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SrI:
 
Dear Raama BhakthAs :
 
Soon it will be Dhanur Maasam .The GhOsham of ThiruppAvai
will be cleansing the air all around in dhivya dEsams and private
homes of BhakthAs . Devotees reciting ThiruppAvai will be shivering
in he cold as they go around the Raaja Veethis of Dhivya dEsams
reciting GodhOpanishad .
 
One BhakthA asked me recently a question about Dhanur Maasam .
He wanted to know why this sacred month of Maarghazhi is called
Dhanur Maasam .
 
I was wondering about it until Vaikunta Vaasi MukkUr Lakshmi NrusimhAcchAr
Swamy Came to the rescue . He has an extraordinarily informative book entitled , 
Veda  Raaman dealing with the 14 artha visEshams enshrined in AaraNya
KhANDam of Aadhi Kavi Vaalmuki .  The revered MukkUr Swamy describes in
this book a scene in which Lord Raamachandra is performing morning SandhyA 
before Sunrise , while standing knee high in cold GodhAvari Waters . In this context ,
Swamy says: " During the Hemantha Ruthu , Lord Ramachandra was living with
His DEvi and brother LakshmaNa on the banks of Godhaavari river . The first month of
Hemantha Ruthu is Maarghazhi  ( Dhanur Maasam) .During  Marghazhi month ,
the chill in the morning air will prod the sleeping people to bend their body 
in the form of a bow (DhanuraakAram) to get  additional  protection against
the cold air  that makes them shiver ".    
 
One explanation for the name of Dhanur Maasam for Maarghazhi month
seems thus to be the connection of the DhanurAkAram of the humans during
the nights of this month .
 
One can think of additional explanations for the link of Dhanus (Bow)
with the Maarghazhi month . AdiyEn will take them up in the future postings .
 
Sri Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan    

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