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SrI:
 
Dear Raama BhakthAs :
 
The dhivya soundharyam of Sri Kothandha Raaman ,
SithA PirAtti and LakshmaNa Swamy at VaduvUr
is unforgettable . VaduvUr is 25 miles from Tanjore
in ThiruvArur district .
 
You may wish to browse the following URL to have
the darsanam of Sri SithA LakshmaNa  SamEtha
Sri Kodhandha Raaman with an ardha chandra BhANam
on His right hand :
 
http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/464230313
 
http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35122156
 
and other images relating to VaduvUr Temple .
You will have the bhAgyam of seeing here, Prakrutham
Srimath Azhagiya Singar's MangaLAsAsanam
at this abhimAna Sthalam . 
 
VaduvUr is known for hte Veda PaatasAlaa run by
Sri GhanapAdi DesikAchAr Swamy on behalf of
HH Srimath Srirangam Andavan . Veda GhOsham
is always heard here .
 
adiyEn would like to invite Your attention to contributing
a Total of $1,000 for the construction of the special
Yaaga Saalai for use in the MahA SamprOkshaNam
and for future use in PavithrOthsam , Sitaa KalyANam
and all Vaidheeka Ceremonies at this famous Temple .
 
Please contact me if you wish to contribute to
create the Special Yaaga Saala from Aaasthika
Raama BhakthAs from India and overseas  .
 
V.Sadagopan
Moderator , Raama Bhakthi List
 
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Some Reflections of KodhaNdha Raaman at VaduvUr
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Sri ThyAgabrahmam's Karahara Priyaa Krithi ,
Sri Raama KodhaNda Raama comes to my mind
when I think of VaduvUr Temple :
 
The moving prayer of Thyaga Brahmam Takes on
the form of a Krithi with 6 CharaNams :
 
Pallavi :
 
Raama KodhaNdha Raama Paahi ,
Raama Pattabhiraama
 
Oh Lord with the powerful Kodhandam in
Your hand for Bhaktha SamrakshaNam and
Dushta Nigraham  , please bless me and
protect me !
 
Anupallavi:
 
yee-mahini BhommalAdda juchi
kammagAnu oka maaDa lEdhA ?
 
While You are enjoying this puppet play
in this world of samsAris , wont You speak
one sweet word to me ?
 
The Six CharaNams continue in a spirit of
Dhainyam  . The gist of the charaNams are :
 
Why this indifference to show me Your
youthful and beautiful face ? Why do You
look away from me ? I am longing for Your
darsanam and pine for You and yet You
who knows my desperate condition would not
come to me quickly. My adoration of You as my
Lord has no let up and I do not know which ignorant
folk has cursed me not to have Your grace .It is
also possible that You do not consider me
worthy of being embraced by You tightly to
Your chest and hold me by Your sacred hand .
I have devoted my entire life to Your kaimkaryams
and have stayed away from the termptations of
this world and my mind is totally filled with
Mahaa ViswAsam for You as my protector .
Oh KodhaNda Raama! Please come to my rakshaNam !
 
Saint ThyagarAja was 25 miles away at VaduvUr
singing about the Vaibhavam of the Lord at
ThiruvayyARu on the banks of Cauvery .
In hundreds of Raaga Satha MaalikAs ,  
the Raama BhakthA  poured out his heart-felt
feelings about Lord  Raamachandra in many moods
as he went about his daily AarAdhanams and Unchivruthti
Bhajans. Here are soem excerpts :
 
1. Nidhi chAla sukhama ? Raamuni sannidhi sEva sukhamaa?
nijamukha Bhalku manasaa  ( Raagam KalyANi , where he asks
his mind to tell the truth about which gives grater happines --
the possession of material wealth or kaimkaryam to Raamachandra).
 
 2. DahrmAthmaka ! dhana dhAnya dhaivamu neevai yunDaka
( Ranjani Raagam , where he declared without any doubt that
Lord Ramachandra is his material wealth and his sole God ) .
 
3. Saint Thyagaraaja will be overcome by the great beauty of
the Lord and will be raptourously involved in enjoying that bliss
in BindhumAlini Raagam ( yenthamuddhO ! yentha sogasO?
yevarivalla varNimpa tagunE? What a beauty and what a sweet
charm ? Who can adequately describe the Lord 's soundaryam
and souseelyam ?) .
 
