May 06, 2008

Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Lakshmipuram

Sridharan's family and our family with parents, drove down to Lakshmipuram
near Kuppam in Andrhra Pradesh (Take Bangalore - Chennai highway,
after Krishnagiri take second left towards Kuppam and reach Lakshmipuram
after 34km. 3km away from Lakshmipuram is another temple of Lord Srinivasa
in a village called Kanavarnapalli or Kurumuti
(temple closed by the time we went there.)

Contact L N Rangaraja Bhattar at Lakshmipuram 098858 76617 (AP) or 094494 32899 (Karnataka)
and Kiran at Srinivasa temple 099668 51676.
Varadaraja temple is over 1000 years old.
Perundevi thayar and sannadhis for Lord Krishna, Ramanuja,
Swami Desikan and all alwars are present.

A write up on the history of the temple is given below.

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