Sri:
NamO Sri VenkatEsAya
Dear Sri VenkatEsa BhakthAs :
Here are some more facts from Dr.P.V.Rao's book as " Eye Openrs".
There is so much more for you to enjoy from this book and also
to listen to his lecture intrerspersed with outstanding renditions of
AnnamayyA Krithis in the 4 Audio CD ROMs .Please send e-mail to:
devi0114@xxxxxxxxx for acquiring this book & the 4 CD ROMs .
VaikAnasa AarAdhanam at Thirumala
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1. VaikAnasa Aagama requires AarAdhanams during the 6 times of
the day starting from Ushath Kaalam to midnight (nisi). At least one
out of the Six AarAdhanams should be done during the day .
2. At Thirumala , there are two AarAdhanams : (a) ThOmAla and
(b) EkAntha sEva at night . At ThOmAla sEva , there are 29 pujAnga
upachArams and there are six upachArams during the EkAntha sEva
AarAdhanam . Evening six upachArams are done with TuLasi and
Flowers .
3) AchArya RaamAnuja was an ardent champion of PaancharAthra
Aagamam . He did not recommend any changes to the VaikAnasa
way of worship at Thirumala. Some minor compromises happened
(e-g) Number of UpachArams . VaikAnasam recommends 29 UpachArams.
PaancharAthra has 16 UpachArams (ShOdasOpachArams).
4) Adhi Sankara visited Thirumala one time and is said to have
established a Jana and Dhana yantrams to attract people and
dhanam to the temple . MadhvAchArya is said to have visited
Thirumala atleast once . We know that AchArya Ramanuja
visited Thirumala thrice .
5) There are many festivals at Thirumala ( ~450 in 365 days).
here are VisEsha PoojAs on each of the week days besides
KalyANOthsavams , BrahmOthsavams , VasanthOthsavams
(http://www.tirumala.org )
5.1: Monday : VisEsha Pooja for Malayappa Swami with His Ubhaya
NaacchiyArs ; Thirumanjanam with Pancha Sookthams & Dhivya
Prabhandham excerpts.
5.2: Tuesday: Archana with 108 golden lotus flowers for BhOga SrinivAsan
(Ashta DaLa Pada PadmArAdhanam).
5.3: Wenesday: Sahasra Kalasa AbhishEkam for BhOga SrinivAsan
and Malayappa Swamy with sacred water from AakAsa GangA and
PanmchAmrutham.
5.4: Thursday: Pulangi SevA ( PoovAadai : Adorning with Flowers only ).
Netra Seva , where the broad nAmam on the forehead is narrowed to get
a better Seva of the powerful eyes of the Lord . Two special naivEdhyams
are offered this day: ThiruppAvadai & Annakootam .
5.5: Friday: Brughu Vasara Thirumanjanam recommedned by VaikanAsam .
Dr. Rao informed the audience that the tickets for the Thirumanjanam have been
sold out until 2020 ( the next 14 years ) . Before KrishNa Deva Raayar's time ,
this Friday AbhishEkam was every two weeks .The King changed this sacred
abhishEkam for the Lord from fortnightly to every Friday .
It is mind boggling to know what goes into the ParimaLam that is used for
the Thirumanjanam : 84 TulAs of Paccha KaRpooram + 36 TulAs of Saffron+
1 Tula KasthUri+1 Tula Ounugu Tailam (Civet Oil )+4 Kgs of Gingely oil+
one quarter Kilo of Turmeric.
When the Thirumanjanam is completed , the Dhruva Bheram gets a massage
from the Archakar . The reverence with which the archakar presses the limbs
of the Lord brings tears to one's eyes.
I will stop here since there is so much more in the Book :
" Flowers at His feet " and the 4 CDs , where you can listen to
the many sankeerthanams of Annamayya composed for the various
occasions (Uthsavams , AarAdhanams) and spiritual pursuits.
I thank Dr.Pappu VenugOpAl Rao for permission to use these
excerpts from his informative monograph & Audio CDs .
We look forward to more offerings from Dr.Rao for the sacred
feet of Lord VenaktEsa and thnak him for all what he is doing
for us to develop a deeper understanding of Annamayya's
Sruthi Sourabha sankeerthanams .
DaasOham , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
P.S: adiyEn is preparing a series of articles on the AnnamachAryA's
krithis on Lord Narasimha and his AchAryan , Aadhi VaNN SaThakOpa
Jeeyar and hope to share with you as a part of the Prakrutham
Srimath Azhagiya Singar's upcoming sathAbhishEkam celebrations
samarpaNam on Nov 30, 2006 at Srirangam .
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