anushtAna kuLa uthsavam

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SrI:

 

Pl. read this write up from Sri Satakopa Thathachar swami.

 

namO nArAyaNA

Diwakar

 

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swamy desikan, AchArya Ramnauja & Saalaik-KiNaRu Uthsavam, January 2004

 

 

daasasya viNNappam.

Anushtanakula utsavam is one of the many utsavas that take place in the

Kanchi Varadaraja swami temple. This utsava is conducted every year on

the next day to Iyarpa satumarai which is conducted next day to

adhyayanotsava satumarai.

 

 

This utsavam is conducted in order to remind the famous story that Lord

Varadaraja safe guarded Ramanuja to Kanchi on the way from Kasi, from

the jaws of death which was planned by yadavaprakasa. Both Varadaraja

and Swami Bashyakara used to visit salai kinaru and then there will be

a thirumanjanam for Lord Varadaraja.

 

 

 

This year this utsavam fell on Bhogi day. I wish to exchange my

feelings with you. Usually on bhogi day Shri Aandal will go around the

four mada streets on golden palanquin. Then after spending some time on

swing, Aandal will visit thayar sannidhi for the feast. Then through

the alvar prakaram She will visit the Swamy Desikan sannidhi situated

near the dhwaja sthambam. There She will be welcomed by Swami with silk

vastram, etc. which is called as darsana thamboolam. Then there Aandal

Maryadai (Garland Honour) will be give to Swamy. After that there will

be thirumanjanam for Aandal in which again the prasadam theertham and

thulasi malai will be presented to Swami. Then the Aandal will be

adorned with ornaments, etc. as a bride, and there will be goshty etc.

after Maryadai to Swamy Desikan. She will be waiting in side of the

Desikan sannidhi till evening to have a marriage with Lord Varadaraja.

All these things took place this year too, but in a little speed so

that the Lord goes for anushtana kulam utsavam.

 

 

 

Then the Lord Varadaraja proceeded for anushtana kulam utsavam with

Swami Ramanuja. While returning to temple both varadaraja and Yathiraja

used to visit Desikan sannidhi at tooppul. This year it was scheduled

to 3.00PM. But perumal visited half an hour late by 3.30PM. Here

Perumal will be welcomed by Swami with silk cloth, etc. which is called

darsana thamboolam. Then after arghyam patrhyam, etc. to perumal in

side of tooppul. There will be special naivedyams, such as ladu, mysore

pak, padusha, cake, kesari, ksheerannam, karasewal, dosai, vada, iddli,

panchamruthum, paanakam, etc. After naivedyam to Ramanuja and Swami

Desikan there will be parivattom, garland maryadai, shrishatari, honour

to Ramanuja and Swami Desikan. Then there will be goshty viniyogam.

Usually Perumal stay here for more than one and a half hour but this

year as kalyanotsavam is to be done in the evening all took place in a

speed. Somebody criticized maniakar for the speed. The kalyanotsavam

took place on scheduled time - 7.00PM.

 

 

 

But my feeling was this :as mentioned by sri desikan in

padukasahasram " santastu santamapi na prathayanthy dOsham "

 

During the marriages if the muhoortham is in the morning around 7.30AM

then jatakarma of the bride and vratum for the groom will take place

swiftly. Just like that in the morning Aandal thirumanjanam etc. took

place in speed. Vrata bakshanam for Shri Varadaraja at tooppul in

haste. As vadhyar used to say during vrata bakshana time that it is

time for muhoortha, so take it quickly, so as here the maniakar told to

make it quick. In some marriages there will be one or two, who are

relatives to both sides. Just like that Swamy Desikan here become

relative for both sides and He supervised Aandal’s programme then at

tooppul Perumal’s programme also. Thus this utsavam denotes that Swami

Desikan belongs to both the Aandal and Perumal. Of course it is He who

proclaimed that “Dampathi Daivatham Naha”.

 

 

 

Swamy says in rahasyathreyasaram

 

who is bhakta there is no timely moksha but there will be more bhagavat

anubhavam, who is prapanna there is no more bhagavat anubhavam, but

even I am prapanna I tried to get more bhagavat anubhavam here itself

by this way.

 

dasan satakopan.

 

 

 

 

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