SrI:
Dear Sri KaLLazhagar BhakthAs :
ThirumAlirum Cholai Azhagar , ThirumOhUr KaaLamEgha PerumAl ,
Aanai Malai SingappirAn and Koodal Azhagar blessed this seventh
day of this year's KshEthrAdanam .
At ThirumAlirum chOlai , the focus was on the samarpaNam of 100 vessels of
Akkaravadisil to Sundara Raaja PerumAL following ANDAL's samarpaNam
and that of GodhAgrajar , " the elder Brother of ANDAL " , AchArya
RaamAnujA , who fulfilled ANDAL's promise of the samarpaNam of
100 vessels of akkAravadisil prior to his trip to SrivilliputthUr .
When AchArya RaamAnuja arrived at NaacchiyAr ThirumALigai ,
Andal rushed from inside Her Grabha gruham to ardha Mantapam
to greet Her " elder brother " , who took care of the SamarpaNam
that She had promised to Azhagar at ThirumAlirumchOlai but
did not have the time to complete inview of Her marriage with
Lord RanganAthan .
Early Morning Vigil in front of Azhagar Koil Main entrance
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The Koil ArchakAs had asked us to arrive at the temple by 5.30 A.M
for Viswaroopa darsanam , SuprabhAtham , SthOthra PaDanam ,
Prapatthi , MangaLam recital and for the morning AarAdhanam .
The SamarpaNam of the 100 TaDA akkaravadisil , which had been
cooking in the MadappaLLi from 9 P.M the night before until 3 A.M
the follwing day would follow this Sevaa Kaalam .
We had presented the Sannidhi ParichArakr and the MadaapaLLI Swamy
with the ingedients that go in to making the akkaravadisil at
ThirumAlirumchOlai : Lots of Milk and ghee , China kalkaNDu ,
Saffron(Rs.1250 worth) , Almonds , BisthA paruppu ,rice , Payattham
Paruppu , Cashew nuts , Raisins , cardamom et al . The provisions came to
approximately Rupees 8,200 . Patiently , the Sannidhi cook at the MadapaLLi
stirred for more than six hours the akkaravadisil slowly and watch over it
and then let it cool off for ernjoyment by the Lord . With the sambhAvanais
and
the three Pudavais for PerumAL and ubhaya NaacchiyAr ( Moolavars ) ,
KOil KattaNams , and other incidental expenses , another 8,000 Rupees
were added to the budget . adiyEn is mentioning the budget figures
for the benefit of those , who might contemplate offering such a
samarpaNam in future . It is interesting that Moolavar adorns 9 yard
colored Pudavai like His NaacchiyArs instead of Peethaambharam
at ThirumAlirumchOlai . We had brought a beautiful blue Pudavai
for the Lord and a gold colored Pudavai for the Ubhaya NaacchiyArs.
Frequency of AkkAravadisil SamarpaNam at ThirumAlirumchOlai
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We were told that approximately three times in a Year Akkaravadisil
is presented to the Lord . The One occasion is in Marghazhi, when Andal
stays before the Lord and offers the Akkaaravadisil personally . This is
a required Kaimkaryam by the temple itself . The other two samarpaNams
are by interested sEvArthees like us during the rest of the year .
History behind the Vella Paayasam (Akkaravadisil SamarpaNam
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We were told that Uthsavar Sundara Baahu was waiting at the ardha
Mantapam especially for recieving the SamarpaNam on a special peetam
to enjoy this special delicacy in the name of ANDAL , who addressed Him as
"Maalirum ChOlai MaNALar " in Her Koodal KuRippu Paasurams .
"KarumbhAr Kuzhal KOthai" tempted the " SilambARudai Maalirum ChOlai
NinRa Sundaran" with this offer, if He appeared before Her mind's eye :
NaaRu NaRum Pozhil MaalirumchOlai Nambikku , Naann
nURu taDAvil VeNNay vaay nErnthu ParAvi VaitthEn ,
nooRu taDA niRaintha akkAravadisil sonnEn
yERu ThiruvudayAn inRu vanthu ivai koLLunkolO
--- NaachiyAr Thirumozhi(NTM) : 9.6
inRu vanthu itthanayum amudhu seythidappeRil , Naann
onRu nUrAyiramAhak-kodutthup-pinnumALum seyvan
tenRal MaNam kamazhum ThirumAlirumchOlai tannuL
ninRa PirAn , adiyEn manatthE vanthu nErpadilE - - - NTM 9.7
(Meaning) : adiyEn has made the sankalpam (Vaai nErnthu)
presents VeNNai spread in 100 vessels and 100 vessels filled with
Akkaaravadisil t the KayANa GuNa PoorNan (Nambikku) , who presides
over the fragrant groves of Vrushagiri at ThirumAlirumchOlai .Will this
Lord with growing Iswaryam due to the presence of MahA Lakshmi at
His chest come here today and accept this SamarpaNam ?
If the UpakArakan standing at ThirumAlirumchOlai enjoying the fragrant
breeze from the flowering groves there appears before adiyEn , accepts
the akkaravadisil , VeNNai offerings and my Dhaasyam in person , adiyEn
will multiply these offerings many fold and continue with the Kaimkaryams
for Him .
