Tiruchendur Kumbhabhishekam
The Tiruchendur temple is a beautiful seashore temple of Sri Subramhanyaswami. The kumbhabhishekam of this temple was performed on 2nd July 2009. As per the directions of Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji, Gurusevadhurina Padmasri V.R.Gowrishankar (CEO and Administrator of the Sringeri Math) took part in the celebrations. Its remembered here that the 1983 Kumbhabhishekam of Tiruchendur temple was performed in the divine presence of Jagadguru Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji, who was camping in Tamil Nadu during that time. The previous Jagadgurus of the avicchinna parampara have also visited Tiruchendur and offered special worship at the shrine of Tiruchendur Sri Subramhanyaswami.
Sri Adi Shankaracharya in His Subrahmanya Bhujanga Stotram, extols the greatness of Tiruchendur and gives vent to His devotion to Lord Subrahmanya.
यदा संनिधानं गता मानवा मे
भवाम्भोधिपारं गतास्ते तदैव ।
इति व्यञ्जयन्सिन्धुतीरे य आस्ते
तमीडे पवित्रं पराशक्तिपुत्रम् ॥
I worship Lord Subrahmanya, the divine son of Goddess Parashakti, who resides on the shores of the ocean (at Tiruchendur), as though expressing ‘whenever people come to My abode seeking refuge, they immediately cross the ocean of Samsara (transmigratory existence)’
The 33rd Acharya of the Peetham, has also expressed His feelings in the Subrahmanya Bhujanga Prayaata Stuti which was composed in Tiruchendur.
समुद्रस्य तीरे निवासं सदा यः।
करोत्यादरात्तं गुहं संश्रयेऽहम् ॥
I worship with reverence the Lord Guha (Subrahmanya residing in the cave of the heart), who always resides on the shores of the ocean (at Tiruchendur).
This Stuti has been set to music and available in audio CD, Bhakti Sudha Tarangini – Vol 1, sung by the Sringeri sisters.