Pandiya Nadu and Malai Nadu Yathrai ( A Virtual Experience)

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Pandiya Nadu and Malai Nadu Divya Desams Yathrai

21st December 2001 to 30th December 2001.

 

Sri Venkata Gurave Namaha:

Sri Mathe Ramanujaya Namaha:

Acharyan Tiruvadigale Saranam:

 

The yathrai was conducted by Vasu Mama (Vasudevan Triplicane fame).

 

I started from Hyderabad on 20th evening and reached chennai on 21st

morning.

 

21-12-2001

 

1. Tiruvallikkeni: Afternoon had bhagyam to be among sevakalam goshti during

phagal pathu adhyayana uthsavam, surprisingly his holiness Sri Tridandi

Srimann Narayana Chinna Jeeyar swamy came to temple. It was coincidence; by

the time he came, Thirumangai Azhwar's mangalasasanam pasuram on

Parthasaradhy Perumal started.

 

viRperu vizhavum kaNYchanum mallum

vEzhamum paaganum veezha,

cheRRavan Rannai, purameri seydha

sivanuRu thuyargaLai thEvai,

paRRalar veeyak kOlkaiyil koNdu

paartthanRan thErmunnNin Raanai,

siRRavai paNiyaal mudithuRanN dhaanaith

thiruvallik kENikkaN dEnE.

 

It took almost 20 mins, to recite those 10 pasurams. I can personally say,

no other divya desa perumal is enjoying the type of Ghoshti "right now", the

way Parthasaradhy perumal is enjoying. There were easily more than 300

adhyapakas in sevakalam, including Sri M.A. Venkata Krishnan.

 

I had bhagyam to meet one of the moderators of our group. T.V. Venkatesh in

temple. We had good time, sharing our thoughts with each other.

 

Yathrai started on 21st Dec night at 8:00 pm from Tiruvillikeni

Parthasaradhi temple. Two buses were arranged with almost 102 people to

travel.

 

22-12-2001

 

1. Thiruvarangam: The bhooloka Vaikuntam. Had very well darsanam of Sri

Ranganathar (moolavar) two times, Namm Perumaal (Uthsavar), Thaayaar Sri

Ranaga Naayaki, Udaiyavar and Chakarthalwar from 8:00 am to 10:00 am. From

10:00 am to 11:30 am, had bhagyam to see "Araiyar Sevai".

 

Started from srirangam at 1:30 pm and reached Thirumeyyam at 5:45pm

 

2. Thiru meyyam: Had darsanam of Sathyagiri Nathan and Ujjeevana thaayaar at

6:00 pm. Started from Thiru meyyam and reached Thirukkottiyur.

 

3. Thirukkottiyur: Had excellent darsanam of Sri UragamellaNaiyaan (Sowmya

Naryanan) and Thirumaamagal naachiyaar at 7:15. Went up in Ashtaanga Vimanam

(The place where Sri ramanjua reveald the sacred Thirumantram, the mantram

that grants moksham to any jeevathma recited even once in his lifetime).

Started from Thirukkottiyur and reached Thiruppullani. Night halt at

Thiruppullani.

 

23-12-2001

 

4. Had Sethu Snanam in the morning at 7:00 am. Which is hardly 1-2

kilometres from Thiruppullani temple.

 

5. Thiruppullani: Had darsanam of Sri Kalyana Jagannathan and Sri

Kalyaanavalli (Padmaasani) thaayar at 10:00 am. Here I have to mention that,

the temple is not in good condition. A sabha which is actively taking care

of renovating temple is planning to do samprokshanam in another six months.

One of the members of the group Venkat S. Iyengar gave me 500 Rs, before I

started for the yathrai. I gave the amount to sabha for samprokshnam. I have

an Appeal letter given the by the secretary of the sabha, which I will post

in the next mail.

 

Started to Nava Pashanam at 1:30 pm.

 

6. Nava Pashanam: Had darsanam of nava graha's at 3:30 pm which were

installed by sri Rama himself. Started from nava pashanam and reached

Rameshwaram.

 

7. Rameshwaram: Had darsanam of perumal at 7:00 pm. Started from

Rameshwaram at 9:00 pm and reached Thirumogoor at night 12:30. Night stay

at Thirumogoor.

 

24-12-2001

 

8. Thirumogoor: Had early morning bath in Ksheerapthi pushkarani at 3:30 am

(this theeratam is very auspicious, this theertam has mangalasasanam in

NammAzhwar's Thriuvaimozhi)

 

kooththan kOvalan kuthaRRuval lachurargaL kooRRam

Eththum nangadakum amararkkum munivarkkum inban

vaayththa thaNpaNai vaLavayal soozthiru mOgoor

aaththan thaamarai yadiyanRi maRRilam araNE.

 

Had excellent Vishva roopa darsanam of Sri Kaalamega Perumal, Mohana Valli

Thayaar and Chakrathazhwar in the morning at 5:00 am. Started to Nupra

Gangai at 6:30 am.

 

9. Nupra Gangai: The nupra gangai is on the top of the hill

Thirumaaliransolai. The water here is considered to be equal to Ganga.

Thirumanjanam to perumal is done only with this theertam.

 

10. Thirumaalirunsolai: Had darsanam of Sri Sunderaraajan (KallAzhagar) and

Sundaravalli Thayaar at 8:30 am.

 

11. Thirukkoodal: Had darsanam of Sri Koodalazhagar and Maduravalli Thaayar

at 10:30 am. Was in temple till 12:30. Went back to Thirumogoor at 2:00 pm,

had tadiyaradanai and started from thirumogoor at 4:00 pm to Thiruthangal.

 

12. Thirutthangal: Had darsanam of Sri Ninra Narayanan and Sri Segamala

Thaayar at 6:15 pm. Started to Srivilliputhur at 6:45 pm.

 

13. SriVilliputhur: (One of the most important reasons to go to this

yathrai was to see Sri Aandaal during Margazhi maasam.) Had one of the

lifetime experience sevai of Sri Aandal with Rangamannar, Vatapathrasaayi at

8:00 pm. Aandaal and ranamannar were brought from vatapatrasaayi temple to

main sannadhi at 8:30 pm. It was one of the rarest occasions to see the

voyaara nadai. The thirmeni of Aandaal is so elegant, words fail me to

write. Night started at 11:00 pm to Azhwar Thirunagari.

 

25-12-2001

 

It was one of the days to be remembered in my lifetime. It was the day I

visited 9 divya desams (Nava Tirupathi) at a stretch. Here is the serial

order

 

14. Thirukkurugoor: Had bath in Thaampraparani theetham in the morning at

4:30 am and had excellent vishwa roopa darsanam of Sri Aadhi Naadhan,

Koorugoorvalli Thaayar and Namm Azhwar at 6:00 am. Recited Thiruppavai at

Aadhinaadan and Namm Azhar sannadhi. (In nava graha kshetrams, this keshtram

is Vzhyayan) Also saw the sacred Tamarind tree.

