Sirkazhi Thadalan Temple Sudarshan Kainkaryapaka

Sudarshan joined Badri Narayanan Bhattar at Kazhi Cheerama Trivikrama Divya Desam from Kalyanapuram and has been his right hand man for the last 20 years

Two decades ago, the then 20 year old Sudarshan was sent by his appa Kannan to Nachiyar Koil in Thiru Naraiyur (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2018/12/thiru-naraiyur-nachiyar-koil-utsavam.html) to perform support services at the consecration event. Hailing from Thuraiyur near Thiru Vellarai Pundarikakshan Divya Desam and having had his education at the Oriental school in Madurantakam, he was performing service at the Srinivasa Perumal temple in Kalyanapuram at that time along with his appa. 

In those few days, Gopinathan Bhattar of Nachiyar Koil (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2023/08/nachiyar-koil-gopi-bhattar.html) was impressed with the selfless service efforts of Sudarshan at the Samprokshanam and directed him to Thadalan Divya Desam where Badri Narayanan Bhattar was performing archaka service all alone without any support.

From Kalyanapuram to Thadalan Divya Desam

And thus quite unexpectedly and out of the blue, he moved to Sirkazhi for Divya Desam kainkaryam. Since then he has been the right hand man for Badri Bhattar. Sudarshan credits Badri Narayanan Bhattar for everything in his life “He taught me the agamas and the Thiru Aradhanam Kramam. I have stayed in his house for the last 20 years and he has seen me as an integral member of his family. ”

He takes care of the daily aradhanam at this Divya Desam whenever Badri Bhattar is away at Utsavams and consecrations in other temples. During this phase, he has also become an alankaram expert and takes great pride in decorating Thadalan Perumal during the Vaikasi Brahmotsavam. When he was in his teens, Sudarshan did not visualize a lifetime of Kainkaryam at a Divya Desam. Today, at 40, he does not have a life outside of Kainkaryam at the feet of Thadalan Perumal for he is fully immersed in his service at this Divya Desam.