennai (preferably by the Cholan express).
Would it be possible for you to suggest an itinerary for the same? I'll be travelling solo (in case it helps you provide a plan accordingly).
Thanks in advance!
Dear Mr Prabhu
Excellent work you are doing and May God Bless you for this wonderful effort. Scholors say Adiyarku Sevai seivathe mikka unnadha sevai and you are blessed to do this.
With Warm regards
Irumbanur Vadaiyem
sir,
We are very much impressed by your details......we planned to visit kumbakonam this weekend.....kindly let us know good accommodation and also a cab with reasonable charges for two days....
Dear Shri.Prabhu,
My wife and self would like to visit Divyadesam and Abhimanastalams temples at Kumbakonam,Tanjore,Nagapatinam,Mannargudi during first week of Jan2016.Arriving at Kumbakonam from Chennai on 7 th Ja,leaving Mannargudi on 10 th Jan.Can you suggest the following
1.Good guide to take us to all Divyadesams in a planned manner
2.Taxi at Kumbakonam,the same can be used to go to Tanjore and Mannargudi.
3.Planned to stay at Raya's grand at Kumbakonam.
4.?Schedule of visits
Looking forward your reply on my email sriniv...@rediffmail.com Or jsvn...@gmail.com
Thanking you,
Srinivasan
my family of 4 sr..citizens wish to cover vaishnava divyadesams in and around Kumbakonam and sirkali,We are starting from Chennai in taxi on 23rd instant 7 am. Mr Prabhu please suggest which place to start from and sequence of travelplaces with timings of visit and place to stay. we have three days at our disposal. kindly mail information, thanks RAGHAVAN
Dear Prabhu sir, thanks for the prompt response to my request for the guidance. I talked to the Bhattacharya of Sirkazhi and Annan koil who had suggested to take a guide with us from Annan koil and from what they said we find that 1pm to 5pm no temple will be open. therefore we advanced our time by an hour, starting from Chennai ADYAR at 6 am. Hope with your best wishes we would be cowering all diva desams in and around Kumbakonam and Sirkali, thanks in advance, Raghavan
Hello sir.....
We visited kumbakonam in the beginning of this month.....we visited opiliappan,nachiyar koil,thirucherai,kanamangai,kannapuram, athanur,aduthurai,....all
Now want to visit Tanjore.....we want to know the divyadesams in and around Tanjore.....just two days stay only.....
If we puyup in Tanjore will it be OK.....
Please guide us sir......
Dear Prabhu sir,
with your good wishes and prayers we completed the tour of DD in kumbakonam and Sirkazhi.
The guidance and timings given by you was very useful and precise. Thanks. Now we 4 sr. citizens wish to go to D/D of Malai Desam and Pandiya Desam and Guruvayoor. Kindly guide us with similar guidance as to which place we need to fix as our center and the timings to be followed by us during this tour. We wish to go by train from Chennai and go to Guruvayoor first. We have 4 days at our disposal Also suggest whether Oct.3rd week will be ideal for the trip. Thanks in advance. Raghavan
Hi Sir, We r reached 14th 2 clock nit stay thirukarukavur bcoz we r planing to 15th mrg pooja at this temple return only nit train , so please tell the plan 108 dd temples and other famous temple near kumbakonam
Hi Prabhu.
I would like to visit all 11 temples in a day can you tell me from which temple to start with. Cab from srirangam so suggest a route which would cover all Divya desam in a day.
Thank you in advance
Dear Prabhu,
Thank you for your very informative blog. We contacted Saravanan to show us all the divyadesams in chola nadu. The testimonials were true; he was knowledgeable, had a lot of experience in these temple tours and especially in divyadesam tours, speaks Hindi/Tamil, and charged reasonably. I would definitely recommend Saravanan.
Regards,
Chakri
Dear Prabhu,
Namaskaram!
It's really great to see your service over here.. Perumal anugraham paripoornamaga kittatum!!!
I am going to travel from Kanchipuram on this Friday 25th march morning by our own car.. Could you please guide us on making our plan.. Sorry to bother you.. Also let me know self drive works out or better to keep a local driver or guide? If I start Friday morning I guess I could reach in 5 to 6 hours by afternoon.. I could stay till Sunday morning.. I want to visit including thirunangur divya desam, thiruchitra koodam, kapisthalam, kumbakonam temples..
Many thanks
Hello Mr Prabhu,
Firstly, thank you for taking time of in giving us good info.
We are family of four, all >50 years of age (and an 80 year old lady as well) and are planning the following itinerary ,whilst at Kumbakonam. Your advice will be appreciated. We will be reaching Kumbakonam on the 9th of April hardly 2 days from this post).
Our stay is booked near the railway station @ Kumbknm. The below is the itinerary ,including travel time.
Day 1 : 4pm t0 6pm - Sri Gajendravaradha perumal. 6pm - 7pm Sri Valvilraman perumal . 7pm to 8pm - Sri aanduallukumayan perumal. Then dinner & head to hotel.
Want to fit in swami malai here, can you advise?
Day 2 : 7 am to 9am - Travel to vaduvur ramar and darshan. 9am to 10:30 am - Rajagopalaswamy temple. Return to hotel and lunch ,rest
4:30pm to 5:30 pm Nathan koil. 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Nachiyar kovil. 7pm yo 8pm Uppiliyappan koil. Then return to hotel,rest
Day 3 : 6:30 to 7:30 am Sarangapani temple. 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm Chakrapani temple.
Ends here,we return to hotel,relax and ends our darshan tour.
Is this itinerary tough ,given the age group? Can you advise on a reliable taxi person who can help us around with this list? Any good place for lunch / dinner while at this tour?
I will be much obliged with whatever info. you can share on the above ,sir.
Best
Keshav