 

15. Thirukkoloor: (This is the birth place of Madurakavi Azhwar) Had

darsanam of Sri Nishebaviththan, Kumudha valli Thaayar and Madurakavi Azhwar

at 8:30 am. (In nava graha kshetrams, this keshtram is Angarakan)

 

16. Then Thirupperai: Had darsanam of Sri maga nedunguzhaikkaadhan and

kuzhaikkaadhuvalli Thaayar at 9:45 am. (In nava graha kshetrams, this

keshtram is shukran)

 

17. Thirukkulandhai: Had darsanam of Sri Sora Naadhan(Srinivasan) and

Kulandhaivalli naacchiyaar( Alamelu Mangai) thaayaar at 10:45 am. (In nava

graha kshetrams, this keshtram is shanishwaran)

 

18. Thirutthyulaivilli mangalam (1) Irraittai tirupathi: Had darsanam of Sri

Thevappirran and Upaya naacchiyral at 11:45 am. (In nava graha kshetrams,

this keshtram is Rahu)

 

19. Thirutthyulaivilli mangalam (2) Irraittai tirupathi: Had darsanam of Sri

Aravainda lochanan and Karunthadankanni naacchiyaar at 12:10 pm. (In nava

graha kshetrams, this keshtram is ketu)

 

20. Thiruppulingundi: Had darsanam of Sri Kaaysinavendhar and Malarmagal

Naacchiyaar at 1:15 pm. (In nava graha kshetrams, this keshtram is Bhudan)

 

21. Thiru Varagunamangai: Had darsanam of Sri Vijayaasana Perumal and

Varagunavalli Thaayar at 2:00pm (In nava graha kshetrams, this keshtram is

Chandran)

 

22. Thiru Vaikuntam: Had darsanam of Sri Vaikundha naadhan and

Vaigundhavalli (boodhevi) Thaayar at 2:40 pm. (In nava graha kshetrams, this

keshtram is Suryan).

 

With this we were able to complete all 9 (nava tirupathis) at a stretch

without break.

 

On same day evening at 5:30 pm had bhagyam to see "Arayar Sevai" at Sri

Aadhinadhan Perumal koil, followed by sathumarai ghoshti and Madurakavi

Azhwars procession to Namm Azhwar's sannadhi.

 

26-12-2001

 

Yet another day to be remembered in my lifetime. It was Vaikunta Ekadesi day

(I don't have aaharam, except perumal theertam on this day for the past

seven years) I can say that only perumal gave me strength to Climb the

mountain, which is 10 kms (up and down) to have darsanam of Thirumalai

nambi. On this day I visited all 5 Nambi's and had bhagyam to have darsanam

of Paramapada Vasal at Vanamaamalai in the evening.

 

23. ThiruMalai Nambi: Had darsanam of Sri Thirumalai Nambi, which is also

called as Therku (South) Badrikarshramam. To reach this place, we have to

climb mountain, which is approx 5 kms. Started at 7:30 am and reached at

9:30 am. Had bath in Pushkarini and had darsanam of Nambi at 10:30 am.

Recited Thiruppavai followed by Sathumarai. Came down by 2:00 pm.

 

24.Thirukkurungudi: Had darsanam of all three Nambi's (1. Ninra Nambi, 2.

Idanda Nambi and 3. Kidanda Nambi) and Kurungudi Naachiyaar from 3:00 to

5:00 pm. Had bhagyam to have darsanam of his holiness Sri Jeeyar swami.

Thiruvaimozhi modhal pathu sevakalam started at 4:00 pm.

 

25. Thiru ParivattaParai: Had darsanam of Sri Yethirajar (Udaiavar)at 5:40

pm. In this place perumal himself became sishya of ramanujar. This is the

place where Emberumanaar put UdhvaPundram to perumal.

 

26. Thirupparkadal Nambi: Had darsanam of Sri Thirupaarkadal Nambi (5th

Nambi) at 6:00 pm.

 

27. Thirumangai Azhwar Brindavanam: Had darsanam of Sri Thirumangai Azhwar

at 6:20 pm. This is the place where Thirumangai Azhwar attained paramapadam.

 

28. Thiru Varamangai (Vaanamaamalai): (Before begening I should say I

remembered Sri Ramanan Rajagopalan, because I promised him earlier that I

will fulfill his desire by being at vanamaamalai on Vaikunta Ekadesi day)

One of my life willing desire was to have darsnam of Sri Totadrinaadan (one

of the 8 swayam yuktha kshetrams) atleast once. But I never imagined to be

on the day, where paramapada vaasal in opened only once in a year. My joy

knew no bounds, seeing the Thirumeni of Theyvanaayakan with sri varamangai

Thaayar. Was in temple from 7:00 pm to 10:45 pm. Had excellent darsanam of

moolavar followed by Uthsavar and Sri Satagopan (It should be known that,

there is no separate shrine for Namm Azhwar here, he himself is at thiruvadi

of Perumal i.e Sri Satagopan. It should also be noted, Namm Azhwar did his

final Sharanagathi here only.) Had Bhagyam to have darsanam of his Holiness

Sri Vaanamaamalai Jeeyar followed by his small upanyasam to all of us.

Thiruvaaimozhi modhal pathu started at 9:00 pm followed by Sathumarai ghosti

and procession of Thevyanaayakan and Thaayar to moolavar sannadhi.

 

I have taken many photographs here. If anyone is interested I will scan it

and send in mail.

 

Night halt at Vaanamaamalai.

 

27-12-2001

 

Note: Divya desams in Malai Nadu do not have seperate shrine for Thaayar,

except Thiru Naavai.

 

29. ThiruVanParisaaram (Thiruppathisaaram): Had darsanam of Sri

Thiruvaazhmaarban at 5:30 am.

 

30. Kanyakumaari: Saw sunrise at 6:15 am.

 

31. Suchindram: This is the place where Thrimurthi's have different

sannadhi's in one temple. Had darsanam of Thrimurthi's followed by Anjaneyar

and nava grahas at 8:30 am (It should be noted; here the nava grahas are on

top at mandapam, not in floor) Had darsanam of Vinayakee (Here the Vinyaakar

is in Penn Thirukolam, one of the unique of it's kind.)

 

32. Thiru Vattaru: Before begening, I should say; my native place (Kazhiyur)

perumal Thirunaamam is Aadhi Kesavan. It is almost a practice in our

Kazhiyur family to have one of the three names as "Kesavan" or "Aadhi

Kesavan". So I have a fond liking in this name Aadhi Kesavan.

 

Before beginning the yathri itself, I was very eager to see this divya

desam. As expected I was not in control seeing the architecture of the

temple and ofcourse the divya Sayana Thirukkolam Thirumeni of Sri Aadhi

Kesava Perumal. Had darsanam at 10:00 am.

 

kaattiththan kanaikazalkaL kadu_narakam pukaloziththa

vaattaaRRem perumaanai vaLangurukoorch sadakOpan

paattaaya thamizmaalai yaayiraththuL ippaththum

kEttu aaraar vaanavargaL sevikkiniya senchollE.

