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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Dear Dr.Sadagopan Swamy,
It was my pleasure to share about such a wonderful uthsavam and it 
is a must for every sri vaishnavan to know about this day. Thank you 
for comments about the post.

Padma Sowrirajan


--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dr. Sadagopan" <yennappan@...> 
wrote:
>
> SrI:
> 
> Dear Srimathy Padma Sowrirajan :
> 
> Thanks very much for a delightful
> and timely posting .
> V.Sadagopan 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "padmasowriraja" <padma.sowrirajan@...>
> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:54 AM
> Subject: [Oppiliappan] AnushtAna Kula Uthsavam
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
> > 
> > Dear Bhagavatha's
> > 
> > A yet another new beginning. The last day of 2007 will be the 
most
> > memorable day for some of us. We had the pleasure of ending 2007 
> > with the  blessings of  Kanchi Varadar and our two AchAryar's, 
> > EmperumAnAr and Swami  Desikan. I am making a humble attempt 
here to 
> > share my experience with all. 
> > 
> > Around 50 of us along with Dr.U.Ve.M.V. Anantha 
Padmanabhachariar 
> > swamy(Nrisimha Priya) went to Kanchipuram for *AnushtAna kulam 
> > Uthsavam. We started at around 10 am from chennai. On travel, we 
had 
> > the privilege of having a quiz by Parthasarathy mama. It was a 
very 
> > interesting experience to answer in person directly to him than 
> > answering his online quiz, as we cannot do any search or refer 
any 
> > books then. And  Anantha padmanabhachar Swamy also joined us in 
the 
> > event. It was a great opportunity to learn many sampradAya 
vishyam 
> > from them. By the time we ended the quiz we reached Kanchi at 
about 
> > 12. Though we could not reach there on time for thirumanjanam, 
which 
> > took place in sAla kinar mandapam, we had the pleasure of 
walking 
> > along with Emperuman and Emperumanar from sAla kinar to Thoopul 
> > Swami Desikan sannidhi.
> > 
> > It was a wonderful sight in Thoopul with Perumal in the centre 
and 
> > our two acharyas on either side of Him. There were many special 
> > neivEdhyams for the threesome. After the neivEdhyam, 
BhashyaKArar 
> > and swami Desikan were honoured by  parivattam and garland and 
> > srisatAri of Emperuman. Here we learnt an interesting vishayam 
from 
> > Anantha Padmanabhachar swamy. BhashyaKArar was honoured with 
> > SrisatAri with three mudras, whereas Swami Desikan was honoured  
> > with 5 mudras. 
> > 
> > After parivattam and mAlai mariyAdhai, there was gOshti  
viniyogam. 
> > Then, Perumal along with Emperumanar started to His temple and 
> > Swami  Desikan went out to send off his Acharyan and Perumal.
> > 
> >>From there they both went on procession to BhashyaKArar's 
> > thirumAligai. The Adhyayana Goshti joined Perumal  from 
Thirukacchi 
> > Nambigal's sannidhi. They reached BhashyaKArar's  thirumAligai 
and 
> > here too a special neivEedhyam was done for Lord Varadar and  
> > Bhashyagarar. After goshti viniyogam, they started for the 
temple. 
> > By the  time they reached the temple, we all went to Perundevi 
> > thayar's and  ChakrathAzhwar's sannidhi. A while later Perumal 
> > reached the temple and in Andal  sannidhi we had a scintillating 
> > vision of mAlai mAththal(exchange of garland) between Andal and  
> > Perumal. It was time for Perumal and BhashyaKArar to part with 
each 
> > other. Near Perumal sannidhi, BhashyaKArar was honoured with 
> > parivattam, mAlai mariyadai and srisatAri. Perumal, after giving 
> > piriyA vidai for his beloved  Ramanuja, went to his sannidhi and 
> > Swamy Ramanujar too having spent the whole  day with Perumal 
left to 
> > his sannidhi. In Swamy Ramanujar's  sannidhi, he  was in the 
centre 
> > with Azhwars on one side and Acharyas on other side. It was a 
treat 
> > to our eyes. Swamy Ramanujar mulavar gives us his blessings with 
his 
> > gyana mudhra, whereas in other temples he is usually seen with 
> > anjali mudra. Swamy Anantha padmanabhachar in his Ramanuja 
pAavai 
> > upanyasam gave us an interesting explanation about Swamy 
Ramanujar's 
> > gyana mudra. The gyana mudra he poses is such that he plucks the 
> > darkness and sins from our hearts. Everyone, if you get a 
chance, 
> > should visit Swamy's Sannidhi to have the blessing of all the 
> > Azhwars and acharyas together. We all with heavy hearts, gave 
piriyA 
> > vidai to them and started to chennai. 
