Guest guest Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 Dear All: Pranams! Due to Acharyan's Grace, aDiyEn had a wonderful day on oct-2-not because it was Gandhi Jayanti, but because aDiyEn had the opportunity to spend some time with few Perumals. aDiyEn wants to share some of the anubavams during this trip. 1. The first in the list was to Singaperumal Koil in Chengalpattu. Perumal is in gigantic posture, and has pierced through a small hill. This is the first time aDiyEn got the anubavam of such a big Archa roopam of Narasimhar. The very name of this perumal itself will speak how powerful and commanding He is. 2 Next, aDiyEn went to visit Erikatha Ramar in Maduranthakam. Perumal and Thayar looked so beautiful that aDiyEn did not have the heart to leave the Sannadhi. aDiyEn came to know that EmperumAnAr had His Samasrayanam and Mantropadesam here. Seeing this royal beauty of Ramar (unlike Krishna or any other Vibava), it is quite natural that every one of us will feel sad in thinking how this royal prince with his brother and wife would have walked through the forests without Padhukas. aDiyEn was reminded about Kakasuran (VithaganE rAmA O nin abayam) when seeing Him along with Sita. This Perumal is believed to have protected the village from flooding of Eri. An English engineer had seen Him along with Lakshmanar. They seemed like ordinary men with bow and arrow doing some little work close to Eri in very short span of time to stop it from flooding. What a tremendous experience for that engineer. Imagine how many births he would have taken to wait and see Perumal. 3. Number three in the list was the anubavam of another combination of Archa and Vibava roopam. Purushottaman, Who was worshipped as Rama in Maduranthakam was the One who took Vamana avatara. The archa roopam of this perumal can be found in a beautiful Divya Desam where first three Alwars met with each other. At the first stroke, aDiyEn was reminded about Nammazhwar’s pasuram, Aazhi ezha sangum villum ezha by seeing this Perumal. This perumal cannot be described with aDiyEn limited knowledge. What can be explained about this perumal- His abode here in archa roopam, His gigantic Swaroopam, His Tirumeni azhagu or His compassion to Baddha Jeevatmas. This Perumal is under Srikara Vimanam, behind Thenpennai river. He is the One Whose Tirumeni was enjoyed as “TirukkandEn PonmEni KandEn”. We have to run out of words to explain His sakalakalyana gunas. This Perumal had got the fortune of being sung by Mudhal Azhwargal (first pasuram from each One’s work) and Tirumangai Alwar(“TirukkOvalUr adhanul kandEn nAnE”). Thayar Tirunamam is Tirukkoval Thayar. With engrossing swaroopam, awas confused whether to fully see Perumal from Tirupadam to Tirumudi, or enjoy each part(for which aDiyEn does not have enough knowledge). 4. Last, but not the least was the trip to TiruArangam. As king Kulashekara had told in His Mukundamala (“GushyatE yasya nagarE rangayAtrA dine dine tamaham shirasA vandE rAjAnam kulshEkaram”), every SriVaishnavan should be longing to go to Srirangam daily. Yes, this is about the Srirangam, our Head-Quarters. It has been sung by all the Alwars except Madurakavi Alwar. Acharyas have done great works here. This Srirangam as per Thondaradipodi Alwar comes in Thrid VibhUti(not included in Nitya and also in LeelA vibhUti). Can you all believe that aDiyEn visited TiruArangam with out going to actual Srirangam (quite confused??). There is another Srirangam about 10 Kms from TiruVikaraman sannadhi in Tirukkovalur. This unfortunate big brother of Periya Perumal is in a gigantic sayana tirukkolam. It is believed that this Perumal took this posture after matsya avataram, and can be seen as teaching Vedas to Brahma. Perumal rests his other hand on the shoulder of Garudan. aDiyEn was quite surprised to know about this temple yesterday, and still not convinced why Alwars have not sung on this Perumal. Wondering if any work on this Perumal had got lost. It is quite true and well accepted fact that Periya Perumal in Srirangam is always the Emperor in our sampradayam( taking Emperumanar from Perarulalan, and getting all the Alwar’s mangalasasanams). He could have asked few Alwars to sing on His big brother. This is no exaggeration. What aDiyEn enjoyed was another Ranganathar. Again the place was “Pennai Soozh Arangam”. As Tiruppanalwar had aptly told “Aranganai kanda kangal matrondrinaikkAnAvE”), aDiyEn’s trip got over on a high note after visitng TiruArangan. Please pardon any errors (purely due to aDiyEn negligible knowledge) Thanks, ADiyEn, Ramanan rAmAnuja dAsan ______________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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