Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 Dear Venkat, I really liked your colourful description of the sEvai. Esp. the one about the eager and impatient late comers... It somehow reminded me of how perumAL would be eager to find a prapannan. (as explained in Sri vachana bhUshaNam, 4'th prakaraNam, 1'st verse) -Viji (Vijay Triplicane) "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..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 Dear Venkat, As Viji said, your picturesque description of the sEvai was very moving. The paragraph below brought to mind Sri Tirukkudandai Andavan ("Kannan") Swami's vivid description of how vairamuDi sEvai used to be conducted in the old days in Tirunarayanapuram. Kannan Swami said that the sEvai would start at 10pm, and perumaaL would slowly make one pradakshiNam, lasting about four hours, ending at about 2am in the morning! As He would make his rounds, He would swagger this way and that way, leaning from one side to another. Kannan Swami's anubhavam was that perumaaL does this so that even if some poor soul were unable to see Him in those crowded conditions, perumaaL would lean and make sure that He saw his bhakta! > Dear Venkat, > I really liked your colourful description of the sEvai. Esp. the one > about the eager and impatient late comers... It somehow reminded me of > how perumAL would be eager to find a prapannan. (as explained in Sri > vachana bhUshaNam, 4'th prakaraNam, 1'st verse) > -Viji > (Vijay Triplicane) > > > "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..." dAsan, Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2000 Report Share Posted August 3, 2000 Dear Bhakti members, I was plesantly surprised to read this part of Mani's mail as it reminded me of my mother's description when my parents went to Thirunarayanapuram last year for the Vairamudi seva. She is restricted in her travels by her health and this was one of her joyous trips. She was so much in praise for the way Perumal purappadu is done by the Blessed carriers. She recalled that it was as though Perumal comes very close to every single person amidst the vast crowds gathered and gives darshan of his beautifully decorated self; That she wondered how they manage to do it and wherever you may be in that crowd, you are sure to get to see the Perumal very very close. She said, "Perhaps the Lord thought that I don't get to see Him often. He made sure that I had great darshan. It is hard to describe how wonderful it was. "Innum paru, innum parunnu" solra mathiri ElapaNNRa". BTW, yesterday in Boston Sri Mahalakshmi temple, Sri Andal Thirunakshathram was celebrated grandly with Perumal and Thayar(decorated as Andal) grandly decorated for Purappadu and then saRRumuRai in the evening. Thayar Moolavar Thirumanjanam and alankaram was done earlier in the morning. It was ideally combined with "Adi Perukku" and we all had Chithrannam prasadam after darshan. Next Wednesday is Sri Pandurangan Thirunakshathram, according to Bhattar. "eRRaikkum Ezezh piRavikkum undanOdu uRROme AvOm umakkE naamatceivOm" Vaidehi V Raja --- Mani Varadarajan <mani wrote: > > > Kannan Swami said that the sEvai would start at > 10pm,and perumaaL would slowly make one pradakshiNam, > lasting about four hours, ending at about 2am in the > morning! As He would make his rounds, He would >swagger this way and that way, leaning from one side >to another. Kannan > Swami's anubhavam was that perumaaL does this so > that even if some poor soul were unable to see Him >in those crowded conditions, perumaaL would lean and >make sure that He saw his bhakta! > > dAsan, > Mani > Kick off your party with Invites. http://invites./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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