The Timeless glory of ThirumAlirumchOlai
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ThirumAlirumchOlai is an ancient dhivya dEsam , where great AchAryAs
and AzhwArs have links . It was from here PeriyAzhwAr ascended to
Parama Padham . This dhivya dEsam was dear to ANDAL . As referred to
earlier , ANDAL enticed the Lord with 100 vessels of Akkaaravadisil ,
if he were to present Himself before Her . That was the reward She
souhgt in return for cooking the sweet AkkAravadisil with Her own hands .
There are 128 MangaLAsAsana Paasurams from SIX AzhwArs on Azhagar :
PeriyAzhwAr , ANDAL , BhUtham , Pey , Thirumangai and Swamy
NammAzhwAr .
adiyEn's Vigil in front of the Raaja Gopuram gate at the early Morning
hours
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had arrived around 5.30 A.M as per the niyamanam of the ArchakAs . Thetemple
was not open yet . The Viswaroopam cow was ready to enter inside forits
kaimkaryam to the Lord and have its breakfast PrasAdham ( PerumALPrasAdham in
the form of ripe bananas ) . It was like GodhAPirAtti waitingalong with us
for Her Lord to awaken and to greet Her . Mercurial monkeyswere jumping all
over the mathiL and on the road leading to the temple .They were eager to join
the service for the Lord like the monkeys atThirumalai . There was time on hand
to reflect on the divine anubhavams ofAzhwArs and Swamy KurEsar (Sri Sundara
Baahu Sthavam) as well as KaLLazhagarKuravanji Naatakam ( Opera) by Kavi
Kunjara BhArathy . The first chapter ofTillAnA MohanAmbhAl describing the
Uthsavam at Azhagar Koil went thruadiyEn's mind .The scenes from the hurried
arrival of Sri RanganAtha attheThirumAlirum ChOlai temple s!
ome 700 years back from Srirangamalong withSwamy PiLLai LokAcchAr flashed
thru adiyEn's mind . It was a cool , pristinemorning to reflect on these
happenings as one waited for the Temple doorsto open to let us in . The
anubhavam of PeriyAzhwAr . It is a good placeto start . PeriyAzhwAr's
Paasuram highlights************************************ AzhwAr addresses the
Lord as "MathilSoozh SOlamalaikkarasE " . The ramparts surrounding the temple
got theattention of AzhwAr as he hastened towards the Sannidhi of Azhagar .
AzhwArenjoyed the Lord as enchanting Baala Gopalan and declared his
unalterablelove for the Lord : " MaRRaruvakku yennai pEsalottEn MaalirumchOlai
yemmMAyaRkkallAl " ( I will not let any one speak of myself being betrothed
asa bride except for the mysterious Aayan at MaalirumchOlai). Naturally ,
Hisdaughter took the cue from Her Father and AchAryan . In the 22 Paasurams
ofhis Thirumozhi ( 4.2 and 4.3) , PeriyAzhwAr loses himself in celebration
ofthe vaibhava!
m of " SilambARu Paayum Tenn ThirumAlirumchOlai" and the Lordwho stand
s there as his " Kula ViLakku ". AzhwAr hears the echos of HisPallANDu all
around sung by the devotees of the Lord at Solai Malai : "Yella idatthilum
yengum paranthu PallANDoli , sellaa niRkkum seert-tennThirumaalirum ChOlayE ".
The salutation of Solai Malai as the abode of theLord by PeriyAzhwAr are
moving : " Kadal VaNNan Malai , MaNi VaNNan Malai ,TanikkALai Karuthum Malai (
the Mountain desired as the preferred place ofresidenceby that uniquely
valourous Lord as His own) , Azhahan AlankAraMalai , " Kula Malai , kOla Malai
, KuLir Maamalai , KoRRa Malai , NilaMalai NeeNDa Malai ThirumAlirum ChOlai
adhE " . Azhagar and the Solai Malaimerge together in AzhwAr's mind : "
Maalirum ChOlai yennum Malayai udayaMalaiyai " . AzhwAr elevates his gaze now
and sees the Lord as " VedAnthaVizhup- poruLin mEliruntha ViLakku ". AzhwAr
enjoys the Lord as the Svayam-prakAsa Param JyOthi shining as the
quintessential lamp of VedAnthaSaaramon top of Solai Malai . Towards the very
end of !
his Thirumozhi and justbefore His valedictory SenniyOngu Paasurams ,
PeriyAzhwAr pours his heartout and expresses his MahA ViswAsam to "
ThirumAlirum ChOlai tannuL NinRaPiRAn ". In these 5.3 decad paasurams , AzhwAr
addresses the Lord ofThirumAlirumchOlai EmperumAn as his caring Father "
ThirumAlirum ChOlaiYenthAi " . In the sixth Paasuram , PeriyAzhwAr , who
established ParaTatthvam at the court of Paandya king declares unequivocally
that the Lordof ThirumAlirum chOlai alone ( not Rudran or Brahma or Indharan)
canprescribe the medicine for the disease of SamsAram and cure us and
salutesAzhagar as the most effective Doctor ( Marutthuvan) against the disease
ofSamsAric sufferings . AzhwAr begs the Lord to intercede , correct
hisdeficencies and end the cycles of births and deaths ( MarutthuvanAi
ninRaMaamaNivaNNA ! MaRu piRavi tavirat-thirutthi unn Koil
kadaippuhappeyThirumAlirumchOlai YenthAi ) .adiyEn will continue with the
anubhavam ofANDAL Next .ThirumAlirum ChOlai T!
hirumAl ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,Daasan ,Oppiliappan Koil V. Sadagopan
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