Saynotsavam Sevai at Srivilliputtur

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SrImatyaI Godayai Nama:

 

Since there was some discussion about the sayanam sevai at Srivilliputtur

yesterday,i just thought of sharing some memories about the sevai though

it is a long time since i have witnessed it.Incidentally today 1 aug 2000

is SAYANAM Sevai at Srivilliputtur.I will try to write on how events would

unfold today.

 

Right from around 4:30 pm onwards devotees will

start trickling towards the thEradi thEru ,take the railway station road

for Krishnankovil.This is around 1 mile from the Andal temple .The krishnan

Temple is a fairly big temple and i remember seeing lots of Thiruthuzzay

plants inside.

 

Around 6:00 pm

large groups of devotees start arriving,the older persons take

rickshaws:-auto's,Kudurai Vandis have become a thing of the past,they were

very popular some years ago,among the best ways is to walk to the

temple along with your friends and relatives and recount how nice it

was last time and how you are lucky to be there this time too .

The Mandapam at the temple starts filling

up and by about 6:30/6:40 it is packed.After some time around 7:00

and later people have no option but to wait outside the temple and

attempt to enter later when the devotees inside have finished but that

would take a long time

 

A large thErai is drawn across ;the bhattars are doing the alangarams-

a very special alangaram among the best alangarams that one can see

during the utsavams at various divyadesams.The magic will unfold after

sometime but till then one has to wait.The devotees who have come

earlier have caught vantage points and are waiting ,waiting and waiting.

The "Late" comers keep shifting places because one thoon is slightly on

the left and so they may perhaps not be able to catch the full view and

so they keep looking around,some are standing and looking for empty spaces

which can be grabbed immediatly.All are eager and impatient to catch the

first glimpse of the sevai.Adjoining the thErai there are two strong ropes

and some police bandobust is there to control the crowd.As soon the screen

is lifted there is a nErakkadi.Everyone's eyes are fixed on the most

wonderful sevai for the dampathis,and after some pushing around a sort of

line is formed where some people seem to be able to get very near to the

dampathis,but this line is also only for a very short duration and

it will be broken soon ,eventually for a few valuble seconds one is able

to get a near darishanam of this sevai

 

 

 

Sri Andal who is exquisitely decorated for this

occasion sits with one leg folded and one leg hung downwards.Sri

Rangamannar places his head on the soft thiruthodai(lap) of

Sri Andal and Resting comfortably on Pratti's lap lies down in Sayanam

Posture

 

Words or pictures cannot do any justice to this sevai.One has to

personally see it and feel it.After those few valuble seconds one will

have to wait for another full year to view the sevai again.

 

Sri Andal SamEtha Sri Rangamannar thiruvadigale Saranam

 

Sendalangara dasan

adiyen

Venkat S Iyengar

 

PS:I am sure Sri Mahesh must have done a great job with his personal

rapport with Raghu Bhattacharier and other bhattars at Srivilliputtur

PLease view the page on Sayanam Sevai done by Sri Mahesh on this

auspiciouss day and get Sri Andal and Mannar's Aasirvaadams