Guest guest Posted May 31, 2001 Report Share Posted May 31, 2001 Sri: Sri Ranganatha Divyamani Padukabhyam Namaha Srimathe Ramanujaaya Namaha Srimathe Nigamantha Maha Deshikaaya Namaha Srimathe Rangaramanuja Maha Deshikaaya Namaha Thirunakshatram celebrations of Srirangam Srimad Andavan Sri Rangaramanuja Maha Deshikan Vaikaasi Thiruvaadirai Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam, one of the premier institutions of Sri Bhagavad Ramanuja / Swamy Deshika sampradayam. The ashramam has been having an illustrious acharya paramparai known for their vairaagyam and anushtanams. The presiding deity at the ashramam is Sri Rukmini Satyabhama Sametha Sri Venugopalan, worshipped by the great Thirukkudanthai Deshikan, Srimad Gopalaarya Maha Deshikan. Having come in the same illustrious acharya paramparai is our dear acharya, prakrutam Srirangam Srimad Andavan Sri Rangaramanuja Maha Deshikan, also known as Srimushnam Andavan. Swamy Deshikan is celebrated as "sarvatantra swatantra" (master of all arts). For all of us who have not seen Swamy Deshikan in vibhavam, it is a great opportunity to see our beloved acharya Srimad Andavan in vibhavam who, like Swamy Deshikan, is a master in every field - veda, vedanta, tarka, shastras, agamas, poorvacharya krithis, jyotisham, ayurvedam, shilpa shastram, shastriya sangeetham and an unmatched mastery over languages like tamil, sanskri, telugu and english. It is a great bhagyam to celebrate the thirunakshatram of this great acharya. The city of Bangalore having been blessed with the privilege of celebrating the Thirunakshatram of H.H Paramahamsetyaadi Srirangam Srimad Andavan Sri Rangaramanuja Maha Deshikan started the celebrations on Monday with Parayanams, Music concerts, Sadas etc. Monday 21-05-01 --------------- Thirunakshatram celebrations of H.H paramahamsetyaadi Srirangam Srimad Andavan Sri Rangaramanuja Maha Deshikan began on Monday. Srimad Andavan was presented with a malar maalai (garland) adorned by Devanaayakan and Hemambhuja valli of Thiruvahindrapuram, along with the anugraham of our dear acharya Swamy Deshikan. The celebrations started with the paaraayanams of Rig Vedam, Shukla Yajurvedam, Krishna Yajurvedam, Sama Vedam, Srimad Ramayanam, Sri Bhashyam, Sri RanganAtha Paduka Sahasram etc. A galaxy of veda-vedantha vidwans blessed Bangalore with their paadasparsham. Tuesday and Wednesday - 22-05-01 and 23-05-01 ------------ The entire place seemed like bhuvaikuntam, filled with Veda ghOsham. Srimad paramahamsEtyAdi Sri Parakala Swamy H.H Srimad Abhinava Vageesha Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Yatindra Maha Deshikar arrived in Bangalore to participate in the Thirunakshatram. Thursday 24-05-01 ----------------- Rigveda, Krishna Yajurveda, Shukla Yajurveda, Sama Veda, Grantha (Ramayana, Bhagavad vishaya, SribhAshya...), Paduka Sahasra parayanam continued well into the fourth day. After the thiruvaradhanam, Srimad paramahamsetyaadi Parakala Swamy arrived at the ashramam. H.H was received with full honors. H.H presented Sri Lakshmi Hayagrivar's anugraham to Srimad Andavan. Srimad Parakala Matham Swamy was presented with Sri Venugopalan's anugraham. It was a divine experience to see both the acharyas blessing the bhagavatha goshti at the ashramam. Friday 25-05-01 - Thirunakshatram day - Vaikaasi Thiruvaadirai ----------------------------- At 6.00 a.m. Srimad Andavan started Sri Perumal and Paduka Thiruvaradhanam. The thiruppavai and pallandu shatthumurai got completed by 7.10 a.m. The teertha goshti, which then started, saw a gathering of over 1500 bhagavathas and lasted for over 2 hours. All the bhagavathas felt blessed and received Perumal teertham from Srimad Andavan, while the other ten paduka sri-pada-teerthams followed in due course. All the assembled bhagavathas recited Swamy Deshikan's Abhitistavam, Sristhuti and Godasthuti during the teertha goshti with the same devotional fervor that Swamy Deshikan once sang with. It was around 9.15 a.m. and Srimad Andavan started Gadya trayam and Paduka Sahasram paaraayanam. The gadyams recited were 'Sharanagati gadyam', which Ramanuja sung on panguni uttharam in front of Sri Ranga divya dampathigal and performed sharanagati and 'Sriranga gadyam', wherein Sri Ramanuja glorifies the holiest of abodes of Lord Sriman Narayana - Sri Rangam. The paduka sahasra paddhati for the day was 'marakatha paddhati', which also had a special significance. It is well known that Garudan's job is to take perumal wherever He feels to go. Whenever Perumal is flying on Garudan high in the skies, it becomes impossible for bhaktas on the earth to have perumal's darshanam. It becomes only possible when padukais carry perumal on the ground during His (Perumal's) sancharam. It is for this reason that Swamy Deshikan extols Padukai as "gaaruthmathi" in this paddhati. It is the same padukai that has carried Sri Venugopala from one place to the other and thereby blessing thousands of people with the rare bhagyam of participating in this acharya thirunakshatram celebrations and to obtain perumal anugraham. Parayanam of Swamy Deshikan's Sri Sudarshanaashtakam and Sri Shodashaayudha Stotram followed this. >From 9.45 a.m. till 10.45 a.m. all the assembled bhagavathas obtained Srimad Andavan's anugraham and blessings. At 10.45 a.m. Srimad Parakala Matam Swamy, H.H paramahamsetyaadi Srimad Abhinava Vageesha Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Yatindra Maha Deshikan presided at the Ashramam. H.H was received with full honors. Very soon H.H Paramahamsetyaadi Srimad Rangapriya Maha Deshikan also presided at the ashramam and was received with full honors. Both, the acharyas obtained Perumal and Paduka teerthams from Srimad Andavan. It was around 10.50 a.m. when periya shatthumurai started. The paduka mantapam saw an assemblage of over 200 bhagavathas (only parayanam) while over 1500 bhagavathas stood outside and watched the shatthumurai being conducted in great style. Shatthumurai was conducted for the following parayanams, which were held weeklong. 1. Rig Vedam 2. Krishna Yajurvedam and Shukla Yajurvedam 3. Sama Vedam 4. Sri Ranganatha Paduka Sahasram 5. Srimad Ramayanam etc The shatthumurai was completed by about 11.20 a.m. and then started acharya sambhavanai. Sambhavanai kramams were conducted for the entire paramparai st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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