Fw: sakkarai pongal, Triplicane, etc

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>The sakkarai pongal usually is not prepared with milk. Only on koodaravalli

>we add milk as per Andal's pasuram. Also we(in Triplicane) try to eat

with

>others (neighbours, close relatives etc. ,) because of the same reason

>"koodi Erunthu kulirnthelor Embavai"

>Yes we also have the habit of making thayisadham on "karavaigal", because

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>have to go after "karavaigal pin chenru Kaanam sernthunbom"

>We even try to go to some place with groups of people and have fun. But not

>always.

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>As far I know Arjuna is not present in Triplicane Temple(I am NO

authority).

>But you are close, Balaraman, Pradyumnan, Aniruddhan and Saatyuki are all

>there in the same sannithi with Sri Rukmani Sametha Sri Venkatakrishnan and

>Sri Parthasarathy Perumal.

>As soon as you enter the main entrance After Dvajasthambam, if you make a

>right and another right on the wall there is huge picture of all the 5

>Pandavas. (Not sure if this is still there).

>There is a sculpture of the Gitopadesam Chariot and Lord Sri Krishna

>offering the Sri Bagavatgita to Arjuna on the main gopuram above Sri

>Parthasarathi Perumal. Even though this gopuram(Anada Vimanam) is

renovated

>new once in 1975 and again 1993, I remeber to have seen this even prior to

>1975. This sculpture can be best viewed from the North prakaram in front

of

>Andal Sannithi.

>Once some of the learned scholars in Triplicane joined together and

>requested the fit person of the temple and made a Thirukolam (vesham) for

>Sri Parthasarathy Utsavar. What they did was like a Chariot and with 4

>horses (borrowed from Suriya prabhai) Then Sri

>Parthasarathy is the chariotier and one of the Ubhaya Nachiyar was

decorated

>as Arjuna and my parents may have a picture. This was done only one time

>(never before, never after)

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>As you have darshan of Sri Andal in the temple and walk straight, on to

>your left you can see many sceneries from the Pandava, Kaurava War, This

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>also very old and they are partly engraved on the wall and painted. So it

>appears that this is not as old as the stone sculptures.

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>Adiyen

>Murali

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>1) Why and when did the habit of offering sakkarai

> pongal as prasadam on koodaarai vellum day

> get started? Andal does not mention sakkarai pongal

> in her paasuram, nor does she even mention pongal

> (just paal sOru with ney).

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>2) Is it universal among Sri Vaishnavas to prepare

> puLiyOgarai on "maalE maNivaNNaa" day (day before

> koodaarai vellum) and thayir saadham on "karavaigaL"

> (day after koodaarai vellum)?

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>Unrelated questions:

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>3) Is Arjuna present inside Sri Parthasarathy Swami sannidhi

> in Tiruvallikkeni? Are there any other divya desams where

> Arjuna is present with Krishna?

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>4) Does anyone know if there are old sculptures of

> Krishna doing Gita upadesam to Arjuna in any of our

> temples?

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