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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Click here to rescue a little child from a life of poverty. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rAWabB/gYnLAA/i1hLAA/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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