SrI:
Dear SrI Ranganatha BhakthAs :
The First BrahmOthsavam for Lord Ranganatha will be
concluded
tomorrow on a grand scale . Please plan to attend
the Vaidhika and
Cultural events and recieve BahagavAn's PrasAdham
on the final day
(Sunday , July 8) .
The detailed program events are at :
For Sunday , July 8 , the key events after the
daily
Morning Aradhanam are :
10 AM: Kalasa UdhvAsanam , MahA PoorNAhUthi ,
TheerthavAri , Bali
HaraNam and Haratthi .
Flute concert by Mrs. Bhavani Rao : 2-5
PM
5 PM: Dhvaja avarOhaNam , Pushpa Yaagam ,
DevathA Visarjanam , DhvadasArAdhanam and
SapthAvaraNam .
7 PM : SapthAvaraNam Dance
9 PM (?) : SayanOthsavam , Mooka Bali
,
Uthsava SamApthi
Let us touch upon SapthAvaraNam and
DevathA Visarjanam et al today .
SapthaavaraNam /VidAyERRi on
the last day of the Uthsavam
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Saptha is seven and AavaraNam
means enclosure or that which
conceals or protects . In
RaamAyaNam , the AavaraNam for
the Women is Seela guNam(
Seelam AavaraNam sthriyA: ) .
AavaraNam according to
PaancharAthra Saasthram is MathiL
or a surrounding wall .
In the ideal temple like that of Lord
Ranganatha , the temple has
SEVEN Walls ( Saptha AavaraNam ) .
Sri Ranganathan under
PraNavAkAra VimAnam is Sri Vaikunta
Naathan as suggested by the
Para VaasudEvan in His VimAnam .
He is at BhUlOka
Vaikuntam on the auspicious stage(Sri Rangam) .
During BrahmOthsavams , He
comes out of His seven AavaraNams
and enjoys BrhmOtsavam at
chitthirai Vedhi and elsewhere . At the end
of the BrhamOthsavam , He
returns to His AasthAnam after crossing
His Saptha AavaraNangaL .
SapthAvaraNam day is
for the last day of BrahmOthsavam
performed
according to the
PaancharAthra Aagamam . VidAyERRi is the more
general name for the last day
of BrahmOthsavam at the temples
following VaikAnasam
.
The SapthAvaraNam protocols
are different at different dhivya dEsams .
Srirangam known as
" maruviya Periya Koil mathiL Thiruvarangam "
has seven ramparts/tall
walls and the Lord resides at the center of
these seven AavaraNams (
Saptha PrAkAra madhye--) . On SapthAvaraNam
day, Lord Ranganathan leaves
the Mirror Room ( KaNNADi aRai) at 6.30 AM
and arrives at the Santhana
Mantapam at 7 AM to enjoy His Thirumanjanam
and alankAram . The puRappAdu
( procession) thru Chitthira Veedhi starts .
In one of His SapthAvaraNam ,
Lord RanganAtha commanded thru HIs
archakAs ( archaka Mukham)
that the playing of all MangaLa Vaadhyams
be stopped so that He can
hear Dhivya Prabhandham . He returns to His
AasthAnam after crossing His
seven AavaraNams and rests on AadhisEshan .
One is tempted to project the
view that the Jeevan croses seven AavaraNams
( walls concealing the vision
of the Lord ) and reaches the Sannidhi of the Lord
to perform Nithya Kaimkaryam
and enjoy ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham there as
Muktha Jeevan .
At ThiruvallikkENi , there are seven sannidhis (
ParthasArathy , Andal ,
Ranganathar , Vedavalli m Raamar , VaradharAjar
and Narasimhar
( TeLLiya Singam) . SapthAvaraNam day is the only
day at ThiruvallikkENi ,
when all the seven sannidhi Moorthys are at a
single Mantapam together .
All of Them enjoy Thriumanjanam and alankAram
followed by ThiruvAimozhi
ViNNappam by GhOshti , DhvAdas AarAdhanam concludes
with a sonorous
SaaRRumuRai . Theertham and SaThAri follow and
conclude the Uthsavam .
In other dhivya dEsams , SapthAvaraNa SaaRRumuRai
is followed by
Procession in Pushpa PallAkku in place of Pushpa
Yaagam . The sequences
differ from dhivya dEsam to dhivya dEsam . the
sequence at Sri Ranganatha
Temple , Pomona , NY is : dhvaja avarOhaNam-->
Pushpa Yaagam--> DevathA
Visarjanam--> DhvAdasa AarAdhanam
-->SapthAvaraNam ---> SayanOthsavam-->
Mooka Bali and Uthsava SamApthi for this year's
BrahmOthsavam .
