Some Glimpses about the temple
a) The temple was built on the Divine Order of MahaPeriyava ( Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Swamigal of Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt ) and was blessed by him in its milestones.
b) 16 Ganapathy Moorthis ( Shotasa Ganapathy) in the praharam ( photos available on the website ) are a rare piece of sculpture work.
c) Nithya Ganapathy Homam is being performed from 1994, every day as per the Divine Instructions of Shri Sandhananda Swamigal. This is a rare chain of religious activity which has immeasurable strength and purity. The murthi’s divine grace and sanctity is evident from this.
d) Goddess Vijaya Durga is consecrated facing North. A water segment ( well) is before her with a Vriksha Raja Tree (Arasu Tree in tamil) on the other side. This linear combination has great speciality. Even the worst of the planetary combinations in horoscope would get abominable good effects after worshipping the deity.
e) The place is said to have historical importance of being the ashrama of renowned rishis and their personal sannidhanams/temples in ancient times.
f) The grace of the deity has been established far and wide within India and abroad.
g) Many organizations are functioning for more than 30 years supporting the temple activites.
Ullagaram Vijaya Ganapathy
Late Sri Gopalakrishna Bhagavathar moved on to the suburb town of Ullagaram ( near madipakkam) in chennai in 1975 and has been residing there since then. He was instrumental in the construction of Sri Vijaya Ganapathy Temple at Ullagaram. He is the founder of Sri Vijaya Ganapathy Mandali which is supporting the temple. The temple was visited by His Holiness Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal on 13th September 1975. The Second Kumbhabishegam was performed by Mayilai Sri Guruji Sundara rama Swamigal on 5th July 1984 in the presence of Honorable Minister R.M.Veerappan. The temple was again consecrated on 19th June 1994 in the presence of His Holiness Pudukottai Poojya Sri Santhananda Swamigal. Three more consecrations have been done in 1999, 2001 and 2012 presided by His Holiness Saduram Swamigal, His Holiness Bharadwaja Swamigal (Bhuvaneswari Peetam) and His Holiness Mahadeva malai Maha Ananda Siddhar respectively.
The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Vijaya Ganapathy with separate sannadhis for Vijaya Kumara Swami (Murugan), Lord Vijaya Manikanda Swami, Lord Vijaya Raghava Swami, Lord Vijaya Maruthy, Goddess Vijaya Durga and Navagrahams. A five storeyed Raja Gopuram has also been constructed. A meditation hall with the divine statues of Sri Adi Sankara with his disciples is also present.
Daily Ganapathy Homam is performed for the past 12 years ( from 19th June 1994) in the temple. Sankata Hara Chaturthi, Kirthigai, Uthiram, Punarvasu, Moolam, Pournami poojas are regularly conducted every month. Saturday Bhajans, Thirupugazh Parayanam are also performed. Kumara Ganapathy Pooja is performed on every Maha Sankata Hara Chaturthi day on 108 veda pata sala vidyarthis-brahmacharis. This is a unique pooja and not being performed elsewhere. The temple is enshrined also with Shotasa Ganapathy statues. The Goddess Durga’s abode is very peculiar being North facing with a Vriksha Raja tree on the other side and a water spring in the middle.
Kavi Arasu Kannadasan, Tharumai Adhinam Srila Sri Somasundara Thambiran, Sri Ke Vaa Jaganathan, Natiya Peroli Sri Vaijayanthi Mala Bali, Film Producer G. Venkatesan have also visited the temple on various occasions.
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