some thiruvallikkENi info...

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Sampath Rengi Wrote:

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Every Friday

there is a periya thiru manchanam performed for this

Lord vEngada krishnan as similar to thriuppathi. On

every aippasi moolam (moolam star of the month aippasi)

there is a special sevai performed known as "kaiththala

sEvai". This is a very special occasion for this

temple. I am reminded of the its parallel in Srirangam

known as "kaiththAngal sEvai" performed on iraappaththu

7m thirunaal. (ie I remember it as occuring 2 days

after our upayam on 5m thiru naal). Lord namperumaal

will be carried in "bare hands" and darshan is offered

as such. ie no pallaku or dolai is used to carry the

Lord. Incidentally this day is also known in Srirangam

as nammaazwaar moksham.

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Once in a year, on Adi SravaNam, jyEshtAbishEkam is performed for Sri

pArthasArathy. With all the thiru AbaraNam (jewels) removed, one can see the

namaskAra bANam fired by bheeshmA on HIS toe and the scar left by the

kaNNin^uN siRu thAmbu (the rope) tied by yasOdha.

 

The kaiththala sEvai that Sri SR mentioned is on aippasi thirumoolam,

sri maNavALa mAmunigaL's star. The perumAL is taken on bare hands from the

moolasthaanam right upto Sri maNavALa mAmunigaL's sannidhi. PerumAl feels so

happy to personally go and see His abhimAna devotee (By delivering the eedu

vyAkyaanam to Him for one year Sri maNavALa mAmunigaL takes the role of His

AchAryan)

 

Another interesting note:

On all avadhAra uthsavams perumAL appears along with the AzhwAr/AchAryan. But on

Sri rAmAnusar's avadhAra uthsavam perumAL doesn't come along. This is because

Sri vEN^katakrishNan promised sri rAmAnusar's parents that He Himself will be

born to them and hence perumAL doesn't explicitly show up during sri rAmAnusar's

avadhAra uthsavam.

 

sri rukmiNi samEtha sri pArthasArathy swamy thiruvadigaLE charaNam

-Viji

(Vijay Triplicane)