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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Pranams,

Let us now visit the other sannadhis. 

We saw about the different forms of the Para Brahmam
i.e Para, vyuha, vibhava, antaryami and the archai in
the previous postings. Among them the archavataram is
full of Saulabhyam, visible even to a common man. 
Among all the Archavadarams in this world, our
Acharyas regard 3 as the top most. To our surprise
all 3 forms are present in Thiruvallikeni.

The first and foremost of the DivyaDesams considered
the most important by all the alwars and mainly by the
acharyas, is Koil, SRIRANGAM (also called yoga
mandapam). Alwars call it Thalai Arangam the head of
divya desams and even it is said that the Nammazhvar's
thiruvaimozhi is sung in the praise of Sri Ranganatha.
It is no wonder that all our acharyas spent most of
their lifetime in Srirangam, considered as the
Bhooloka Vaikundam. Even today, in all the
DivyaDesams, Srivaishnavas, during satrumarai say
"Adiyargal Vazha Aranganagar Vazha Sadagopan Than
Tamizh Nool Vazha Kadal Soozhdha Mannulagam Vazha
Manavala Mamuniyae Ennum Oru Nootrandirum". It is a
faith that, if Srirangam lives, all other Divya Desams
will also flourish and also that all DivyaDesa
Emperumans go each night to Srirangam to take rest. 
But the lord Ranganatha with so many praises couldn?t
get what he wanted in Srirangam. Yes, I mean
Vedavalli. He wanted to marry Vedavalli Thayar and
hence he rushed to Thiruvallikeni and settled there
with the Mariyadai of a Mappilai. So we see Mannathan
enjoying himself in Thiruvallikeni. Even in our
day-to-day life we see a person has more respect in
his in-laws place than in his own house. So Srirangam
is Ranganatha?s Sonda Gruham and Thiruvallikeni is his
in laws place as he fell in love with Sri Vedavalli
and came here to marry her. So In Thiruvallikeni
Mannathan is full of charm leaving all his tensions in
Srirangam itself.

Then the second important DivyaDesam to the
SriVaishnavas is the Thirumalai, THIRUPATHI (Bhoga
mandapam). This world famous perumal, doesn?t require
any introduction. Even in America we find Srinivasa
temles throughout. So I need not tell much about him.
In the olden days, a king by the name Sumathi was a
great devotee of the Thirupathi Emperuman. He once
went to Srinivasa and asked him to give him darshan as
he was in the Krishna Avatara. Srinivasa asked King
Sumathy to go to Thiruvallikeni and promised to give
him darshan there as Venkata Krishnan. The king did
so and got the beautiful darshan of the lord and asked
him to stay in the same form for the other bhakthas
also to enjoy and so we are able to enjoy the beauty
of Sri VenkataKrishnan even today. So the lord today
in Thiruvallikeni is none other than the Thirupathi
Srinivasan himself. Probably Srinivasan thought that
Thirupathi is always flooded with bhakthas so why not
choose another place to settle peacefully with his
family. And no wonder he choose Brindaranyam where
there is cool breeze and such good atmosphere very
near to the sea. So Thiruvallikeni is otherwise
called Erandam Thirupathi. The fortunate/unfortunate
part is the crowd in Thiruvallikeni is also increasing
day by day like in thirupathi.

The third important DivyaDesam is the PERUMAL KOIL,
KANCHI (called the Thyaga mandapam, Athigiri). Here
the Emperuman Varadharajan is waiting to give whatever
his bhakthas wish to have. When anyone says kanchi
what do we remember? Yes, the GARUDASEVAI. But we can
see Kanchi Varadan on the garuda vahanam only on that
day during the Vaikasi Utsavam. But in
Thiruvallikeni, what a wonder!! You can have the
darshan of Gajendra Varadan on Garudan whenever you
go(Nitya garudasevai). Yes the Moolavar is on top of
garudan. Can u tell me anyother DivyaDesam with such a
wonderful sevai all through the year?

Emperuman showed his Apaara Karunyam when he came
running to save Gajendran, the elephant from the
clutches of the crocodile as soon as Gajendran shouted
'Aadhimoolame'. Gajendrazhvan, as our acharyas refer
to
this great bhaktha of Emperuman , then requested 
Perumal that he should come during the andhimadasai of
all the bhakthas as he did for him today. And
Emperuman assured him that he will come and give
darshan to all those who will think of him and
Gajendran each day early morning when they wake up.
That is why our acharyas wake up reciting the Gajendra
stuti or the sloka 'Grahagrasthe Gajendrae' or atleast
by uttering Gajendra Varada loudly while waking. Now
that Perumal has given the assurity to Gajendra that
he will give the same sevai to all the bhakthas, he is
waiting on the back of Garuda to fullfil his assurity,
so that he
Will not be late to the call of any bhaktha. That is
why he is seen on Nithya Garudasevai in
Thiruvallikeni. He is waiting to pour his Divya
Darshanam to all his bhakthas during their andimadasai
and thereby grant moksham.

Kanchi Deva Perumals 6 words to Sri Ramanuja through
Thirukachi Nambigal is known to all. Where he says
"Antimasmriti varjanam". When according to Sastras
last thought is necessary why does DevaPerumal refute
it? Its because he very well knows that even though
the Prapanna doesn?t think of him in the last moment
he is going to go and stand in front of him in the
Garudasevai to maintain his vow given to
Gajendrazhvan. So when Emperuman is in front, can
anyone forget him? So he says Antimasmriti is not
necessary for Prapannas. In Thiruvallikeni Emperuman
is in the ready posture to grant Moksham to the
bhakthas and prappannas.

Have u ever known a place with more important features
and wonders like this? This kshetram has all the
divinity and that?s why all Emperumans prefer to stay
over here, ready to help all the bhakthas. It?s
Emperuman?s comfortable home where he is away from
tensions and free to help and grant moksham. So in
future when you visit India you need not find time to
go to all the three DivyaDesams just visit
Thiruvallikeni and get the essence of enjoying all the
three Divyadesam?s Emperumans.

I have talked about all the Perumal sannadhis atleast
to an extent but I fear whether I can utter even a
drop in the ocean of the Magimai of the Thayar and
beloved Andal, the consort of Sri Parthasarathi.
Anyway let me try it in the next posting. Till then
let us meditate on the 3 great Divyadesa Perumals in
Thiruvallikeni. Sri Ranganathan, Sri Srinivasan and
Sri Varadharajan all in the same place with all their
charm and kalyana gunas in Thiruvallikeni.

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


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