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Sri:

Dear AasthikAs:

adiyEn had arrived on Oct 17 Morning in Chennai.It was a PourNami day ,
Lord RanganAthA's Nakshathram (Revathy) was ascendant . Chandra grahaNam 
was on and Vishuva PuNya Kaalam prevailed . 

After release from GrahaNam , Japams and TarpaNams , we headed 
to ThiruvallikkENi to have the darsanam of Lord ParthasArathy . As our
car arrived in front of the Mantapam linked to the Main gOpuram
entrance , sweet waves of Music from the temple Naathaswara VidwAn
was heard in all directions . 

The Raagam was NaLiNakAnthy fit for the evening and the TaaLam
was dEsAdhi. The krithi was the one made famous by late Flute Mali :
" Manavi nAlakinch raadhaDE ? " of Saint ThyagarAja . Here the composer 
is having an argument with his mind along these lines :  " Oh My Mind ! 
Why wont You listen to the appeal of some one like myself , who has 
experienced the cool nectarine outpourings of the noble heart of Lord 
Ramachandra ?
I will let you in on the whole secret . After having seen the sufferings of 
those who preoccupied themselves with the dry rituals  prescribed by 
the Karma KaaNDa section of the VedAs and also seeing those , who have 
been wandering in the dark forests of SamsArA , our Lord has shown Himself 
in a human incarnation (as KrishNaa)  to show us the right path (to Moksham).

Coming closer to the location from where the delectable music was
coming from , we had a most delightful  surprise . Uthsavar ParthasArathy 
was standing there in front of the Eastern Temple entrance to bless us all and 
show
us the right path . Saaya raksha pooja was taking place after the Veethi 
PuRappAdu
for Maasa PiRappu. Had the star of the day been Revathy , Lord Ranganatha 
Uthsavar
(MannAthar) would have gone on Veethi PuRappADu instead of Lord ParthasArathy .

The great good fortune of that evening was that our Lord had ordained us 
to be in front of Him at the exact time, when he was resting on the back of 
Paadham Tangis and to enjoy the waves of NalinikAnthy raaga Kruthi wafted by
the gentle sea breeze . We had the sevai of GeethAchAryan as Thirumazhisai
enjoyed : " neeLOtham vanthlaikkum Maamayilai  MaavallikkENiyAn " .

Swamy PeyAzhwAr arrived in front of Lord PaarthasArathy on one such evening 
and saw the interplay between the waves breaking in to forms of white pearls 
on the walls of the temple and at the sacred feet of the Lord and the magical 
interplay between the setting Sun and the breaking waves  :

vanthu-udaittha veNDiraikaL sempavaLa veNN muttham
   anthi viLakku ManivilakkAm, --- Yenthai
oruvallitthAmarayAL onRiya Seer-mArbhan
    ThiruvallikkENiyAn enRu 

----- PeyAzhwAr: 3rd ThiruvandhAthi: 16th Paasuram

(Meaning): " The Lord , whose chest is adorned by MahA Lakshmi ,
who had left off Her abode of the large broad-petalled lotus  and has
to come to stay at Thiru-AllikkENi .The shores of this place shine in 
illumination
from the corals and pearls that have been washed ashore by the chasing waves of 
the nearby sea as the Sun sets . The Lord has settled in this dhivya dEsam 
presumably to 
come to me , who is close by . He is my Master".

 Of that dhviya MangaLa roopan , Thirumangai sang in his Periya Thirumozhi(2.3):
 " PaarTan thEr munn NinRAnai --ThiruvallikkENi kaNDEnE " ( adiyEn saw at 
ThiruvallikkENi , the Supreme JyOthi that stood in front of the Chariot of 
Arjuna
performing GeethOpadEsam .

Thirumangai went on to describe the exquisite , matchless anubhavam of 
darsana soubhAgyam of this ThiruvallikkENiyAn as :

Vedatthai Vedatthin Suvaippayanai vizhumiya munivar vizhungum , 
kOthin kaniyai NandanAr KaLiRRaik-kuvalayatthOr thozhuthu yEtthum,
Aadhiyai amudhai yennaiaaLudayappanai oppavarillA-matharkaL vaazhum
Maadamaamayialit-ThiruvallkkENi KaNDEnE  

Andal in Her NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi( 14.5) revealed that She saw that Lord 
adorning 
His PeethAmbharam and moving around the streets of BeundhAvanam like
a majestic , young blue cloud :

" Peethakavaadai thAzhap-perum kaar mEkam pOl 
   VeethiyAra-varuvAnai VirunthAvanatthatthe kaNDOmE "    

Here at BrundhAraNya KshEthram , the same Lord presented Himself to PeyAzhwAr
and Thirumangai and they acknowledged His sevai with "KaNDEnE ". 

