Dear BhakthAs :
Dr.SrIman SatakOpa Tatacharyar Swamy has
written a wonderful article on the anushtAna KuLa
Uthsavam ,
a grand annual celebration where Lord VaradarAja is
united
with both AchArya RaamAnujA and Swamy Desikan
at
ThUppul Swamy Desikan Sannidhi.
The digital images from this uthsavam has been
posted
in the photos section of a sister list by SrIman
Diwakaran .
I will send you all the beautiful pictures of
Swamy Desikan
and Lord VartadarAjan in the attire of the
hunter , who
rescued AchArya RaamAnuja from the Vindhya
Mountains
for blessing our ancient SampradhAyam to grow under
AchArya RaamAnujA .
V.Sadagopan
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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. Yahoo! Groups Links
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