Vaikuntanathar temple------Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram is full of temples and I decided to visit Vaikuntanathar temple, the oldest temple in here , dating back to 6 th cent AD , built by Pallavas.

Well ,kept lush green lawns bordered by violet coloured flowers smiling over rows of hedges surrounding the entire temple which is under ASi ,was cool and welcoming.

Our luck was in store! The temple's another shrine ---of Ranganathar located at the first floor was open to public today , in honour of the Garuda seva of Vardharajar, though it is normally open only on Ekadesi's.This information was given by two young priests at the main shrine . Like every where else there are more and more young faces in priest hood and lesser lesser of old one's.
After paying obeisance of VAikuntanathar we climbed the steep steps to see SriRanganathar. The Moolavar was very small and compact! Unlike the huge and majestic one's I am accustomed to seeing at Srirangam , Thirumaiyyam or moderate size of moolavar at Thiruvallur, koiladdi and so on.

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