SrI:
Dear Sri Rajagopalan ,
Thanks very much for inviting the attention
of devotees to the difficult situation at ThiruppErnagar dhivya desam . It
is sad to hear about the struggle of the Archakar Swamin at ThiruppErnagar to
provide even daily naivEdhyam for PerumAL .
Dear AasthikAs and Dhivya Desa
AbhimAnis:
Please read the note from Sriman Rajagopalan
at the end first and continue w thereafter with
the rest of my Mail.Thanks.
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Two years ago , I visited this dhivya dEsam on the
southern bank of Cauvery river .PerumAL is AppakkudatthAn , who
is blessing us from Bhujanga Sayana ThirukkOlam . He has a pot of Appam (
Fried specialty from rice flour and Jaggery) .Appam is His special food .
Appams are of many kinds : Neyyappam ,
VeLLayappam , Sojjiappam , Paalappam .The
NaivEdhyam is probably Neyyappam , which is made with fermented rice flour ,
Jaggery and ghee . This is a snack dear to KaNNan
and prepared on GokulAshtami days.
At this dhivya dEsam equidistant from
BhUtalUr and Laalgudi , PerumAL blesses with His serene sevai with
Kamalavalli ThAyAr ,while resting under Indhra VimAnam and holding under
His right hand a pot of appams and earning the name of AppakkudatthAn .
Four AzhwArs ( PeriyAzhwar, Thirumazhisai,
Thirumangai and Swamy NammAzhwAr) have performed their MangaLaasAsanams at
this dhivya dEsam with 33 Paasurams :
1) PeriyAzhwAr : 2.6.1:
( kOl koNDu vaa Paasurams):
" Kongum Kudanthayum KottiyUrum PErum
Yengum tirinthu viLayAdum yenn
mahan
Sankam paidikkum Tadakkakikkut-takka ,
nall
angamudayathOr kOll koNDu vaa
arakku VazhitthathOr
kOll koDu vaa
" PEr" here stands for ThiruppEr Nagar dhivya dEsam
.
PeriyAzhwAr :2.9.4: Baala
Kreedai Paasuram: KaNNa PirAn KaRRa Kalvi
KONdalvaNNA ! ingE pOtarAyE ! KoyiR-PiLLAy
ingE pOtarAyE !
TeNDirai Soozh ThiruppEr Kidantha ThirunAraNA ingE
pOtarAyE !
UnduvantEnammaenRu solliyOdi aham puha Aaycchi
taanum
kaNDetirE senRedutthukkoLLak-KaNNapirAn KaRRa Kalvi
taanE
2)Thirumazhisai
AzhwAr:Naanmuhan ThiruvandhAti: 36th Paasuram
NaahatthaNaik-Kudanthai Vehhaa
ThiruvevvuLL
NaahattaNaiyarangam PEr-anbil
naahataNaip-pArrkkadal kidakkumAdhi
nedumAL
aNaippAr KarutthanAvan
3) Thirumangai AzhwAr
MangaLAsAsanams:
After MangaLAsAsanam of Sri Ranganathan at
Srirangam , Kaliyan arrives at ThiruppEr Nagar and enjoys the Lord's anugraha
sakti . AzhwAr celebrates the anugrahams that he recieved from the
soulabhyam and Dayaa of AppakkudatthAn of ThiruppEr Nagar
:
" YengaL Maal IRaivan nAmamEtthi naan
UyntavARE " , Vaanavar Talaivan Naamam Vaazhtthi naann uyntavARE ,
Chakakrac-chelvan ThenthiruppErt-Talaivan taaLadainthu uythEnE". Thirumangai
sees and enjoys the Lord as KaNNan :
" VeNNaithAnamuthu seyya
vekuNDu-mattAycchiyOcchi
KaNNiyAr KuRnkayiRRAl
kattavettenRirunthAn ".
One can see now the connection to his
favorite food VeNNai and its necessity to
spread on the Appam from His Kudam
.