4. He will have nirvEdham over the fleeting time at other times
and would beg his mind to engage itself in Raama AarAdhanam:
ThOdi Raagam : prOddhu pOyyEnu , Sri Raamuni BhUni
bhajimpavE manasaa ! ( Time is fleeting by . The hour glass
is being emptied rapidly . Oh my dear mind ! hurry and engage in
earnest to worship Raama ) .
 
5. As he sung Raamaa to sleep at the end of a day's worship ,
the Saint will sing in the soothing NilAmbhari Raagam ,
" yennaga manasuku raani PannagasAyi sogasu pannuga
ganugOnani kannulElE kaNDiminnalElE ?" ( What is the use of
our eyes and their lustre , if they are not blessed to feast on
the soundaryam of the Lord resting on AdhisEsha in a manner
beyond the comprehension of our minds ?) .
 
6. He will fret over the wayward habits of samsaaris in Raaga
NaaTanAma Kriya and seek the Lord's blessings to show the way
for redemption : " KaruNAjaladhE ! DhAsaraTE ! kamaneeyAnana
SuguNanidhE ! manasAraga poojinthurE ninu maDi maadiki
yOjinthurE " ( Oh Ocean of Mercy ! Oh Lord with the most beautiful
face ! the abode all kalyANa GuNAs ! will the people worship You
to their heart's content and meditate on Your Vaibhavam frequently ?
What a pity that they lead such empty lives bereft of You? ) .
 
7. In Raagaa Naagaanandhini , the Saint will protest against
the machination of the Kali Yugam and what it does to people :
" No doubt this is the first part of Kali Yugam . Should people on
account of that pay neither respect to their parents and AchAryan
and indulge in different kinds of misdeeds ? ".
 
8.In PantuvarALi , he will celebrate the boon of Raama Bhakthi
and recognize its matchless greatness : " appa! Raama Bhakthi yenthO
gOpparaa ?".
 
9. In Kannada Raagam , the Saint would declare "idhE bhAgyamu gaaka -
yEmi unnadhirA? Raama !" ( This alone is the real bliss to be coveted --
incessant worship of Your lotus feet with the whole heart . What is loftier
than that ? ).
 
10. In Raagam SupOshiNi , the saint will declare : Oh RaghUtthama ! 
who else in this world that can transport one to transcendental joy 
but You ?: " RaminchuvArEvaruraa? RaghUtthamaa ! ninu vinaa )."
 
11. In Sri Raagam , the Saint from ThiruvayyARu will point out
that human existence becomes blessed only if one worships the sacred
feet of Raamachandran with the flowers of His names ( Naama
kusumamulachE pUjinji nara janmamE janmamu !).
 
12. In Janaranjani Raagam , Thyagabrahmam will reveal the greatness
of performing Raama Naama Japam and the sukham that results from it
( smaraNE sukhamu Raama Naama naruDai BhuDDi nandhuku --naama) .
 
As the divine Raama BhakthA was engaged in singing about the Vaibhavam of
KodhaNda Raaman and expressing his longing to have the Lord's darsanam ,
His archaa Moorthy at VaduvUr was listening ; He could  not wait
any more at His sannidhi . He walked with His DEvi and LakshmaNa
Swamy to ThiruvayyARu  and blessed the Saint with His darsanam
at his residence in the Thriumanjana Veethi of ThiruvayyARu .
The saint was raprurous and sang his famous krithi : alakalalla .
 
If the Archaa Moorthy at VaduvUr would not present Himself at
our houses , the best for us to do is to travel to His sannidhi
at VaduvUr and feast our eyes on His dhivya MangaLa vigraham
there .
 
Please participate in the construction of the Yaaga Saalai , attend
the SamprokshaNam on Jan 31 , listen to the Veda PaarAyaNam
and enjoy the TadhiyArAdhanam from Jan 27-31 , 2007.
 
Please contact me for help in forwarding your samarpaNams
on this grand ocasion of Mahaa SamprOkshaNam for
Sithaa SamEtha Kodhandha Raaman at VaduvUr .
 
NamO NamO RaaghavAya anisam ,
Raama Dhaasan , V.Sadagopan      
           
 
 
 
   
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