SrI:
Dear BhakthAs
:
Sri Narayana
Theertha was orn in 1675 at Guntur , AP
and attained
the Lord's sacred feet at Thrippoonthurutthi ,
a
village tat is 13 KM away from Tanjore .
Sri Narayana
Theertha is considered as the South Indian JayadEva
.
He is known
for his Maadhurya Bhakthi for KrishNa , which found
its
outlet as
waves of KrishNaanubhavam as enshrined in the Tenth
Canto
of Srimath
Bhaagavatham .
Sri Narayana
Theertha's samarpaNam is known as Sri KrishNa
Leelaa
TarangiNi
with 12 TarangAs with 147 KeerthanAs , 267 slOkaas , 30 Gadhyaas
,
and 30 derus
. The composer used 36 RaagAs including Aahiri , Manjari , DhvijAvanthi
,
Karnataka
SaarangA , Gowri , MaaLavi et al .
All of his
compositions are in Sanskrit . These keerthanAs were composed in front
of Lord
Venkatesa Sannidhi . HanumAr is said to have the time beat to Sri
Narayana
Theertthar's
compositions . When the TaaLam stopped , it was an indication
of
the Lord not
accepting that particular Keerthanam . That song was not
included
in the list
of Keerthanams . There was a curtain in front of Lord
VenakatEsA's
sannidhi .
Sri NaarAyaNa Theertha sat in front of that curtain and
offered
His
SamarpaNam for the Lord to give the message of acceptance
.
In February
of each year , there is a three day musical
event
to reenact
Sri KrishNa LeelA TarangiNi in the Bhaagavatha
MeLa
Style . Many
muscians take part and keep the Memory of
Sri KrishNa
Tarangini alive for future generations ,
The image of
the powerful VenkatEsa at Varahur can be accessed at
:
One
interesting incident that led to the arrival of Sri NarayaNa Yathi
to
Varahur is
connected with the stomach ache that he experienced on his
trip
to Tanjore .
He suffered and slept at a temple near Varahur . In his dream
,
the Lord
appeared and asked him to follow the first moving thing , which
he
meets next
morning . It happened that Sri Narayana Theerthar met a
white
boar , which
ran in front of him to follow .As the Boar arrived at the
Temple
of Lord
Venkatesa at VarahUr , it disappeared . The Yathi recognized the
play
of the divine
hand and settled down at the village of VarahUr and entered
into
Jeeva
SamAdhi under a Mango tree at Thirupponthurtthi village
.
You can
access the individual songs of Sri KrishNa LeelA
TarangiNi
as sung by
great Carnatic Musicians . A Google search will connect
you
to these
Keetthanams .
NamO SrI
VenkatEsAya ,
V.Sadagopan
Here?s the link for
the picture:
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