Dear Srimathy Anuradha
:
Many Thanks for your Mail announcing
the plans for Mahaa SamprOkshaNam
at PerugavAzhundhAn SrI GrAmam
.
Your announcement has a lot of
personal
significance to me and I hope the Members
do
not mind my nostalgic reflections
about PerugavAzhundhAn . The Members
can
also get a feeling for my roots in the
Cauvery
Delta known for its 40 dhivya dEsams
,
Veda Samrudhdi , dhivya
Prabhandham
scholars and
NaadhOpAsana .
My maternal grandfather hails from this
village
of PerugavAzhundhAn which had a rich
assembly of
Vedic Scholars ,
who routinely took part in
BrahmOtsavams at
Raaja MannArgudi , Oppiliappan
Sannidhi ,
PuLLambhthangudi and other nearby dhivya
dEsams
and abhimAna kshEtrams .
It was at the PuLLambhUthangudi
BrahmOtsavam ,
my paternal and maternal grandfathers met
and
decided to become sambhandhis . My Mother
grew up in PerugavAzhundhAn and was married
to my Father from Poundarikapuram
village known
again for great Vedic Scholars . My
grandfather
on the paternal side was a respected
Bruhaspati
with expertise in
Yajus and Saama Vedhams .
My Mother was 12 at the time of her
marriage
and gave birth to my elder sister and
myself
at the ages of 16 and 18 respectively . She
was
a great Jn~Ani and attained AchAryan
Thiruvadi
at the age of 39 . All my involvement with
sampradhAyam
and deep affection for AzhwAr
aruLiccheyalkaL arise
from Her deep devotion to our illustrious
ubhaya
VedAntham heritage .
After the arrival of the grandchildren , my
maternal
grandfather moved to Oppilaippan Koil from
PerugavAzhundhAn
to be near their grandchildren and I grew
up in
the warmth of the secure affection of my
maternal
grandparents .
Land in and around
PerugavAzhundhAn was
brougtt by SrI matam during HH Srimad
DeavanArviLAgam
Azhagiya Singar's time and my neighbor's
daughter
from the Oppiliappan Koil SrI SourirAja
Bhattar Family was married
to the archakar at PerugavAzhundhAn Koil.
On this basis ,
I assume that the AarAdhanam at
PerugavAzhundhAn
follows the VaikhAnasa Aagamam
.
I am very pleased to know about the plans
for MahA SamprokshaNam
at PerugavAzhundhAn , whose very name
suggests Perugha
VaazhundhAn ( the people of the village
lived with grand
material and spiritual achievements) . I
never was blessed to
visit my ancestral village of
PerugavAzhundhAn until now
inspite of my many travels around the world
. This is a lapse
which I hope to correct during my
next trip home .
As you can see, PerugavAzhundhAn obviously
means a lot to me .
Please send us pictures of the village
today
and the celebration of SamprOkshaNam there
.
with Jaanaki KAntha SmaraNam and
PraNAmams
to Srimad Azhagiya Singar's ThiruvadikaL
,
Daasan , Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
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