Om Sri Suryanarayana Swamy Vari Devasthanam Arasavalli Srikakulam

About Sun

HEAVENLY LIGHT

Search for Light and Truth has been the guiding principle of Vedic Seers of hoary antiquity in their earnest endeavors to solve the eternal problems of creation. “Jyotiranveshayamaha” - ‘Let us search for Light, heavenly Light’ was their motto. It is interesting to note that the Royal Astronomical Society of Britain has the same motto, “quick quid nitil notundum” - means, “whatever shines must be observed”. A Russian sentence goes on, “Rays of light are the emissaries of their master, the source of light, the Sun.

Devotees of every age testify to the appearance of God as light. And throughout the world, Light is considered the symbol for all splendor and glory of the Spirit. It stands for Truth, Order, Reality, Goodness, Beauty, Intelligence, Wisdom, Bliss and Immortality or “Amritattwa”. Therefore, the Sun is Light and Life, Love and Law. “Let there be Light! And there was Light”, the Bible saith. The soul of the universe or “Hiranya Garbha” sustains and upholds the entire universe; all animate and inanimate beings live through the Sun
The Supreme Cosmic Consciousness manifesting through the Divine Showered of light and life has been fully realized by the ancient bards and savants of the East and the West. They propounded the theory of the Sun worship in many ways, among all to be within everybody’s reach. Thus, the worship of the Sun in daily life came into Life and Existence ages ago but became part and parcel of our being even today. May Surya showers Life Force on one and all-from Eskimo to Negro! May the humanity see Him everyday!

About Temple

The famous Sun God Temple situated in Arasavalli Village which is at a distance of about 1 K.M. east of Srikakulam Town in Andhra Pradesh head quarters of the coastal district in Andhra Pradesh . It is one of the ancient and all among two sun God temples in our Country. According to Padmapuranam , Sage Kasyapa installed the Idol of Surya at Arasavalli for the Welfare of mankind . Therefore , the Surya is of Kasyapasa Gotra . He is also termed as planetary King . The ' Sthalapuranam ' of the temple narrates that lord Devendra had founded this temple and installed the existing idol of the sun God commonly known as Lord suryanarayana Swamy Varu under the following circumstances.
Once Lord Devendra , Ignoring the words of Dwarapalaka Nandi , attempted to force his entry for Darshan of Sri Rudrakoteswara Swamy varu at an untimely hour when Lord siva was along with his consort . The Dwarapalaka Nandi in the discharge of his duties kicked the intruder . Thus kicked and injured by the Devine attendent Indra fell down senceless . And in his unconscious state Indra dreamt that he would be relieved of his pain of injury in his chest caused by Nandi if he built a temple and installed an Idol of the Sun God . After regaining his consciousness , he remembered what he dreamt.
Following his dream he pickedup handfulls of earth three times at a place where he lay ,and there he found this beautiful idol of sun God with his three consorts Usha , Chaya and Padmini . At the base of the idols are the figures of Mathara and Pingala the Dwarapalakas and high up are the two divine saints , sanaka and sanadana holding 'Chatrams'(An Umbrella ). The Sun God is depicted as riding over a chariot drawn by Anura, the Radhasaradhy . All these figures are exquisitely carved out of a single black finely polished grenite stone.

Sevas

Sevas Prices
Ashtottara seva 20.00
Sahasra Namarchana 30.00
Ksheeranna Bhogam 50.00
Ksheerabhisheka Seva 216.00
Tiruveedhi Seva 500.00
Kalyana Seva 500.00
Surya Namaskarms 50.00

Surya Namaskarams
This Seva performs Every Sunday Morning 06.00 AM to 12.00 PM
Tiruveedhi Seva
This Seva performs Every Sunday Evening 06.00 PM
Ksheeranna Bhogam
This Seva performs Every Sunday afternoon 03.00 PM

Life Long Sevas

Sevas Prices

Ashtottara seva 300.00
Sahasra Namarchana 400.00
Ksheeranna Bhogam 600.00
Ksheerabhisheka Seva 2500.00
Tiruveedhi Seva 5000.00
Kalyana Seva 5000.00
Surya Namaskarms 600.00

Payments to perform SEVAS OR DONATIONS

Devasthanam Bank Account Details given below

To perform Sevas by Sending in an International money order / Demand Draft / thru Cheques for requisite amount, drawn on any nationalised bank, in favour of the Executive Officer, Sri Suryanarayana Swamy Devasthanam, Srikakulam payable at Srikakulam Branch, Andhra Pradesh. You can send your request and IMO / DD to :-

EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SRI SURYANARAYANA SWAMY VARI DEVASTHANAM
ARASAVALLI - 532 401
SRIKAKULAM
ANDHRA PRADESH
INDIA

Donations

If you would like to donate towards devasthanam, you can send your donations through International Money Order/ Demand Draft favouring the Executive Officer, Sri Suryanarayana swamy vari Devasthanam, Arasavalli and payable at Srikakulam branch. The International Money order / Demand draft can be sent to

EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SRI SURYANARAYANA SWAMY VARI DEVASTHANAM
ARASAVALLI - 532 401
SRIKAKULAM
ANDHRA PRADESH
INDIA

Outside India or Within India ( Online Transfer )

The money can transfer or deposit into Devasthanam Bank Account no which is mentioned below thru any Money Exchange services or online money Transfer.
Holder Name Sri Suryanarayana Swamy Devasthanam, Arasavalli - Srikakulam.
Bank State Bank of India
Payable Branch Srikakulam
Account No 11152303078