SrI:
Dear SrI Nrusimha
BhakthAs :
Back in 1909
C.E,SrI
ParaankuSa Yatheendhra Mahaa Desikan was the 39th PeetAdhipati of
SrI Matam . He
was from UruppattUr Chakravarti Vamsam serving Sri Raaja-gOpAlan at the abhimAna
sthalam of Raaja MannArgudi . He was initiated into SanyAsAsramam by
HH the 38th Pattam Azhagiya Singar revered as Thirukkudanthai Azhagiya
Singar.Aasrama SveekAram for the 39th Pattam Srimad Azhagiya Singar took place
in May 1909 at Nrusimhapuram ,where five Azhagiya Singars have their
BrundhAvanams today.
HH the 39th
Pattam Srimad Azhagiya Singar had only six years of AastAna NirvAhaka Kaalam .
Number of Kaimkaryams during His reign stand out such as the building the
MannArgudi SrI Matam , construction of the northeren rampart
of
ThiruveLLUr Temple and most importantly
, the construction of the Silver Mantapam for Maalolan ,where we
have the darsanam even today of
MaalOlan ,
Dolai
KaNNan and many Murthys worshipped there by all ther poorvAchAryAs of SrI
Matam .
HH the 45th Pattam Azhagiya Singar , the current PeetAdhipati ,
SrI Narayana Yatheendhra Maha Desikan has taken the sankalpam to
present Malolan , Dolai KaNNan and all the Murtys with a Golden
Mantapam in response to the niyamanam of MaalOlan. This Kaimakryam
like all other Kaimakryams initiated by this Azhagiya Singar is progressing
rapidly and MaalOlan might be ready for enjoying His Gruha PravEsam at His Nootana
Mantapam during Srimad Azhagiya Singar's 82nd Thiru Nakshatra
Utsavam in December 2008 . As SishyAs , we have two and half months' time
now to join in this new Kaimkaryam of samarpaNam of Golden Mandapam as the
abode for the future nityArAdhanam for Malolan , Dolai KaNNan and other
Murthys.
Let us focus now on the importance of Gold in worship of the Lord
. Let us start with Pushpams used in AarAdhanam . Bhagavan is immensely
pleased with PushpAnjali . Vidvan Sri U.Ve. PerukkaraNai ChakravartAchArya Swamy
observes in this context : " There are ofcourse gradations in the flowers that
we use in daily worship . It is said that Utpala , a type of Lotus,has a special
significance and Padmam , red Lotus , ranks higher . Then there are Lotuses
with hundred petals and those with thousand petals. White Lotus and TuLasi are
said to be far superior to all these . Gold Flowers (SvarNa Pushpams) are
considered to be even more superior to all of the above flowers as the Lord
Himself has declared :
"sarvEshAmEva
PushpANAm
sahasraguNamuttamam
tasmAt Padhmam
tathA
raajan PadhmAttu
Satapatrakam
tasmAt sahasrapatram
tu
tuLasee
guNatodhikA
bakapushpam tatastu
syAt
sauvarNam
tathOdhikam
sauvarnaaccha parasoonAt
tu
matpriyam nAsti PaaNdava
"
--BhagavAn
KrishNa
Lord states here that
PushpAnjali/Archana with golden ( Kaanchana) pushpams
is the most pleasing to
Him.Tapta Kaanchanam ( Molten Gold) is the color
of Mahaa Lakshmi . No wonder
that the Lord is reminded of Her
as the bhakthan worships with Golden
Flowers .
When the bhaktan has
at his disposal Eight different kinds of
flowers (Spiritual Flowers) as
well and worships on
top with the golden flowers , there is
nothing more superior that pleases the
Lord.
What are these
Eight Spiritual Flowers ? They are : Ahimsaa ( non violence),
Indhriya nigraham(
control of senses) ,sarvabhUta Dayaa ( Compassion towards
all) , Kshamaa(
patience & Forbearance) ,Jn~Ana( Knowledge of Bhagavath sAstrams)
,Tapas(
Penance and Austerity) , DhyAnam ( Meditation on the Lord) and
Satyam ( adherence to the truth at all times) .
Srimad Azhagiya
Singar as a pioneering example of SadAchAryans has all
these
eight spiritual
flowers as His wealth. He uses in addition 108
svarNa Pushpams
in His daily abhigamana
AarAdhanam of
MalOla
Narasimhan seated on
His golden swing with all His
gem studded Golden AabharaNams
. MalOlan , Dolai KaNNan and many Archaa Murthys as well as previous Azhagiya Singars
are enoying the AarAdhanam by Prakrutham
Azhagiya Singar in the
Silver Mantapam presented by HH the 39th Pattam
Srimad zhagiya Singar in the year
1909 C.E.
For almost 100 years , the
Silver Mantapam presented by HH the 39th
Pattam Srimad Azhagiya Singar has been
the site of AarAdhanam of MalOlan . In front of
this Silver
Mantapam is laid out on DhvAdasi
days , the silver Paadhukais
of the 44 Jeeyars that have adorned the Peetam
of Ahobila Matam . Paadhuka
Tirumanjanam is perfromed and Sri Paadha Teertam is distributed
then to
sishyAs . At the end of the abhigamana AarAdhanam , the MaalOla Paadhukaa
Sevakar
, Srimad Azhagiya Singar goes around the Silver Mantapam (PradakshiNam)
and then
prostrates in front of Maalolan seated inside the Silver Mantapam .
Every thing , every
activity revolves thus around the Silver Mantapam at SrI Matam.
During
early December 2008 , the focus will shift to the new Golden Mantapam
.
After almost 100 years of residence in
the Silver Mantapam , MaalOla
Narasimhan
has decided to recieve the present
of a Golden Mantapam as His new ,
preferred
residence . MalOlan's sankalpam has
been communicated to Srimad Azhagiya
Singar and the work is underway to construct
this Gold Mantapam .
The Teak base , the copper claddings have
been completed now . The gold plates
have to be added . Ten Kilos of Gold are
needed to complete the construction of this Golden
Mantapam for MaalOlan's residence .
This kaimkaryam has been spearheaded by Sriman Ramani ,
the
President of the Chembur Mutt and it will be our bhAgyam to assist him
to
fulfill the wishes of Srimad Azhagiyasingar.
Tax deductible
samarpaNams can be made both in USA and in India for the participants in
this
Mahaa Kaimakryam .You can consider pledges in units of $275 for 10 grams
of Gold or whatever you could consider as Your samarpaNam .
With all of your
support , this kaimakryam should conclude successfully .
Please let
adiyEn know about your participation nd adiyEn will standby to help in whichever
way I can .
Srimad Azhagiya
Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
DhAsan ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
P.S : Please enjoy a closer Darsanam of
Sri Malolan , Srimad Azhagiya Singar and
the Silver Mantapam at ebook 79 of
the Sundara Simham Series entitled
" A Day at SrI Matam " :
NamO SrI NrisimhAya !
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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