anadhyayanam

[Guest guest]

Respected members of the bhakti group: In reading Sri Raghavan's note on the

times of the anadhyayanam, I realized I had inadvertently made a mistake

while typing out my response. I should have said that the suspension of the

regular recitation begins *generally* on Tiru kartikkai day and not on

Kaisika ekadasi day, though the latter is also done. The Srirangam

panchangam,occasionally notes the suspension on Kaisika ekadasi night, but I

don't believe the pambu panjangam does. Since I have only the pambu

panjangam this year, I cannot verify it. The rest of the material is still,

as far as I know correct.

I did re read the original query and would like to add the following

information: the regular temple recitation is resumed in many places the day

after the adhyayana utsavam. The sattumurai is immediately followed by the

Tiruppallandu todakkam. However, the recitation at homes is not resumed

till Kurattalvan's tirunakshatram (tai hastam). This information was given

by Sri Parthasarathi Iyengar of the Veda Adhyapaka goshti at Triplicane

temple. ( I will try to double check with the tapes I have). As I noted

earlier there are many variations. The meaning of the pasurams are brought

out both through the partial recitation of commentaries by the araiyars in

Srirangam, as well as through "performative" commenataries-- that is through

depicting the meaning by abhinayam rather than words.

I don't know why the resuming of the regular recitation at home is

later than the temple-- unfortunately, I did not ask this question in

1988-88. Now after this issue was raised in this forum, I feel bad that I

did not seek to find out the possible reason.

I thank Sri Raghavan of Chicago for kindly giving the parayanam particulars

in the Aurora temple. It is the most thorough coverage that I have heard of

till now in this country. I'm sure it will be a wonderful experience. Are

any other temples celebrating those ritual days? The opening of vaikuntha

vasal and Mohini alankaram seems to be done in most temples here, but not

the extended divya prabandham recitation. Best wishes, Vasudha

[Guest guest]

> I don't know why the resuming of the regular recitation at home is

> later than the temple-- unfortunately, I did not ask this question in

> 1988-88. Now after this issue was raised in this forum, I feel bad that I

> did not seek to find out the possible reason.

> I thank Sri Raghavan of Chicago for kindly giving the parayanam particulars

> in the Aurora temple. It is the most thorough coverage that I have heard of

> till now in this country. I'm sure it will be a wonderful experience. Are

> any other temples celebrating those ritual days? The opening of vaikuntha

> vasal and Mohini alankaram seems to be done in most temples here, but not

> the extended divya prabandham recitation. Best wishes, Vasudha

 

Another interesting fact is that adhyayana utsavam of

tiruvengadamudayaan at tirumalai preceeds that of Govindaraja perumal

of tirupati (keezh tiruppati) by 2 pakshams. I vaguely remember that

anadhayana calendars themselves are shifted accordingly (I am not

sure on this one).

 

Let me take this opportunity to congratulate Chicago community for

taking up the pious task of divyaprabandha parAyanam. This effort is

certainly towards, as swami desikan said, ".. thondaimandala vEdhiyar

vaazhavE, thooya thenmarai vallavar vaazhavE".

 

AdiyEn

Satish