Happy DipAvaLi Greetings

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

On this auspicious and Joyous occasion of DipAvaLi,

it is my pleasure to extend my hearty greetings to you

all for an year of happiness, peace and prosperity of

the lasting kind that is propelled by centripetal

forces of Sri Sookthis of AzhwArs and AchAryAs of our

ancient sampradhAyam .

 

I had a wonderful visit to number of Divya Desams in

this seven day stay in India and will write about

the Bhagavadh Darsana SoubhAgyams in detail later .

A quick summary of the activities in brief is as follows :

 

Friday , Oct 9 : Arirval in Chennai and the Sevai of

Sri ParthasArathy , Sri Vedavalli ThAyAr , Sri TeLLiya

Singham , Sri VaradarAjan , MannAthan , Sri Ramachandra at

Thiru AllikkENi . It was the Thirumanjanam day for

Sri RukmiNi SamEtha Sri ParthasArathy . The sevai was

eye-filling .

 

** Recipt of the MahA PrasAdham of ThirunAraayaNan of

Melkote from Sri AlwAr , who came all the way from

Mysore .He presented me also with a beautiful shawl that

had the dEha Sambhandham of Sri RaamAnujA ArchA at

MelkOte. We discussed the AchArya RaamAnujA CD ROM

project and future projects for Sri VaishNavism .

Most recently , H.H , The 45th Jeeyar Of Ahobila Matam

had seen this Demo CD ROM and has blessed this Kaimkaryam

and observed that modern technologies like this one should be

used to disseminate the Kula dhanams to all Sri VaishNavAs

in an easily accessible manner to grow our sampradhAyam

further .

 

**Left by Sethu Express the same night

for Oppilaippan Koil .

 

Saturday , October 10 AM : Last Purattasi Saturday at

my Kula Dhiavam's sannidhi. Exraordinary Sevai of

the Divya dampathis with more than 8 Nila maalais and

TulasI gaelands was most captivating . There was a huge

crowd of SevArthis on this auspicous day .

 

Oct 10 PM : Trip to AdhanUr , PullambhUthankudi and

the BrindhAvanams of the Five Azhagiya Singhars :

25th , 26th ,30th ,37th and the 38th Pattams .

 

Oct 11 : Most of the day at Oppiliappan Sannadhi for

the following festivals in connection with the AbahraNa

samarpaNams:

 

** Thotti ( Paadha ) Thirumanjanam for the Uthsavars

 

** SamarpaNam of MaaNIckka Kondai , Navarathna Jatakothsu ,

Emerald Parrot for Sri Bhumi DhEvi Uthsavar and

the MUtthangis for the Uthsavars .Photos and videos

were taken of the whole festival with the

permission of the devasthAnam .These will be added to

the current home page for Sri Oppiliappan .

 

** Periya perumAL's Thirumnajanam , AlankAram .

 

** SamarpaNam of Raaja Sevai AbharaNams for Periya

PerumAL ( ThiruviNNagarappan ). These are specially

embroidered velvet dresses adorned with gems and pearls .

 

** Afternoon : ThirukkalyANam for the Uthsavars

after the samarpaNam of Mutthnagis for Them .

It was a divine sevai ( the KalyAN aThirukkOlam of

the Uthsavarsand the exchange of garlands between them ).

 

** TadhiyArAdhanam for nearly 700 Visitors

who participated in the functions at our

House .

 

** Evening : Swami Desikan Uthsava Saatthumurai

in the company of Sri U.Ve. V.N. Gopaladesikan

and Veedhi Purapaadu of Swami Desikan .

 

Oct 12 : Monday :Arirval at Mathurai by car for few hours of rest

prior to the trip to Sri VilliputthUr .The highlights are :

 

** Swami Desikan's sevai at Sri Villiputthur with the

special Alankaarams by the Bhattars of GodhA Piratti

prior to entering Her AasthAnam with Sri Seva Swami ,

who was the honored , invited guest for the AbaharaNa samarpaNams

at both Oppiliappan KOil and Sri VilliputthUr .

That was a great BhAgyam to be with this MahAn

for three days .

 

** Procession of the GhOshti carrying the RaaNI sevai

AbharaNams around the Maada veethis of ANDAL to theb

accompaniment of Nathasvaram music ( Nava rasa Kannadaa ,

MaaLavi raagams , YEsal , English Noite et al ).

Arirval at the Thiruppaadhams of ANDAL and presentation .

Still photos and videos were taken of the entire event

for future publication in the special home page to be created

for ANDAL .