 

Started from Thiru Vattaru at 12:30 pm and reached Thiruvananthapuram at

3:15 pm.

 

33. Thiruvananthapuram: Many of you would have known by now that the

Thirumeni of Sri Anantha Padamanabar is complete of Nava Rathnams (Gold,

diamond, gems, vaiduryam and lots more) This was discovered just a month

ago. When Pothi's (Archakas called as Pothi's in malai nadu divya desams)

saw some shining in one of the hand of Perumal while doing Thirumanjanam to

moolavar. When they started cleaning, to their shock they found that

complete thirumeni of perumal is full of gold and nava rathnams (This was

covered with some black element some centuries back to protect perumal from

invaders). I could'nt beleve with my eyes, when I saw the Thirumeni of

Perumal. He is so glorious, so beautiful. It was as if he is talking to us.

For a moment I felt I am at Thirupaarkadal. Had darsanam of perumal at 5:10

pm.

 

34. Sri Parashuramar Temple: Had darsanam of Sri Parashu Ramar at 6:30 pm.

This temple is unique by itself. It is only temple that has sannadhi only

for Parashu Ramar.

 

Came back to Padmanabar temple at 8:00 pm. Had excellent "Sevelli" of

Uthsavar followed by Moolavr darsanam at 8:20 pm.

 

Night halt at Thiruvananthapuram.

 

28-12-2001

 

Morning had bath in Padma Pushkarini (Mathysa Theertam) at 3:30 am. Had

excellent Thirumanjanam sevai of Padbanaabar (Uthsavar) from 4:00 am to 5:00

am.

 

35. Varkala: Had Samudra Snanam at 7:45 am. Had darsanam of Sri Jaganatha

Perumal at 9:00 am. Perumal here is very attractive. Started from varakali

and reached Thiruvalla vaazh at 3:00 pm. Proposed to halt at night here.

 

Started from Thiruvalla Vaazh at 4:00 pm to nearby divya desams.

 

36. Thiruvaaranvilai: Had darsanam of Sri Thirukkuralappan at 5:00 pm.

 

37. Thiruppuliyoor: Had darsanam of Sri Mayappiraan at 6:00 pm.

 

38. Thiru Sengunoor: Had darsanam of Sri Imaiyavarappan at 6:30 pm.

 

39. Thiru VanVandoor: Had darsanam of Sri Paambanaiyappan at 6:50 pm.

 

40. Thirukkadith thaanam: Had an excellent darsanam of Sri Arpudha Narayanan

in "Sevelli" sevai at 8:00 pm. (Normally the temple timings in malai nadu

divya desams are very firm. Once the doors are closed at time, they will

never be opened at any cost. We were lucky to be on time to have darsanam of

perumal here. If we would have been late by few minutes, then we would have

not got darsanam of perumal. The bus driver had done a good job by driving

fast). There is also a story releated to this temple. The maali (servent)

who used to open the doors of the temple daily at 5:00 am was late by five

minutes on one day. The devotees were waiting outside the temple for the

servent to open the temple doors. Perumal not able to resist this act cursed

him to become stone in front of the temple until the kaliyugam ends. Even

today the statue of that person can be seen in front of the temple.

 

Night came back to stay at Thiruvalla Vizha.

 

29-12-2001

 

41. ThiruValla Vaazh: Had darsanam of Sri Thiruvaazhmaarban at 4:40 am.

 

42. Thirukkatkarai: Had darsanam of Sri Kaatkarai Appan at 7:30 am.

 

43. Thiru Moozhikkalam: Had darsanam of Sri Thirumoozhikkalaththaan at 8:30

am.

 

44. Guruvaayur: Had darsanam of Sri Guruvaayurappan at 1:30 pm.

 

45. Thiru Naavaay: Had darsanam of Sri Nava Mugundhan and Sri Malarmangai

Naacchiyaar at 5:30 pm. (It may be noted that, this is the only divya desam

in malai nadu which has separate shrine for Thaayar)

 

46. Thiru Viththuvakkodu: Had darsanam of Sri Uyyavandha Perumal at 7:10 pm.

(This temple is very interior, also difficult for one to travel alone)

 

Night halt at Phalgaad at 10:45 pm.

 

30-12-2001

 

Morning started from Phaalgaad 10:00 am. Reached Coimbatore by 12:00 pm.

Piligrims who came from banglore and mysore got down here. Started from

Coimbatore at 1:00 pm halted for 2 hrs in the night to have food and reached

Chennai at 2:00 am in the morning.

 

31-12-2001

 

Started from Chennai (Anna Nagar) at 5:15 am to board train "Sapathagiri

Express" for Tirupathi.

 

Reached Thirumalai at 11:00 am.

 

47. Thirumalai: I don't find words to write about this place. He is our Kula

Guru Daivam. For me he is everything. My grand father Late Sri K.M. Manavala

Iyengar severd as Ekangi for 6 years, also most of my relatives were

Ekangi's earlier and they are still till date.

 

I have Abhinaabaava Sambhandham with this Peurumal. He is My all time

acclaimed.

 

`agala killEn iRaiyum'en RalarmEl mangai yuRaimaar_paa,

nigaril pugazhaay! ulagamoon Rudaiyaay! ennai aaLvaanE,

nigaril amarar munikkaNangaL virumpum thiruvENG kadaththaanE,

pugalon Rillaa adiyEnun adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhEnE.

 

`adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhadiyeer! vaazhmin' enRen RaruLkotukkum

padikkE zhillaap perumaanaip pazhanak kurukoorch chadagOpan,

mudippaan sonna aayiraththuth thiruvENG kadaththuk kivaipaththum,

pidiththaar pidiththaar veeRRirundhu periya vaanuL nilaavuvarE.

 

Had darsanam of Sri Thiruvengadamudayaan at 3:00 pm.

 

01-01-2002

 

At 12:10 in the morning had unforgettable lifetime experiencing "Sathumarai"

Sevari for 10 minutes from near Kulashekara Padi with His Holiness Sri

Chinna Jeeyar Swami of Thirumalai.

 

Thiruppavai Pasuram was:

 

ambaramE thaNNeerE sORE aRam seyyum

emberumaan nandhagOpaalaa ezhundhiraay......

 

I had a feeling as if I am requesting perumal to wake up "ezhundhiraay" and

give his anugraham and aaseervaadham to all us in this new year.

 

48. Thiruchhanoor: Had darsanam of Alarmelmangai Thaayar at 2:00 pm.

 

Evening boarded train (Narayanadri express) and back to Hyderabad on

02-01-2001.

 

I had covered more than 50 temples from 21st Dec to 01st January 2002. Never

imagined to be possible. There are so many experiences to share but a single

mail is not enough.

 

This is the shortest way I could write, otherwise to write briefly about

every Divya Desam and Soulabhyam of perumaal individually is indeed a great

bliss.

 

To conclude, The year 2001 was full of horror, wars, global economy downfall

and many other issues. To quote a best example that Perumal is always with

us during this trouble periods, I had seen lot of miracles in the past year

2001 especially last 6 months.

 

I had been to Chola Nadu and Tonda Nadu divya desams from 27th july to 5th

August 2001 (Total 73 temples) those experiences I had already posted

earler. Prior to that I visited only 15-18 divya desams. But after

comleting this Pandiya naadu and Malai Nadu divya desams now I have

completed 97 divya desams (Overall 120 temples including Abhimana Sthalams).

Hope I should be able to complete the remaining divya desams in this year or

atleast by next year.

 

There is a saying "Man proposes and God disposes" We can have his anugraham

and darsanam only when he wishes. I feel fortunate to be able to see the

Divya Dampathi's at the age of 24. This was possible only due to the

blessings of My Acharyan "Sri Mudaliandan Swamin" and my grand parents, who

are now Vaikuntavasi.

 

Before ending I would like say, The Divya Dampathis in each divya desam are

waiting there for thousands of years to just give their "Anugraham" for

jeevathmas like us. Is it not our duty to take "Darsanam" from them ?

after-all taking birth as a SriVaishnavan itself is a great bliss.

 

We keep talking about the Avatarams (rama, krishna...)and recite Maha Kavyas

Ramayana, Mahabharatha, Bhagavdh Geeta and Srimad Bhagavatham. But we should

be fortunate to have darsanam of all those forms of perumal in Aarchavatara

Murthi's.

 

NOTE: I would like to mention, the content is solely written by me and not

to affront any individual. If there are any errors please pardon and correct

me.

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

Kaliyur Mannar Shantha Kumar.

http://www15.brinkster.com/mudaliandan/

 

 

 

www.themanagementor.com

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri.Shanta Kumar:

One of the rare opportunities or rather Bagyam for you to be in

Vanamamalai DD for paramapada vasal. I am just imagining how it

would have been for you. Can you send the snap of perumal if

you had taken.

 

Thanks,

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

Ramanan Rajagopalan

 

iruppidam vaikundham vEnkatam * mAlirunchOlaiyennum

poruppidam mAyanuk enbar nallOr * avai thannodum van

thiruppidam mAyan irAmAnusan manathinRavan van

thiruppidam * enRan idhayaththuLLE thanakkinpuRavE.

 

 

 

 

---- On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Shanthakumar

(shanthakumar.hyd) wrote:

 

> Pandiya Nadu and Malai Nadu Divya Desams Yathrai

> 21st December 2001 to 30th December 2001.

>

> Sri Venkata Gurave Namaha:

> Sri Mathe Ramanujaya Namaha:

> Acharyan Tiruvadigale Saranam:

>

> The yathrai was conducted by Vasu Mama (Vasudevan Triplicane

fame).

>

> I started from Hyderabad on 20th evening and reached chennai

on 21st

> morning.

>

> 21-12-2001

>

> 1. Tiruvallikkeni: Afternoon had bhagyam to be among

sevakalam goshti

> during

> phagal pathu adhyayana uthsavam, surprisingly his holiness

Sri Tridandi

> Srimann Narayana Chinna Jeeyar swamy came to temple. It was

coincidence;

> by

> the time he came, Thirumangai Azhwar's mangalasasanam pasuram

on

> Parthasaradhy Perumal started.

>

> viRperu vizhavum kaNYchanum mallum

> vEzhamum paaganum veezha,

> cheRRavan Rannai, purameri seydha

> sivanuRu thuyargaLai thEvai,

> paRRalar veeyak kOlkaiyil koNdu

> paartthanRan thErmunnNin Raanai,

> siRRavai paNiyaal mudithuRanN dhaanaith

> thiruvallik kENikkaN dEnE.

>

> It took almost 20 mins, to recite those 10 pasurams. I can

personally

> say,

> no other divya desa perumal is enjoying the type of

Ghoshti "right now",

> the

> way Parthasaradhy perumal is enjoying. There were easily more

than 300

> adhyapakas in sevakalam, including Sri M.A. Venkata Krishnan.

>

> I had bhagyam to meet one of the moderators of our group.

T.V. Venkatesh

> in

> temple. We had good time, sharing our thoughts with each

other.

>

> Yathrai started on 21st Dec night at 8:00 pm from

Tiruvillikeni

> Parthasaradhi temple. Two buses were arranged with almost 102

people to

> travel.

>

> 22-12-2001

>

> 1. Thiruvarangam: The bhooloka Vaikuntam. Had very well

darsanam of Sri

> Ranganathar (moolavar) two times, Namm Perumaal (Uthsavar),

Thaayaar Sri

> Ranaga Naayaki, Udaiyavar and Chakarthalwar from 8:00 am to

10:00 am.

> From

> 10:00 am to 11:30 am, had bhagyam to see "Araiyar Sevai".

>

> Started from srirangam at 1:30 pm and reached Thirumeyyam at

5:45pm

>

> 2. Thiru meyyam: Had darsanam of Sathyagiri Nathan and

Ujjeevana

> thaayaar at

> 6:00 pm. Started from Thiru meyyam and reached Thirukkottiyur.

>

> 3. Thirukkottiyur: Had excellent darsanam of Sri

UragamellaNaiyaan

> (Sowmya

> Naryanan) and Thirumaamagal naachiyaar at 7:15. Went up in

Ashtaanga

> Vimanam

> (The place where Sri ramanjua reveald the sacred

Thirumantram, the

> mantram

> that grants moksham to any jeevathma recited even once in his

lifetime).

> Started from Thirukkottiyur and reached Thiruppullani. Night

halt at

> Thiruppullani.

>

> 23-12-2001

>

> 4. Had Sethu Snanam in the morning at 7:00 am. Which is

hardly 1-2

> kilometres from Thiruppullani temple.

>

> 5. Thiruppullani: Had darsanam of Sri Kalyana Jagannathan and

Sri

> Kalyaanavalli (Padmaasani) thaayar at 10:00 am. Here I have

to mention

> that,

> the temple is not in good condition. A sabha which is

actively taking

> care

> of renovating temple is planning to do samprokshanam in

another six

> months.

> One of the members of the group Venkat S. Iyengar gave me 500

Rs, before

> I

> started for the yathrai. I gave the amount to sabha for

samprokshnam. I

> have

> an Appeal letter given the by the secretary of the sabha,

which I will

> post

> in the next mail.

>

> Started to Nava Pashanam at 1:30 pm.

>

> 6. Nava Pashanam: Had darsanam of nava graha's at 3:30 pm

which were

> installed by sri Rama himself. Started from nava pashanam and

reached

> Rameshwaram.

>

> 7. Rameshwaram: Had darsanam of perumal at 7:00 pm. Started

from

> Rameshwaram at 9:00 pm and reached Thirumogoor at night

12:30. Night

> stay

> at Thirumogoor.

