Dear Sriman Srinivasan : Thanks very much for your good wishes . I deeply appreciate them . I hope you do not mi my copying the list on my response to Your question .Other Members might be interested and may add their inputs to your question . Vidaay means longing , thirst . Aarthi means suffering . Viday means answer and farewell . We are better off in using the Farewell concept here . After the long Uthsavam , Our Lord blesses His BhakthAs and bids farewell until nex ttime . Our Lord blesses His devotees , who came to attend His Uthsavam and wishes them farewell .This is one intrepretation . VidAi Aarthi or VidAyEtthi Uthsavam coming at the end of BrahmOthsavam , KalyANothsavam at Opiliappan KOil is held for one day . PerumAL goes thru a lot of "stress and strain " during these Uthsavams to dress up and get ready at all hours and stays late outside enjoying Himself and blessing His dear devotees . He gets "tired " . He needs to rest a little and celebrate at the end , bid farewell to the assembled BhakthAs .This is the folksy intrepretation . In temple culture , where a lot of intense efforts goes in to preparation for conductance of PuRappAdu & UpachArams , a day after is reserved for thankful reflection by Devotees that every thing concluded well . At my birth place , KalyANOthsavam isn Iyppasi is a big uthsavam . at the end , there is a VidAyEtthi dinam , when our family has a MuRai ( maNdakappadi) to perform Thirumanjanam for Moolavar and Paadha Thirumanjanam ofr Uthsavar . The Thirumanjana Kattiyam presented by adiyEn to Oppiliappan is housed in the Oppiliappan Web pages . You might enjoy referencing to it since it refers to the strain caused to the Lord and for Him to have VidAyERRI Thirumanjanam ( http://www.oppiliappan.org) Avabrutha SnAnam at the end of the Uthsavam is very much sanctioned by AagamAs . Uthsavams are like Yaj~nams . Avabrutha SnAnam is for Vrathees and participants to perform avabrutha SnAnam in PushkaraNis or Rivers near by ( NaattAn VaaikkAl or DakshiNa viraja at Oppiliappan Koil ) , wehre ChakkaratthAzhwAn represents the Lord as His sankalpa Sakthi . I will write about the Aagamic significance later . Sri HemAbhjavalli SamEtha Sri DEvanAthan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , V.Sadagopan http://www.malolan.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Srinivasan R(Inst) To: gopan Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 2:19 AM Subject: Vidai Aarthi Urchavam - Clarifications Dear Shri Sadagopan Mama, First my heartiest congratulations for you for having going to receive the "Kaingarya Rathnam" Life time Accomplishment award. Being a stimulant for the youngsters on Vaishnavam philosophy and variety of good and interesting articles which every Shri Vaishnavaites must know and for your sincere efforts and wonderful works on Vaishnavam I pray to Shri Devanathan and Shri Sengamala Thayar, Thiruvaheendrapuram for you and your family to give you a long and healthy life and your continued services towards Vaishnavam. Well, Adiyen have some clarifications behind Vidai Aarthi Urchavam being celebrated across Perumal koils at the end of Brahmotsavam. Adiyen wanted to know the significance about this Vidai Aarthi Urchavam and whats the reason behind Vidai Aarthi Urchavam and whats the origin and how many days it will normally be celebrated. I request Swamin to clarify my doubts about this Vidai Aarthi Urchavam.. Dasan, Srinivasan.R [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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