Panguni_Uttiram - Today

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Sri:

Adiyen's humble pranam to all devotees:

May we always be be in HIS grace.

 

Today is the blessed day of Panguni Uttharam.

 

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On a Panguni Uttiram day in Sri Rangam, while

Lord RanganAtha sat in court with His consort on His divine throne,

SrI Ramanuja stood before them, surrendered himself and all his

belongings

to the divine and begged that all his earthly sins be pardoned and that

he

be accepted in the service of the divine couple.

 

He got so accepted, with additional assurance that all his spiritual

protégés

would be accorded what was assured to him.

 

Piratti's (Godess Sriranganayaki's assurance)

" asthu tE! tayaiva SARVAM SampathsyathE! "

 

Thus, the assurance of acceptance was not in isolation to swami

Ramanuja alone, but to all his spiritual progeny. It is on behalf of

all

humanity that Ramanuja pleaded and we, as his spiritual heirs, can feel

assured of the Lord's grace.

 

 

The bramhOtsavam at Sri Rangam takes

place in the Tamil month of

Panguni (Typically March 15 – April 14 on the Gregorian calendar).

On

the last date (under asterism Uttiram), Lord Azhakiya maNavALan (

the

utsavamUrti of srI RanganAtha) is seated on the same throne,

pedestal,

as the goddess RanganAyaki (Utsavar) in the kalyAna mantapam of the

goddess. This is a very rare sight occurring only once in a year. On

one

such occasion, swami Ramanuja, out of overwhelming compassion for

the humanity en-shackled by this miasma of samsAra, poured out his

heart to The Divine Couple. The outcome is this nectar “SaranAgati

Gadya”, delivered for the sake of our deliverance. This is in the

form of a

conversation between swami Ramanuja and The Divine Couple. The

shorter SrI-ranga-gadyam”is an abridged version of SaraNagati

gadyam, a personal exposition. The ultimate goal, reward, that

purushArta for every prapanna, of eternal service in Sri Vaikunta is

contained in SrI Vaikunta Gadyam.

It is indeed a thrilling event, something out of this world, an

opportunity

afforded to the fortunate few, to watch hundreds of ardent Sri

Vaishnava

bhAgavathas recite these sacred Gadyas around midnight, in unison at

SrI Rangam temple even today on Panguni Uttiram day, an event

commemorating the magnificent, compassionate, uplifting vision of

swami Ramanuja for all of humanity.

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