Bhakthi Maargam | Upanyasam | Bhaktha Mandali

Bhaktha Mandali (Regd) owns and manages Sri Rathnagiriswarar Temple in Besant Nagar catering to the spiritual needs of a large number of devotees in South Madras.
In 1969 the residents of Besant Nagar formed a Society and later registered it under the Societies Registration Act in 1972 under the name 'BHAKTHA MANDALI (REGD). The various aims and objectives of this Society included place of worship for the welfare of the people in and around Besant Nagar.
With this objective, Sri Paramacharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt was approached to seek His blessings for constructing a small temple. He blessed the project and foretold that the devotees would find a Sivalinga in the seashore off Thiruvanmiyur coast. He directed that this idol could be installed and a temple constructed. After a search for over three months, the devotees found the Siva Linga. Sri Mahadeva Iyer (father of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal of Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt in his poorvashrama) helped the devotees in retrieving the idol from the seashore and brought it to Besant Nagar. Sri Mahakalikudi Ramanatha Swamigal installed on the sacred day of Maha Sivarathri on the 7th March 1970, the Sivalinga at the place where the temple stands now.
Sri Paramacharyal of Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt named the Siva Linga as 'SRI RATHNAGIRISWARAR' and asked the devotees to construct a pucca temple with His con-sort 'SRI ARALAKESI'. Sri Paramacharya instructed that the' temple be constructed in line with the ancient temple at the Ayyarmalai in Kulitalai in Trichy District.
Lord Rathnagiriswarar faces West as in the case of Sri Kapaleeswarar and Sri Marundeeswarar temples in Mylapore and Thiruvanmiyur respectively. Another very special feature of this temple is that the Siva Linga is installed exactly opposite to the Rudrabhoomi (the cremation ground in Besant Nagar) as desired by His Holiness Sri Paramacharya.
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