Dear Swamin Aho,bhagyam, aho,bhagyam. I attended the uthsavam at Thiruppullani for 3 days and had darshan through your narration Dasan Srikainkarya Soundararajan --- Thiruppathy Raguveeradayal <rajamragu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > *Adiyen dasasya vignaapanam. By the Anugrahams of > Srimad Andavan Sri > Rangaramanuja Mahadesikan Swami, the 738 th > Thirunakshathrothsavam of Swami > Desikan was celeberated in a grand manner at > THIRUPPULLANI SRIMAD AANDAVAN > ASHRAMAM.* > ** > * The Uthsavam was celeberated for 3 days from > 10.10.2005 to 12.10.2005. On > 10th, the Avathaara Dhinam of sri Thirukkudanthai > Desikan was celeberated > with a special Thirumanjanam to Swami Desikan > accompanied by Vedha, Divya > Prabhandha, Desika Prabhandha Parayanams and > Chaththumurai followed by > Dadheeyaradhanam . In the evening after Parayanams > and Desika Sthothra pada > parayanams, A sahasra nama archanai was performed to > Desikan with the Desika > Sahasranamam composed by Sri Thirukkudanthai > Desikan. In the night also > dadheeyaradhanam took place.* > ** > * The next day, Special Thirumanjanams to Sri > Lakshmi Hayagriva Perumal was > performed and parayanathis continued followed by > Chaththumurai and > dadheeyaradhanams. As for others it was "Saraswathi > Pooja" there was a large > gathering of devotees from many nearby places even > to worship Hayagrivan on > that day who were very happy to receive the ghoshti > prasadams . In the > evening after Prabhandha Parayanam, a sahasra nama > archanai was performed to > Hayagriva Perumal. As the prabhandha adikarikal > swamis from Srirangam were > very sincere and wellequipped, on both the days > completion of these > sahasranama archanas needed nearly two and half > hours which the local people > liked very much . Dadheeyaradhanam was also done.* > * On the day of the Avathara Dhinam of Swami > Desikan , in the morning Swami > Desikan Thirveethi Purappaadu was performed followed > by special (really > special ) Thirumanjanam to Swami Desikan was > performed witnessed by a few > hundred devotees from very far away places like > Madurai, Bangalore, > Karaikkudi ,etc., and from in and around > Ramanathapuram. (It was a surprise > as we thought that day being a VijayaDasami day > which is being celeberated > by the Rajah of Ramanathapuram in a very very grand > manner, devotees may > give priority to that event.) * *Sri Vasan, a very > well known among the > Desika devotees and a person on whom Srimad Andavan > and Azhakiya Singar > always shower their fullest anugrahams and who is > responsible for training > more than a hundred Vaishnavites at Bombay and also > at Madurai on > Prabhandham, Desika Prabhandham and Sthothra padams > (he always wants to be > introduced as a humble Desika devotee and not as > General Manager Canara > Bank) gave an lecture on Swami Desikan which reached > and was well > appreciated by a large gathering of non Vaishnavites > who attended in large > number. After that Theertha, parivatta maalai > mariyathaikal alongwith a > special chakkarai pongal thaligai ( Sri Adhi > Jagannatha Perumalum Padmasani > Thaayaarum Amuthu Seythathu) was brought by ALL THE > ARCHAKAL AND the > kainkaryaparals of Sri Adhi Jagannatha Perumal > Temple headed by the Temple > Peshkar( as representative of Ramnad Rajah) and > Perumal Mariyathai was given > to Swami Desikan followed by Sri Hayagriva > mariyathai afterwhich Periya > Chaththumurai took place. Kramappadi, Andavan > Mariyathaiyum Raja > Mariyathiyum seyyappattathu.* > ** > * On all the three days all the Archakal and > kainkaryaparals of Perumal > Temple attended the Chaththumurai and were very > cooperative.* > *Another speciality is that without any "KALABETHAM" > all will attend and > help for the success of this Avathara Dhina > celeberations.* > * Afterwards the Ghoshti special Dadheeyaradhanam > was also done. All others > were also served with special chithrannams. ( As > itharals of Thiruppullani > often appreciate Asrama Prasadams and openly > requested for, it was nearly a > " oor chaappaadu"Which is always the Thiruvulam of > Srimad Andavan.)* > ** > * As usual, LIFCO CHENNAI, who have a special > affinity on this Desikan > Sannithi, have sent "Sri Hayagriva Sthothram" > booklet for free distribution. > Two other booklets --- "Sri Ayagireeva Maalai" a > Tamil translation of Sri > Hayagriva Sthothram in verse form and "AARANA > DESIKANIN AAYIRAM ARIVURAIKAL > " (printed and distributed by Sri Vijayaraghavan of > Karur Vysya Bank, Karur > )---- were also released. All the three books were > released by Sri Sadagopa > Iyengar,( advocate Ramanathapuram )President, Sri > Padmasani Thayar Kainkarya > Sabai, Thiruppullani.* > ** > * In this year , there was Perumal Kuthirai Vahana > Purappaadu in view of > Vijaya Dasami in the morning and just immediately > after Thirumanjanam and > chaththuppadi to Desikan were completed Perumal > arrived before Ashramam and > as there was a huge crowd of devotees Perumal was in > front of Desikan > Sannithi vaasal for more than 15 minutes . It was > another bhagyam for all > the devotees.* > * * > A*ll the three days Ladies who accompanied > Athyapakals recited Sri Padhuka > Sahasram .* > * Sri Duraichamy Seshadri Iyengar of Srirangam who > is the Desanthiri > kattalai upayadharar at Thiruppullani Ashramam sent > pure silk vasthrams for > Swami Desikan and Hayagrivar worth a few thousand > rupees and Srirangam > Pushpa maalaikal for Thirunakshathrothsavam (For the > past several years he > is regularly doing this great kainkaryam)* > ** > * In a very small village where everything -- from > suitble Adhikaris > acharamana madaippallikarals,etc this grand > celeberation was possible only > and only due to the Paramanugrahams of Srimad > Andavan. No special appeals > for any donation was made except intimating the > function through > invitations. But Ashrama Sishyas and Abhimanis from > far and near voluntarily > and very liberally contributed because of their > Acharya Bakthi and devotion > and involvement in Desika kainkaryams . As in charge > and representative of > Srikaryam swami adiyenathu kruthagnaiyai > kainkaryaththil porulal, udalal > marrum mudiyum vakaiyellam pangu konda > perunthakaiyeer ellarukkum > vignaapiththukkolkiren. Thalaiyallal kaimmaru > verillai * > ** > * Photos taken will be displayed through a URL as > attachments are not > properly allowed.* > *Dasan,* > *T.Raguveeradayal* > *c/o Srimad Andavan Ashramam,* > *Thiruppullani* > > > -- > > Adiyen, > Dasan, > > Thiruppathi Raguveeradayal > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------ Yahoo! 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