RE: A day in Sri Sannithi - Part 10

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Sri:

Sri Lakshminrisimha parabrahmaNE nama:

Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha divya paduka sevaka

srivan satakopa sri narayana yatindra mahadesikaya nama:

 

A day in Sri Sannidhi - Part 10: Panaka Aradhanai

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The evening " gong " is sounded by the Vadyam at 5:30 p.m., a

signal to get ready for evening Panaka Aradhanai. At 6:30 p.m.

parayanam begins with Sri Vishnu Sahasranaamam followed by

Dhivya Prabhandham. At about 7:00 p.m. Srimad Azhagiya Singar

leaves Ashramam for Panaka Aradhanai. Vadyam follows Srimad

Azhagiya Singar playing auspicious music.

 

By this time the Aradhakar Swamy has removed all the remaining

flowers from Abhigamanam and Ijjai. Perumal is eagerly waiting

for Srimad Azhagiya Singar to come and decorate Him. Once again,

Srimad Azhagiya Singar with great care and imagination bedecks

Malolan and Dolai Krishnan with a variety of flowers, often

stepping back to not only inspect, but also to get captivated

by the surprising beauty of Malolan, surprising because every

time you behold, Malolan presents a different and unique smile

(mandhahasam). This was pointed out to adiyEn by one of the

Kainkaryaparas.

 

After the parayanam is completed Malolan accepts panakam and

the evening Thaligai. Mangala harati and satrumurai follows.

If Ubhaya Vedanta parayanam is in progress, Satrumurai will

include the three Vedas and Dhivya Prabhanhdam. The order

for this is given in the Nithyanusandhanam book. By the way,

if Ubhaya Vedic Parayanam is in progress the afternoon

recitation would commence by about 4:00 p.m. During Satrumurai,

Panakam and Perumal theertam are distributed to goshti. By the

time satrumurai is concluded it is about 8:30 p.m. Prasadam is

then now distributed. Evening prasadam is normally " dhudyoannam "

and " sundal " .

 

At the conclusion of Panaka Aradhanai Srimad Azhagiya Singar

returns to Ashramam and once again there is a group of sishyas

waiting to have an audience. After a little while everyone is

gone. Srimad Azhagiya Singar then settles down to write for

Sri Nrisimha Priya. At the Sri Sannidhi the Silver Mandapam

door is closed after all the sishyas have had their dharsan and

left.

 

On days when we have tele-upanyasam Srimad Azhagiya Singar

completes Panaka Aradhanam by 7:45 p.m. and is back in the

Ashramam waiting for our call. Some sishyas who attended

Panaka Aradhanai stick around to listen. For the very first

upanyasam during my stay in Selaiyur, there were about 10 to

15 sishyas. All of us were able to comfortably sit in front

of Srimad Azhagiya Singar in the Ashramam. But, the word got

out about the tele-upanyasam, and for the second upanysam

onwards there were almost 40 to 50 people and everyone could

not be seated in the Ashranmam. Desikan, one of the Ashrama

kainkaryaparas and a jack of all trades, made some make-shift

arrangements to have a wireless mike installed at the Ashramam

with speakers in the large hall that housed the Silver Mandapam

and Malolan. Any amount of overflow crowd could then be

accommodated.

 

By the time upanyasam is over the time is almost 10 p.m. Srimad

Azhagiya Singar then goes in for Palaharam. It will be about

10:30 p.m. by the time Srimad Azhagiya Singar emerges out. On

the days with no upanyasam, Srimad Azhagiya Singar's Palaharam

will start at about 9:30 p.m. and end at about 10:00 p.m. Srimad

Azhagiya Singar's palaharam is usually Idli, or Dosai, or Poori,

or mOr kaLi, or something like that. After returning from

palaharam, Srimad Azhagiya Singar looks over newspaper and

finally at about 11:00 p.m. commences sayanam.

 

By this time everyone is in bed in the Sri Muth to the buzzing

sound of the ubiquitous fans. Most people sleep in the hall.

In Selaiyur, some with family get to sleep in private rooms.

The kainkaryaparas at the Ashramam are still not done. They

share Srimad Azhagiya Singar's prasadam and then clean up for

the next day. Finally, at about 11:30 p.m. A day in Sri

Sannidhi is over.

 

Mangalam

 

-- adiyEn ramanuja dasan

srimad azhagiya singar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

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Sri:

Srimathe Gopaladesika mahadesikaya Namah:

 

Dear Sri Dileepan,

 

Your narration, anubhavam laden posts took us literally to the divine full

day events in sri sannidhi, as if it happened in front of our eyes. While

working for BHEL, we (BHEL Srivaishnavas) used to sponsor a FULL day event

at Sri sannidhi (in mid 80's). adiyEn used to be there full day. Your

description brought me the cherished memories.

 

Only you can narrate in such lively fashion.

 

May You and your family be blessed with paripoorna anugarham of Srimad

Azhagiya singar and the grace of Malolan(as They do always)

 

Thanks again for taking us all the way to Selaiyoor.

Regards

Narayana Narayana

adiyEn

 

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