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Sri:

Dear BhakthAs :

During the afternoon of the third day , adiyEn descended from Thirumala
with a great sense of fulfillment and arrived at Chennai late in the evening .

Next morning at 4 A.M , adiyEn's journey continued towards Oppiliappan Sannidhi 
,
the place of my birth and the abode of our Kula Dhaivam , DakshiNa 
VenkatAchalapathy,
who is considerd as the elder brother of Utthara VenkatEsan of Thirumala . It 
was nice 
indeed to have the darsanam of both of them in subsequent days . Number of you 
know 
that Thiruvaheendhrapuram Lord DevanAthan is considered as Nadu Naattu 
SrinivAsan
and ANNan Koil PerumAL is also recognized as another SrinivAsa Moortham . 

On this Iyppasi SravaNam day , It is adiyEn's pleasure to invite You all to have
the darsana soubhAgyam of Moolavar , Lord OppilA Appan with alankAram after
Thirumanjanam with His young bride ,Sri BhUmi Devi and His Father-in-law ,
Sage MarkandEya at His side :

http://www.sadagopan.org/picture.htm

Additional Images of Ponnappan ( Uthsavar ) , BhUmi Devi ThAyAr , Vaahana Sevais
on individual days of BrahmOthsavam in Panguni , The Paasurams by Thirumangai ,
Swamy NammAzhwAr , discourse on KshEthra MahAthmyam by Sri KrishNa Premi ,
Thirumanjana Kattiyam for Oppiliappan and a lot of other infomation are at the  
special
web site for Sri Oppiliappan ( ThiruviNNagarappan ) created by Sri ShrEyas 
Sarangan :

http://www.oppiliappan.org 

Please enjoy the divine content as background for today's posting .
Today ( Iyppasi SravaNam day) is the ThirukkalyANam day , when the 10 day long
ThirukkalyANa Uthsavam concludes there . For fourty years , adiyEn's Father and 
a Famous 
BhattAchAryaar ( Our neighbor) by the name of Sri Ponnappa Bhattar  conducted 
the KalyANa Uthsavam . Many stalwarts of Carnatic Music (Vocal , 
Instrumentalists )
and HarikathA KaalakshEpam expertis (Embar Swamy , Saraswathi Bhai et al) 
thronged to offer their Naadha NaivEdhyams to the Lord during these ten days of 
the KalyANa Uthsavam . Ariyakkudi Sri Ramanuja IyengAr , GNB , Mathurai Mani , 
VeeNai artists, Flute Maali , Violinist Mysore Chaudiah , Jalatarangam artists 
, 
Harmonium Subramanya Dheekshithar of Kerala , Palakkad Mani Iyer , 
Great Naathaswara VidwAns like T.N.Rajarathnam PiLlai , Tavil Vidwaans ,Bharata
Natyam (Sathir) exponents took part in these Naahda NaivEdhyams for the Lord of
ThiruviNnagar . All the visiting artists had to be accomodated and fed at our 
House .
adiyEn had to run to the local railway  station to recieve the artists in 
bullock drawn cart 
on muddy roads of the rainy season . It is all memorable .

The KalyANa Uthsavams of the past four decades do not have the same verve 
and high level participation due to the lack of talented organizers .

The day after Iyppasi SravaNam is VidAyERRi day , when the Lord "recovers"
as it were from the excessive exertions of the KalyANa Uthsavam season . Back in
1985 , my father made a sAsanam with the Temple authorities that our Family 
would
have the unique rights to perform Thirumanjanam for ThiruviNNagarappan on
the Iyppasi VidAyERRi day . Tomorrow is the day of such annual Thirumanjanam 
conducted by
our Family . My Father had celebrated His 80th birthday in 1985 and created 
this bond
with the Lord on His special day in Iyppasi to recieve Thirumanjana UpachAram
after the hectic KalyANa uthsavam . adiyEn's father , Brahaspathy 
PoundarIkapuram
Tattai S.VaradAchAr Swamy attained His AchAryan's ( HH Mukkur Azhagiya Singar's)
ThiruvadigaL on VaikAsi VisAgam day , 1987 , when He was 82 years old . During 
1974 , He had presented Rathna Kireetams for Uthsavar PerumAL and ThAyAr through
Yaachaka Kaimkaryam . Those Kireetams are a delight to see . The Temple 
authorities will
adorn the Lord and His divine consort with those rathna Kireetams on special 
days. 
On Sri Rama Navami day , Lord Ramachandra and SitA PirAtti adorn the same 
Rathna 
Kireetams . 

AdiyEn and my sister with the hep of Bhaktha Kotis have presented  different 
aabharaNams
for Oppiliappan following the trail of our illustrious Father : RathnAngi for 
Uthsavar ,
Muthamgis for Moolavars ( PerumAL and ThAyaar ) and Uthsavar dhivya dampathis , 
different
aabharaNams for Uthsavar ThAyaar ( Jadai  , NaagAbharaNam et al ) . Close up of 
some of
these aabharaNams can be enjoyed at the Oppilaippan web site .

Oct 20 , 2005 Thirumanjanam at Oppiliappan Sannidhi
***********************************************************************
On this Fourth day of this KshEthrAdanam , adiyEn arrived at our native place 
to have a special Thirumanjanam for Moolavar as a PoorvAngam for my
Father's SathamAna Uthsavam ( 100th Birth day ) . The SathamAna Uthsavam 
itself would be celebrated at Sri Matam , SealyUr under the adhyaksham of
HH Srimath Azhagiya Singar two days later .

After the Sankalpam , adiyEn had the treat of witnessing the most beautiful , 
majestic
nithya YuvA ( ILam Kumaran) , ThiruviNNagarappan's Thirumanjanam along
with Paadha Thirumanjanam for the Uthsavars and full Thirumanjanam for 
Swamy Desikan . At the appropriate break (after MIlk , Madhuparkam , Manjal
Podi and Sandal Paste Thirumanjanams) , adiyEn recited in front of the Lord
the Special Thirumanjana Kattiyam that adiyEn had composed few years back .
The Text is at the web site for Oppiliappan referred to above . Afterwards 
Sankha DhAraa and Sahsara TaarA Theetha abhishEkams took place to complete
the Thirumanjanam . adiyEn was presented with the Vasthram used by the Lord 
during His Thirumanjanam . Yeera Vaadai Theetham and Santhanam were 
distributed . An Hour later , alankArams were completed and we had the adhbhutha
darsanam of the Lord with His dhivyAyudhams , SaaLagrAma Maalai, PeethAmbharam
and flower garlands . We felt fulfilled . After Bhagavath PrasAdham , adiyEn 
stayed 
for an hour at "SatakOpa Bhavanam " , the house in Sannidhi Street built by my 
Father 
in 1961 on the foundation of our earlier home there . 

After that Five hour visit to my native place , adiyEn stopped at KumbakONam to 
meet
the reputed Gold Smith chosen by ThiruvEnatamudayAn to design and construct the 
Kempu 
Kireetam for Himself and His Ubhaya NaacchiyArs . That night adiyEn returned 
late to 
Chennai to get ready to meet HH Srimath Azhagiya Singar for preparations on 
the Centennial Celebrations for my revered Father , whom Srimath Azhagiya Singar
knew well in His PoorvAsramam days .

( To Be Continued)

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppilaippan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 
     



  
    

We arrived at 11 A.M 
   

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