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Had darshan of #Athivaradar at Kancheepuram an hour ago. This may be a slightly long thread but please read. Managed to get donor passes and went in around 2 pm. Darshan took almost 3 hours in the separate queue for those with donor passes. Now about the arrangements 
Put simply arrangements were woefully poor. In the regular queue there were people who had stood for 7 hours today to get darshan. No food they complained, not even enough water. And no roof at several places.Our queue also had no cover one stretch. And no fans for any queue
There were no fans until you entered the temple and even there only a handful overhead ones. Sweltering heat and ppl soaked in sweat. Plenty of pushing and jostling. Various groups of ppl being escorted by police and temple staff bypassing the queue at various places
History of Athi Varadha
Athi Varadharaja is one among the 4 Brahma Kararchita Varadaja moorthies , carved out of Athi Tree by Vishwakarma in Kritha Yuga. This moorthi was the main deity (Moola Moorthi) in the Grabhagraha, i.e inside PunyaKooti Vimana, until early 16th century
Athi Varadharaja is one among the 4 Brahma Kararchita Varadaja moorthies , carved out of Athi Tree by Vishwakarma in Kritha Yuga. This moorthi was the main deity (Moola Moorthi) in the Grabhagraha, i.e inside PunyaKooti Vimana, until early 16th century
Due to Muslim Invasions, to preserve the valuable moorthies , the Athi Varada was immersed inside Pushkaranai(Anatha Saravora) inside the temple premises secretively, such that only one family knew the exact place.
For nearly 40 long years, the temple had no moorthies in the grabhagraha and no pooja was being performed in the temple. The two brothers in Dhatacharya lineage,who were the Dharamakartha of the temple at that time and under whose authority the hiding of moorthy took place,
