ThridhaNDa SamarpaNa Kaimkaryam at SriperumbhUthUr

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Respected Ramanuja bhaktas,

 

The following is a posting from our Sri Dr. V Sadagopan, the USA Director

of the International Ramanuja Society. He recently had the opportunity

to personally offer a new gold thridandam (the three-branched staff that

our Sanyasis carry as their tutelary deity and symbol of their commitment

to our faith) to the temple of Sri Ramanuja at his birthplace,

Sriperumbudu:r.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mohan

 

Sadagopan wrote:

 

> Dear AchArya RaamAnuja BhakthAs :

>

> On Sep 12 , the day after Sri Jayanthi , AchArya RaamAnuja

> accepted the humble SamarpaNam of 5 soverign gold-leaf-clad

> ThridhaNDam from a group of BhakthAs from USA , Singapore

> and India.The construction of this AbharaNam was completed

> in October 2000 and yet had to wait until Sep 12 , 2001

> due to some unavoidable circumstances. On this blessed day of

> September 12 , 2001 the Moolavar accepted the AabharaNam

> presented to Him by His dear devotees. At this sannidhi of

> RaamAnujA at SriperumbhUthuR known for its " Tamar Uhantha ThiurmEni " ,

> the ThridhaNDam shines now and from here on it will

> adorn the hands of the Uthsavar , when His Archai

> goes on procession outside the temple during His

> uthsavams.

>

> AdiyEn is told that the Moolavar /Uthsavar(?) ArchaI has Diamond

> as well as pearl bedecked ThridhaNDams , which are used on

> special occasions. AdiyEn also understands that the old

> ThirdhaNDam of AchArya RaamAnujA exists still at SriperumbhUthur.

> BhakthAs familiar with SriperumbhUdhur traditions can comment

> further on these points.

>

> AdiyEn visited AchArya RaamAnujA's sannidhi during

> Feb 8, 2001 after my Prapatthi at the Sacred Thiruvadi of

> HH The NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan . At that time,

> the sannidhi archakar , Sri SampathkumAra Bhattar mentioned

> that the ThridhaNDam resting then on the hands of Moolavar needed

> urgent repair and suggested that a new ThridhaNDam be created

> and presented to our ParamAchAryan to replace the one in use.

> adiyEn took it as a command from AchArya RaamAnujar and on

> return to States announced the kaimkaryam and recieved

> the immediate support from number of bhakthAs . By Oct 2000.

> The AabharaNam was completed and yet had to wait until

> September 12 , 2001 (almost an year) prior to the acceptance

> of our SamarpaNam due to some unavoidable complications.

>

> The day of September 12 , 2001 was ThiruvAdirai ,

> the Janma nakshathram day of September. AchAryA RaamAnujA

> incarnated on a ThiruvAdhirai day at SriperumbhUthUr.

> Every ThiruvAdhirai AchArya RaamAnujA's archai recieves

> an elaborate Thirumanjanam ( many pots of Milk , Honey

> et al). On this day of Sep12, 2001 close to 300 BhakthAs

> had assembled to enjoy the Thirumanjanam for AchArya

> RaamAnujA . The ThridhaNDham that had been consecrated

> earlier through a Homam rested on the lap of AchAryan

> and took part in the Thirumanjanam as well. After special

> alankAram and TaLigai for the AchAryan , the ThridhaNDam

> joined the right hand of Moolavar to take its permanent

> residence . There it shines today like the cool rays of

> the Full Moon and guides us to His sannidhi.

>

> It is our BhAgyam to have presented this AabharaNam for

> YathirAjAr ,who has every Isvaryam as Udayavar. During

> Feb 2000 , this special group of BhakthAs had presented

> the Golden SatarI to AchArya RaamAnujA at His Sannidhi

> in ThirunArAyaNapuram ( ThAmm Uhantha ThirumEni).

>

> During Sep 12, 2001 , the ThridhaNDam has been presented to

> " Tamar Uhantha ThirumEni " . The SatAri and ThridhaNDam is known

> in our SampradhAyaam as Mudali AaNDAn . KurEsar is known

> as the pavithram of AchArya RaamAnujar. Perhaps we will

> have the BhAgyam of presenting such a Pavithram to

> " ThAnEaana ThirumEni " at Srirangam in the year 2003

> with our ParamAchAryan's anugraham !

>

> adiyEn also requests the recommendation from Sri Thirumnajanam

> SundararAjan Swamy of Srirangam for alternate suggestions

> for samarpaNams to " ThAnEaana ThirumEni " based on his clear

> awareness of and familiarity with the traditons of Srirangam

> Temple in genral and AchArya RaamAnujA's sannidhi there .

>

> Sri YathirAjar ThruvadigaLE saraNam ,

> Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

> on behalf of the International RaamAnujA Society .

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