thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 11 - perum ninaivil thERRam arangatthilanRO !

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Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

thiru adhyayana sEvai - part 11 - perum ninaivil thERRam arangatthilanRO !

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

kANum AvAvil dhooram nerungiyathO

nALum vizhAvil nEram surungiyathO

sErum kanAvil bhAram irangiyathO

perum ninaivil thERRam arangatthilanRO !

 

meaning:

While we are so eager to see the thiru uthsavams of Sri Arangan,

it seems the distance between us and Sriranga kshEthram began to

reduce and the proximity become closer. While there are so many

number of days yet to come for the festivals to occur, it seems

the dimension of time started to shrink rapidly and one would

feel as if the thiru vizhA is going to happen now as all things

are set, ready to go. Since one is dreaming of joining the many

sEvArtthis to enjoy Sri Arangan in HIS ursavam, the " sumai " of

having not seen such a beauty is now unloaded on hearing all

these. In one's mind the constant chinthana keeps growing and

growing on Sri Arangam as they hear more and more about Sri

Arangan.

 

Chithrai festivals (contd..)

Viruppan thiru nAL (contd..)

On the return of our Sri viswakshEnar to the temple " Sri

garuda prathistA " is done. The picture of Sri garuda is printed

on a canvas and consecrated with appropriate mantras and kept in

Sri Alagiya manavAlan thiru mantapam. The garuda dwaja is made

readu for hoisting on the dhwajasthambA the next day. The dhvaja

rOhanam is celebrated by ceremoniously carying the dhvaja on a

plank along the chithra veethi and brought back and kept near the

dvajasthambam. Sri namperumAL is present near the balipeedam and

dwajasthambam and prayers are offered to HIM. The aruLappAdu for

the flag hoisting is given by a priest, by saying on behalf of

Lord as, " parO " . Another priest standing above the terrace near

the opening of the dwajasthambam draws up the dvaja and ties it

to the top of the staff.

 

On the same evening, bhErithAtanam or beating of the drum

festival is celebrated in front of Lord and his two nAcchiyArs.

Prayers are performed to the Lord and as well the bhEri in the

azhagiya manavala mandapam. The slokas of bhErithatanam are

recited. The purpose of this festival is to invite the digbAlAs

for the brahmOthsavam. 3 beats of drum follow each slokam. Sri

namperumAL and nAcchiyAr are then taken around chitra veedhi.

Sri namperumAL leads the nAcchiyArs back to garba gruham and

then goes alone to the yAga sAlai. HE is offered with a thiru

manchanam, prayers and prasAdhams. Ghee is offerred to the

pancha kunda hOmam. Then Lord performs yAhtradhAanam and makes

yAthra sankalpam at the mandapam near the garbh gruham. HE then

visits kaNNAdi aRai or mirror room at the end of the first day.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

thiruk kudanthai Rengarajan

 

 

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