> > 
> > Also I would like to share a write up by Anantha Padmanabhachar 
> > Swamy out of his imagination, few years back about the 
anushtAnakula 
> > utsavam. It's about the conversation between Lord Varadar, Swamy 
> > Ramanuja and Swamy Desikan and is given the title Simhangalin 
> > Sallabham.Don't miss it. please read it from the file section of 
the 
> > groups, i have included a file "simhangalin sallabham.pdf".
> > He has also rendered an upanyasam on Sri Ramanuja vaibhavam, 
which 
> > is available as MP3 CD. For the cd's, please contact 
> > 
> > Saran Darshan 
> > "Sri Ahobilam"
> > 16,Devanathan Colony, West Mambalam, Chennai 600033
> > Cell : 0-9381037792, 0-9384037724, 0-9444971557
> > 
> > 
> > * Anushtanakula Utsavam, every year is celebrated on the day 
next to
> > eyarba sAthumurai day. This uthsavam represents a very important 
day 
> > in Swami Ramanujar's life. Swami Ramanujar in his pOvAshrama was 
> > under the tutelage of his Acharyan Yadavaprakasar. YP was 
jealous of 
> > Swamy's profound knowledge and decided to kill Swamy. Hence he 
took 
> > few of his sishyas along with Ramanujar for a pilgrimage tour to 
> > North India. Swamy's brother Govindha Bhattar, who came to know 
> > about their guru's plan, informed Swamy about it and told him to 
> > leave their group immediately. Ramanuja, who was at his young 
age, 
> > didn't know how to go or where to go. He started to walk for a 
while 
> > and since it was dark he was scared. He called out but only his 
echo 
> > answered him. Suddenly a while later a couple appeared before 
him 
> > and asked him why he was alone in the forest. He told them that 
he 
> > was lost and couldn't find his way back  to his village, but 
never 
> > told them about what actually happened. The hunting couples took 
> > swamy and the threesome walked through the forest. When  dawn 
broke, 
> > the lady hunter was tired and asked Ramanuja to bring her some  
> > water. He had a small vessel with him for performing 
anushtAnams, he 
> > took  it and found a small well nearby. He brought water for her 
but 
> > found them missing. He called for them, but they did not come 
back. 
> > Ramanuja was  upset and resumed his journey to find out where he 
has 
> > come. When the sun rose brightly, he could see the temple 
vimanam 
> > and learnt that that was his own village, Kanchipuram. 
> > When swamy wanted to do kainkaryam for perumal and piratti, he 
asked 
> > Thirukacchi Nambigal to ask them(perumal and piratti) for a 
> > kainkaryam. It was then Piratti asked Ramanujar to bring water 
from 
> > salai kinaru everyday for her. On hearing this kainkaryam 
Ramanuja 
> > realised that the hunter couples were none other than Perumal 
and 
> > Piratti and he was overcome with emotion to learn  Lord's 
souseelyam 
> > and soulabhyam, to have come for his rescue. So, anushtAnakula 
> > uthsavam is the day when Swamy Ramanuja escaped the jaws of 
death 
> > which was set by  Yadhavaprakasar and was rescued by the veduva 
> > thampathi(Lord Varadar and Piratti). 
> > So, on this occasion, let us pray the Divya Thampathis to rescue 
us 
> > from the clutches of samsAra and mAyA. 
> > 
> > Adiyen,
> > Padma Sowrirajan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > 
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> > 
> >
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