Ayyanar & Sivan Koils through a fisheye!

Some of the readers may be wondering what the title means!  Just read on.

Normal cameras with standard lens capture anywhere from 30 to 45 degrees of the viewing angle. Rest fall beyond it and therefore are not captured by the camera. Then you have wide angle lenses which capture more than 90 degrees but never upto 180 degrees. This is what a fisheye lens precisely does. It gives a near 180 degree view, as a fish sees, and hence the name - from one edge to the other of a 180 degree object plane.  In some ways, they give a sense of being there.

Given here are some views of the Ayyanar and Sivan koils taken using a Samyang 8mm fisheye lens which give an ultra wide perspective. For understanding the difference of what I mean, I have placed a few images taken with a normal lens too. Do enjoy viewing them, as much as I enjoyed capturing!

Perumal Koil Photos

The Sri Suryanarayana Perumal koil was reconstructed and consecrated by a vaishnava devotee sometime back.  This was reported in this blog earlier.  On Friday, 11th Oct 2013, I had my first darshan of the new temple.  It is a single shrine housing the deities of Sri Suryanarayana Perumal and Sri Varadha Raja Perumal, along with his consorts, Sridevi and Bhudevi.  Opposite them is Sri Garudazhwar.  Except for the deities of Sridevi and Bhudevi, the other deities are new.

Construction of another shrine, adjacent to the present one, to house Sri Lakshmi is under progress.

Photos of the temple and its deities can be found here.

The Perumal koil is managed by the said vaishnava devotee.

New Priest Appointed

Sri Nagarajan Kurukkal is no more in the service of Sri Mahasastha Ayyanar. His service has been terminated effective 4th Oct 2013 on the basis of adverse feedback received from devotees.

Sri Shanmugha Sundaram has been newly appointed instead. He has taken charge effective 6th Oct 2013. His mobile numbers are 9489251061 and 7598155079.