AdiyEn's Sep 10-17 trip to Dhivya Desams in Tamil Nadu & Thirumala: Part I

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Sriman Sadagopan Swamin,

 

Adiyen is most envious of Swamin's Bhagyam at getting blissful

darshanams at so many dhivya deshams and at the anubhavam-laden,

Bhagavath-Bhagavatha-Acharya Kaimkaryam filled visit. Adiyen can only

visualize Swamin in front of Perumal at these Dhivya Deshams with

tears streaming down the eyes, while partaking of the blissful

darshanams, reflecting upon the deep meanings underlying the Sri

Sookthis of Swami Desikan and Azhwars.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

, Sadagopan <sgopan@c...> wrote:

> SrI:

>

> Dear BhakthAs :

>

> My primary mission during this trip to Tamil Nadu was to present

> the RathnAngi to Lord DevanAthan of Thiruvaheendhrapuram

> on behalf of the Sri DevanAthan RathnAngi Kaimkaryam Committee .

>

> This dhivya dEsam celebrated by Thirumangai Mannan is

> the Siddhi KshEthram for our AchArya Saarvabhouman ,

> Swamy NigamAntha MahA Desikan . Here , Our Swamy

> Desikan had the direct visualization(SaakshAthkAram) of

> both Garuda Bhagavaan and Lord HayagrIvan on top of

> Oushadagiri and became the SiddhAntha Vijaya Dhwajar

> at quite a young age.

>

> Lord DevanAthan of Thiruvaheendhrapuram enchanted Swamy Desikan

> so much that Swamy spent almost 40 years of his divine life

> at this dhivya dEsam ; here , he composed SrI Deva Naayaka

PanchAsath ,

> Achyutha Sathakam , MummaNikkOavi , Nava MaNi Maalai and other

> SrI Sookthis on Lord DevanAthan .

>

> More than 2,500 people had the darsanam of Lord DevanAthan

> in His Noothana AabharaNam of RathnAngi . A grand TadhiyArAdhanam

for

> 300 BhAgavathAs took place at SrImath Andavan Aasramam at

> Thiruvaheendhrapuram . adiyEn had the bhAgyam of participating

> in the Thirumanjana ghOshti of Swamy Desikan during the afternoon .

>

> The day of SamarpaNam of the RathnAngi was September 16 , a very

> special day for many reasons . It was AavaNi Hastham , the

Thirunakshathram

> of HH the 44th Pattam ( MukkUr ) SrImath Azhagiya Singar . It was

> the avathAra dinam of the Taniyan , RaamAnujA DayA Paathram for

> Swamy Desikan . It was SaamOpAkarmaa dinam . It was Chandra darsana

> dinam .It was a MuhUrtha Dinam . During the morning , Swamy

Desikan

> travelled on a palanquin around the raaja veedhis of

Thiruvaheendhrapuram

> as a part of His Thirunakshathra Uthsavam , which concludes on

September 24

> ( PurattAsi SravaNam ). adiyen's entourage had just arrived at

that street junction

> which permitted me to fall flat immediately before Swamy Desikan

and

> the Veda PaarAyaNa ghOshti. Five minutes later , Swamy Desikan's

pallAkku

> would have travelled past that junction between the two streets and

adiyEn

> would have missed his darsanam . adiyEn coud only conclude that it

was

> an auspicious welcome by Swamy Desikan to His RaajadhAni and

recognition of

> the Kaimkaryam for His Lord .

>

> An hour later , The RathnAngi ThiruvAbharaNam was taken in

procession around

> the Raaja Vedhis to the accompaniment of Naadhaswaram and MeLam and

> brought to the Yaaga Saala next to Swamy Desikan's sannidhi for

Prathishtai

> prior to the adornment by the Lord . Special Vasthrams were

presented to Uthsavar ,

> Ubhaya NaacchiyAr , Moolavar DevanAthan , SrI HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr

and

> Lord HayagrIvan on top of the Oushada Giri. Special Maalais were

also presented

> to the Archaa Moorthys for the occasion . The Bhattars of

Thiruvaheendhrapuram

> are known for their skills in alankArams of the Dhivya Dampathis.

It was a joy to have

> the darsana soubhAgyam of the ArchA Moorthys at the different

Sannidhis on

> this glorious day with new vasthrams and fresh flower garlands .

>

> Around 3 P.M , the Chief archakar had adorned the Lord with the new

RathnAngi

> in a manner that would thrill the heart of Swamy Desikan . We were

fortunate to

> have the bliss of the dhivya Soundharyam of Lord DevanAthan

resplendent in

> His new gem-studded attire . Swamy Desikan's statemet , "

Ninnazhagu MaRavAthAr

> PiRavAthArE " came to mind. After koil maryAdhayais to the

RathnAngi Committeee

> members in front of the Lord , the RathnAngi Sevai was opened to

all the devotees .

