Dear Devotees of Lord Venkatesa :
There is a question from a devotee from
Canada about the significance of lighting
Maa ViLakku for Lord VenkatEsa during
PurattAsi Saturdays and partaking
that Prasaadham.
This tradition observed by Aasthika ladies
has deep roots in Param JyOthi Tatthvam
of SrIman NaarAyaNa celebrated in the Upanishads
and Draavida Vedam of AzhwArs . Some of the citations
are: " Param Jyothi : or Supreme Light as per
ChAndhOgya; JyOthishAm JyOthi: as per Mundakam
( the Light of Lights) . To salute Him , the shining
One by whom every thing shines as a result ( Tameva
bhAntham anubhAthi sarvam tasya bhAsaa sravam
idham vibhAthi -- Mundakam : II.2.10) .
Lord SrinivAsan is saluted as Malayappa Swamy
or the Lord and Supreme Light on top of Saptha giri .
When a small mount of Maavu with ghee and Vellam
is made and a wick is placed on top and lit , we are
paying homage to this Param JyOthi as the Jagath
JyOthi protecting us .
The articles on SravaNa dheepam cited below
will shed additional light on the significance of
the JyOthi Tatthvam of the Lord (Brahman) celebrated
in the Upanishads .
Namo SrI VenkatEsAya ,
V.Sadagopan
P.S: Please perform 108 AshtOtthara NaamArchanai
for Lord VenkatEsa on this special occasion .
The URL for AshtOttharam used at Thirumala every morning
with meanings is at :
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/sva/bv.html
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From: "Shreyas Sarangan" <sarangan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:18 AM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Sravana Deepam and other videos
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> Sri:
> Sri Ranganatha Divya Mani Padukabhya Namaha
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> A video clip of the famous Sravana Deepam of
> Oppiliappan Koil is available here:
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> http://media.oppiliappan.org
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> Sri Sadagopan Swami and Sri Sampath Rengarajan have
> written in detail about Sravana Deepam:
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> http://www.oppiliappan.org/p290.htm
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> Other video updates include,
> - Complete Krishna Yajur Veda Sattumurrai
> (Samhita, Ashtakam, Aranyakam, Katakam and Upanishad)
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> - Tiruvallikeni Andal-Venkatakrishnan Purappadu on the
> occasion of Tiruvaadi-Pooram
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> - Ghanam recitation in the Divine presence of Srimath
> Azhagiya Singar. Incomplete recording, though, since
> the video tape ran out :(
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> sarvamsrikrishnaarpanmasthu,
> ramanuja dasan.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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