Renovation of Thiruvarur Car
There were beautiful Cars / Chariots, intricately carved in temples in Tamil Nadu that were burnt to ashes by a few evil minded people. The car in Thiruvarur was one of the largest in our country and was very well known. The trustees of the Thiruvarur temple, Vadapadhimangalam Zamin family and other prominent landlords in Tanjore
wanted to replace the Tiruvarur car with one that was as beautiful and intricately made as the one that was burnt out. After hearing the news of the destruction of the old car, our Swamigal had been persuading his disciples to take the effort to replace the car. The key person in this effort was Subbaraya Vadyar belonging to the Vedya community and was known for spending most of his wealth in renovation and service of temples. He was greatly devoted to our Swamigal and came to have his darshan often. He visited Swamigal in Thirupadhiripuliyur in October,1926 and obtained his Sri Mukham as well as rupees one thousand and one given by Swamigal, took it back to Tanjore and started collecting for this colossal effort. With the help of Narasimha Iyer, manager of Arur Devasthanam, and other friends, he collected about one lakh within six months. When Swamigal was visiting the district of Malayala, he helped to obtain timber for rebuilding
the car.
The renovation / re-building of the car started and progressed fast with the involvement of hundreds of skilled artisans and sculptors and was completed within two years. During this time, Swamigal took a lot of interest and kept inquiring about the status of the work on the car. The key person who was involved in this effort, Subbaraya
Vadyar later on took sannyasa ashrama and lived for a few years under the name of Sri Narayana Bramendrar. Later, on 10th January, 1948, in his seventy-seventh year, he was sitting on his seat in the village Marudhavananjeri, uttered the name of his favourite god “Thyagesa” and attained siddhi.
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