SRIMATH AZHAGIYASINGAR'S UPCOMING 83RD THIRUNAKSHATRAM AT SELAYUR : PART 6

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SrI:

 

SrimatE SrIlakshminrisimha dhivya pAdhukA sEvaka SrIvaNN SaThakOpa SrI NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra Mahaa DesikAya nama:

 

Dear Sri Matam SishyAs and abhimAnis :

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the links of prakrutam Srimath Azhagiya Singar ,

Sri NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra Mahaa Desikan to the ancient dhivya dEsam of ThiruviNNagram ( Oppiliappan Koil) , where Swamy NammAzhwAr and Thirumangai AzhwAr performed their MangaLAsAsanams with moving Pasurams.

 

adiyEn is blessed to be born at the Sannidhi Street of Oppiliappan Koil under the shade of the SuddhAnandha VimAnam of ThiruviNNagrappan and adiyEn feels particularly fortunate to write about the links of Srimath Azhagiya Singars with the dhivya dEsam of ThiruviNNagar .

 

U.Ve SravaNa dheepam Sri SrinivAsagOpAlAchAr Swamy of Srirangam has reminded us about these very special links between Oppilaippan and Sri Matam in an article archived in the SatAbhishEkam Souvenir of Prakrutam Azhagiya Singar ( Nov 30, 2006) . SravaNa dheepam Swami's account is like the Vaak (Speech) of Sri Oppiliappan . Let us enjoy his recollections today.

 

The auspicious Thirunakshatram of Prakrutam Srimath Azhagiya Singar is 24 days away.adiyEn would like to invite Your attention to this upcoming Thirunakshatra utsavam filled with ubhaya VedAnta ghOsham in front of MalOlan and SwarNa MaNtapa archaa mUrthys and the daily ArAdhanams for MalOlan , the tadheeyArAdhanams and the personal blessings in the form of phala mantrAkshatai from the sacred hands of the Azhagiya Singars .

 

Please access the SrI Matam Web portal to send your samarpaNams in support of the Veda PaarAyaNam by more than 200 Vedic Scholars.The URL is http://www.ahobilamutt.org

 

You can also send your samarpaNams directly to:

Sri Ahobila Muth Inc.,

3160 Manor Bridge Road

Alpharetta, GA 30004

 

Now , let us salute the special links of Sri Matam to Oppiliappan Sannidhi .

 

ThiruviNNagaram/AakAsa Nagaram/Oppilaa Appan Koil/VyOmapuri

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The stala purANam , the archaa mUrthys,AzhwAr Paasurams , images of SravaNa dheepam , utsavams , Thirumanjana Kattiyam and other information are available at the special web site dedicated to Oppiliappan:

http://www.oppiliappan.org

 

Please enjoy this above site in the context of today's posting .At this dhivya dEsam , Swamy NammAzhwAr performed His SaraNAgathy at the sacred feet of TannoppAr- illappan ( Matchless One) and acknowledged the Lord blessing him with the protective shade of His sacred feet ( tantanan tann taaL nizhalE ).

 

From Swamy NammAzhwAr ( ThirukkuruhUr SaThakOpan ) to the current Azhagiya Singars , ( VaNN SaThakOpars) , there has been an unbroken link with the archaa Murthy of ThiruviNNagar , who is considered as the elder brother of Lord VenkatEsa of Thirumalai .

 

Here at ThiruviNNagar ( Oppiliappan Koil) , Sri BhUmi dEvi samEta Sri Oppilaippan as

JyOthirmaya Brahman as enjoyed by Swamy NammAzhwAr in His ThiruvAimozhi (TVM) Paasurams according to SravaNa dheepam Swamy . Examples are :

 

1. tuyaril sudaroLi tannudaicchOthi --ninRa vaNNam niRkavE ---TVM 3.10.6

 

2. dhukkhamil JN~ana SudaroLi mUrthy --thuzhAi alankal perumAn--TVM 3.10.9

 

3. aRiyum sentheeyai tazhuvi Acchyutan --TVM 4.4.3

 

4. KarumANikka ChudarE--TVM 5.7.9

 

5. Yennam poRcchudarE --TVM 5.8.7

 

6. oNN chudarOdu iruLumAi ninRavARum ---TVM 5.10.7

 

7. Niharil soozh chudarAi--TVM 6.3.3

 

8. Paramchudar udambAi-- TVM 6.3.7

 

9. yenn ParamchudarE yenRu unnai alaRRi---TVM 7.1.10

 

These are the links for the Lord , who manifests as SravaNa dheepam (AavEsa- avatAram) on the VishNu nakshatram of SravaNam every month. Swamy NammAzhwar visualized the Lord as akhaNDa dheepam , aruL jyOthi , Svayam JyOthi , dheepa chudar and JyOthir-maya Brahman of the Upanishads . During these SravaNa dheepa avatAram days , the Lord of ThiruviNNagar responds to questions of devotees , points out future happenings and in general blesses His bhakthAs .

 

The links between the SravaNa dheepOtsavan and Srimath Azhagiya Singars are many. adiyEn will focus on the links of the Azhagiya Singar with special emphasis on prakrutam Srimath Azhagiya Singar , Sri NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA Desikan after few observations on the Upanishadic concept of JyOthirmaya Brahman .

 

( To Be Continued ) .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi ,

DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan