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Madurai Connection of Wallajapet

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Janaki Jambunathan

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“Tyagaraja handed over all his belongings, including his tambura , idols of Rama and some deities, palm leaf manuscripts and his padukas (wooden sandals) to Krishnaswamy Bhagavathar. While the idols are still in Wallajapet the other things have been brought to the Saurashtra Sabha in Madurai,” said Mr. Damodaran.

Idols of Tyagaraja

inheritance disputes leave no one untouched, even centuries after.


“The stone and bronze idols of Tyagaraja are worshipped by his brother's descendants,” says the young Brahmin in charge. A grilled enclosure displays a small idol of Lord Rama, with his consort Sita, along with Lakshmana and Hanuman. “These were the idols worshipped by Tyagaraja,” says the Brahmin, himself a descendant of Jalpeshan, Tyagaraja's brother. But are not the idols worshipped by Tyagaraja in Thanjavur kept in the house of the saint's wife's descendants? The man goes into defence mode – “Tyagaraja had many idols of Rama,” he says. “This is one of them.”


Tyagaraja's own bloodline petered out after two generations, when a childless daughter-in-law, widowed early, brought away the idol with her, from Tiruvaiyaru to Thanjavur. Tyagarajan, the current descendant of the widow's parental family, living in a simple home in Varagappaiyer Street, Thanjavur, near Therku Veedhi, performs an arati, for us to see this haloed image - the idols can only be viewed by lamplight, and no photos are allowed. All the musicians come here during the aradhana, sing or pray, and take the Lord's blessings. Truly, inheritance disputes leave no one untouched, even centuries after

I have seen this idol in வரகப்பையர் தெரு off தெற்கு ராஜ வீதி beliving it is the original one!

https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&r...2q38HiKB-xyY_fM4g&sig2=EjskY7rEFAnQzFMi-8w4GQ
 
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