DevathA
Visarjanam
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You might recall the
elaborate invitations at the time of BhEri TaaDanam
on the first day . They are
bid farewell on the last day after dhvaja avarOhaNam.
We will cover
DhvAdasAradhanam and Pushpa Yaagam and other rituals
that take place before dhvaja
avarOhaNam ( Lowering of the flag with
Garuda Image hoisted during
the first day).
The farewell to all invited (
DevAs, Rishis , chEtanams , achEtanms ,
BhakthAls , BhagavathALs m
sthala Janams) is an elaborate one .
A summary of all the ten days
events of BrahmOthsavam is elaborately
recalled for the benefit of
all assembled before they return to their
homes and resume their duties
. Let us have a sample starting from
the summary for the tenth day
and concluding with the farewell :
On the evening of the tenth
day , Oh Lord Ranganaatha , Devareer
enjoyed Pushpa Yaagam in the
evening . at night , DEvarer accompanied by
Your Ubhaya NaacchiyAr
ascended Pushpa PallAkku ( Pushpaka vimAnam)
and adorned the Thiruveethis
.
After that , Deavareer
witnessed the DhvahjAvarOhaNam . The assemblies of
the DevathAs , BhakthAs
, BhagavathAs are now ready to return to their
respective homes . Thou
should blesss them and bid farewell .
The farewell protocol
follows in as lightly changed order in which
they were invited on
the First day
.
The Visarjanam for BrahmA
Indhran , Sankaran et al goes this way :
PithAmaha-Sathakrathu-JwalanakAlaraksha:
prasUjalAdhipa-
sabheeraNadhraviNa NaaTa
GangAdhara -- Visarjanam
The weapons/AabharaNams from
Sudarsanar to Saarngam are
bid farewell
next :
Ajn~Ana karSana SudarSana
Paanchajanya KoumEdhaki
praTitha-Nandhaka
SaarngamukhyA: , DevOthsavam
kalayithum dharaNeem upEthA:
BhUya: prayAtha
bhuvanam bhuvanAni
VandhyA:
The farewell is given next to
Vaikunta Vaasis ( Nithya Sooris
and Muktha Jeevans) , Kumudha
and other dhvAra PaalakAs
of Sri Vaikuntam, Rudhran ,
svargas lOka Vaasis , the 14 Vidhyais,
BhakthALs/BhAgavathALs and
dhivya dEsa KshEthra Vaasis .
It is a moving experience to
listen to these farewells
to the accompaniment of BhEri
TaaDanam . After the farewells ,
Dhvaja PaDam is brought down
in front of PerumAL near dhvaja
sthambham after performing
AarAdhanam for him . The picture of
Garudan in the Flag is known
as one of the Ashta MangaLams .
The other seven images
of the Ashta MangaLam group are :
Sri Vathsam mole , PoorNa
Kumbham , BhERi , Mirror,
Two fishes facing each other,
Valampuri Sankhu and Chakram .
DhvadasArAdhanam & Pushpa
Yaagam
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This is a special AarAdhanam
for PerumAL . DhvadasAkshara Mantram
is one of the three mantrams
that are important for BhagavadhArAdhanam.
DhvAdasAkshara Mantram has
TWELVE Aksharams . Each aksharam is
considered as PradhANa
Mantram , PraNavam is added ; arghyam ,
Paadhyam ,
Achamanam ,
Vasthram , ThiruvAbahraNam , Gandham ,
Pushpam ,
Dheepam ,
NivEdhanam have to be presented to each of
the 12 aksharams. Finally for
all the six angams of Aaradhanam ,
Srivatsa , Kousthubha ,
Kireeda , Vanamaala , Sankha , Chakra ,
GadhA ,
Padhmams , Mudhra is shown with the particular mantram
.
PushpAnjali is doen for each
with the mantram ," Phalam Bhavathu
mE Pushpai: nama: "
individually . PushpAnjali is done for Uthsavar ,
SrI DEvi , BhU Devi wit
Purusha Sooktha , Sri Sooktha , BhU Sooktha
mantrams . Next abhishEkam is
done for the Moorthys with multicolored
Pushpams
.
Subhamasthu
,
SrI RanganAthO Jayathi
,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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