Trichanur.

Our first obeisance was to Alarmel mangathayar ---Padmavathy Devi at Trichanur. This town is 6 kms from Tirupati .

Most, in fact nearly all the Perumal temples that I have visited have the sannidhi of Lakshmi or Thayar within the temple compound itself.But it is different here.Whilst Srinivasar' lords over the seven hills ,his consort Padmavathy Devi reigns at Trichanur !

In the outer prakaram or circumbulatory passage of the main and presiding deity--AlarmelmangaThayar there are two sannidhis ,that of Venugopala swamy and Soundaraja perumal respectively.
After a darshan of the beautiful and dazzling form of Thayar and inhaling the scent of jasmine, lotuses, sampangi and roses and the pleasant divinity and suffused with peace,charm and beauty I circumbulated the inner small passage that runs immediately around Thayar's sannidhi [Lakshmi]. This passage also houses two small sannidhi's of Sri Ramanujar and Viswaksena.
The pushkarani--sacred tank --of Padmavathy devi . Float festivals are conducted in here.
Photos;The full moon --Poornima--rising between the two Gopurams of Padmavathy temple at Trichanur on Saturday[13.8.2011] which is the most auspicious day for Srinivasar and during his birth star ---Sravan. A rare combination!

A small portion of The golden Vimanam that enshrines within Padmavathy Thayar is visible at the left hand side of the pictures.