Thirumangai praises the glories of
ThiruppEr NagarALan thru 9 more exquisite Paasurams
.
4) Swamy NammAzhwAr: 11
Paasurams of ThiruvAimozhi: 10.8
At the time of Swamy NammAzhwAr , this
dhivya dEsam was surrounded by " KodikkOpura-mAdangaL " and " KiLi
taaviya sOlaikaL". Swamy NammAzhwar says in wonderment : "
The Lord of ThiruppErnagar today came into my heart , filled it thoroughly
and announced --I will not stir out from here--" . AzhwAr responds and states
that he has contained the Lord in his heart lotus.
In the next Paasuram , SatakOpar says: " I
clung to the Lord's feet fast . Thereby , I could eliminate births in future. (
PiditthEn PiRavi kedutthEn PiNi saarEn )." Azhwar rejoices over the experience
of having the Lord of ThiruppEr Nagar entering and staying inside his heart and
declares: " My eyes rejoice , all my limbs rejoice; my heart revels and dances .
What all these limbs longed for long to enjoy has come about. All this was
conferred on me by the Lord of ThirppEr Nagar". AzhwAr hears the Lord saying " I
am granting you Parama Padham " and says" great undeed is my good fortune. To me
who has enjoyed Him thus , what more is wanted hereafter . He has made me today
a worthy substance. I am grateful to His grace for this ?
".
ThiruppEr Nagar was the last dhivya dEsam
that Swamy NammAzhwAr performed MangaLAsAsanam before gaining Moksham
. In this next decad , he describes his travel thru archirAdhi maargam
(ThiruvAimozhi 10.9) and the next one, the final decad , he concludes with
the last Paasuram of ThiruvAimozhi in a mood of Parama
Bhakthi:
" Oh indweller of Moola Prakriti and Mukta
Jeevans ! Oh the unique possessor of sankalpa Jn~Ana , which extends even beyond
the above two and exist as pure and intrinsic Ananda! My yearnig to join You was
even larger than Your sankalp Jn~Ana in magnitude . But You covered me up ,
quenched this yearning . I became a drop in Your vastness of nectar ocean. My
long time ambition has been fulfilled ".
The ThiruppEr Nagar MangaLAsAsanam of Swamy
NammAzhwAr occupies thus a key place in ThiruvAimozhi and NammAzhwAr's
Moksham . It is so sad to read about the current state of affairs at
such a glorious dhivya dEsam .
Please help by sending what ever you can to
Sannidhi Kaimkaryam Sri Varadaraja Iyengar Swamy thru Sri Sriraman
of Chennai , who is copied on this note . He can size up the local
situation and can help coordinate the flow of funds to help . Please do not go
away after helping once. Please adopt this temple as the Lord has adopted us and
is protecting us wherever we are .
The HayagrIvan Likhita Kaimkarya committe
is preparing new ebooks on Sayanak-Kola
dhivya dEsa EmperumAns and we plan to
include ThiruppEr Nagar dhivya dEsam as
the subject matter of our next ebook in the
series :
SrI Kamalavalli SamEta Sri AppakkudatthAn
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Raja" <rajagopalan.c@xxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:05 AM
Subject: [divya_desam] Temple Renovation
Request > (Vaidheeswaran Koil, Koothanoor, Thirumayyichoor, Srirangam and > Koviladi). > > Among these the famous temple at TirupperNagar (Koviladi) is in a > very bad state, and renovation is being planned. This is EIGHTH > among the 108 divya desams. > > There is one family taking care of the temple and the Gurukkal & his > wife told me that it is becoming increasingly difficult even to make > the Neivedhyams on a daily basis. The Neivedhyam here is 'Appams', > and the reclining Lord is known as 'Appakudathaan'. > > If wish to contribute to the temple, please send in your donations directly to: > > Shri V. Varadaraja Iyengar, Sannadhi Kainkaryam, > Koviladi Aghraharam, Koviladi, 631 105, > Thanjavur District, TamilNadu, India > > Raja __._,_.___ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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