Thiruvadipooram

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SrImatyai Godayai Nama:

 

Tommorrow is thiruvadipooram-the thirunakshatram of Sri Andal.The varaha

puranam descibes the appearence of Sri Andal as follows.

 

" Bhumidharana sabdena Vismitena samudhvayam

 

Tulasimulada bhumya bhraturbhuyaat vasundhara

 

Panchavarsha divyaroopa divyabharana bhushita

 

Navodbaladalasyama divyambaradarshita

 

Athiskheeryayukta sarvalakshana samyukta

 

Vishnuchittam munim drushtva sa pranamam karushyati"

 

 

Surprised at the sound of the earth giving away somewhere near

him,periyazhwar turned to look towards the tulasi plant where the earth

had given away and this is what he saw

 

"A five year old divine baby with all divine abharanams,black in color

clothed in a divine attire ,strong and shining with a magnificient lusture"

 

On seeing Vishnuchitta muni(periyazhwar) the child fell at the feet

of periyazhwar

 

This auspicious event occured during

 

Nal Varudam

Aadi Masam

Ettam dhethi

sukla paksham

panchami thithi

Tuesday

Pooram star

Thula lagnam

 

 

 

 

Swami Manavala Mamunigal talks about the greatness of thiruvaadipooram in

2 of the 3 verses on Andal in the upadesa rathnamalai.

 

After the poompallaku is over today(12-8 -99) Andal and Mannar

will mount the ther tommorrow morning (13-8-99) between 4 and 6 am.The

ther purappadu will start around 8 am.I had missed out mentioning

the events after the completion of the ther purappadu in Last year's

post.I shall briefly sum up the events that take place after the ther

purappadu till the divya dampathis reach their aasthanam

 

After the ther purappadu is over Andal and Mannar come to the Neeravi

Mandapam where sattumurai is held.Then the procession moves to the

Singammal karuti(which is opposite to the Ahobila madam) .Here alankaram

and thirumanjanam take place which is sponsored by members of TVS group

Madurai.

 

After the TVS Thirumanjanam(that is how it is known) Andal and Mannar

come to the Thiruthuzaay mandapam(Thirupura Nandavanam)

Here thirumanjanam takes place along with thiruvaaymozhi sattumurai.A

special feature of this thirumanjanam is that during the final stages,the

bhattars are given Akshadai and the Akshadai collected from them

is used for the thirumanjanam.This is a very important and significant

Katchi.After the thirumanjanam the akshadai is given to all devotees

alongwith other prasadams.

 

Next day Muthukuri takes place at the Sapthavara mandapam and theerthavari

follows the day after muthukuri at the theerthavari mandapam.

Finally the bhattars and their families take Mangala Arathi of

the dampathis and then Andal and Mannar proceed towards their aasthanam

 

 

 

Sri Andal SamEtha Sri Rangamannar thiruvadigale Saranam

 

Setaloor Sendalangaradasan

Venkat S Iyengar