Sevai of Thiruneermalai PerumAl after Thirumanjanam & Introduction to Kaliyan's Pasurams on SrI NeervaNNan : Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam : Part190

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Those who can recieve attachments can enjoy

the dhivya dampathis of Thiruneermalai .

 

For those who wish I can send the beautiful

Thirumanjanam and ThirukkalyANam CD ROM

that has been created by SrI Sridhar of Bangalore in

Support of SrI VaishNava Kaimakryams in India .

 

There are other CDs that are available:

 

1) The detailed commentaries on the AshtOtthara

NaamAs of Lord VenkatEsa of Thiruppathi from

the BrahmANDa PurANam and VarAha PurANam

( the one used every day in the Morning at the Lord's

sannidhi). adiyEn wrote the commentaries on

the 108 nAmAs of BrahmANDa PurANam and

SrI Sadagopan Iyengar of Coimbatore joined with me

in compiling the Varaaha PurANam AshtOttharams .

SrIman Sriram of Califirnia created the multimedia CD

ROM with 216 images of Lord VenkatEsa and other dhivya dEsa

EmperumAns .

 

2. Chithra Desikeeyam CD ROM : Life and Vaibhavam of

Swamy Desikan in picture format for children and youngsters

who wish to know more about his great AchAryan .This CD has

been lovingly created by Sri Sridhar of Bangalore from the original

murals at Thuppul .

 

3. Authoritative , Thri Veda, ThrikAla SandhyA Vandhanam DVDs .

 

4. Others are under preparation .

 

DaasOham , V.Sadagopan

V.Sadagopan

 

 

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Sadagopan

Ponnappan ; Sgt ; Ramanujamission ; acharya

; rajevv ; SG ; DS ; Swami

Cc: krisshnan_ayyangar ; srihi

Tuesday, March 09, 2004 10:04 PM

Fw: Image of Thiruneermalai PerumAl after Thirumanjanam &

Introduction to Kaliyan's Pasurams on SrI NeervaNNan : Thiruvaheendhrapuram

RathnAngi Kaimkaryam : Part190

 

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

SrIman KrishNan Ayyangar of Nanganallur and SrIman Lakshmi Narasimhan Sridhar

of Bangalore are dear friends , who have a great attachment to the EmperumAn of

Thiruneermalai Dhivya dEsam . adiyEn is writing this series of articles in the

context of

the recent Upanayanam at Thiruneermalai for Chi. DEvarAjan , the son of SrI

KrishNan Ayyangar ;

SrI Sridhar attended this upanayanam at Thiruneermalai ( ThOyAchalam) and has

produced

a 45 minute long video of Thirumanjanam and KalyANa Uthsavam for the EmperumAn

of

this dhivya dEsam during this occasion .adiyEn will release that divine content

as a separate CD ROM with the help of SrI Sridhar later. It is SrI Sridhar's

most

welcome contribution to ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam fund raising

effort .

 

Location of Thiruneermalai

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adiyEn has had the bhAgyam of sevai of the EmperumAn of Thiruneermalai a few

times.

This dhivya dEsam is located at a distance of three and half miles from

Pallavaram

station on the Chennai-Tambaram rail route .

 

The peace and tranquility that descends on one at the end of the sevai of the

Four

EmperumAns of the dhivya dEsam is some thing to be experienced . When one sits

outside the sannidhis on the steps of the hill temple and experiences the wind

gently

touching one's face , one can connect it to the presence of Saantha Narasimhan

inside

one of the three sannidhis on top of the hill .The experience is similar to

sitting on

the steps leading to Melkote Yoga Narasimhan's temple on the hill .

 

Thiruneer malai: MangaLAsAsanam by two AzhwArs

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This EmperumAn has recieved MangaLAsAsanam (20 Paasurams) from Thirumangai

AzhwAr and BhUthatthAzhwAr ; When Thirumangai AzhwAr visited Thiruneermalai ,

there were torrential rains and swirling floods that formed a deep and

dangerous moat

around the hill , on which the temple is located ; it was difficult even for the

sturdy

Thirumangai AzhwAr to swim across . The thirst of Thirumangai to have the

darsana

soubhAgyam of the EmperumAn of this dhivya dEsam was so intense that he did not

want to leave the dhivya dEsam without performing MangaLAsAsanam of the Lord

and ThAyAr. Thirumangai simply waited for six months at a village near by known

today as Thirumangai AlwArpuram . Once the floods subsided , the AzhwAr visited

the EmperumAn NeervaNNan) at the foot the thill and the three sannidhis (

IrundhAn ,

KidanthAn and NadanthAn ) on top of the hill ( Thiruneer Malai).

 

MangaLAsAsana Paasurams

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Ninteen of the twenty Paasurams on this dhivya dEsams are from Thirumangai and

the remaining one is from BhUthatthAzhwAr ( IraNDAm ThiruvandhAthi: 47th

Paasuram).

 

Ten out of the 19 paasurams of Thirumangai are housed in Periya Thirumozhi(

PTM):

2.4 decad that begins with " AnRAyar KulakkodiyOdaNi maamalr Mangai--)

 

The other Nine Pasurams are found among Thiruidaventhai dhivya dEsa Paasurams

(Periya Thirumozhi 2.7.7), ThirnaRayUr paasurams ( PTM :6.8.4 , 7.1.7) ,

ThirukkaNNapuram Paasurams ( PTM: 8.2.3) , ThirunAhai Paasurams ( PTM: 9.2.8) ,

PTM: 10.1.1, Thirunedum ThANDakam: 18th Paasuram , SiRiya and Periya

Thirumadals.

 

The Four Sannidhis

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1. Temple at the Foothill : PerumAL faces East in standing posture and has

the names of Neer vaNNan , Neelamughil vaNNan . ThAyAr's name is ANimAmalar

Mangai.

 

Saanidhis at the top of the Hill & Sacred PushkaraNIs

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2. IrundhAn or the Seated One ( Moolavar): Saantha Narasimhan in a seated

posture facing the East .

 

3. KidanthAn (Moolavar): Lord RanganAtha in a reclining position known as

MaaNikka Sayanam . He faces South to bless ANDAL and VibhishaNan.

 

4. NadanthAn ( Moolavar): Thrivikraman in a standing posture looks in

the Eastern direction .

 

There are five sacred PushkaraNis ( Thiruneer) at this dhivya dEsam :

MaNikarNigaa , Ksheera , KaaruNya , Siddha and SwarNa PushkaraNIs.

With the sacred waters ( Thiru Neer) and the hill (Malai) , the dhivya dEsam

got the name of Thiruneer Malai.

 

Legend has it that Sage VaalmIki worshipped at this temple . Being a top

Raama BhakthA , the sage had the darsanam of Lord RanganAtha as

Raamachandra , RanganAyaki ThAyAr as SitA PirAtti , AadhisEshan

( the bed of Lord RanganAtha ) as LakshmaNan , PerumAL's Chakram

and Sanghu as BharathA and SathrugnA and Garudan as HanumAn

at the hill top temple .

 

adiyEn will comment on the 20 Paasurams relating to this dhivya dEsam

in the next posting.

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

P.S : Please do not miss out on the opportunity to acquire

the most beautifully produced Life and Vaibhavam of Swamy

Desikan in pictures produced by SrI SrIdhar ( Chithra Desikeeyam).

I wrote about the content of the CD ROM in detail recently.