>

> 24-12-2001

>

> 8. Thirumogoor: Had early morning bath in Ksheerapthi

pushkarani at 3:30

> am

> (this theeratam is very auspicious, this theertam has

mangalasasanam in

> NammAzhwar's Thriuvaimozhi)

>

> kooththan kOvalan kuthaRRuval lachurargaL kooRRam

> Eththum nangadakum amararkkum munivarkkum inban

> vaayththa thaNpaNai vaLavayal soozthiru mOgoor

> aaththan thaamarai yadiyanRi maRRilam araNE.

>

> Had excellent Vishva roopa darsanam of Sri Kaalamega Perumal,

Mohana

> Valli

> Thayaar and Chakrathazhwar in the morning at 5:00 am. Started

to Nupra

> Gangai at 6:30 am.

>

> 9. Nupra Gangai: The nupra gangai is on the top of the hill

> Thirumaaliransolai. The water here is considered to be equal

to Ganga.

> Thirumanjanam to perumal is done only with this theertam.

>

> 10. Thirumaalirunsolai: Had darsanam of Sri Sunderaraajan

(KallAzhagar)

> and

> Sundaravalli Thayaar at 8:30 am.

>

> 11. Thirukkoodal: Had darsanam of Sri Koodalazhagar and

Maduravalli

> Thaayar

> at 10:30 am. Was in temple till 12:30. Went back to

Thirumogoor at 2:00

> pm,

> had tadiyaradanai and started from thirumogoor at 4:00 pm to

> Thiruthangal.

>

> 12. Thirutthangal: Had darsanam of Sri Ninra Narayanan and

Sri Segamala

> Thaayar at 6:15 pm. Started to Srivilliputhur at 6:45 pm.

>

> 13. SriVilliputhur: (One of the most important reasons to go

to this

> yathrai was to see Sri Aandaal during Margazhi maasam.) Had

one of the

> lifetime experience sevai of Sri Aandal with Rangamannar,

> Vatapathrasaayi at

> 8:00 pm. Aandaal and ranamannar were brought from

vatapatrasaayi temple

> to

> main sannadhi at 8:30 pm. It was one of the rarest occasions

to see the

> voyaara nadai. The thirmeni of Aandaal is so elegant, words

fail me to

> write. Night started at 11:00 pm to Azhwar Thirunagari.

>

> 25-12-2001

>

> It was one of the days to be remembered in my lifetime. It

was the day I

> visited 9 divya desams (Nava Tirupathi) at a stretch. Here is

the serial

> order

>

> 14. Thirukkurugoor: Had bath in Thaampraparani theetham in

the morning

> at

> 4:30 am and had excellent vishwa roopa darsanam of Sri Aadhi

Naadhan,

> Koorugoorvalli Thaayar and Namm Azhwar at 6:00 am. Recited

Thiruppavai

> at

> Aadhinaadan and Namm Azhar sannadhi. (In nava graha

kshetrams, this

> keshtram

> is Vzhyayan) Also saw the sacred Tamarind tree.

>

> 15. Thirukkoloor: (This is the birth place of Madurakavi

Azhwar) Had

> darsanam of Sri Nishebaviththan, Kumudha valli Thaayar and

Madurakavi

> Azhwar

> at 8:30 am. (In nava graha kshetrams, this keshtram is

Angarakan)

>

> 16. Then Thirupperai: Had darsanam of Sri maga

nedunguzhaikkaadhan and

> kuzhaikkaadhuvalli Thaayar at 9:45 am. (In nava graha

kshetrams, this

> keshtram is shukran)

>

> 17. Thirukkulandhai: Had darsanam of Sri Sora Naadhan

(Srinivasan) and

> Kulandhaivalli naacchiyaar( Alamelu Mangai) thaayaar at 10:45

am. (In

> nava

> graha kshetrams, this keshtram is shanishwaran)

>

> 18. Thirutthyulaivilli mangalam (1) Irraittai tirupathi: Had

darsanam of

> Sri

> Thevappirran and Upaya naacchiyral at 11:45 am. (In nava graha

> kshetrams,

> this keshtram is Rahu)

>

> 19. Thirutthyulaivilli mangalam (2) Irraittai tirupathi: Had

darsanam of

> Sri

> Aravainda lochanan and Karunthadankanni naacchiyaar at 12:10

pm. (In

> nava

> graha kshetrams, this keshtram is ketu)

>

> 20. Thiruppulingundi: Had darsanam of Sri Kaaysinavendhar and

Malarmagal

> Naacchiyaar at 1:15 pm. (In nava graha kshetrams, this

keshtram is

> Bhudan)

>

> 21. Thiru Varagunamangai: Had darsanam of Sri Vijayaasana

Perumal and

> Varagunavalli Thaayar at 2:00pm (In nava graha kshetrams,

this keshtram

> is

> Chandran)

>

> 22. Thiru Vaikuntam: Had darsanam of Sri Vaikundha naadhan and

> Vaigundhavalli (boodhevi) Thaayar at 2:40 pm. (In nava graha

kshetrams,

> this

> keshtram is Suryan).

>

> With this we were able to complete all 9 (nava tirupathis) at

a stretch

> without break.

>

> On same day evening at 5:30 pm had bhagyam to see "Arayar

Sevai" at Sri

> Aadhinadhan Perumal koil, followed by sathumarai ghoshti and

Madurakavi

> Azhwars procession to Namm Azhwar's sannadhi.

>

> 26-12-2001

>

> Yet another day to be remembered in my lifetime. It was

Vaikunta Ekadesi

> day

> (I don't have aaharam, except perumal theertam on this day

for the past

> seven years) I can say that only perumal gave me strength to

Climb the

> mountain, which is 10 kms (up and down) to have darsanam of

Thirumalai

> nambi. On this day I visited all 5 Nambi's and had bhagyam to

have

> darsanam

> of Paramapada Vasal at Vanamaamalai in the evening.

>

> 23. ThiruMalai Nambi: Had darsanam of Sri Thirumalai Nambi,

which is

> also

> called as Therku (South) Badrikarshramam. To reach this

place, we have

> to

> climb mountain, which is approx 5 kms. Started at 7:30 am and

reached at

> 9:30 am. Had bath in Pushkarini and had darsanam of Nambi at

10:30 am.

> Recited Thiruppavai followed by Sathumarai. Came down by 2:00

pm.

>

> 24.Thirukkurungudi: Had darsanam of all three Nambi's (1.

Ninra Nambi,

> 2.

> Idanda Nambi and 3. Kidanda Nambi) and Kurungudi Naachiyaar

from 3:00 to

> 5:00 pm. Had bhagyam to have darsanam of his holiness Sri

Jeeyar swami.

> Thiruvaimozhi modhal pathu sevakalam started at 4:00 pm.

>

> 25. Thiru ParivattaParai: Had darsanam of Sri Yethirajar

(Udaiavar)at

> 5:40

> pm. In this place perumal himself became sishya of ramanujar.

This is

> the

> place where Emberumanaar put UdhvaPundram to perumal.

>

> 26. Thirupparkadal Nambi: Had darsanam of Sri Thirupaarkadal

Nambi (5th

> Nambi) at 6:00 pm.

>

> 27. Thirumangai Azhwar Brindavanam: Had darsanam of Sri

Thirumangai

> Azhwar

> at 6:20 pm. This is the place where Thirumangai Azhwar

attained

> paramapadam.

>

> 28. Thiru Varamangai (Vaanamaamalai): (Before begening I

should say I

> remembered Sri Ramanan Rajagopalan, because I promised him

earlier that

> I

> will fulfill his desire by being at vanamaamalai on Vaikunta

Ekadesi

> day)

> One of my life willing desire was to have darsnam of Sri

Totadrinaadan

> (one

> of the 8 swayam yuktha kshetrams) atleast once. But I never

imagined to

> be

> on the day, where paramapada vaasal in opened only once in a

year. My

> joy

> knew no bounds, seeing the Thirumeni of Theyvanaayakan with

sri

> varamangai

> Thaayar. Was in temple from 7:00 pm to 10:45 pm. Had

excellent darsanam

> of

> moolavar followed by Uthsavar and Sri Satagopan (It should be

known

> that,

> there is no separate shrine for Namm Azhwar here, he himself

is at

> thiruvadi

> of Perumal i.e Sri Satagopan. It should also be noted, Namm

Azhwar did

> his

> final Sharanagathi here only.) Had Bhagyam to have darsanam

of his

> Holiness

> Sri Vaanamaamalai Jeeyar followed by his small upanyasam to

all of us.

> Thiruvaaimozhi modhal pathu started at 9:00 pm followed by

Sathumarai

> ghosti

> and procession of Thevyanaayakan and Thaayar to moolavar

sannadhi.

>

> I have taken many photographs here. If anyone is interested I

will scan

> it

> and send in mail.

>

> Night halt at Vaanamaamalai.

>

> 27-12-2001

>

> Note: Divya desams in Malai Nadu do not have seperate shrine

for

> Thaayar,

> except Thiru Naavai.

>

> 29. ThiruVanParisaaram (Thiruppathisaaram): Had darsanam of

Sri

> Thiruvaazhmaarban at 5:30 am.

>

> 30. Kanyakumaari: Saw sunrise at 6:15 am.

>

> 31. Suchindram: This is the place where Thrimurthi's have

different

> sannadhi's in one temple. Had darsanam of Thrimurthi's

followed by

> Anjaneyar

> and nava grahas at 8:30 am (It should be noted; here the nava

grahas are

> on

> top at mandapam, not in floor) Had darsanam of Vinayakee

(Here the

> Vinyaakar

> is in Penn Thirukolam, one of the unique of it's kind.)

>

> 32. Thiru Vattaru: Before begening, I should say; my native

place

> (Kazhiyur)

> perumal Thirunaamam is Aadhi Kesavan. It is almost a practice

in our

> Kazhiyur family to have one of the three names as "Kesavan"

or "Aadhi

> Kesavan". So I have a fond liking in this name Aadhi Kesavan.

>

> Before beginning the yathri itself, I was very eager to see

this divya

> desam. As expected I was not in control seeing the

architecture of the

> temple and ofcourse the divya Sayana Thirukkolam Thirumeni of

Sri Aadhi

> Kesava Perumal. Had darsanam at 10:00 am.

>

> kaattiththan kanaikazalkaL kadu_narakam pukaloziththa

> vaattaaRRem perumaanai vaLangurukoorch sadakOpan

> paattaaya thamizmaalai yaayiraththuL ippaththum

> kEttu aaraar vaanavargaL sevikkiniya senchollE.

>

> Started from Thiru Vattaru at 12:30 pm and reached

Thiruvananthapuram at

> 3:15 pm.

>

> 33. Thiruvananthapuram: Many of you would have known by now

that the

> Thirumeni of Sri Anantha Padamanabar is complete of Nava

Rathnams (Gold,

> diamond, gems, vaiduryam and lots more) This was discovered

just a month

> ago. When Pothi's (Archakas called as Pothi's in malai nadu

divya

> desams)

> saw some shining in one of the hand of Perumal while doing

Thirumanjanam

> to

> moolavar. When they started cleaning, to their shock they

found that

> complete thirumeni of perumal is full of gold and nava

rathnams (This

> was

> covered with some black element some centuries back to

protect perumal

> from

> invaders). I could'nt beleve with my eyes, when I saw the

Thirumeni of

> Perumal. He is so glorious, so beautiful. It was as if he is

talking to

> us.

> For a moment I felt I am at Thirupaarkadal. Had darsanam of

perumal at

> 5:10

> pm.

>

> 34. Sri Parashuramar Temple: Had darsanam of Sri Parashu

Ramar at 6:30

> pm.

> This temple is unique by itself. It is only temple that has

sannadhi

> only

> for Parashu Ramar.

>

> Came back to Padmanabar temple at 8:00 pm. Had

excellent "Sevelli" of

> Uthsavar followed by Moolavr darsanam at 8:20 pm.

>

> Night halt at Thiruvananthapuram.

>

> 28-12-2001

>

> Morning had bath in Padma Pushkarini (Mathysa Theertam) at

3:30 am. Had

> excellent Thirumanjanam sevai of Padbanaabar (Uthsavar) from

4:00 am to

> 5:00

> am.

>

> 35. Varkala: Had Samudra Snanam at 7:45 am. Had darsanam of

Sri

> Jaganatha

> Perumal at 9:00 am. Perumal here is very attractive. Started

from

> varakali

> and reached Thiruvalla vaazh at 3:00 pm. Proposed to halt at

night here.

>

> Started from Thiruvalla Vaazh at 4:00 pm to nearby divya

desams.

>

> 36. Thiruvaaranvilai: Had darsanam of Sri Thirukkuralappan at

5:00 pm.

>

> 37. Thiruppuliyoor: Had darsanam of Sri Mayappiraan at 6:00

pm.

>

> 38. Thiru Sengunoor: Had darsanam of Sri Imaiyavarappan at

6:30 pm.

>

> 39. Thiru VanVandoor: Had darsanam of Sri Paambanaiyappan at

6:50 pm.

>

> 40. Thirukkadith thaanam: Had an excellent darsanam of Sri

Arpudha

> Narayanan

> in "Sevelli" sevai at 8:00 pm. (Normally the temple timings

in malai

> nadu

> divya desams are very firm. Once the doors are closed at

time, they will

> never be opened at any cost. We were lucky to be on time to

have

> darsanam of

> perumal here. If we would have been late by few minutes, then

we would

> have

> not got darsanam of perumal. The bus driver had done a good

job by

> driving

> fast). There is also a story releated to this temple. The

maali

> (servent)

> who used to open the doors of the temple daily at 5:00 am was

late by

> five

> minutes on one day. The devotees were waiting outside the

temple for the

> servent to open the temple doors. Perumal not able to resist

this act

> cursed

> him to become stone in front of the temple until the

kaliyugam ends.

> Even

> today the statue of that person can be seen in front of the

temple.

>

> Night came back to stay at Thiruvalla Vizha.

>

> 29-12-2001

>

> 41. ThiruValla Vaazh: Had darsanam of Sri Thiruvaazhmaarban

at 4:40 am.

>

> 42. Thirukkatkarai: Had darsanam of Sri Kaatkarai Appan at

7:30 am.

>

> 43. Thiru Moozhikkalam: Had darsanam of Sri

Thirumoozhikkalaththaan at

> 8:30

> am.

>

> 44. Guruvaayur: Had darsanam of Sri Guruvaayurappan at 1:30

pm.

>

> 45. Thiru Naavaay: Had darsanam of Sri Nava Mugundhan and Sri

> Malarmangai

> Naacchiyaar at 5:30 pm. (It may be noted that, this is the

only divya

> desam

> in malai nadu which has separate shrine for Thaayar)

>

> 46. Thiru Viththuvakkodu: Had darsanam of Sri Uyyavandha

Perumal at 7:10

> pm.

> (This temple is very interior, also difficult for one to

travel alone)

>

> Night halt at Phalgaad at 10:45 pm.

>

> 30-12-2001

>

> Morning started from Phaalgaad 10:00 am. Reached Coimbatore

by 12:00 pm.

> Piligrims who came from banglore and mysore got down here.

Started from

> Coimbatore at 1:00 pm halted for 2 hrs in the night to have

food and

> reached

> Chennai at 2:00 am in the morning.

>

> 31-12-2001

>

> Started from Chennai (Anna Nagar) at 5:15 am to board

train "Sapathagiri

> Express" for Tirupathi.

>

> Reached Thirumalai at 11:00 am.

>

> 47. Thirumalai: I don't find words to write about this place.

He is our

> Kula

> Guru Daivam. For me he is everything. My grand father Late

Sri K.M.

> Manavala

> Iyengar severd as Ekangi for 6 years, also most of my

relatives were

> Ekangi's earlier and they are still till date.

>

> I have Abhinaabaava Sambhandham with this Peurumal. He is My

all time

> acclaimed.

>

> `agala killEn iRaiyum'en RalarmEl mangai yuRaimaar_paa,

> nigaril pugazhaay! ulagamoon Rudaiyaay! ennai aaLvaanE,

> nigaril amarar munikkaNangaL virumpum thiruvENG kadaththaanE,

> pugalon Rillaa adiyEnun adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhEnE.

>

> `adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhadiyeer! vaazhmin' enRen

RaruLkotukkum

> padikkE zhillaap perumaanaip pazhanak kurukoorch chadagOpan,

> mudippaan sonna aayiraththuth thiruvENG kadaththuk

kivaipaththum,

> pidiththaar pidiththaar veeRRirundhu periya vaanuL

nilaavuvarE.

>

> Had darsanam of Sri Thiruvengadamudayaan at 3:00 pm.

>

> 01-01-2002

>

> At 12:10 in the morning had unforgettable lifetime

experiencing

> "Sathumarai"

> Sevari for 10 minutes from near Kulashekara Padi with His

Holiness Sri

> Chinna Jeeyar Swami of Thirumalai.

>

> Thiruppavai Pasuram was:

>

> ambaramE thaNNeerE sORE aRam seyyum

> emberumaan nandhagOpaalaa ezhundhiraay......

>

> I had a feeling as if I am requesting perumal to wake

up "ezhundhiraay"

> and

> give his anugraham and aaseervaadham to all us in this new

year.

>

> 48. Thiruchhanoor: Had darsanam of Alarmelmangai Thaayar at

2:00 pm.

>

> Evening boarded train (Narayanadri express) and back to

Hyderabad on

> 02-01-2001.

>

> I had covered more than 50 temples from 21st Dec to 01st

January 2002.

> Never

> imagined to be possible. There are so many experiences to

share but a

> single

> mail is not enough.

>

> This is the shortest way I could write, otherwise to write

briefly about

> every Divya Desam and Soulabhyam of perumaal individually is

indeed a

> great

> bliss.

>

> To conclude, The year 2001 was full of horror, wars, global

economy

> downfall

> and many other issues. To quote a best example that Perumal

is always

> with

> us during this trouble periods, I had seen lot of miracles in

the past

> year

> 2001 especially last 6 months.

>

> I had been to Chola Nadu and Tonda Nadu divya desams from

27th july to

> 5th

> August 2001 (Total 73 temples) those experiences I had

already posted

> earler. Prior to that I visited only 15-18 divya desams. But

after

> comleting this Pandiya naadu and Malai Nadu divya desams now

I have

> completed 97 divya desams (Overall 120 temples including

Abhimana

> Sthalams).

> Hope I should be able to complete the remaining divya desams

in this

> year or

> atleast by next year.

>

> There is a saying "Man proposes and God disposes" We can

have his

> anugraham

> and darsanam only when he wishes. I feel fortunate to be able

to see the

> Divya Dampathi's at the age of 24. This was possible only due

to the

> blessings of My Acharyan "Sri Mudaliandan Swamin" and my

grand parents,

> who

> are now Vaikuntavasi.

>

> Before ending I would like say, The Divya Dampathis in each

divya desam

> are

> waiting there for thousands of years to just give

their "Anugraham" for

> jeevathmas like us. Is it not our duty to take "Darsanam"

from them ?

> after-all taking birth as a SriVaishnavan itself is a great

bliss.

>

> We keep talking about the Avatarams (rama, krishna...)and

recite Maha

> Kavyas

> Ramayana, Mahabharatha, Bhagavdh Geeta and Srimad

Bhagavatham. But we

> should

> be fortunate to have darsanam of all those forms of perumal in

> Aarchavatara

> Murthi's.

>

> NOTE: I would like to mention, the content is solely written

by me and

> not

> to affront any individual. If there are any errors please

pardon and

> correct

> me.

>

> Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

> Kaliyur Mannar Shantha Kumar.

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<shanthakumar.hyd wrote:

> Pandiya Nadu and Malai Nadu Divya Desams Yathrai

> 21st December 2001 to 30th December 2001.

>

> Sri Venkata Gurave Namaha:

> Sri Mathe Ramanujaya Namaha:

> Acharyan Tiruvadigale Saranam:

>

> The yathrai was conducted by Vasu Mama (Vasudevan

> Triplicane fame).

>

> I started from Hyderabad on 20th evening and reached

> chennai on 21st

> morning.

>

> 21-12-2001

>

> 1. Tiruvallikkeni: Afternoon had bhagyam to be among

> sevakalam goshti during

> phagal pathu adhyayana uthsavam, surprisingly his

> holiness Sri Tridandi

> Srimann Narayana Chinna Jeeyar swamy came to temple.