>

> Next the Six Sthapathis , who created this RathnAngi over a period

of Six months

> were honored with individual gold rings and encomiums . A beautiful

souvenir

> celebrating the Vaibhavam of Lord of Thiruvaheendhrapuram was

released .

> One of the center pieces is the " RathnAngi Sathakam " composed by

> U.Ve. SrI BhAshya SimhAsana chakravarthy , SrI KaruNAkarAcchAr

Swamy .

> This celebratory composition consists of 100 slOkams euologizing

Lord

> DevanAthan resplendent in His RathnAngi . This Sathakam is a sequel

to

> the Rathna Kavacha Sathakam composed by His revered Father ,

Vaikunta Vaasi ,

> Aaasu Kavi VillUr Srinidhi Swamy thirty five years ago during the

occasion of

> RathnAngi SamarpaNam for Swamy Desikan . Vaikunta Vaasi

> HH Thirukkudanthai Andavan presented the RathnAngi to Swamy

> Desikan then .

>

> Next day , there was an uLL PuRappAdu of Lord DEvanAthan

> adorning the new RathnAngi during the evening . It was PurattAsi

> Maasa PiRappu day and Kalkee Jayanthi . Lord DEvanAthan was

> accompanied by SrI HemAbhja Valli since it was a Friday .

>

> In the near future , adiyen with the help of Web design experts

> will create a RathnAngi Web site to accomodate the many still and

> video images associated with this special day at

Thiruvaheendhrapuram .

> adiyEn thanks every one , who made this special occasion a grand

success.

>

> During the remaining Six days of the trip , adiyEn had the bhAgyam

of

> visiting other dhivya dEsams like Oppiliappan Sannidhi , Thirumala ,

> Srirangam , Naagapattinam , ThirukkaNNangudi , ThirukkOshtiyUr

> and SelayUr SrI Matam to prostrate before MalOlan , Dolai KaNNan

> and MalOla PaadhukA SEvakar , SrImath Azhagiya Singar , asmath

> AchAryan .

>

> SRIRANGAM STAY

> **********************

> At SrIrangam , adiyEn participated in the SayanOthsava SEvai

> and enjoyed AravaNai PrasAdham and EkAntha VeeNai offering

> by the VeeNai mirAsu Family member . Next morning was AmAvAsyai

> and adiyEn had the Viswaroopa Sevai and the Bhattar invited adiyen

> right inside the garbha graham for closer enjoyment of Lord

RanganAtha

> in the early hours of the day , when there are no garlands that

cover

> the PrayOga Chakram , Paanchajanyam and the sacred Paadhams

> of the Lord . The Paasurams of ThiruppANAzhwar ( AmalanAdhipirAn )

> flashed thru adiyEn's mind as adiyEn was blessed to stand that

> close to the reclining Lord. As our Likhitha Kaimkaryam on

> SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram is nearing poorthy stage on

> September 24 , adiyEn's mind dwelled on the avathAram of

> PaadhukA Sahasram right in front of Periya PerumAL some

> seven hundred years ago . The sight of Cauvery flowing with

> waters touching from bank to bank was an incredible sight .

> The temple elephant was taking its bath immersed in Cauvery

> waters at AmmA ManTapam at Srirangam .

>

> OPPILIAPPAN SANNIDHI

> *****************************

> At Oppiliappan KOil , PerumAl was enjoying Thirumanjanam .

> The SEvais with Yeera Vaadai and with Vasthrams and AabharaNams

> were enjoyed . AdiyEn also participated in the KaitthaLa SEvai for

Uthsavar

> from the side of ThAyAr , BhoomA DEvi on that day as well .

>

> THIRUPPATHI / THIRUMALA

> *********************************

>

> At Thiruppathi , technical discussions on Digital Library project

> focusing on the preservation of rare Texts of PoorvAchAryAs tok

> place . Additioanl discussions at TTD School of Music and Dance

> introduced to me to the recording sessions on rare SaakhAs of

> VedAs .

>

> At Thirumala , adiyEn participated in the Sahasra Dheepa alnkAra

SEvai

> in the special MaNTapam . Veda GhOsham and Naathaswara dhvani

> adorned the occasion . We accompanied the Uthsavar inside to have

> the darasanam of Moolavar , Lord VenkatEsa on this day .

>

> OTHER VISITS DURING THIS STAY

> ***************************************

> AdiyEn will describe in the subsequent postings the visits to

> the dhivya dEsams of ThirukkaNangudi ( One of the five KrishNAraNya

> KshEthrams) , NaagapattiNam ( Soundharya Naayaki SamEtha Sri

> Soundara Raaja PerumAL ) and ThirukkOshtiyUr ( Soumya NaarAyaNa

> PerumAL ) .

>

> NamO NaarAyaNAya ,

> Daasan , V.Sadagopan

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