Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam : Part XXIV: Makara SankarAnthi day (Final) Posting .

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SrI:

 

SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

 

Vishu Samvathsaram, Sukla Paksha Prathamai,

UttharAshAda nakshathram.

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Sri RanganAtha Temple at Pomona , NY will conclude

the Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam related festivals today

and welcome the UttharAyaNa PuNya Kaalam and Makra

SamkramaNam .

 

Makra SankarAnthi ( Thai Pongal ) festival is linked

to our salutation to Soorya NaarAyaNan . Our Lord

resides at the center of the orbit of Adhityan (Sooryan)

and confers Paavanathvam to the 12 Adhithyans .The entire

Soorya NamaskAra Prasnam covered earlier by adiyEn

is a Vedic salutation to Sriman NaarAyaNan seated at

the center of Soorya Mandalam . The Soorya Prabhai

Uthsavam included in the BrahmOthsavam at many temples

underlines this Tatthvam .

 

After Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam, Sri RanganAthA Temple

will be celebrating many special Uthsavams like

Panguni Utthiram, VaikAsi VisAkam ( Swamy NammazhwAr

Thirunakshathram ) , Prathishtai of AchAryAs at

their new sannidhis , Prathishtai of ChakkaratthAzhwAn

in His special Sannidhi and Nrusimha Jayanthi .

 

During the Memorial day weekend ( May 25-26, 2002)

the Prathishtais and Sudarshana Homam will take place.

 

Plans are also underway to initiate the First AnnamAchArya

(Vardhanthi) celebration in the East Coast at Sri RanganAthA

Temple, Pomona , NY. Ahobila Matam's revered Jeeyar is

invited by Thirupathi-Thirumalai DevasthAnam temple

to take part in this special festival there every year.

There is a reason for it .

 

Talapaakka AnnamAchArya ( 1408-1503 C.E) was one of the key

disciples of the First Jeeyar of AhObila Matam, Sri Adhi VaNN

SaThakOpa YathIndhra MahA Desikan(1379-1458 C.E) . With the blessings

of the Lord of Seven Hills and his AchAryan , AnnamAchArya composed

Bhakthi-laden SankIrthanAs (32,000?) in Teleugu and Sanskrit

and performed Naama KusumArchanai and anjali to the Lord of

ThiruvEngadam and Sri LakshmI Narasimhan .

 

Sri VenkatEsa Annamaarya Society of North America (Svasa)

head quartered in California celebrates annually the Vardhanthi

celebrations to this divine Bard in West Coast(www.savasa.org).

 

The RanganAthA temple of Pomona plans to work closely with

TT DevasthAnam , CMANA and SVASA to initiate the Vardhanthi

celebrations in the East Coast during this year's Memorial day

week end . Lectures , Musical offerings from Annamayyaa's krithis

and a dance drama on the life of AnnamaachAryA will be

part of the celbrations under planning in cooperation

with the Carnatic Music Teachers from East Coast and

travelling VidvAns . Sri MalOlan Cadambi of Iowa will be

joining me to plan this special celebration for

the SankIrthanAchAryA , who is very dear to

Sri VaishNavite SampradhAyam .

 

HAPPY PONGAL TO ALL OF YOU !

 

Sri RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Asmath AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan/SaThakOpan