thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 6 - kANum nodiyum AnathOr thiru vizhAkOlamE !

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Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 6 - kANum nodiyum AnathOr thiru vizhAkOlamE !

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

punnagaiyil piRanthathO pooritthidum poovedi

kaNNasaivil kaNdathO virinthidum minvAnam

thOraNangaLin thORRamE un thiruth thOLgaLiLE

kANum nodiyum AnathOr thiru vizhAkOlamE !

 

Meaning:

When adiyEn see Sri Arangan's puunagai or smile, it occurred

that those " flower pot crackers " were born from HIS enchanting

smile only. When adiyEn see HIS " kaNNasaivu " or opening or the

very slight move of HIS eyes, it was evident that those ever

expanding skies with many stars originate and sustain from HIS

eyes only. or Those " minvAnam " , a type of sparkling firework

that goes to the sky and expands into many sparkling floral

colors are all originated from this opening of HIS eyes only.

Those arched decorated and ornamented festoons that are hung

all over to celebrate HIS vaibavam looked as if they all were

created from HIS mighty shoulders only. Each and every split

second that one spend looking at these features of HIS thirumuga

maNdalam are themselves a thiru vizhaA or a special occassion to

celebrate HIS vaibavam. ie., Every aspect of a " thiru vizha " are

born from celebrating his thiru muga maNdalam itself.

 

In Srirangam there are many mukkiya ursavams and thiru vizhA

that are celebrated and such are spread over the entire span of

the calendar year. Prior to getting into the details of thiru

adhyayana ursavam a list of major ursavams are presented. It

is also in order to present a simple reasoning as to why this

thiru adhyayanOthsavam is most important festival or thiruvizha

of all such.

 

SriRanganathar is known as " nithyOthsava samAyukthar " . There are

festivals to mark, nithyOthsavam, pakshOthsavam, mAsOthsavam,

samvathsarOthsavam for Sri RanganAtha. Many inscriptions on the

walls of the temple lists many of the festivals and their

detailed accounts. " kOzhil ozhugu " , (*) also describes many of

these.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

thiruk kudanthai Rengarajan

 

note: (*) It is an important Srivaishanava nool that everyone

may want to read. Prof Smt Vasuda nArayanan has done some

extensive study on some of these. adiyEN request to her to

step in for an additional input that are not covered in these

postings.

 

adiyEn welcome Sri Sadagopan to join in glorifying Sri

RanganAtha and the thiru adhyayana ursavam for HIM. Within the 5

parts of writing, several of you have written to adiyEn

personally (and some have even called over phone) about the huge

dose of " rucchi " you are all getting from these posts. adiyEn is

particularly pleased with the amount of yougsters who are either

prapannas or aspiring prapannas replying to adiyEn. It is all

due to Sri Ranganathan's own thiru uLLam only. It is adiyEn's

practice that while writing a series such as this, adiyEn donot

reply mostly untill the kainkaryam is completed to keep the

focus on perumAL and HIS vaibavam only. So please forgive me for

not replying to you all individually. But please keep sending

your feedback, as each one reflects the impact and shows the

pulse. Such will add to the intensity of this series when

discussed at the end.

 

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