Perumal Koil, Thirumayam: Sarmaya Art of Travel, Chettinad

During our journey through the Chettinad region, we stopped at many temples and shrines and listened to tales both fantastical and illuminating. We had a superb guide in historian V Sriram, who explored the culture, myths and artistic heritage of each place of worship along the way in his inimitable way of immersive storytelling, and drew for us a magical map of faith in this corner of Tamil Nadu.
This cavernous rock-cut temple, one of India’s 108 divyadesams, was built around the 7th century AD and is a heritage structure protected by the Archaeological Survey of India. Inside, we find ourselves in the presence of Lord Vishnu in two incarnations, as Sri Sathyamurthy Perumal, whose idol stands with his wives facing east, and Sri Thirumeyyar, whose reclining figure measures a whopping 30 feet. He lies asleep yet all-knowing on the coils of many-headed serpent Adisesha, unconcerned about the asuras’ missiles flying at him.
Read more about our Chettinad temple trails here: sarmaya.in/spotlight/temple-to...

[@jayaramanp7267]

A good story teller. I feel pride when he says the importance of Tamil holy verses which are given more importance than Sanskrit slogas in Vishnu temples. The controversy of Tamil Vs Sanskrit becomes meaningless when he proves with a fact. Only ignorant people object to Tamil being used in temples I praise of God.

[@podangadubukus]

True

[@user-fq2xg8dg3e]

True there was no other languages ,original tamil language only in all over india.

[@narayananraman8397]

At 13.18, Mr Sriram talks about Poigai Alwar, Boodhath Alwar, Pey Alwar meeting at Kanch...it is not Kanchi as he mentions but Thirukoyiloor near Villupuram...

[@alamelue2988]

Yes I also read like that

[@friendpatriot1554]

@@alamelue2988 you are right.

[@solaipethachi6764]

Extraordinary presentation

[@premilasahasrakshi1304]

Oh My god. What blessings that I have been given to listen to his description. Tears flowing down my cheeks. Thank you so much, Sriram Ji.

[@tmvchari7949]

Fantastic. Lucid explanation. Thanks for Sri.Sriram

[@arunkumarsundaram9941]

16:05 "What??!!" asked the innocent child. The voice of lord himself.

[@ravichandran8669]

The flow of information. GREAT knowledge sir.

[@sathyavageeswaranvenkitesw4393]

The camera man should also focus on the temple also and not always on the narrator😌

[@karthiksubramanianlakshmi]

Sir , have you been to the temple?

[@AnanthNat]

Such a repository of heritage knowledge, and so erudite! Hats off sir!

[@vsiva710]

Amazing description - wonderful narration !! Thank You !!

[@thiruramalingam3351]

hats off sir, Really enjoyable,

[@Gopinath-bn4qf]

Amazing story and your speak

[@sornamannamalai8051]

Sir Such a wonderful explanation. Thanks sir

[@namakkalpsrinivasan7419]

Koti koti Namaskaram. Need more such Temple visits, Eye openers. thanks Sir

[@rajappane]

A very good virtual tour for us .... Thanks ....

[@sornamannamalai8051]

Sir After school days this is the first time I am listening with so much happiness on sirs story. God bless you sir I am blown away. So much clarity

[@user-fq2xg8dg3e]

All the wild in school you have been reading,listing , and following slope languages.

[@srenathr2521]

Beautiful story teller ❤️

[@govindarajr3801]

Best explanation of all the alwars and nallayara thivya prabsndam excellant 🌻🌻🌻

[@balajiramadoss6992]

Great explained sir. God bless you.keep us telling the temple stories

[@mohansagar6601]

Beautiful! Mr. Sriram has done yeoman service to Azhwar Tradition.

[@Partha2212]

Thank you ,

[@kishoregovinde6629]

Beautiful narration.

[@ramaswamysrinivasan1253]

Very excellent... 🙏🙏🙏

[@asarerebird8480]

I have no words💗

[@geetamudaliar5110]

Exceptionally beautiful explanation given by you. Would highly appreciate if you share more n more such descrptive information about our culture and shastra.

[@shivanandhafoodinn7241]

Excellent Narrative With in Agama Rules

[@thyaahoo1]

Excellent explanation.

