A day in Sri Sannithi - Part 7

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Sri Lakshminrisimha parabrahmaNE nama:

Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha divya paduka sevaka

srivan satakopa sri narayana yatindra mahadesikaya nama:

 

A day in Sri Sannidhi - Part 7: Periya Thirumanjanam

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(This post is based on adiyEn's stay at Selaiyur where

Srimad Azhagiya Singar is presently undertaking the

9th Chaturmasya Sankalpam from July 16th to Sep 14, 2000.

The daily routine during Sancaram may not be the same.)

 

Swati/Periya Thirumanjanam

 

Usually Ijjai/tadiyaradhanai is over by about 1:30 p.m.

Not so on Swati or if someone sponsors Thirumanjanam for

Perumal. Except for the Perumals listed in the post on

Abhigamanam, Thirumanjanam for all other perumals are

done only if somebody sponsors. One may sponsor a periya

Thirumanjanam, i.e. Thirumanjanam for all the Perumals

and AcAryAs in the Silver Mandapam, or Swati Thirumanajanam,

i.e. Thirumanjanam just for Malolan and Dolai Krishnan,

called Swati Thirumanjanam because every Swati day

thirumanjanam is done for Malolan and Dolai Krishnan

whether there is a sponsor or not.

 

Periya Thiorumanjanam may be sponsored for Rs. 3000

and Swati Thirumanjanam for Rs. 1500. If you sponsor

the thirumanjanam you must arrange to have a long

list of items ready, such as milk, honey, ghee,

fruits, vastram, etc. etc.

 

Getting Malolan and Krishnan ready for Thirumanjanam

is a painstakingly slow task. All the Dhivya Abharanas

must be carefully removed from their Thirumeni. With

relatively small thirumEni, both the Lords adorn a

great variety of AbharaNas. If one is not careful

the golden chains may get tangled up. Even more

arduous is the task of putting all the jewels back

upon the Thirumeni of the Lords. It must proceed in

a particular sequence and must be adorned in a specific

way. If not, one will run into difficulties completing

the task. The Aradhakas do take great care, love and

relish doing this. This takes about an hour and a half.

 

While the Aradhakas get Perumals ready for the

Thirumanjanam, the Sri Sannidhi paricharakas all

other things ready such as milk, curd, honey,

iLanIr (coconut water), scented water (pannIr),

silver kalasams with fresh well water decorated

with condiments, vastras, etc.

 

Then, to the accompaniment of Vadyam, Thirumanjanam

begins, with divine water, milk, curd, and honey. The

curtain is drawn and the vastram is changed. Then

the curtain is opened and the Thirumanjanam continues

with coconut water, panneer, sahasradarai, and so on.

The thirumanjanam takes about 45 minutes. The curtain

is now drawn again for alankaram. It will be another

hour or so for Thaligai and Mangala Harati. Thus, if

there is Periya Thirumanjanam by the time Ijjai is

concluded and tadiyaradhanam begins it will be close

to 3:00 p.m. It will be almost 4:00 clock by the

time thamboolam is distributed at the Ashramam.

For this reason the kainkaryaparas do not

particularly look forward to Thirumanjanam.

 

Please visit the following page for a few pictures

of Periya Thiumanjanam.

 

http://www.ahobilamutt.org/tm-pics/tmpics-1.html

 

.... to be continued

 

-- adiyEn ramanuja dasan

srimad azhagiya singar thiruvadigaLE saraNam