Fw: Srimath Azhagiyasingar's maasa thirunakshatiram at Thiruvaheendhrapuram

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Dear Sri LakshmiNarasimhan Srinivasaraghavan :

 

It is such a pleasure to read your account of the Maasa Thirunakshathram

celebrations at Thiruvaheendhrapuram . I felt like I was there .

Thank you .

 

Your suggestion of sishyAs and abhimAnis of Sri Matam to take part in

future Maasa Thirunakshathrams at PuLLambhUthangudi ,

AadhanUr , KumbakONam / Thirukkudanthai , Melkote and ThiruvallikkENi

is a very good one . The climax of all these events is the grand celebration

of

the SathAbhishEkam at Srirangam on Novemebr 30 ,2006 .

 

Hope we will all be fortunate to be there on that sacred day .

Thanks again ,

V.Sadagopan

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"LakshmiNarasimhan SrinivasaRaghavan" <lsriniva (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>

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Friday, July 14, 2006 9:33 AM

Srimath Azhagiyasingar's maasa thirunakshatiram

 

 

> Dear Bhagavathas

>

> Adiyen then woke up the next day (June 19th, maasa thirunakshatiram of

> asmad acharyan) at around 5:30 a.m. Took bath and performer

> sandyavandanam. Proceeded with the bhattar to Devanathaswami temple for

> Viswaroopa darsanam. Nadaswaram was played and a cow was brought in front

> of the sanctum sanctorum and Perumal has a darshan of the cow. Then

> aradhakar offers some argyam etc and offers milk. The milk is given to

> devotees who come for the viswaroopa darsanam. Everyday, the Sri Satari is

> taken from Devanathan sannidhi and Swami Desikan gets the first satari.

> Then only it is given to kaimkarya parals or any body else for the matter

> of fact. The other sannidhis open in few more minutes. Adiyen had a good

> darshan of perumal, thayar and Swami desikan.

>

> Then I proceeded to the mutt. The thirupalliyezhuchi had just ended and

> the aradhakars were making things ready for abhigamana aradhanam. After

> some time, Srimath Azhagiyasingar entered the mutt and all devotees

> prostrated before him. Before the aradhanam, separate goshtis were

> reciting vedams and prabandhams as well. The prabhanda parayanam was ended

> with Nachiyar thirumozhi. Srimath Azhagiyasingar took over the aradhanam.

> He showed managala arathi, performed mantra pushpam and then thaligai was

> offered. The sattrumurai started with Srimath Azhagiyasingar giving the

> nod for the same. All the vedams were represented by separate gosthis and

> they all recited it very well. Then prabhanda sattrumurai was started with

> Sirukale .. The Thiruvahindrapuram local goshti took over the sattrumurai

> at this point of time. They recited all the pasurams in their "unique"

> style which was enjoyed by Sri Azhagiyasingar very much. Sirukale, nallai

> nenche, pandirukum melviralAl, Oonidai suvarvai, Nattai Padayendru ayan

> mudala (nachiyar thirumozhi sattrumurai pasurm) followed by adikalapathu,

> adivan satakopan adaikala pathu and nrusimhan adaikalapathu. This was

> followed by recitation of pallandu and the rest of the sri matam

> sattrumurai. The mutt sishyas started pallandu in a fast manner. Sri

> Azhagiyasingar intervened and then asked everyone to recite in the slow

> manner and in the style of thiruvahindrapuram goshti. After this, perumal

> theertham was given. The satari was given by Sri Azhagiyasingar himself.

> Then, the padukai theertam was given. After this sambavanai was made to

> Sri Azhagiyasingar on the eve of maasa thirunakshatiram. During this time

> a special mention was made by Sri. P.N.K. Sriranganathan that Sri. V.

> Satakopan had coordinated the collection of funds. Also a mention was made

> about one "Sri. Sudarshan Parthasarati (hope that i got the name right)"

> who had donated a chunk of the funds through Sri. V. Satakopan swamin.

>

>

> Once this was over, the kaimkarya parals were getting ready to do the

> ijyai aradhanam. Adiyen now rushed back to devanathan temple and had

> darshan of Sri. Hayagrivar in the malai. After having a satisfying

> darshan, adiyen went back and had darshan of perumal, thayar and swami

> desikan again. Then adiyen went and ate in the bhattar's house itself.

> After I had finished my lunch, adiyen went to mutt again. The ijyai

> aradhanam was nearing completion at this time and adiyen got theertha

> prasadam. Then thathiyarathanai was started. Before the thathiyarathanai,

> adiyen went close to the silver mantapam and had a very good glimpse of

> Malolan, Dolai krishnar and other perumals and acharyals. As adiyen had

> already finished my lunch, adiyen waited outside the mutt. At this point,

> I was cursing myself as to why I did not eat in mutt. But later on, adiyen

> got the pratyega prasadam given to Aradhakar swamins from my chittya who

> was on duty in Mutt at that point of time. After this, adiyen started back

> to kumbakonam. There were nearly 500 - 600 devotees assembled (most of

> them Sri Vaishnavas) for the thirunakshatiram. The whole of

> thiruvahindrapuram seemed to be inside the mutt on that day. The whole of

> thiruvahindrapuram wore a festive look and it just cannot be expressed in

> words, how much joy was there when attending the thirunakshatiram

> celebrations. If any of USA folks are going to India, they should try to

> make it to the maasa thirunakshatiram.

>

> Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

> LakshmiNarasimhan S.

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> Srimathe Lakshminrusimha divya pAduka sevika

> srivan satakopa Sri Narayana Yathindra MahadesikAya Namaha

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> Meaning: I bow to the Guru "Srivan Satakopa

> SriNarayana Yathindra Mahadesikan" who serves the LORD everyday.

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