You rquestion on anadhyayana kAlam.

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Dear SrI Balaji:

 

Since I have not seen any responses to your question so far, I am

summarizing the information published in SrI Ra'nganAtha pAdukA, Jan.

2003 Issue, under "Questions and Answers" section. The following

refelcts the vaDa kalai sampradAyam position:

 

"SrI Kaliyan started the adhyayana utsavam in SrI ra'ngam. On the

day of tiruk kArtigai, he brought SrI nammAzhvAr from triuk kurugUr,

bearing him on his shoulders. After the 10th day after vaikunTha

ekAsaSi day, SrI nammAzhvAr was taken back to tiruk kurugUr. He

arrived at tiruk kurugUr on the day of the hasta nakshatram in the

tamizh month of tai (the month after mArgazhi). The devotees of

tiruk kurugUr waited for SrI nammAzhvAr to be back before they

resumed the chanting of tiruvAimozhi, and resumed the chanting only

after his arrival. This same rule has since been adopted for all the

AzhvAr's aruLic ceyal-s. It is a coincidence that the hastam

nakshatram of tai month happens to the birth star of kUrattAzhvAr.

Following this practice, the chanting of tiruppallANDu in houses of

SrI vaishNava-s is started on the hasta nakshatram day of the tai

month. The practice in temples differs depending on the temples.

 

Even during the anadhyayana kAlam, the vaDa kalai sampradyam

followers are permitted to chant the divya prabandha taniyans and SrI

deSika prabandham in the temples as well as in the houses, according

to the niyamanam of svAmi deSikan's tiruk-kumArar, SrI kumAra

nayinAccArya and SrI brahma tantra svatantra jeeyar".

 

The above response was provided in SrI ra'nganAtha pAdukA by SrI

nATTEri kiDAmbi rAjagopAlAcArya, and reflects the position of the

vaDa kalai sampradAyam.

 

-Krishnamachari

 

Balaji <t_balaji

Mon Feb 3, 2003 2:33 am

Prabhandam Sevai

 

 

Hi All,

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha;

 

I have joined this group recently .. I am sure definitely somebody

would have

answered this question..If yes can someone forward me the archive ID

 

I would like to know why the 'Prabhandam' should not be rendered

during the

month of Margazhi ? Some people are telling that the Prabhadam sevai

should not

be performed till the "Koorathazhvar Nakshatram" (in the month of

Thai) but

some people are telling that it can be performed once the Margazhi

month is

over? Which one is correct ? What is the reason behind it ?

 

- Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

 

Balaji