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Sri Gopinatha Swamy Temple / Sri Gobinatha Swamy Temple:
Sri Gopinatha Swamy Temple hill temple is located in the Reddiyarchatiram of Dindigul district where the load diminishes the grievances of the devotees who seeks blessings of SUPREME GOD SRI Gobinatha Swami. Kannabiran in the sanctum appears to pose with playing flute in hand. Next Utsava Murthy has butter rolls in two hands to feed the pilgrims. Mother Goddess Koppammal statue is on the left. There are 619 steps in this temple and you can reach this temple only through steps.Sri Gopinatha Swamy Temple History / Story
Due to no rain, there was drought in the land of Bellary. Vallala king who ruled the country survived by his wife Koppammal, and a son called kopinatan. They had numerous flocks of cows. A man asked king to feed his hunger. King agreed and gave food to that man. He advised the king that the king can get rid off drought if you went to start living in Pandya country.After Vallala king, his wife and son with the help of some employees and with flocks of cows they started heading towards the Pandya country. In Reddiyarchatiram they stayed and protected cows from there. Due to drought cows were out of food and they were starving. He had prayed to God that if his cows were able to get rid off hunger with grass to eat, he will surrender his life to the almighty. Next day there was huge rain and Cows were able to have plenty of grasses to eat and they were escaped from the hunger. Stick to his words Gopinathan tied his bull with ropes tightly and fell on the horns of bull and died. Seeing this, his mother also died.
A few years later, a landlord from nearest village Kannivadi, came for hunting to this place. The cows left by Gopinathan were looked like deer to the landlord. He tried to hunt them. He could not able to hunt any deer. He inquired about this to an astrologist and he explained the story of Gopinathan. On the same evening a saint appeared in this hill and told the landlord to pray to lord that "build a temple to worship the lord Kanna and contribute cows to the temple". Then he disappeared. This resulted in the construction of this beautiful temple.
How To Reach Gopinatha Swamy Temple
You can get a taxi from nearest major city Dindigul or Oddanchathiram to this place in normal days. There are lot of special bus played between this temple and Dindigul during Saturdays and more number of buses will be operated from Dindigul during the Saturday's of Tamil month of Purattasi.Sri Gopinatha Swamy ~ Guardian of Cattles
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