aargazhi Uthsavams at SrivilliputthuR

[Guest guest]

SrI:

 

Dear ANDAL BhakthAs :

 

Two days ago I heard from the ANDAL Sannidhi Bhattar

about the progress on this year's Margahazhi Uthsavams

for our Soodikkoduttha NaacchiyAr .

 

Back in 1998 , a native son of Srivilliputthur wrote about

the Marghazhi Uthsavams in the Bhakthi List .

 

I have enclosded it incase some one of you might be

visiting SrivilliputthUr the Akkara Vadisil uthsavam on

Koodari Vellum Seer GovindhA SaaRRumurai ( Jan 11)

or NeerAtta Uthsavams or Iraa Patthu-Pahal Patthu Uthsavams .

 

V.Sadagopan

 

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Margazhi Masam in Srivilliputtur

Srimate Godaya NamahaThe auspicious month of Margazhi starts tommorrow (dec 16).In thenext few days grand celebrations would commence in all the importantdivya desams. Srivilliputtur the birthplace of Sri Andal,the home of Thiruppavai

will have an added charm during the Margazhi masam for the bhagavathals

with probably the busiest calendar among all the divya desams.Apart from

the 20 day irapathu-pagal pathu utsavam,two more utsavams,the Margazhi

Thirunal utsavam( 9 days) and the Margazhi Neerati Utsavam(8 days)

will take place.

The Margazhi thirunal utsavam is much like the adi thirunal utsavam

with sri andal going through the town streets in different vahanams

on different days.on the penultimate day one can witness the UNJAL sevai

of the divya dampatis in the Andal thirukovil(around 11:00 pm).sri Andal

gives darsanam in the chettichi tirukolam.The koodarai vellum seer

sattumurai takes place after the unjal sevai( around 2:30 am)

in the unjal mandapam.Akkaravadisil is distributed to all devotees

present after the sattumurai along with other prasadams.

The Margazhi Neeratti utsavam is something special.

It takes place at the Neeratti Mandapam which is near the temple

tank(thirumukkolam) in the evenings.Daily yennai kappu and Thirumanjanam

is performed.Sri Andal also blesses us with the grand darsanam of

one of her Thirukkolams every day.

This margazhi has been made sweeter with heavy rains in

Srivilliputtur last week which have filled all the tanks in srivilliputtur

much before the "aazhi mazhai kanna" day adiyen

Venkat.s Iyengar