[@charrumathinr5801]

Great work 🙏

[@vimala518]

wonderful explanation!

[@kasturiswami784]

Very good. I spied leela Samson there.

[@marvenarchitectsandpromote928]

Great rendering sir

[@kandasamykottursamy2832]

Great sir

[@maku8075]

Real Hindu Dharma is in South India. I don't feel the same energy in North India temples that I feel in South India temples.

[@GopinaTHJ1982]

Awesome Sir

[@ashokashtekar4265]

Very very grand information... narrations.... N.. Very very nice too.... Arumai....

[@qmax4288]

Wow Nice explanation ji Hats off

[@radhakrishnan9360]

சூப்பர் நமஸ்காரம் 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍

[@sivarmbabusadasivam8121]

Super

[@viky90able]

one small correction. Mudurakavi alwar sang only on his aacharyan Swami Nammalvar.

[@pranatharth]

Amazing insight. Thanks a lot Sir. If you have any other channels pl let us know. My NamaskaramS.

[@auntypm4288]

I hv been to ths temple

[@MonikaSingh-it8dl]

Sir do post more such detailed videos on temples

[@padmasrinivasan2168]

Excellent explanation. I would very much like to be part of a group listening to him.

[@mugunthanc8660]

Unbelievable information he has and nicely conveyed , Hats off to his knowledge. But the cameraman could've shown all the statues he was talking about rather than showing his face all the time. What a shame..

[@gokulanandan]

The reaction of the child when the prof is explaining how some people are not allowed to enter temple based on their caste is epic! 16:04

[@vettudayakaali2686]

I don’t like how Sriram sidestepped the question. Brahmins can never accept social equality

[@gokulanandan]

@@vettudayakaali2686 I dont like to generalise… maybe he is just focussing on storytelling at that moment

[@vettudayakaali2686]

@@gokulanandan Even if he were focusing on storytelling, it's unjustifiable how he emphasized "he was an outcast" to the child, as if there are indeed people who are supposed to be outcasts ! Nonsense. Amidst his storytelling it doesn't take long to say "in those days there was an unfair practice of treating some fellow human beings as lesser humans and denying them rights. That has changed now after people protested". Instead he slyly reinforced that treating people as outcasts is normal. And without the slightest embarrassment he did it in front of so many educated people. A leopard cannot change its spots. In fairness to Sriram, I can understand his situation where he would have not wanted to go into a long conversation with the child. However, he should have indicated that it was an unfair practice right away in his first response. In that moment, the child is surely thinking "oh okay, there are people who are outcasts and who should not enter temples". Poisoning a young mind.

[@sunderrajan124]

My humble Pranams to you sir, I very much impressed with your comments. Thank you very much sir.

[@padmanabhas3676]

🙏🙏🙏

[@dailynewfuns]

ஐயா வணக்கம் 🙏

[@jn.darmarajhu8301]

திருமயம் கோவில் ,கோபுரம் ,காண்பியுங்கள் ஐயா.

[@friendpatriot1554]

You should show what is ponited out explained than the face of guide.

[@trvenugopalan2800]

He gave the wrong information that the first three Azwars met at Thirukovilur but not Kanchi.

[@dailynewfuns]

Entha vdo tamil la eruntha nalla erukume 😌

[@rajeevimuralidhara8028]

Let us use both the languages to preserve it

[@shivanandhafoodinn7241]

Pls arrange to cover All Temples with Good Narrations

[@premilasahasrakshi1304]

Oh! Really

[@06musicfan]

Pandyan dynasty is far older than the 7th century AD. The Romans used to trade with the Pandyans.

[@shanmugavelup8033]

The kumbas are filled with navathanyas; not with wheat!

[@sivamadurai]

Dear Sir, Requesting you not to title the taller structure over the main deity as Gopuram. Whether it is taller or shorter than the entrance structure, still it is "Vimana". Thanks.

[@TheVaayuputra]

Sanathana Dharma 🙏

[@velu1671]

What is that sanki barbarian nomadic rule or beliefs. Uncivilized barbarian oral versus of veda.

