Lord SrinivAsan as Our Father : Part I ( Reflections on Father's day , USA)

June 18, 2006

- P Varadhan

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Sunday, June 18, 2006 1:10 PM

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ThiruveLLakkuLa Thiruppathi: Part 1

Dear BhakthAs :One of the 108 divya desams in ChOLa dEsamis known as ANNan Koil or ThiruveLLakkuLam .The presiding Lord's name here is SrinivAsan and the KshEthram is also known as Thenn Thiruppatthi just as ThiruviNNagar is known as DakshiNa Thiruppathi. The name of the Lord's consort is " PoovAr ThirumahaL "or the Lady who sits on the beautiful lotus flower .Kaliyan"s SaraNAgathi to MahA Lakshmi*************************************Thirumangai AzhwAr visualized the consort of the Lord here on the Lord's chest and saluted Her in the spirit of Sri Sooktha r*k and performed saraNAgathi to the Lord through Her :Padhma priyE Padmini Padma hasthE PadmAlayE Padma daLAyadhAkshi visva priyE VishNu manOnukulE tvath paada padmam mayi sannidhathsva(Extended Meaning ): Oh MahA Lakshmi , who is very fond of the lotus flower! Oh supreme One holding that lotusflower in Your hands ! Oh Mother seated on a goldenlotus ! Oh the most beautiful One with the eyes resemblingthat of the enchanting petals of a tender lotus !Oh parama KaaruNya mUrthy filled with dayA for one and all ! Oh auspicious Lady , who is tuned closely to the wishes of Your Lord ! Please place Your auspiciouslotus feet on my siras ! After performing SaraNAgathi to Her , Thirumangaireceived Her anugraham and then approached the Lordof this divya dEsam and addressed Him movingly as "ANNA " and begged Him to remove all the obstaclesthat obstructed him unitl then to seek and gain the parama purushArtham of Moksham .The special significance of this Divya dEsam*********************************************Thirumangai mannan had a special attachment tothis divya dEsam . His wife Kumudhavalli NaacchiyArwas "born" here; She was instrumental in Thirumangai becoming a parama VaishNavan .In view of the vow he had taken to perform tadhiyArAdahnam for 1,000 Sri VaishNavAs every day ( as his wedding vow )for one year ,Kaliyan had to resort to day light robbery to raise funds for sustaining this kaimkaryam dear to his wife's heart . On a river bed near here , Kaliyan stalked the Divya Dampathis ( vEdu PaRi ), who came to redeem him and tried to rob them of their divyAbharaNams .Our Lord , who arrived there to test and then bless Kaliyan was pleased with the intensity of His bhakthan and initiated him personally into His mUlamanthram and thereby sent Kaliyan into raptures .The most grateful Kaliyan eulogized the Lordof Sri Devi presiding at this divya dEsam in rememberancethrough ten magnificient paasurams to recordhis gratitude over the Lord's dayA .Location of this divya dEsam and the Lord's sEvai here*******************************************************This kshEthram is half mile from Thiru DevanAr thokai ,seven mile south east of KaazhicchIrAma ViNNagaram andseven miles due east of VaitthIsvaran Koil . It has one of the most beautiful PushkaraNis. Once upon a time , the floodwaters (VeLLam ) subsided and left behind a body of waterthat took the permanent form of a sacred pushkaraNi leadingto the name of Thiru VeLLakkuLam " to this divya dEsam.Onthe banks of this pushkaraNi , the Lord of this divya desamstands with the lotus lady on His Vaksha sthalam as SrinivAsan( PoovAr ThirumahaL pulliya Maarbhan ).He stands underthe shade of TattvOdhaka VimAnam and blesses SvEtha Raajan ,Sri Rudhran , Kaliyan and us . The Echoes of Thirumalai and ThiruviNnagar Paasurams here*********************************************************The saraNAgathi vaakyams used by Kaliyan at Thirumalai and ThiruviNNagar are echoed in the ten paasurams of ThiruveLLakkuLam . Here are three instances :ThiruveLLakkuLam (1) and ThiruvEnkatam (2)*****************************************TiNNAr mathiL soozh ThiruveLLakkuLatthuL(*) ,aNNA ,adiyEn idaraik kaLayAyE (1)SeppAr tiNNvarai soozh ThiruvEnata Maamalai(*) ,yenn appA vanthadainthEn adiyEani aatkoNdaruLE (2)senthAmarai neer ThiruveLlakkulatthuL(*) YenthAi , adiyEn idaraik kaLayAyE (1) ThEnEy poompozhil soozh ThiruvEnkata maalai(*), Yen aanAi vanthadainthEn adiyEnai aatkoNdaruLE (2)ThiruveLlakkuLam(1) and ThiruviNnagar paasurams (2)*************************************************** sElAr vayal soozh ThiruveLlakkulatthuL(*) MaalE, Yenn valvinai theertharuLAyE (1) (A) sollAi ThirumArvA unakkAhi ThoNDu patta nallEnai , vinaikaL naliyAmai nampu NampI MallA KudamADi MadhusoothananE , ulahil sella nallisayAi ThiruviNNagarAnE (2) The intense mood of the AzhwAr is very muchthe same at the three divya dEsams presided overby Lord SrinivAsan. Identical words flow out of Kaliyan's lips at these three divya dEsams having Lord SrinivAsan as their presiding deity.Progression of the Pilgrimage of Kaliyan*****************************************ThiruveLLakkuLam is one of the twelve ThirunAngUr divya dEsams . Kaliyan salutes the Lords of thesetwelve KshEthrams close to his birthplace in the followingsequence and performs mangaLAsAsanam for them in hisPeriya Thirumozhi(PTM ) :1.ThiruvAli-Thirunagari : PTM-3.5,3.6 and 3.7 patthus2.ThirunAngUr MaNimADakkOil: PTM-3.83.Sri Vaikuntha ViNNagaram: PTM-3.94.Thiru ArimEya ViNNagaram: PTM-3.105.Thiru DEvanAr Thokai: PTM-4.16.Thiru VaNN puruDOtthamam: PTM-4.27.ThirnAngUr Semponn seykOil: PTM-4.38.ThirunAngUr ThiruttheRRiampalam: PTM-4.49.ThirumaNikkUtam: PTM-4.510.ThirukkAvaLampADi: PTM-4.611.THIRUVELLAKKULAM: PTM-4.712.ThiruppArthan PaLLi: PTM-4.7ParakAlan starts his mangalAsAsanam at ThiruvAli Thirunagari, which is very closeto his avathAra sthalam and concludes the salutationsat ThiruppArthan PaLLI .In this series of twelve ThirunAngUr Thiruppathis , ThiruveLLakkuLam takesthe 11th place . The Lords of the divya desams come together on the akshya thrithIyai day (?)on Garuda Vaahanam and bless their dearest Bhakthanin grateful appreciation .That Twelve Garuda sEvaisin one location is a blessed sight indeed to see .The ten paasurams of Kaliyan on Lord SrinivAsan of ThiruveLLakkuLam in the next posting.Kaliyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan