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
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