Maa ViLakku Lighting at Homes on PurattAsi Saturdaydays .

[Guest guest]

Dear Devotees of Lord Venkatesa :

 

There is a question from a devotee from

Canada about the significance of lighting

Maa ViLakku for Lord VenkatEsa during

PurattAsi Saturdays and partaking

that Prasaadham.

 

This tradition observed by Aasthika ladies

has deep roots in Param JyOthi Tatthvam

of SrIman NaarAyaNa celebrated in the Upanishads

and Draavida Vedam of AzhwArs . Some of the citations

are: " Param Jyothi : or Supreme Light as per

ChAndhOgya; JyOthishAm JyOthi: as per Mundakam

( the Light of Lights) . To salute Him , the shining

One by whom every thing shines as a result ( Tameva

bhAntham anubhAthi sarvam tasya bhAsaa sravam

idham vibhAthi -- Mundakam : II.2.10) .

 

Lord SrinivAsan is saluted as Malayappa Swamy

or the Lord and Supreme Light on top of Saptha giri .

When a small mount of Maavu with ghee and Vellam

is made and a wick is placed on top and lit , we are

paying homage to this Param JyOthi as the Jagath

JyOthi protecting us .

 

The articles on SravaNa dheepam cited below

will shed additional light on the significance of

the JyOthi Tatthvam of the Lord (Brahman) celebrated

in the Upanishads .

 

Namo SrI VenkatEsAya ,

V.Sadagopan

 

P.S: Please perform 108 AshtOtthara NaamArchanai

for Lord VenkatEsa on this special occasion .

 

The URL for AshtOttharam used at Thirumala every morning

with meanings is at :

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/sva/bv.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Shreyas Sarangan" <sarangan

<Oppiliappan>

Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:18 AM

Sravana Deepam and other videos

 

 

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> Sri Ranganatha Divya Mani Padukabhya Namaha

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> A video clip of the famous Sravana Deepam of

> Oppiliappan Koil is available here:

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> http://media.oppiliappan.org

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> Sri Sadagopan Swami and Sri Sampath Rengarajan have

> written in detail about Sravana Deepam:

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> http://www.oppiliappan.org/p290.htm

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> Other video updates include,

> - Complete Krishna Yajur Veda Sattumurrai

> (Samhita, Ashtakam, Aranyakam, Katakam and Upanishad)

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> - Tiruvallikeni Andal-Venkatakrishnan Purappadu on the

> occasion of Tiruvaadi-Pooram

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> - Ghanam recitation in the Divine presence of Srimath

> Azhagiya Singar. Incomplete recording, though, since

> the video tape ran out

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> sarvamsrikrishnaarpanmasthu,

> ramanuja dasan.

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