Sahasra Kalasa AbhishEkam at ThiruveLLUr : Feb 15-17, 1998

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SRI :

 

SrimathE Sri Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE nama:

 

Sri Kanakavalli nAyikA Sametha Sri VeerarAghava ParabrahmaNE nama:

 

SrimathE Sri Lakshminrusimha Divya PaadhukhAsevaka

SrivaNN SatkOpa Sri SatakOpa RaamAnuja Yatheendhra

MahA DesikAya Nama:

 

SrimathE SrivaNN SatakOPa Sri VerarAghava SatakOpa

Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya nama:

 

SrimathE Sri Lakshminrusimha DivyapAdhukhA Seavaka

SrivaNN satakOpa Sri NaarAyanNa yatheendhra

MahA DesikAya nama:

 

Isvara Samvathsaram ,Thai Maasam 26

Sulkla Paksha DwAdasi ( After Bheeshma EkAdasi )

ThiruvAdhirai Nakshthram

Feb 8, 1998

 

Dear BhakthAs of Sriman NaarAyaNA :

 

May I invite your attention to a very important series of

uthsavams at Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha Sri VeerarAghava

PerumAl divya dEsam at ThiruveLLUr ?

 

The uthsavams that I have in mind are : (1) the just-concluded

Thai maasa BrahmOthsavam ( theerthavAri was on Thai Purattathi,

which fell on January 31 ) . {2}Ratha Sapthami followed on

February 3 along with {3}Saarumurai for Thirumazhisaip pirAn ,

who saluted the Lord of ThiruveLLUr as :

 

ThiruvevvuLL nAhatthaNaip pARkkadalk kidakkum

adhi nedumAl aNaippAr karutthanAvAn .

 

(Meaning ) : The Lord , who normally rests on AdhisEshan

at His abode in the milky Ocean now rests at ThiruveLLUr

and enters the minds of the prapannAs , who take refuge at

His Lotus feet ) . All their samsAric ills take flight thereafter .

 

For three days following AmavAsyai , there was (4) TheppOthsavam

for Sri VeerarAghavan ( Feb 3,4and 5 ) .

 

(5) The celebration of an important Vaishnavite AchArya

follows next . Thirukkacchi Nampi , the one who interceded with

Lord VaradarAjan was born not far from the kshEthram

of ThiruveLLUr and Thirumazhisai , the birth place of

Thirumazhishai AzhwAr . Inview of the unique greatness

of Thirukkacchi Nampi ( Kaanchi pUrNar ) , who worshipped

often at ThiruveLLUr , there is a ten day SaaRRumuRai

uthsavam for him starting from Maasi Mrugaseersham

( February 7th ) . That concludes on February 17 th .

 

(7) These sequence of Uthsavams provide the context

for one of the most important uthsavams for Sri VeerarAghavan

in the month of Maasi . THIS IS THE SAHASRA KALASA

ABHISEKHAM ACCORDING TO THE INJUNCTIONS

PRESCRIBED IN THE PAANCHARATHRA AAGAMAM .

 

This ancient ritual was initiated by the 37th Jeeyar of

AhObila Mutt known as the PiLLaipAkkam Jeeyar

( Sri VeerarAghava SatakOpa Yatheendhra Maha

Desikan ) . This MahAn received SanyAsam at the order

of Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnujAchArya of Sri perumpUthur

and was the one the ApUrva Viadhyan requested help ,

when His arm was hurting . This jeeyar took care of it

and received the blessings of Sri Vaidhya VeerarAghavan .

 

 

This purificatory rite of SAHASRA KALASA

ABHISHEKAM was peformed for Loka

KshEmam by the Jeeyar . This tradition is continued

even today . Sriman K.G . Krishnan Swamy , the son-in-law of

the illustrious UtthamUr VeerarAghavAcharya Swamy

has taken the leadership in conducting this

SAHASRA KALASAABHISHEKHAM . The dates are

February 15-17 and the Thirumanjanam

( AbhishEkam ) itself is on February 16 .

 

The prathishtai , Veda PaarAyaNam , Udhaka

Saanthi precede the AbhishEkham . It costs $5.30

per kalasam and the sambhAvanai , TadheeyArAdhanam

following the Sahasra KalasAbhishEkham

( 7.15to 1.15 PM on February 16th ) . In the evening ,

there is veedhi purapaadu by the uthsava mUrthis

to bless the BhakthAs .

 

Almost 500 Kalasams have been spoken for by

the BhakthAs of Sri VeerarAghavan so far .

WE HAVE AN WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO

TAKE PART IN THIS RARE FESTIVAL AND

TAKE UP RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE OR MORE

KALASAMS FOR OUR FAMILIES .

 

May I request you all to support this Sahasra KalasAbhshEkam

and send your pledges to Sri K.A. Anand at the following

e-mail address:

 

anand

 

He will advise his father , Sri K.G. KrishNan Swamy ,

who will cover the pledges at the front end . By copy

of this note , I am advising Sri Anand about my pledge for

FIVE kalasams . Please ask your relatives in India to

attend the festival and receive PrasAdhams in person ):

 

( 23X18 inch Art Photo Of PerumAL & ThAyAr ,

Dry Fruits, ThAyAr manjaL kumkumam ,

PerumAL Sandal Paste , Thirumanjana Theertham

in plastic box , ThirumAngalya Saradu& Maasi Nonbhu

Saradu < Tamil Texts of Swami Desikan's Raghu Veera

Gadhyam , Azhwar Paasurams , Kulam Tharum Paasuram

of Thirumangai ona separated laminated card , Sthala PurANam

and KimgruhEsa sthOthram on the Lord attributed

to Swami Desikan ) . That is quite a list of PrasAdhams .

 

Here is a brief introduction to the Divya Desam and

its EmperumAn :

 

ThiruveLLUr is one of the most celebrated of the 108

Divya dEsams in the Sri VaishNavite sampradhAyam .

This KshEthra mUrthy is revered as Sri Vaidhya

VeerarAghavan , since He eliminates our disease

known as SamsAram .

 

His beautiful DhyAna SlOkams start with a salutation

to His apUrva Vaidhya VeerarAghava mahimai :

 

rAghAdhi rhOgAn sadadhAnushakthAn asEshakAya

prasruthAn asEshAn I

Outhsukhya mOharathidhAnajagAnayO

apUrva VaidhyAya namOsthu tasmai II

 

To that apUrva ( rare, wonderous ) Doctor , who cures

completely the diseases like madha -mOha-mAtsaryam-

krOdham et al the slautaion is made .

 

In his ten paasurams , Thirumangai salutes

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr , Thirumazhisai AzhwAr have saluted

Him along with AchAryAs like Swami Desikan ,

RaamAnujA , Jeeyars of Ahobila Mutt, VadalUr

Raamalinga Swamigal ( Thiruppanjakam ) in

beautiful Tamil . The five verses are full of devotion

and follow the path of the ancient AzhwArs . The excerpts

from these verses are as follows :

 

vaNNamAmaNiyE porri ! VINNAVAR MUDALVAA PORRi !

vendavar YevuuLL vAzh VeerarAghavA pORRi !

Arbhutha thiruvai maarbil aNaittha pErazhagA pORRi !

vaRpuRu piNi theerthu yennai mahizhvittha VaradhA pORRI !

 

Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha Sri VeerarAghava ParabrahmaNE nama:

 

Daasan

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan