Guest guest Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 - Sumithra Varadarajan enthralling-archa Monday, May 10, 2004 9:47 PM manadhukkiniyan- thirupattur Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri Vanachala mahA munayE Namaha Dear bhagavatas, There are a few photos added to the beautiful collection of photos in the site www.pbase.com/svami. Please check them out and have a nice divine tour. http://www.pbase.com/svami/poovirundhavalli pArthasArathi http://www.pbase.com/image/28570853 http://www.pbase.com/image/28570870 http://www.pbase.com/image/28570871 udaiyavar uthsavam http://www.pbase.com/svami/sri_bhashyakar thirumangai mannan http://www.pbase.com/image/28571690 bhakthavathsalan http://www.pbase.com/image/28571950 Manathukkiniyan http://www.pbase.com/svami/thirupaththoor_manathukkiniyan In the abhimana stala section there is an new addition. A small introduction of 'manadhukiniyan' is given below for the benefit of those who don't know about this divine stalam (this posting of adiyen appeared in the groups a few months back) In andal's thiruppAvai she refers to Sri chakravarthi thirumagan as manadhukkiniyAn (one who is sweet to our minds). But can we have darshan of the same dAsarathi, today? No. That is why our acharyas call the vibhavAvadhArams to be perukkAru (floods), which exists only during one time, and then all the water will drain away. But what is the solution to our water problem? Only the water, which was stored in ponds during the floods, can be used later. Those are similar to the archAvadhArams we enjoy today. The sacrad places where the archA thirumEni's of emperuman is consecrated can be classified into either divya desams or abhimAna stalams. Those archAvadhArams that have been sung by the alwars (mangalAsAsanams) are called as divya desams and are 108 in number. Some of the temples like rajamannArkudi gopalan sannadhi, melkotai thirunArayanan sannadhi have not been sung by alwars but have their special greatness due to the abhimAnam of the acharyas. There are many more such abhimAna stalams that have their specialities but not recognized by many. One such divya stalam is thirupathoor Gajendra Varadaraja perumal sannadhi, considered to be an abhimana stalam for thiruvallikeni Parthasarathi perumal. This temple is located in north Arcot district. According to the historical research this temple is some 1000 years old. Initially there was only perumal and thayar sannadhi, later Sri lakshmi narasimhar sannadhi is supposed to have been constructed. But now due to the bhakthi and shraddhai of many bhagavatas, the temple has been beautifully renovated with many more sannadhis added and also the raja gopuram constructed in a very elegant manner. The samprOkshanam to the temple has been done in a very great manner on 18.11.2001. Surprising feature of this temple is that it is located in a muslim dominated area and not many Brahmins around. But the bhagavatas around this temple have a close attachment towards this perumal. Bhattars (archakas) who have charge formally in Thiruvallikeni Parthasarathi temple take care of this temple also. Adiyen had the chance to visit this temple 2 or 3 years back for the first time. The peaceful atmosphere of the temple with beautiful garden around really attracted me. The perumal and thAyar filled my minds. Here the utsavar is called as manadhukkiniyAn, what an apt name for him? Every year there is one special utsavam in this temple. It is called as `thirumalayil oru nAl'. All that is done in thirupathi daily is done in this temple that day. It is like thiruvenkadavan himself coming down to shower his blessings on all of us. Beautiful part is, on that day archakas from thirumalai come to thirupattoor, Srivilliputur nAchiyar sends here soodikkalaidha mAlai and Parthasarathi sends his archakas, malai and all honors to gajendra varadan. It is indeed a grand celebration. All other regular utsavams are also held in this temple. Recently, adiyen visited the temple on "koodArai valli" on which day thirukkalyAna mahotsavam to andal and perumal is celebrated in this temple (instead of the usual bhogi kalyanam in other temples). Adiyen was really amazed to see the changes in the temple after the samprokshanam. The temple has taken new shape with the raja gopuram, new sannadhis for andal, Manavala mAmunigal and sudarsanAzhvar. The sannadhis have been decorated with beautifully architectured doors (Ramayana and mahabharatha stories engraved). The kannAdi arai for perumal is extraordinarily beautiful. All the credit goes to the great bhagavatas over there. Sri Gajendra varadarAja perumal kainkaryam trust and Sri EmperumAnAr sabhA, Sri EmperumAnAr trusts are really doing great kainkaryams to thirupattoor gajendra varadan. For all those great souls who are doing so much kainkaryams "thalaiyallAl kaimArilEnE". Adiyen's humble request to you all is to avail the first opportunity to visit this temple and get the grace and blessings of gajendra varadarAja perumal. This temple is located on the vellore-salem highway 80 Km from vellore and 7 Km from jollarpet railway junction. The temple is towards the east from thirupattor bus stop. The temple has a room for tourist to keep their luggages and also other facilities. Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyer swamy, Srirangam ranga nArayana Jeeyer swamy, Thirumala thirupathi rAmanuja Periya jeeyer swamy, Thirumala thirupathi chinna jeeyer swamy and many others have done mangalAsAsanams to this divya stalam. Perumal resides in different forms in different places. He has so much sowlabhyam that he even comes running to the call of an elephant gajendran and accepts the small flower the elephant submitted to perumal with great bhakthi. He is so eager to come to our call that he stays even today in different divya desams to avoid any delay. In thirupattoor, emperuman remains as gajendra varadan reminding us of the episode of gajendra moksham "Anaikku andru arulai Endra kannarA" says periyAzhvar and prays to emperuman to come during his last moments to save him from the cycle of birth and death (appodaikku eppOdhE solli vaiththEn). When perumal with so much krupai has come to this leela vibhuthi leaving his enjoyment in the nithya vibhuthi with the nithyasooris to lift us all, isn't it our duty to show our grateful to the extent possible towards that perumal? Of course, we cannot do anything equal to the amount of krupai he showers on us nor does he expects any but it is for our mental satisfaction and also to make him happy we have to take care of our divya desams and abhimana stalams. Can we leave our mother and father without good clothing, food etc and live happily? Our parents never get happy with just the money we send, they surely want us to be with them and do service to them. Similarly we should not just stop with contributing money for the kainkaryams in the divya desams but should visit the perumals and make them happy with our kainkaryams. Any kainkaryam is for his pleasure and not for our happiness. That is the bottomline of our sampradayam. Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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