thiru adhyayana uthsavam - at Newyork, A summary (part3)

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Srimadh Azhagiya Singar thiruvadikaLE charaNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri Rangarajan thiruvadikaLE charaNam

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

After the sri vaikuNda ekAdasi day celebrations, the next 4 days

passed on with the gOshti chanting periya thiru mozhi both in the

morning and the evening. Several people were arriving in Sri

Venkat's house day by day from outstations. Some of them are, Sri

Anbil came on 21st, and Sri KP parthasarathy and Sri Dileepan's

family came on 22nd. Sri kannabiran joined us from Boston as well.

 

It was on 22nd december 1999, that adiyEn *felt* during the

morning session that someone was sitting and chanting the pasurams

along with us in the holy seat where Sri Venkat used to sit with

AchAryA thiruvadi on his head and do japam. Initially adiyEn

thought it was Sri Venkat and so adiyEn was focussing on pAsurams

and not looking there. When the session was over and when adiyEn

looked there adiyEn saw no one, adiyEn later realised that it was

not Sri Venkat as Sri Venkat was busy during that session on temple

matters and never was there!. Later adiyEn recalled those clothing

on that person and the color of the clothings was all found only

with Sri Ranganatha and none else ! adiyEn whispered this anubavam

to a select few. It is ardent Srivaishnava's belief that perumAL's

divya mangaLa vigraham gets its sAnnitthiyam only when HE hears

4000 pasurams no matter when the prAna prathistA is done. That

was one of the reason som of us from Sri Ahobila muth wanted to do

this uthsavam for our pomona perumal for the first time this year.

 

This is unique for Sri namperumAL only for making these special

gestures. My heart and soul was overwhelmed with this unique

anubavam. adiyEn had a similar soppana aunbavam with the chicago

Lord last year when adiyEn participated in the gOshti. adiyEn

had a " pullarikkum " and " mayir koocccheriyum " feeling whenever

adiyEn rememberd that seat in pomona temple and the PERSON sitting

there. It is a tradition that both in sARRu muRai and as well

as in gOshti the first word will never be chanted. The belief is

such that perumAL HIMself does it and begins it. ie., in tamil

" perumALE edutthu tharuvathAga aitheegam " . ie.. We start " siRu

kALE " and not " siRRam siRu kALE " . But it is unique only for

Sri namperumAL to join the gOshti HIMself to show HIS sAnnitthiyam.

 

The goshti was paused in 2 places where thirumangai delivers that

he received the perumALs' thiruvadi. On the 23rd evening the peria

thiru mozhi was completed and as well the two thAndagams. We were

all set for the mOksha uthsavam through thiru vAy mozhi from 24th

onwards.

 

will continue .....

 

Srimadh Azhagiya Singar thiruvadikaLE charaNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri Rangarajan thiruvadikaLE charaNam

thiru kudanthai Rengarajan

 

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