It is interesting that adiyEn's KshEthrAdanam started at ThiruvallikkENi ( 
BrundhAraNya
KshEtham) and concluded in NaacchiyAr ThirumaLikai , SrivilliputthUr,
where ANDAL sang the series on " BhrundhAvanatthE KaNDOmE " at the conclusuion 
of 
Her search for the Lord .

After the SandhikkAppu , Lord ParthasArathy looked radiant during this TulA 
SankramaNa
PuNya Kaalam . The matchless beauty of Lord ParthasArathy can be enjoyed in the 
excellent 
pictures taken by Smt. Sumitra VaradarAjan , a devout native of ThiruvallikkENi 
:

http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/43528833833

http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/43528833834

http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/43916462


Now PerumAl with His Ubhaya NaacchiyAr left the Mantapam and proceeded forward 
to the temple past Bali Peetam and dhwaja Sthambam . The way in which the famous
Paadham ThAngis of ThiruvallikkENi temple carried Him into the SaaRRu MuRai 
ManTapam 
was an unforgettable sevai. 

After He settled down to lend His ears to the evening SaaRRumuRai , adiyEn went 
inside 
the Garbha gruham to have the sevai of Lord ParthasArathy accompanied by Sri 
RukmiNi ,
Aniruddhan , Pradhyumnan , BalarAman and Saathyaki . Here under the Aanandha 
VimAnam ,
the Lord of Thirumala presented Himself as KaNNan in response to the prayers of 
King ThoNdaimAn.
Because of the Uthsavar PuRappAdu , there were very few people at the Moolavar 
Sannidhi.

adiyEn performed MangaLAsAsanam using Thirumangai's auspicious words :

ViRRperu Vizhavum Kanjanaum Vezhamum Paahanum veezha seRRa PerumALE !

PaRRalar veeyak-kOl kayil koNDu PaarTan tann thEr munn ninRa PerumALE ! 

AadhiyAhavum , AmudhamAhavum , Yennai AaLudayavanAhavum niRkkum PerumALE !

Vanjanai seyyat-thAyuruvAhi vantha pEy alaRi maNN sEraccheytha PerumALE !

anthamil varayAl Mazhai taduttha Govardhana GiridhAriyE !


Pancha PaaNDavarkkAhi Vaayurai thUthu senRiyangum PerumALE !

Sarva dharmAn Parithyjya MaamEkam SaraNam vraja yenRu sonna PerumALE !

Aham ThvA Sarva PaapEbhyO MokshayishyAmi , Maa Sucha: yenRu rakshikkum PerumALe 
!

Tava daasOham yenRu namaskaitthukkoNdu , we moved on to Lord Vedavalli's 
sanidhi .
The sevai here was peaceful and auspicious . The MangaLAsAsana Archaa Moortham 
of
the Vara PrasAdhi Sri Vedavalli ThAyAr and Her sErthi Sevai with Her Lord 
RanganAthan
(MannAthan) can be enjoyed at :

http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/40305834

http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/40522125   

Our next sannidhi was that of GajEndhra Varadhan :

" Aanayin thuyaram theerap-puLLUrnthu senRu ninRAzhi-thottAnai ,
   tEnamar sOlai Maada-Maamayilai ThiruvallikkENI KaNDEnE " 
--- 9th ThiruvallikkENi Paasuram of Thirumangai).

Here , He presents Himself as AnATa Rakshakan and Aapath BhAndhavan 
and as the Supreme One , who responded with alacrity to the wailing of
the GajEndhran as it suffered pain from the jaws of the crocodile in the lotus 
pond .

It was now our turn to move on and seek the blessings of " TeLLiya SingamAhiya 
Devu " 
at Tennan ThoNDayarkkOn seytha Nannmayilai ThiruvallikkENi . Many devotees
were there because of Maasa PiRappu . The Lord's sevai can be enjoyed at
the following URL:

http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/46779814

http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/46455114

There were no Bhattars at ANDAL Sannidhi . We had our darsanam thru the gates
and had final stop at MadappaLLi to take home BhagvAn's PrasAdhams .

It was an auspicious start for the Journey to other dhivya dEsams .

In the next posting , adiyEn will describe the trip to ThirucchAnUr and 
Thirumala .

NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

P.S : May I request the abhimAnis and SishyAs of Ahobila Matam to contact
me with respect to their particpation in the forthcoming 79th Thirunakshathram
of Srimath Azhagiya Singar ? Thank You .   


                          

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