SrI: Dear Sri VaishNavaas: praNams: On 21st Nov, 07 is Kaisika Ekadasi which is celebrated in all dhivyadesams, but this is special in Thiru-k-kurungudi dhivyadesam. Out of 25 Ekadasis' per year, 2 Ekadasi on sukla paksham is considered to be important. One is on Karthigai sukla paksha Ekadasi - Kaisika Ekadasi and the other on Margazhi sukla paksha Ekadasi - Vaikunta Ekadasi. During Kaisika Ekadasi, Kaisika PuraaNam is read(patanam - vaasithal) in all dhivyadesams. This maahaatmiyam is told by Sri Varaha Perumal to Bhoomi devi thaayar and is explained in "Varaha Puranam". This maahatmiyam narrates a devotee named Nampaaduvan who lived in Thiru-k-kurungudi dhivyadesam. Hence this Ekadasi has great relationship with this dhivyadesam. The legend goes as follows: NambAduvAn was a devotee of Thiru-k-kurungudi emperumAn. During every ekAdasi, he used to go up to temple and hymns(recite) some pasuram, performs mangalAsasanam to emperuman and will return to his house happily. One day when he was on the way to temple, caught up by a brahmarakshasu (an evil soul) and it told him that, it would consume him. NambAduvAn requested brahmarakshas that he would come back after reciting some pasurams ( NambAduvAn sings using Kaisika Pann), then it can took him as food. But brahmarakshasu was not in a position to leave NambAduvAn, because it felts that he may escape. Hence NambAduvAn started promising to brahmarakshasu that, if he doesnt turned back after completing mangalAsAsanam to emperuman he may became that, or he may get the papam like that, etc.., etc.,, On hearing all those, still brahmarakshasu was not in a position to leave nambAduvAn to perform mangalAsAsanam to emperumAn. Now, NambAduvAn promised that, "IF ANYONE SAYS THAT, LORD SRIMAN NARAYANAN IS EQUIVALENT TO, or ON PAR WITH, or INFERIOR TO SOMEONE ELSE, then WHAT THE PAAPAM and NARAKAM( hell) that HE WILL GET, I WILL ALSO GET THE SAME, if i dont returned back to you" Once on hearing this, the brahmarakshasu IMMEDIATELY released the hands of NambAduvAN and said that, "IN THIS LOKAM, THERE IS NO SIN GREATER THAN THIS!" After the mangaLAsasanam to Perumal, Nampaaduvaan returned to brahmarakshas, but brahmarakshas refused to ate Nampaaduvan. Instead it asked the phalan of sruti which was rendered by Nampaaduvan to emperuman, so that, it can rid out from being as brahmarakshas. But Nampaaduvan replied that, he didn't sung any paasuram for any phalan. Then brahmarakshas, asked for the last paasuram (in Kaisika paN) as a phalan from Nampaaduvan. But Nampaaduvan refused that, he doesn't sung any paasuram for any phalan. Atlast the brahmarakshas bargained for giving phalan of any one paasuram. Finally, Nampaaduvan gave the phalan of one paasuram and hence the brahmarakshas retained it's original state. Kaisika Puranam, which still takes place in thiru-k-kurungudi divya desam every year during Kaisika ekadasi festival. Today (21,Nov 07) night, this would be enacted as a drama by group of persons in this dhivyadesam. If anyone attend this, please send the pics if any. Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: adiyEn, senthil.b Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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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