> It was coincidence; by

> the time he came, Thirumangai Azhwar's

> mangalasasanam pasuram on

> Parthasaradhy Perumal started.

>

> viRperu vizhavum kaNYchanum mallum

> vEzhamum paaganum veezha,

> cheRRavan Rannai, purameri seydha

> sivanuRu thuyargaLai thEvai,

> paRRalar veeyak kOlkaiyil koNdu

> paartthanRan thErmunnNin Raanai,

> siRRavai paNiyaal mudithuRanN dhaanaith

> thiruvallik kENikkaN dEnE.

>

> It took almost 20 mins, to recite those 10 pasurams.

> I can personally say,

> no other divya desa perumal is enjoying the type of

> Ghoshti "right now", the

> way Parthasaradhy perumal is enjoying. There were

> easily more than 300

> adhyapakas in sevakalam, including Sri M.A. Venkata

> Krishnan.

>

> I had bhagyam to meet one of the moderators of our

> group. T.V. Venkatesh in

> temple. We had good time, sharing our thoughts with

> each other.

>

> Yathrai started on 21st Dec night at 8:00 pm from

> Tiruvillikeni

> Parthasaradhi temple. Two buses were arranged with

> almost 102 people to

> travel.

>

> 22-12-2001

>

> 1. Thiruvarangam: The bhooloka Vaikuntam. Had very

> well darsanam of Sri

> Ranganathar (moolavar) two times, Namm Perumaal

> (Uthsavar), Thaayaar Sri

> Ranaga Naayaki, Udaiyavar and Chakarthalwar from

> 8:00 am to 10:00 am. From

> 10:00 am to 11:30 am, had bhagyam to see "Araiyar

> Sevai".

>

> Started from srirangam at 1:30 pm and reached

> Thirumeyyam at 5:45pm

>

> 2. Thiru meyyam: Had darsanam of Sathyagiri Nathan

> and Ujjeevana thaayaar at

> 6:00 pm. Started from Thiru meyyam and reached

> Thirukkottiyur.

>

> 3. Thirukkottiyur: Had excellent darsanam of Sri

> UragamellaNaiyaan (Sowmya

> Naryanan) and Thirumaamagal naachiyaar at 7:15. Went

> up in Ashtaanga Vimanam

> (The place where Sri ramanjua reveald the sacred

> Thirumantram, the mantram

> that grants moksham to any jeevathma recited even

> once in his lifetime).

> Started from Thirukkottiyur and reached

> Thiruppullani. Night halt at

> Thiruppullani.

>

> 23-12-2001

>

> 4. Had Sethu Snanam in the morning at 7:00 am.

> Which is hardly 1-2

> kilometres from Thiruppullani temple.

>

> 5. Thiruppullani: Had darsanam of Sri Kalyana

> Jagannathan and Sri

> Kalyaanavalli (Padmaasani) thaayar at 10:00 am. Here

> I have to mention that,

> the temple is not in good condition. A sabha which

> is actively taking care

> of renovating temple is planning to do samprokshanam

> in another six months.

> One of the members of the group Venkat S. Iyengar

> gave me 500 Rs, before I

> started for the yathrai. I gave the amount to sabha

> for samprokshnam. I have

> an Appeal letter given the by the secretary of the

> sabha, which I will post

> in the next mail.

>

> Started to Nava Pashanam at 1:30 pm.

>

> 6. Nava Pashanam: Had darsanam of nava graha's at

> 3:30 pm which were

> installed by sri Rama himself. Started from nava

> pashanam and reached

> Rameshwaram.

>

> 7. Rameshwaram: Had darsanam of perumal at 7:00 pm.

> Started from

> Rameshwaram at 9:00 pm and reached Thirumogoor at

> night 12:30. Night stay

> at Thirumogoor.

>

> 24-12-2001

>

> 8. Thirumogoor: Had early morning bath in

> Ksheerapthi pushkarani at 3:30 am

> (this theeratam is very auspicious, this theertam

> has mangalasasanam in

> NammAzhwar's Thriuvaimozhi)

>

> kooththan kOvalan kuthaRRuval lachurargaL kooRRam

> Eththum nangadakum amararkkum munivarkkum inban

> vaayththa thaNpaNai vaLavayal soozthiru mOgoor

> aaththan thaamarai yadiyanRi maRRilam araNE.

>

> Had excellent Vishva roopa darsanam of Sri Kaalamega

> Perumal, Mohana Valli

> Thayaar and Chakrathazhwar in the morning at 5:00

> am. Started to Nupra

> Gangai at 6:30 am.

>

> 9. Nupra Gangai: The nupra gangai is on the top of

> the hill

> Thirumaaliransolai. The water here is considered to

> be equal to Ganga.

> Thirumanjanam to perumal is done only with this

> theertam.

>

> 10. Thirumaalirunsolai: Had darsanam of Sri

> Sunderaraajan (KallAzhagar) and

> Sundaravalli Thayaar at 8:30 am.

>

> 11. Thirukkoodal: Had darsanam of Sri Koodalazhagar

> and Maduravalli Thaayar

> at 10:30 am. Was in temple till 12:30. Went back to

> Thirumogoor at 2:00 pm,

> had tadiyaradanai and started from thirumogoor at

> 4:00 pm to Thiruthangal.

>

> 12. Thirutthangal: Had darsanam of Sri Ninra

> Narayanan and Sri Segamala

> Thaayar at 6:15 pm. Started to Srivilliputhur at

> 6:45 pm.

>

> 13. SriVilliputhur: (One of the most important

> reasons to go to this

> yathrai was to see Sri Aandaal during Margazhi

> maasam.) Had one of the

> lifetime experience sevai of Sri Aandal with

> Rangamannar, Vatapathrasaayi at

> 8:00 pm. Aandaal and ranamannar were brought from

> vatapatrasaayi temple to

> main sannadhi at 8:30 pm. It was one of the rarest

> occasions to see the

> voyaara nadai. The thirmeni of Aandaal is so

> elegant, words fail me to

> write. Night started at 11:00 pm to Azhwar

> Thirunagari.

>

> 25-12-2001

>

> It was one of the days to be remembered in my

> lifetime. It was the day I

> visited 9 divya desams (Nava Tirupathi) at a

> stretch. Here is the serial

> order

>

> 14. Thirukkurugoor: Had bath in Thaampraparani

> theetham in the morning at

> 4:30 am and had excellent vishwa roopa darsanam of

> Sri Aadhi Naadhan,

> Koorugoorvalli Thaayar and Namm Azhwar at 6:00 am.

> Recited Thiruppavai at

> Aadhinaadan and Namm Azhar sannadhi. (In nava graha

> kshetrams, this keshtram

> is Vzhyayan) Also saw the sacred Tamarind tree.

>

> 15. Thirukkoloor: (This is the birth place of

> Madurakavi Azhwar) Had

> darsanam of Sri Nishebaviththan, Kumudha valli

> Thaayar and Madurakavi Azhwar

>

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