The first link shows Sri Akkarakani srinidhi swamy
who does a excellent service to our Srivaishnava community at this very young
age. Swamy in his upanyasams has talked about what all emperuman does to
uplift jeevatmas. Emperuman due to his nirheduka krupai keeps on gifting
us with great Srivaishnavas/acharyas like swami who are filled with jnana and
bhakthi who are capable of lifting all innocent souls to high levels. To
whom should we do mangalasasanams to the golden ornaments (Srivaishnava
acharyas/scholars) or the emperuman who gifted such priceless gems to
us?
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// Aipassi (solar
Aishwaija) month is even more special than margazi which Kannan refers to in
Bhagavad Gita as "mAsAnAm margashIshoham". It brought us the birth of
three Mudal alwars, and five Acharyas namely Swamy Lokachariar, Maamunigal,
Visvaksenar, Tirukuruhaipiran, and Koorakulottamar dasar. This makes a
total of 8 signifying each akshara of tirumantram.//
The photos of Poigai Azhvar,
peyAzhvar and Pillai loka charya of thiruvallikeni and peyazhvar of mylapore
(madhavan and kesavan sannadhis) take during their thiruavatara
thirunal have been uploaded in the site.
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//· As described in YatIndra
PravaNa Prabhavam, Maamunigal had 8 sishyas - ashtadiggajas - to carry the torch
and spread the sampradAyam. Of which three are sanyasis
(Vanamamalai, Tiruvengada , Battar Piran Jeeyars) and five grihastas (Koil
annan, Erumbiappa, Apillar, Appullar, Prativaadi Bhayankara
Annan)//
The first and foremost disciple of
Swami manavala mAmunikal, who undertook sanyAsam even before his acharya due to
his utmost acharya bhakthi, Sri ponnadikkAl jeeyer swamy, the first pontiff of
Sri Vanamamalai mutt (onnAna swamy), one among the ashtadiggajas was born on the
auspicious day of kanyA punarvasu. Photos of swamy during his
thirunakshatra mahotsavam in thiruvallikeni vanamamalai mutt this year (2004)
has been uploaded in the site. The link to one of the photos is given
above.
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// Bhattar tells Namperumal and his
shishyas that after reaching Paramapadam if he did not witness Namperumal
utsavams there, he would dig a hole and come right back to Srirangam. This
is the speciality of Srirangam -the roots of sampradayam. Hence he does
mangalasasanmas to Srirangam in the opening sloka.//
Namperumal, Sri ranganatha, Azhagiya manavalan was
attracted by the divine beauty of bruhu putri, Sri Vedavalli thayar and hence he
came running to thiruvallikeni, BrindAranya kshetram and married Vedavalli
thayar. Thayar accepted emperuman as "mannAthan" and thus with the same
name emperuman resides in thiruvallikeni giving divine darshan even today.
During the navarathri, special utsavam is celebrated for Sri Vedavalli thayar
with special archanai and purappadu. Each evening thayar undergoes
purappadu (inside the temple premises only, thayar-padithAndA paththini) amidst
the divine Siriya thirumadal ghosti piercing through the sky. When the
ghosti (to see so many small small kids chanting the prabhandam with great
enthusiasm "Ayiram kan pOrAdhu pArkka, Ayiram sevi pOrAdhu kEtka") finishes the
prabhandam "seerAr thiruvEnkatamE! thirukkOvaloorE!......" it is for sure
that all the divya desa perumals will here the sound of this ghosti and run to
thiruvallikeni. The highlight is "ArAmam soozhindha arangam" that is
recited two times and sure Sriranganatha cannot lie there in Srirangam on
hearing this. Nine days thayar alone undergoes purappadu but on the last
day Saraswati pooja (maha navami) mannathan comes out in thiruveedhi purappadu
and when he returns back thayar joins him and then undergoes purappadu inside
the temple premises amidst the madal ghosti. On this grand day the divine
dampathis, bless all the devotees with 'vettrilai pAkku'. This year this
day happened to be the thirunakshatra dinam of poigai azhvar, the first among
the mudal azhvars. So Poigai azhvar underwent thiruveedhi purappadu along
with mannathan (usually Sattrumarai purappadu for all azhvar, acharyas is only
with parthasarathi except for such special occasions). The link to the
photo of mannathan taken during that purappadu is also given
above.
Hope all of you will enjoy viewing the
photos. Just wanted to share our joy with you all.
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee
Varadarajan/Sumithra