Sri:
GodhAm udhArAm
sthuma: ( Let us eulogize the Generous GodhA )
Sri Nrusimha SamArambhAm VaNN
SaThAri SumadhyamAm
Sri NaaraYaNa SaThakOpAnthAm
Guru pankthim aham bhajE
Dear
BhakthAs of GodhA PirAtti :
The arrangements
for the SamarpaNam of Mutthangi for
our Supreme Mother , ANDAL on
Her avathAra dinam at
Srivilliputthur is making
progress .
The Mutthangi expert Sri
KrishNAji , 85 year young traditonalist
who has been involved with
the creation of Mutthangis for
ThiruvEngadamudayAn , Sri
RanganAthan of Srirangam ,
Oppiliappan Koil Moolavar ( 9
feet plus tall ) is on his way to
SrivilliputthUr this weekend
to take the measurements for
the new Angi for ANDAL .
Inview of the shortness in time
for completing all the three
Muthangis ( For RangamannAr and
PeriyAzhwAr (GarudAmsar)
on the Same Peetam ), preference
had to be given to
the completion of
ANDAL's Mutthangi ,
the intricate sewing of
the pearls on the
velvet attached to
the body-fitted copper
plate below will
take more than a month .
This type of stitching
is tough on
the eye of the stitching expert .
Taiwanese Culture pearls
have been chosen
over Majorca culture
pearls for this Mutthangi
.
It will be a busy day at
Srivilliputthur on Aadippoora dinam ( August 8, 2005) .
Morning , there will be a
chariot Uthsavam for ANDAL :
During that evening , the
plans are to have
the SamarpaNam of
the New Mutthangi and the
Dance-Drama based
on NaachiyAr
Thirumozhi is planned .
An Appeal to
AasthikAs
******************************
It is not every day , we get
a chance to present to BhagavAn's
Devi , Sri Andal , the author
of the gems known as ThiruppAvai and
NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi , a new
aabhAraNam like the MutthAngi ,
especially on the most sacred
day of Her birth in the Flower( TuLasi)
garden of PeriyAzhwAr at
Srivilliputthur .
Please join this Bhaktha
ghOshti to prostrate before ANDAL on
this sacred day and support
the Kaimkaryam with whatever funds
you can make available ( $50,
$100, $250 ) . Since the program was
announced on June 18 ,
adiyen has received pledges for $1000 .
It is all ANDAL's blessings
that BhakthAs are responding so quickly .
We have a little more way to
go to assemble all the funds needed .
Additional $1,500 would be
needed to cover all the expenses for
the SamarpaNam and the two
cultural events to be scheduled on
August 8 at Srivilliputthur .
adiyEn looks forward to your support to
complete
this
Kaimkaryam . Please contact me .Thanks in advance .
Mutthangi & Some
Reflections on Mutthu ( Pearls) used in the Angi
*************************************************************************************
Jaathi ( Quality ) Mutthu or
precious Peral is dazzlingly white .
Poets are fond of comparing
it to the cool rays of Chandran ,
who arose from the Milky
Ocean as the brother of MahA Lakshmi
( Chandra SahOdhari) to the
coolness and the brightness of the pearls .
The whilteness of the pearls
are also compared to Mullai pushpam
and also to the radiant
while light emanating from the toe nails of
Lord RanganAthan .
One of the Five Archaa
Moorthys at Oppiliappan Sanndhi has been
saluted by Swamy NammAzhwAr
as "Mutthappan " . AzhwAr implies
that the Lord at Oppiliappan
( the PanchAvathAran) is cool like the rays
emanating from His pearl
like , Suddha Satthva Maya ThirumEni to
quench the insufferable heat
of SamsAram .Swamy NammAzhwAr
states that " The Lord, who
has no equal ( TannoppArillappan) ,
gave me the shelter of His
Thiruvadi , COOL , SOOTHENING against
the SWELTERING HEAT AND EVEN
MORE TO THE TORMENTING
WORLD LIFE HERE "
.
Swamy Desikan devotes
50 slOkams in praise of the pearls adorning
the Paadhukai of Lord
RanganAtha . Swamy Desikan sees the beautiful
white pearls on the
Paadhukais along with the Padhma Raagam , Maragatham ,
Indhraneelam gems
. Through 50 slOkams , Swamy Desikan brought out
the sookshma TatthvArthams
behind the pearls ( Mutthu ) . The meanings
and commentaries on Mukthaa
Paddhathi ( 18th Chapter) of Sri RanganAtha
PaadhukA Sahasram has been
covered earlier :
adiyEn
will take up the significance of the whilte stream
of
rays emanating from the Mutthangi
as revealed to us
by Swamy Desikan's dhivya Vaak in Sri
RanganAtha
PaadhukA Sahasram in the subsequent
postings realted to
this Mutthangi Kaimkaryam
.
Meanwhile , adiyEn will share with you the
images of
ANDAL , RangamannAr , the Big Chariot (
thEr at Srivilliputthur) ,
ANDAL's Temple and the view of
ThirumAlirumchOlai dear to
Her and Her dear Father , PeriyAzhwAr
.
ANDAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
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