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Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:55 PM

Sri Thirumalai AnanthAzvAn Celebrations At ThriumalA

 

 

> (Moderators' note: Dear Srivaishnavas, Our heartfelt thanks SrI

> Vanamamalai Padmanabhan swamy, who captured the very precious moments at

> thirumala. The pictures cover all aspects of Srivaishnavam : The

> Divyadampathi uRchavar gracing the occasion, pUrvAcharya SrI Ananthazhwan,

> 5 jeeyars who graced the occasion, the scholars of Srivaishnavam, Many

> bhagawathas whom we have already known, release of book on azhwan,

> wonderful gOshTi-prabhanda recitation, grand celebration, upanyasams,

> divine prasadam, wonderful ambience, sAtumuRai etc etc ... You'll be

> spellbound seeing these 40+ pictures and would like to become 'anything'

> at thirumala just to witness this great event every year - PLEASE VIST

> AGAIN, as the pictures are gradually uploading)

>

> Sri Thirumalai AnanthAzvAn Celebrations At ThriumalA.

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> SrI:

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> Dear Srivaishnavas,

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> http://www.pbase.com/svami/thiruavatarautsavam2008

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> Thirumalai AnanthAzvAn undertook to settle down at ThriumalA and perform

> kainkaryam there to ThriuvEnkatamudaiyAn at the behest of Sri RamAnujA.

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> ThirumAla was then, a dense forest with snakes and wild animals roaming

> freely. Observing his courage, EmperumAnAr tilted him as 'AN piLLai' and

> he

> came to be known as

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> Thirumalai AnanthAn piLLai.

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> The life history and greatness of Sri Thriumalai AnanthAn piLLai can be

> read

> from

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> the website www.acharya.org

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> As is known the relentless kainkaryam sri AnanthAn piLLai rendered to

> ThiruvEnkatamudaiyAn made EmpeurmAn to appear him before a boy and play

> with

> him. It is said that the Lord used to have converstation with him.

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> The crow bar which Sri AnanthAzvAn used is still placed near the temple

> entrance.

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> ThiruvEnkatamuDaiyAn visits Sri AnanthAzvAn thOttam two days in a year.

> One

> on the ThriuvAdip pUranm day and one at the fag end of the brahmOtsavam.

> On

> this day EmperumAn goes anticlockwise -bAk savAri.

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> The 954th Thriunakshathiram of Sri Thriumalai AnanthAzvAn was celebrted in

> a

> befitting manner at Thriumala.

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> This is being celebrated for fifth year in a row.

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> The AnanthAzvAn clan are taking great efforts in orgnaizing this

> celebration

> year after year.Sri TAp RangAchAri, Sri TAP kASthuri,Sri TAP Govinda

> SVAmi,

> Sri TAP kASthuri sVami and all the people from the families deserve

> special

> mention.The TTD officials support this in a great manner.

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> To arrange anything in ThirumalA is not an ordinary task. Things have to

> be

> moved from to ThirumAla right from groceries to all and sundries.

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> Special efforts were made to invite various exponents of aruLicheyal

> chanting from variosu divya desam-s namely ThiruvallikkEANI, Sri

> perumbUdhur, kAnchipuram, Sri Rangam, Sri Villiputhur, Madurai, mEalkoTe

> whose presence made the grand celebrations possible.

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> UpanyAsakAs from various places graced the occasion including Sri K B

> Devarajan svami, Sri ThirukOshtiYur MAdhavan SVami, Sri AkkArak kani Sri

> Nidhi sVAmi, Sri E S Sriram Svami.

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> Special mention have to be made of Sri KaNNAmani svAmi, Sri TA Bakthi

> SAran,

> Sri MA VenkatakrishNan svami whose efforts made this all possible.

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> The contributions from the family, trusts and individuals made this all

> possible.

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> The presence and support of Sri Peirya JEyar svAmi and Sri Chinna JEyar

> svami cannot be summarised in words.

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> Sri Embar Jeyar svami of Sri PerumbHUdhUr and Sri VaradHa YethirAja Jeyar

> svAmi of Sri PerumBudhur graced the occasion.

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> Arulich cheyal chanting commenced at 5 am on 2.3.08 select pasuram-s

> mostly

> relating to ThriuvEnaktamudaiyAn were chanted from iyaRpA, mudhal Ayiram

> and

> Periya Thirumozhi.

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> Thiruvaimozhi, irAmanusa NUTRandhAdhi and upadEsa RethinamAlai was chanted

> completely.

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> Release of book by TTD officals with the blessings of JEyar svami on Sri

> AnanthAzvAn, on various languages was highlight this year.

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> The rendition of ThiruvAimozhi in a clear and gradual manner was indeed

> very

> pleasing.

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> The JEyar svami, upanyAsakas and the adhyApakars were honoured with due

> respects.

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> Let us hope this great kainkaryam continues year on year basis.

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> varthathAm abi varthatham

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> dAsan

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> Vanamamalai Padmanabhan

>