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SrI :
The moment to enter Azhagar's temple had arrived ; the Sun was rising
on the Easrern Horizon . We followed the Viswaroopa Pasu Maadu into
the interior of this ancient temple going back to Malayadhwaja
PaaNDyan's times .
Now SuprabhAtham , SthOthram , Prapatthi and MangaLa slOkams
were recited by Sannidhi adhyApAkAs . These are unique to
this dhivya dEsam as at Thirumala and ThiruviNNagar . There are
no printed copies of the four Sri Sookthis available . These have to be
recorded by a future visitor to Azhagar Koil since these are beautiful
to listen to .
Viswaroopam and KaRpoora Aaaratthi followed next . The Viswaroopa
Pasu Maadu left after its customary kathali fruit prasAdham . Abhigamana
AarAdhanam continued .
Akkaara Vadisil PrasAdham was the Morning Special TaLigai for
PerumAL . This visEsha TaLigai has been prepared over a Six hour
period earlier following the ancient kramam .
Uthsavar was waiting to enjoy the AkkAra Vadisil and VeNNai .
The night before , the archakAs had moved Uthsavar from His wonted
place in Garbha Graham to the Mukha MaNtapam on a special seat
for the Akkaravadisil samarpaNa uthsavam .
>From there , He must have been following the progression of the cooking of
His favorite TaLigai from the fragrant waves of ghee , Milk , caramelized
rock candy , Saffron and Cardamom wafting their way . He was waiting to
relish His favorite dish impatiently and was looking for the Sannidhi
ParichArakar and the archakAr to bring the TaLigai from the MadapaLLi
and present it to Him during BhOjyAsanam section of His AarAdhanam .
The rivalry between the two Sannidhi ArchakAs and the non-cooperation by
the Cook suddenly created an ugly situation . The archakA in attendance
was unhappy that we went thru his colleague and rival , while we made
these arrangements for Akkaravadisil . He probably felt that his share of
income was affected . The cook was following the lead of the archakA
since he has to live with this archakA after we would be gone .
The end result was the cook indicated that he will bring the Akkaravadisil
in ONE big vessel , offer it to the Lord , take it back to the MadapaLLi
and that we can come and recieve the PrasAdham at the MadapaLLi
to take it home . We were saddened by the attitude and disrespect for
PerumAL shown by the temple staff . The sampradhAyic way to present
Akkaravadisil to Azhagar is to place the samarpaNam in hundred vessels
along with VeNNai in 100 dhonnais on a Paavadai .
There were now 100 plus sevArthees in front of the Lord waiting for
winessing this rare presentation of AkkAra Vadisil to the Lord
in the traditional manner : Spreading of a PaavAdai (Vasthram)
in front of the Lord , the placement of VeNNai in 100 Dhonnais and
the presentation of the AkkAra Vadisil in 100 vessels for the Lord
to enjoy them as ANDAL's / RaamAnujA's samarpaNams .
The cook was perhaps unhappy that we would not let him buy
the recommended ingredients . We bought all that was suggested
from Mathurai and delivered it the night before at the Temple
MadapaLLi . The cook did not like it . Archakar was annoyed for
other reasons mentioned above .
adiyEn and my group were disillusioned by the arrogance of
the archakA and Cook to short cut the traditional Kramam of
presenting AkkAra Vadisil to the Lord . Poor BhagavAn is
controlled by His kaimkaryaparALs . My nephew who had arranged
the presentation uthsavam in consultation with temple took the archakar
and cook aside and "screamed " on behalf of PerumAL . Once the Archakar
and the cook recognized that there was no anxiety about their income
from this special function , they backed off . After the ceremonies were
over , we left behind a formal protest with the Executive Officer regarding
the unacceptable behavior of the Archaka and ParichAraka and
asked her (E.O ) to make sure that such undesirable practises do not
happen in the future to any sponsors . She was very unhappy with
the Temple Staff and promised to avoid any recurrence of such
situations .
Now , the akkaravadisil and VeNNai were spread before the Lord
who was impatiently waiting for His favorite PrasAdham . He was
smiling broadly . We had a wonderful sevai of Moolavar and Ubhaya
NaacchiyAr adorning the new Pudavais . Paadha Sevai of Moolavar
is not easy , when Uthsavar is inside the garbha graham .
Now PeriyAzhwAr's 8th PallANDu Paasuram came to mind :
neyyidai nallathOr sORum niyathamum atthANicchEvakamum
kaiadaikkAyum kazhutthukkup-pooNeDu kaathukku kuNDalamum
meyyida nallathOr sAnthamum tanthennai veLLuyirAkka-valla
Paiyudai Naahap-pahaik-kodiyAnukku PallANDu kooRuvanE
This is the prayer of PeriyAzhwar for IswaryArTees ( those who seek
wealth) to Join with Mumukshus ( those who desire Moksham ) .
IswaryArTees say : Oh Lord ! As those blessed with Iswaryams due to
Your anugraham , we were immersed in enjoying that wealth : Annam
at the center of ghee instead of the otherway around , obedient servants ,
aabharaNams , fragrant sandal paste and other fruits of wealth .We were
content with the enjoyment of these perishable wealth . Due to our sukrutham ,
You turned us away from these enjoyments of earthly Iswaryams and
created Svaroopa Jn~Anam and transformed us into those with Suddha
Satthva svabhAvam thru Your grace ( like MukthAs and Nithyasooris =
VeLLuyirAkka valla PerumAn ) . We perform MangaLAsAsanam for You
now and join the ghOshti of Mumukshus .
adiyEn's prayer was for these material wealth seeking Kaimkarya ParALs
to become Mumukshus desiring Moksham thru the advancement of their
Svaroopa Jn~Anam .
" Mumukshurvai SaraNamham PrapadhyE " was the ancient prayer that
came to mind during that occasion.
Lord SundarabAhu intervened and all of us had a wonderful Sevai
and were blessed with Akkaravadisil and VeNNai PrasAdham to keep us
going for the rest of the day .
Next , We proceeded from Azhagar Koil to ThirumOhUr , Singa PerumAL koil
on the foothills of Yaanai Malai and in the evening to Koodal Azhagar
Sannidhi . adiyEn will write about these visits in the next post.
Sri SundarabAhu ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan
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