Temple Location :
About the Temple :
Thiru Ayodhya is said to be the Janmha Bhoomi (Birth place) of Sri Ramar and is situated 6 Kms from Faizabad.
Ayodhya is well connected with other places by road, as it is located on the main highway.
Transportation by means of Tempos, Cycle-rickshaws and Buses are available and frequent.
Specials:
1. In this sthalam only, Emperumaan took the Avathaar as Ramapiran as an ordinary king, who led
the life as an ordinary human. And at the end of the Avathaar, along with other 3 brothers,
he got mixed (ie) got mukthi in Sarayu river.
2. This Divyadesam is said to be one among the 7 Mukthi Kshetrams. These 7 mukthi sthalam
represents different part of the body of Sriman Narayanan.
Moolavar:
The Moolavar of Ayodhya is Sri Ramar. He is also called with the names "Chakravarthy
Thirumagan", facing his thirumugham towards North direction. Prathyaksham for Bharadhan, all
Devars and Maharishis.
Thaayar:
The Thaayar of this divyadesam is Seetha Piratiiyaar.
Vimaanam
Pushkala Vimaanam.
Sthalapuranam
The Great epic, Ramayana is said to start and ended in this sthalam. The avathaar of Sri Ramar
explains how an ordinary human should be and it explains the Sathya path which leads him to
the final mukthi.
This Divyadesam is said to be one among the 7 Mukthi Kshetrams. These 7 mukthi sthalam
represents different part of the body of Sriman Narayanan. Avanthi is represented as the divine
feet, Thiruvadi of the perumal, Kachipuram, represents the waist, Thirudwaraka represents
the Nabhi (the lower stomach), Maya represents the Thiru maarbhu (the chest) Madhura represents
the neck, Kasi represents the nose and finally, this Ayodhya Kshetram represents the Head of
the perumal. Thats the reason it is said to be one of the most important among the 7 Mukthi
kshetram.
Sri Ramar by killing Ravanan explains to the world that all the life led and its destiny ends
only through ones character. Sri Ramar led his life by thinking of only one life parter,
Seetha Piratti, his wife along with his bow (vil). He followed his previous generationed
member and followed their words. Thus, the Rama avathaar explains about one word, one bow and
one wife and all the characters are found inside Sri Ramar. When Emperumaan took the human
avathaar, as Sri Ramar, Periya piratti came as his wife as Seetha piratti, the
Aadhiseshan as his brother, Lakshmanan and perumal's sangu and chakkaram took their birth
as "Bharadhan and Sathrukkanan. Hanuman born as the hamsam of Sivaperumaan.
This Avathaar of Sriman Narayanan as "Sri Ramar", shows the best and excellent characters
of all human and explains how all must be. By giving the entire Raajyam (empire) of Ayodhi
to Bharathar as asked by Kaikeyi he gave the entire Raajyam and left out from Ayodhi to a
forest. This character shows the obiedience for Kaikeyi, inspite of she doing harm by
making him to go to the forest.
By helping Sukreevan and Vibheeshanan, Sri Ramar explains about the great friendship character
and finally, the mercy and love showed towards Sri Hanuman is the ultimate character of Sri
Ramar.
This Ayodhya sthalam is siad to be the birth place of Sri Ramar and he got Mukthi
(Paramapadham) only from this Ayodhya sthalams and it is said to be the final place where
the Rama avathaar ended.
Brahmadevan did a strong tapas towards Sriman Narayanan. The perumal gave his prathyaksham
for Brahma and both of them hugged together. On seeing the great bhakti of Brahmadevan,
Sriman Narayanan is so emotionally attracted towards him and his (perumal) eyes started
to swell tears. But Brahma devan doesnt want the tears to let down it into the earth and he
collected all of his tears in the Kamandalam (a small vessel which all the Rishis have).
Using his power, Brahma devan created a pushkarani and all the drops of tears was mixed into
the pushkarani. And that is called the Maanasasaras in the Himalayas. Since, the theertham
is created along with the tears drops of perumal and the Manasika power (created from his
heart fulfilled) of Brahma devar, this theertham is so called as "Maanasasaras".
When Itsuraku was ruling Ayodhya he said his plea that if a river flows in his empire he
would feel happy to Vasishta Maharishi. Vasishta Maharishi went towards Brahma devan in
Sathya loka and along with the help of him, he made to flow the Maanasasaras to flow near
his city . Since, Maansasaras was made to flow in Ayodhi, it is called as "Sarayu Nadhi".
Since, this river flowed as the step taken by Vasistar, this theertham is also called as
"Vasistai". This river is said to be the body of a women and said that it talked to Sri
Ramar and Dasarathar because of this, the river is also called as "Rama Gangai".
It is said that earlier Ayodhya had 2700 temple of Sri Ramar near the South shore of
Sarayu Nadhi.
Swayavambhuvamanu, who was the first son of Brahma devan, met in Sathya lokam and asked him
which is the place he need to start the task of creation. Brahma along with his son, went
towards Sriman Narayanan in Sri Vaikuntam. Through Brahma devan, Sriman Narayanan hands over
the middle portion of Sri Vaikuntam which is said to be the Ayodhi Raajyam. This explains
that all the wealth of Grand father belongs to Grand son (ie) since Brahma devan emerged
from the Naabhi of Sri Mahavishnu he is considered to be his son and Swayavambhuvamanu is
considered as the grandson of Mahavishnu. This is the reason why alwar say:
"Ambuyothon Ayodhi Mannarkku Alitha kovil".
Interesting Places
On the shore of Sarayu river, a small temple for Aanjaneya is found which is called as
"Hanuman Thekri", where he is found in Vishwaroopa kolam. But only his head is found outwards.
Ammaaji Mandir, where sannadhis for Sri Ranganathar and Sri Ramar are found. This is the place
where the old temple was found where all the alwars sung on the perumal.
The sthalam which is raised as the rememberance of Sri Ramar is being destroyed and found in
damaged stage. We should not think that his temple was demolished. He has his own temple
in all of the hearts of his bhaktas who says the Rama Naamam as "Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya
Ram" purely in their heart and thus Ayodhya is found all hearts of the bhaktas. So, bhaktas
who say "Sri Ramajayam" is said to be the "Rama janma Bhoomi" and thus explains that there is
lots and lots of Ayodhya is found in this entire world.
So let us say "Sri Ramajayam" and let his name spread throughout the world.
Theerthams of Ayodhya
There are number of theerthams is said to be flow in and near Ayodhya. Below are listed some of the Pushkaranis in and around Ayodhya:-
1. Paramapadha Pushkarani
2. Sarayu river.
3. Nageswara Theertham:
Sri Ramar had two sons namely Lavan and Kusa. One day, Kusa was having a bath in Sarayu river
who was very much attracted by his beauty by Kumudavathi, a princess of Naga Lokam. she
wanted to marry him and because of this, she caught hold of Kusa's hands but she could not
stop him. After reaching the palace, kusa found his ornaments (bangle) was missing. He
thought it might have fallen in Sarayu river and to taken out the bangle from the river he
dried up the river using his astram. The Naga princes got frightened of the astram and
returned the bangle and falled to the feet of Kusa. Kusa explained the bangle was so
important since it was given by Vasistar to Sri Ramar, his father. And finally, Kusa let
the river to flow once again. Because of this, the theertham is called as
"Nageswara theertham".
Lots of theertham like Vaidaheeya theertham, Soorya theertham, Ratha theertham etc are also fund. It is believed that Indra took bath in Indra theertham to get
out of the Paavam (sin) due to Vrithirasura Vadham (Killing of Vrithisuran).
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