 

** Sevai of the Moolavars behind the Ardha Mantapam , where

ANDAL stays after coming out to greet AchArya RaamAnuja

after he offered the 1000 vattils of akkAra vadisil on

behalf of Her to fulfill Her promise to Sri SundararAjan

of ThirumAlirumchOlai .Sri RaamAnujA became GodhAgrajan

thereafter.Here at the inner sanctum with restricted

entry , Garuda Bhagavan stands at the side of the Divya

Dampathis with folded hands across His chest to obey their

commands . Everywhere else , He has anjali hastham .

 

** Sevai of Sri GodhA PirAtti , Sri RangamannAr

in Thirumanjana kOlam at the front mantapam opposite

the well , where She used to look at Herself as

the SooDik kOduttha NaacchiyAr . PuNyavachanam ,

Arayar's participation , AlankAram as the RaaNi

of this universe . With Her special queen's crown ,

she was a little taller this day than Her divine consort .

She blessed us with a special lunch

after samarpaNam at Her own MadapaLLi .We reassembled

at Ahobila Mutt built by the 26th Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt

to pay our regards to all the participants from the temple .

 

** Visit to ThirumAlirum ChOlai and the sevai of

KaLLazhagar . The most beautiful sevai of the Divya

Dampathis is an event that fulfills one's heart

with joy right after the sevai of ANDAL at Her AasthAnam .

Bhattars honored me with the PeethAmbharam as Parivattam

and presented it to me permanently . Evening aarAdhanam

and the deposition of the Koil keys at "KarupaNNa swamy

sannadhi" for the night concluded this visit and we set off

on our trip to Tirucchi fro next morning's visit to

Sri Rangam .

 

October 13, Tuesday : The wonderful visit to Sri Ranganathan ,

Sri Ranganaayaki Sannidhis , the daranam of Para VaasudEvan and

Sriranga VimAnam , other famous sannidhis , PrasAdha SvIkaraNam .

 

** Visit to ThiruveLLarai Divya Desam , where AchArya

RaamAnujA resided for a number of years . It is an ancient

temple celebrated by Swami Desikan in Hamsa SandEsam .

 

** Flight back to Madras from Trichy

 

Oct 14: Wednesday :

 

** Sri PerumbhUthUr : AchArya RaamunujA's

Taamuhandha ThirumEni darsana soubhAgyam

and prayer for the successful conclusion

of the CD ROM project dedicated to Him .

 

**Visit to Kaanchi Divya desams :

UlagalandhAn , KaarvAnam , Paandavar DhUthar,

YathOkthakAri and Devap PerumAL-PerumdEvi

ThAyaar sannidhis . At Lord Varadarajan's Sannidhi ,

Bhattar asked me to perform the Thiruvaalavatta

Kaimkaryam ( Fan service)during that Ekaantha Sevai ,

which was a most blessed experience . At the end of

the ardhajAma aaarAdhanam for the Lord and His divine

consort , the milk at he right temperature presented

to the Lord earlier and the aravaNai prasAdham consumed by Him

were given to us . I stood at the site ,where Swami

Desikan stood during the KaalakshEpam of NadAdhUr ammAL

and reflected on the glory of his divine contributions .

 

**Thursday ,Oct 15 : Visits with AgnihOthram

Sri RaamAnuja TatachAr , SangItha Kalaanidhi Sri KVN

and SevA SWAmi .

 

**Friday and EkAdasi : ThiruveLLUr : Thriumnajanam

and nithya KattaLai for the day for Sri Kanakavalli

SamEtha Sri VeerarAghavan in the company of Sri KGK

Swamy , an ardent BhakthA of the divya dampathis at this

divya desam . Most magnificient Thriumanjanams for

both the divya dampathis were performed in the most

Saastraic manner .After the recent MahA SamprOkshaNam

in which many of you particpated , the temple is resplendent .

 

** With the special help of Sri KGK Swami , we visited the

BrindhAvanams of the following five Jeeyars

and Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar's Sannidhi as well :

 

H.H. 32nd , 33rd , 34th , 35 th and the 42nd jeeyars.

Each one of them had extraordinary contributions

of service to the divya dampathis of this KshEthram .

I was fortunate to receive the Holy Sri PaddhukhAs

worn by the Injimedu Azhagiya Singhar on my head

to conclude this journey .

 

Saturday Morning : Departure for New York from Chennai.

 

In summary , Eight days wiht 4 nights in Train

or plane or in the back seat of a car , but

the rest of the time spent following the foot steps

of AzhweArs and AchAryAs from ThiruvallikkENi

to SrivilliputtUr . It is one of the best blessings

that happened to me that I can share with you .

 

AdiyEn ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan