request info on Araiyyar sevai

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Sri:

Sri Ramanujaya namah:

Sri Nigamahantha desikaya namah:

Sri Lakshmi narasimha paramatmane parabrahmane namah:

 

My respectfull obeisences to all

 

Can any one give me more details on the araiyyar

sevai, which is performed only in few of the sri

vaishnava temples in india, i have seen the same in

melukote(thirunarayanapuram) when the perumal is

brought to kannadi mandapam in the vrindravanam which

is next to the temple.

 

Also does anyone of u have a copy of the book

devaganam , which is published in english. I saw this

book in one of my friends place and he has lost this

precious book,

 

Adiyen

Sridhar.

 

 

 

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At 12:13 AM 10/8/01 -0700, you wrote:

>Sri:

>Sri Ramanujaya namah:

>Sri Nigamahantha desikaya namah:

>Sri Lakshmi narasimha paramatmane parabrahmane namah:

>

>My respectfull obeisences to all

>

>Can any one give me more details on the araiyyar

>sevai, which is performed only in few of the sri

>vaishnava temples in india, i have seen the same in

>melukote(thirunarayanapuram) when the perumal is

>brought to kannadi mandapam in the vrindravanam which

>is next to the temple.

>

>Adiyen

>Sridhar.

 

 

Dear Sri Sridhar: There are number of articles in

the Bhakthi archives list on Arayar sevai already.

They have been written during the Srirangam Vaikunta Ekadasi

time ,Thirukkurungudi Kaisika Ekadasi time ; there are also

special web site known as Arangam by Smt.Anita Ratnam ,

who has done research on the topic .

 

You may wish to refer to them.

 

The recent articles on "SaathvikA Abhinayam also deal

with this topic.Sri Sreyas Sarangan also posted an

article recently on Smt.Usha Devi's kaimakryam in

this area and a forthcoming performance at LA Temple.

 

NamO NaarAyaNAya ,

V.Sadagopan