SrI:
Dear Sri RanganAyaki SamEtha
Sri Ranganatha BhakthAs :
The preparations are well
underway for the BrahmOthsavam
celebrations . The Details of
each day's program is available at:
Please plan on attending this
First BrahmOthsavam
at Sri Ranganatha Temple with
family and friends
and recieve the Dhivya
Dampathy's anugraham .
Please volunteer for the
various Kaimkaryams and
provide support for the
Vaidhika events of the individual
days from DhvajArOhaNam
to DhvajAvarOhaNam .
Please come and
enjoy the daily alankArams , PuRappAdus ,
Live Naadhadwara
Kaccheris , cultural events , Anna dhAnams,
BhEri Taadanams
et al during this BrahmOthsavam .
This temple observes
PaancharAthra Aagamam
( Jayaakhya Samhithai) . The
PaancharAthra Aagamic
texts have laid out specific
details on how the BrahmOthsavam
should be conducted at the
Temples of Sriman NaarAyaNa .
Sri Ranganatha Temple will
follow very closely the Aagamic
guidelines with support from
experts in PaancharAthra
Aagamams .
Even at famous temples
in India , there are local variations
in the observance of
BrahmOthsavams :
1) UthsavAnga Homams (
Homams at Yaaga SaalAs pertinent
to the BrahmOthsavam
)
2) Times for conductance
of this Uthsavam (
Months: Maasi
at Ahobilam , PurattAsi at
Thirumala , Panguni and Purattasi
at Oppiliappan Sannidhi
)
3) Length of the Uthsavam (
18 days at MannArgudi
to standard 10 days
concluding with avabrutha
SnAnam at Temple
PushkaraNi or River )
4) Rakshaa Bhandhanam ( one
at most dhivya dEsams to
Three at Kaanchipuram
(athivAsa, Uthsavaartha and
Theerttha Yaathraa Rakshaa
Bhnadanams) .
5) Dhvadasa AarAdhanam &
PushpAnjali procedures
adiyEn will post a few
articles on BrahmOthsavam
selected events . The subject
is vast and hence adiyEn
has to limit myself .I will
seek the help of some experts
in Srirangam/Mekote/Kaanchi
to get expert opinion
on these observances
over time .
At SrI Matam , Vaduvur
GhanapAdi and Senior Aaradhakar
is an authortiy in
Paacha Rathra Aagamam . Hopefully , we can
be blessed with his inputs
.He is already guiding the PradhAna
Archakar of the Temple ,
Sriman Venkat Kanumalla .
Mainly , we will study
together specific Uthsava Observances
like :
(1) Garuda AdhivAsam , PraaNa
Prathishtai , DhvajArOhaNam
(2) Bheri Poojaa , BhEri
TaaDanam
(3) Nithya
Homam
(4) Swasthi Vachanam
(5) VaasudEva
PuNyAhavachanam
(6)
DhvadasArAdhanam
(7) Nava Sandhi
Bali
(8) DhvajA
avarOhaNam ,
Avabrutha SnAnam
(9) SapthAvaraNam ,
PushpaYaagam
It may not be possibleto go
into great details before
the start of the
Uthsavam on all of them . adiyEn will
seek AchArya/BhAgavatha
anugraham in this Kaimkaryam .
The Best thing would be
for you to attend the Uthsavam
and see for yourself and
experience the different observances
at " the Yaaga Saala " and
ceremonies . As the proverb goes
One picture is better than
1000 pages of written text . Similarly
seeing and experiencing is
better than reading about them .
NamO SrI RanganAthAya
,
Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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