SRI :
SrimathE Sri Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE nama:
Sri Kanakavalli nAyikA Sametha Sri VeerarAghava ParabrahmaNE nama:
SrimathE Sri Lakshminrusimha Divya PaadhukhAsevaka
SrivaNN SatkOpa Sri SatakOpa RaamAnuja Yatheendhra
MahA DesikAya Nama:
SrimathE SrivaNN SatakOPa Sri VerarAghava SatakOpa
Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya nama:
SrimathE Sri Lakshminrusimha DivyapAdhukhA Seavaka
SrivaNN satakOpa Sri NaarAyanNa yatheendhra
MahA DesikAya nama:
Isvara Samvathsaram ,Thai Maasam 26
Sulkla Paksha DwAdasi ( After Bheeshma EkAdasi )
ThiruvAdhirai Nakshthram
Feb 8, 1998
Dear BhakthAs of Sriman NaarAyaNA :
May I invite your attention to a very important series of
uthsavams at Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha Sri VeerarAghava
PerumAl divya dEsam at ThiruveLLUr ?
The uthsavams that I have in mind are : (1) the just-concluded
Thai maasa BrahmOthsavam ( theerthavAri was on Thai Purattathi,
which fell on January 31 ) . {2}Ratha Sapthami followed on
February 3 along with {3}Saarumurai for Thirumazhisaip pirAn ,
who saluted the Lord of ThiruveLLUr as :
ThiruvevvuLL nAhatthaNaip pARkkadalk kidakkum
adhi nedumAl aNaippAr karutthanAvAn .
(Meaning ) : The Lord , who normally rests on AdhisEshan
at His abode in the milky Ocean now rests at ThiruveLLUr
and enters the minds of the prapannAs , who take refuge at
His Lotus feet ) . All their samsAric ills take flight thereafter .
For three days following AmavAsyai , there was (4) TheppOthsavam
for Sri VeerarAghavan ( Feb 3,4and 5 ) .
(5) The celebration of an important Vaishnavite AchArya
follows next . Thirukkacchi Nampi , the one who interceded with
Lord VaradarAjan was born not far from the kshEthram
of ThiruveLLUr and Thirumazhisai , the birth place of
Thirumazhishai AzhwAr . Inview of the unique greatness
of Thirukkacchi Nampi ( Kaanchi pUrNar ) , who worshipped
often at ThiruveLLUr , there is a ten day SaaRRumuRai
uthsavam for him starting from Maasi Mrugaseersham
( February 7th ) . That concludes on February 17 th .
(7) These sequence of Uthsavams provide the context
for one of the most important uthsavams for Sri VeerarAghavan
in the month of Maasi . THIS IS THE SAHASRA KALASA
ABHISEKHAM ACCORDING TO THE INJUNCTIONS
PRESCRIBED IN THE PAANCHARATHRA AAGAMAM .
This ancient ritual was initiated by the 37th Jeeyar of
AhObila Mutt known as the PiLLaipAkkam Jeeyar
( Sri VeerarAghava SatakOpa Yatheendhra Maha
Desikan ) . This MahAn received SanyAsam at the order
of Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnujAchArya of Sri perumpUthur
and was the one the ApUrva Viadhyan requested help ,
when His arm was hurting . This jeeyar took care of it
and received the blessings of Sri Vaidhya VeerarAghavan .
This purificatory rite of SAHASRA KALASA
ABHISHEKAM was peformed for Loka
KshEmam by the Jeeyar . This tradition is continued
even today . Sriman K.G . Krishnan Swamy , the son-in-law of
the illustrious UtthamUr VeerarAghavAcharya Swamy
has taken the leadership in conducting this
SAHASRA KALASAABHISHEKHAM . The dates are
February 15-17 and the Thirumanjanam
( AbhishEkam ) itself is on February 16 .
The prathishtai , Veda PaarAyaNam , Udhaka
Saanthi precede the AbhishEkham . It costs $5.30
per kalasam and the sambhAvanai , TadheeyArAdhanam
following the Sahasra KalasAbhishEkham
( 7.15to 1.15 PM on February 16th ) . In the evening ,
there is veedhi purapaadu by the uthsava mUrthis
to bless the BhakthAs .
Almost 500 Kalasams have been spoken for by
the BhakthAs of Sri VeerarAghavan so far .
WE HAVE AN WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO
TAKE PART IN THIS RARE FESTIVAL AND
TAKE UP RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE OR MORE
KALASAMS FOR OUR FAMILIES .
May I request you all to support this Sahasra KalasAbhshEkam
and send your pledges to Sri K.A. Anand at the following
e-mail address:
anand@xxxx
He will advise his father , Sri K.G. KrishNan Swamy ,
who will cover the pledges at the front end . By copy
of this note , I am advising Sri Anand about my pledge for
FIVE kalasams . Please ask your relatives in India to
attend the festival and receive PrasAdhams in person ):
( 23X18 inch Art Photo Of PerumAL & ThAyAr ,
Dry Fruits, ThAyAr manjaL kumkumam ,
PerumAL Sandal Paste , Thirumanjana Theertham
in plastic box , ThirumAngalya Saradu& Maasi Nonbhu
Saradu < Tamil Texts of Swami Desikan's Raghu Veera
Gadhyam , Azhwar Paasurams , Kulam Tharum Paasuram
of Thirumangai ona separated laminated card , Sthala PurANam
and KimgruhEsa sthOthram on the Lord attributed
to Swami Desikan ) . That is quite a list of PrasAdhams .
Here is a brief introduction to the Divya Desam and
its EmperumAn :
ThiruveLLUr is one of the most celebrated of the 108
Divya dEsams in the Sri VaishNavite sampradhAyam .
This KshEthra mUrthy is revered as Sri Vaidhya
VeerarAghavan , since He eliminates our disease
known as SamsAram .
His beautiful DhyAna SlOkams start with a salutation
to His apUrva Vaidhya VeerarAghava mahimai :
rAghAdhi rhOgAn sadadhAnushakthAn asEshakAya
prasruthAn asEshAn I
Outhsukhya mOharathidhAnajagAnayO
apUrva VaidhyAya namOsthu tasmai II
To that apUrva ( rare, wonderous ) Doctor , who cures
completely the diseases like madha -mOha-mAtsaryam-
krOdham et al the slautaion is made .
In his ten paasurams , Thirumangai salutes
Thirumangai AzhwAr , Thirumazhisai AzhwAr have saluted
Him along with AchAryAs like Swami Desikan ,
RaamAnujA , Jeeyars of Ahobila Mutt, VadalUr
Raamalinga Swamigal ( Thiruppanjakam ) in
beautiful Tamil . The five verses are full of devotion
and follow the path of the ancient AzhwArs . The excerpts
from these verses are as follows :
vaNNamAmaNiyE porri ! VINNAVAR MUDALVAA PORRi !
vendavar YevuuLL vAzh VeerarAghavA pORRi !
Arbhutha thiruvai maarbil aNaittha pErazhagA pORRi !
vaRpuRu piNi theerthu yennai mahizhvittha VaradhA pORRI !
Sri Kanakavalli SamEtha Sri VeerarAghava ParabrahmaNE nama:
Daasan
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
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