srInivAsa perumAl's Urdhva pundravantham ...Another version of the purANam ...

[Guest guest]

Regarding this purAnic origin of perumAl's Urdhvapundr

avantham, may be this was also the

origin of "thathiArAdhanam" for "thath" we know means

The Lord (from "thath thvam asi"),

and thathiyA would therefore mean the people who

serve the Lordin this case, the

archakAs,and hence the word "thathiArAdhanA"

 

Om namO nArAyaNAya namahA

 

adiyEn

 

Raja Krishnasamy

 

Raja Krishnasamy wrote:

 

 

 

Here is another version of the reason as to why the

thirunAmam on the Lord of thiruvEnkadam is what it

is. I will try to do

my best.

 

Long ago, the archakAs of the temple at thirumalai

had a great influence and power as to the way the

Temple and its

resources were controlled. Consequently, some

people overextended/abused this power. During one

such occasion, the

chief archakar at the temple ordered that his son

be brought on parade using the Temple's elephants

immediately following

his yagnObhavItham ceremony.

 

The King of the region, a staunch devotee of the

Lord, and a great patron of the Temple was infuriated

by this action, and

ordered all the archakAs and their families to be

beheaded, so such abusive traits may not be passed

on. Several people were

killed. One pregnant lady, a wife of one of the

archakAs, went and hid in the Temple's well in the

madapaLLi (kitchen).

(You will notice that most old temples have a well

for the madapaLLi's water supply, and that these have

a spiral staircase

along the wall leading all the way to the bottom of

the well).

 

She waited there for the furor to end, surviving on

whatever she managed to carry with her. Once the

chaos subsided, she

came out and mingled with the service class, so

that she would not be recognized and that her child

be spared.

 

In the meantime, Lord srInivAsA, was apalled at the

King's attitude, and closed His doors to the public.

He spelled a curse

that His sannidhi would be accessible to no one,

and He will not provide a darshan to any more

devotees. No amount of

effort would force the doors of the "bangAra vAsal"

to open. He also cursed that the King would see the

end of his

Kingdom. Devotees still poured in, and unable to

capture a glimpse of theLord, would offer "thayir

sAtham" or curd rice at

the doors of the "bangAra vAsal", a tradition that

is followed even today.

 

Finally, His anger relented, and He said to the

people, that only the surviving archakA child would

be able to open the

door. The people searched till they found the

child. Fearing for their life, the mother denied

acceptance of their true

identity, but finally, the people of the kingdom

requested her to let the child go, as he is the only

one who is capable of

appeasing the Lord's anger.

 

The 11 year orld srInivAsa dIkshithar was brought

on procession to the temple. Whence some people

expressed sentiments

such as - "He is not even a Brahmin, and even if

he was, he did not have his yagnObhavItham ceremony

yet !"

 

The child unable to comprehend the situation, asked

his mother - "Amma - enna amma paNNaNum ?" (What

should I do).

Not knowing what to reply, the mother asked the

child to bath in the "pushkariNi" and then go and

take some thayir

sAtham for the Lord to eat. The child took a dip,

and when he came out of the water - he had a

yagnObhavItham across his

body !

 

He then went into the temple with the temple guard

and laid his hands on the doors, when the doors swung

open. The

Guard to the temple went in and lit the lights

(Even today, the guard is the first person to see the

Lord's face at day break).

The child asked him what he should do? The person

said - "perumAlukku nethikku idanum". The child did

not know

what it meant, as he was always surrounded by

shUdrAs all his life, and at the description of the

guard, he took a hand full

of "pachchai kalpUram" and laid it on the Lord's

forehead. It came out wide and large. Hence the

current practice. Later on,

when he presented the curd rice to the Lord,

nothing happened. He then requested perumAl to come

and partake in the

offering, for if He did not, then the public would

condemn the child. At which, the Lord came down and

took a handful.

He then offered the very next handful to the child

and said that from now on His archakAs would get the

first offering of the

prasAdam after it is offered to the Lord, a

practice followed till date at Tirupathi.

 

Om namO srIman nArAyanAya namaha.

 

Raja Krishnasamy

raja

[Guest guest]

Here is another version of the reason as to why the

thirunAmam on the

Lord of thiruvEnkadam is what it is. I will try to

do my best.

 

Long ago, the archakAs of the temple at thirumalai

had a great influence

and power as to the way the Temple and its resources

were controlled.

Consequently, some people overextended/abused this

power. During one

such occasion, the chief archakar at the temple

ordered that his son be

brought on parade using the Temple's elephants

immediately following his

yagnObhavItham ceremony.

 

The King of the region, a staunch devotee of the

Lord, and a great

patron of the Temple was infuriated by this action,

and ordered all the

archakAs and their families to be beheaded, so such

abusive traits may

not be passed on. Several people were killed. One

pregnant lady, a

wife of one of the archakAs, went and hid in the

Temple's well in the

madapaLLi (kitchen). (You will notice that most old

temples have a well

for the madapaLLi's water supply, and that these have

a spiral staircase

along the wall leading all the way to the bottom of

the well).

 

She waited there for the furor to end, surviving on

whatever she managed

to carry with her. Once the chaos subsided, she came

out and mingled

with the service class, so that she would not be

recognized and that her

child be spared.

 

In the meantime, Lord srInivAsA, was apalled at the

King's attitude, and

closed His doors to the public. He spelled a curse

that His sannidhi

would be accessible to no one, and He will not

provide a darshan to any

more devotees. No amount of effort would force the

doors of the

"bangAra vAsal" to open. He also cursed that the

King would see the end

of his Kingdom. Devotees still poured in, and unable

to capture a

glimpse of theLord, would offer "thayir sAtham" or

curd rice at the

doors of the "bangAra vAsal", a tradition that is

followed even today.

 

Finally, His anger relented, and He said to the

people, that only the

surviving archakA child would be able to open the

door. The people

searched till they found the child. Fearing for

their life, the mother

denied acceptance of their true identity, but

finally, the people of the

kingdom requested her to let the child go, as he is

the only one who is

capable of appeasing the Lord's anger.

 

The 11 year orld srInivAsa dIkshithar was brought on

procession to the

temple. Whence some people expressed sentiments such

as - "He is not

even a Brahmin, and even if he was, he did not have

his yagnObhavItham

ceremony yet !"

 

The child unable to comprehend the situation, asked

his mother - "Amma -

enna amma paNNaNum ?" (What should I do). Not

knowing what to reply,

the mother asked the child to bath in the "pushkariNi"

and then go and

take some thayir sAtham for the Lord to eat. The

child took a dip, and

when he came out of the water - he had a yagnObhavItha

m across his body

!

 

He then went into the temple with the temple guard

and laid his hands on

the doors, when the doors swung open. The Guard to

the temple went in

and lit the lights (Even today, the guard is the

first person to see the

Lord's face at day break). The child asked him what

he should do? The

person said - "perumAlukku nethikku idanum". The

child did not know

what it meant, as he was always surrounded by shUdrAs

all his life, and

at the description of the guard, he took a hand full

of "pachchai

kalpUram" and laid it on the Lord's forehead. It

came out wide and

large. Hence the current practice. Later on, when

he presented the

curd rice to the Lord, nothing happened. He then

requested perumAl to

come and partake in the offering, for if He did not,

then the public

would condemn the child. At which, the Lord came

down and took a

handful. He then offered the very next handful to

the child and said

that from now on His archakAs would get the first

offering of the

prasAdam after it is offered to the Lord, a practice

followed till date

at Tirupathi.

 

Om namO srIman nArAyanAya namaha.

 

Raja Krishnasamy

raja