[@painreliever1728]

@@velu1671 சப்பி என்பவன் யார்? இந்தியாவிற்கு எதிரான அத்தனை துரோகங்களையும் செய்வான்..சப்பி என்பவன் அரபி பெயரை வைத்துக் கொள்வான், அரபிக்காரன் மதத்தை நக்குவான்..சப்பி என்பவன் இங்கிலிஷ் காரன் பெயரை வைத்துக் கொள்வான், இங்கிலிஷ் காரன் மதத்தை நக்குவான..சப்பி என்பவன் இந்து கடவுள் மட்டும் இல்லை என்பான், ஆனால் இயேசுவும், அல்லாவும் இருக்கு என்பான்..சப்பி என்பவன் மதம் மாத்தும் தொழிலை தன் குலத் தொழிலாக வைத்து இருப்பான்..சப்பி என்பவன் உழைத்து சாப்பிட மாட்டான், வெளி நாட்டின் மத அமைப்புகளிடம் பிச்சை எடுத்து தான் சாப்பிடுவான்..சப்பி என்பவன் இந்தியாவின் மோடியை எதிர்ப்பான். ஆனால் இட்லி காரி நக்குவான்..சப்பி என்பவன் தேசபக்தி கிலோ என்ன விலை என்று கேட்டேன். ஆனால் இந்தியாவிற்கு எதிராக நன்றாக குனிந்து சூத்தை காட்டுவான்..சப்பி என்பவன் இந்தியா வேஸ்ட் உங்க, பாகிஸ்தான்-சீனாலாம் பெஸ்ட்ங்க என்பான்..சப்பி என்பவன் சங்கிங்க மாட்டு மூத்திரம் குடிக்கிங்க என்பான், ஆனால் இவன் மட்டும் மாட்டு மூத்திரத்தை மாட்டு பூலோடு சேர்த்து விழுங்குவான்,மாட்டு சாணியை மாட்டு சூத்தோடு விழுங்குவான்..இவற்றையெல்லாம் விட, சப்பி என்பவன் பெரியாரே சொல்லிவிட்டான் என்ற காரணத்தை சொல்லி சொல்லியே, தனக்கு சுன்னி கிளம்பி விட்டால் வீட்டில் இருக்கும் பாட்டி-அம்மா-அக்கா-தங்கச்சி-மகள்-பேத்தி என அத்தனை பேரையும் போட்டு ஓழ்ப்பான்..சப்பி என்பவன் இந்த கூதிகா, கூதிமணி, குனிமலர், டாக்டர் ஷாலினி போன்ற லூலூ தேவ்டியாள்களை தங்களின் குல தெய்வம் என்று போற்றுவான்..சப்பி என்பவன் பரம்பரை பரம்பரையாக கட்டு மரம் குடும்பத்திற்கு சப்பி சப்பி குண்டி கழுவி விடுவான்.

[@ravichandran8669]

Sir, Shaligram is known to be an ammonite fossil.

[@maku8075]

Real shaligram is not an Fossil. Yes the current ones being used is an ammonite fossil. My family temple has a Real Shaligram passed down on generation by our forefathers.

[@nandakumarsathiyamoorthy8631]

Though the narrator has given lot of information, many of his narrations are wrong. Me being a local descendant of Tirumeyyam, I can find numerous wrong details especially on the structures and its age. And Srirangam was sung by 11 alvars and not 12 since Madhurakavi Azhwar has sung only on Nammazhwar and not on any deity. And the structures belong to very early period as this lord is older than Srirangam Perumal in existence. Srirangam is around 40 chaturyugams old whereas Tirumeyyam is 96 chaturyugams old

[@rsrswamy2916]

Please give EXACT transliteraration. Many lines would mislead non.vaishnavss. You can give thamizh translation of key words.

[@aravindkumar7204]

16.05.. we can’t answer the kid question

[@uthantmoon8849]

I am fascinated by the authority of this guy saying that the people who built these towers does not know about the phenomenon of electricity 🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️... This guy should read Mahabharata and Ramayana, and then modify his opinions...

[@ramachandranlingaam6735]

Ever thing is great except that gentleman says Dravidian temple. Its Tamilan temple and mostly built by Chola, Pandyas and Pallavas.

[@gajenr9369]

English

[@arsiva1880]

Mr Sriram - Stop naming Dravida for Tamil discoveries and literatures.

[@user-yc5gt2us7r]

எல்லாம் பொய்

[@user-vi6py6us8b]

I hate this temple