Sunrays march 2015

Hundreds of devotees could have darshan of Lord Srisuryanarayana Swamy on Tuesday early hours when sunrays
directly touched the presiding deity. The sunrays which fell on the Dhwajasthambam through the gopuram of the
temple and touched the God’s feet for nine minutes starting from 6.21 am. It was considered as a rare occasion as
sunrays never stayed for more than four minutes in the recent past. The devotees who were disappointed on Monday
looked happy on Tuesday morning after witnessing the rare event. It is likely to occur on Wednesday too.

The temple was built in such a way that the early morning rays of the sun fall on the feet of the deity twice a year, in
March and in October, even when the 5 entrance gates are closed. The sun rays touch the presiding deity in March
when the sun moves from ‘Uttarayanam’ to ‘Dakshinayanam’. It happens again in October when the sun moves to
‘Uttarayanam’.

Chief priest Ippili Sankara Sarma and others offered special prayers to the presiding deity and explained the
Collector P.Lakshmi Nrusimham about the architecture of the temple which allows of sunrays to enter inside the
sanctum sanctorum though the distance from entrance was more than 300 meters. He said that their forefathers
Ippili China Sanyasulu and Pedasanyasulu designed the gopuram with the support of experts to ensure that the sun
rays touch the feet of the deity.

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