Dear Asthika, I would lilke to inform you that now you need not go to thiruvahindrapuram and sriperumbudur to attend the celebrations. I request all the asthikas, it is being celebrated in the past 4,5 years together by all srivaishnavas all these three mahotsavam in Muscat city. Not only annual celebrations also monthly celebrations. New additon that Sri Manavala Mamunigal divya mangala vigraham can be darshaned in Muscat city now. Already Sirman Nathamuni, Srimad Bhashyakar and Swami Desikan with SriLakshmi Hayagrivan are blessing all of us. Thanks for the information of celebration. Here too yesterday we celebrated swami Manavalamamunigal's tirunakshatrm in a great mannar. A swami, divyaprabanda adhikari, archakar of an ancient temple at madras has come here and he performed aradhana to Sri krishnan and Swami manavalamamunigal. Parivattam and malai from perumal was given to mamunigal with kattiyam. then sathumarai was performed. Programmed finished at 10.45 pm. tomorrow Sravanam and Sri Poygai alwar sathumarai will be held at Sri Sriraman house at Wadi Kabir. Welcome to all the Asthikas. Govindarajan. raghunathan_r <raghunathan_r@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: The following questions came to our mind yesterday. 1. Where does one go for celebrating Sri Desikan Thirunakshatram? 2. Where does one go for celebrating Sri Ramanuja's Thirunakshatram? 3. Where does one go for celebrating Sri Manavala Maamunigal Thirunakshatram in Kuwait? We heard the following solutions too. 1. Apart from many other places, it is celebrated in Thiruvaheendra puram. 2. We visit Sriperumpudur 3. We visited Fahaheel a suburb in Kuwait. There is no exaggeration in the above facts, as it happened in Sri P.T.Narayanan's house in a suburb called Fahaheel at around 50 Kms away from the main Kuwait city. To continue the festive season (Deepavali) it was the idea of Sriman IVK Chary to celebrate the Thirunakshatram of Sri Manavaala Maamunigal in Kuwait, which was unanimously accepted by all the members of Tiruvenkatam group in Kuwait. No doubt we celebrate Acharyan Thirunakshatrams at our houses, but, this was a group celebration. We were more than 40 in number to celebrate the "Aiyppasi Moolam" thirunakshatram of Sri Manavaala Maamunigal. Probably Sri P.T.Narayanan can vouch for the fact that the Bhagavathas gathered last evening at his flat were more than the number of people who visited them on the occasion of Deepvali. Added advantage is the advent of "Ramadan" ? "Ramzan" month few days back, which is a good sign for office/school goers, where the offices start late and work for reduced hours as the natives generally fast during the day time. With this in mind the celebrations started suitably at around 7pm in the evening, as people can afford to stay late in the evening. It was a scintillating day after Deepavali, as the Pasurams recited were some of the best gems. Full credit goes to Sri P.T.Narayanan for the excellent selection and arranging for collated copies (so that people don't skip pages in searching and wasting time thereby). Some of the new comers, who did not know the capacity of the Prabandham peers (P.T.Narayanan and Kooram Sudharsan) in Kuwait, had a fear on seeing the booklet of so many pages and thought it will take more than 3 hours to complete this set. The beautiful rendition took us just over 2 hours to complete the entire selection + few pasurams from Raamanusa Nootrandadhi. Nonetheless the traditional pasurams were not missed out. The dedications started with Thiruppallandu, continued with Thiruppavai. It was a good participation by all the members, male and female to render all the pasurams, as they were in Tamil. Next was the turn of the gems ? "Thuppudaiyarai" ("Appodhaikku Ippodhae solli vaithen"), "Virpera Vizhavam" ("Thiruvallikkeni pasurams"), "Ulagamunda Peruvaaya" ("Thiruvenkatam paasurams"). Thiruvaimozhi pasurams "Uyarvara", "Veedumin", "Kangulum Pagalum" (traditionally sung on the occasion), "Ulagamunda Peruvaaya" and "Muniye Naanumgane" (last 10) were preceded by Kanninun Siruthambu Pasurams, in traditional style. Not to forget about the enthusiasm seen in Tiruvenkatam group members when they were all involved in singing "Ulagamunda Peruvaaya" on Thiruvenkatamudaiyan. Before going to "Adaikkalapathu", it was but apt for Sriman IVK Chary to intervene and suggest the recitation of few pasurams in Ramanusa Nootrandadhi. Kooram Sudharsan added the "Muzhiyai Kidakkum" on Koorathazhvan in between to make us remember his native. Then we recited "Adaikkalapathu" and the superb "Upadesa Ratnamalai", when every one remembered all the azhvars and acharyans by reciting those pasurams twice. It was a new experience for me, as I have not rendered this earlier. Last but not the least, the Thiruvaimozhi Nootrandhadhi Rettai Pasurams were rendered by Sri Kooram Sudharsan. The saatrumurai pasurams were selected from, Thiruvaimozhi, Raamnusa Nootrandadhi and Upadesa Ratnamalai. Vaazhi thirunaamam was followed by theertham, with Yatiraja Vimsati rendition. The befitting Naal Pattu (Ayippasi Moolam) was sung to conclude the dedication. Sri Narayanan gave a brief introduction about Sri Manavaala Maamunigal. Prasadams made by Mrs. Narayanan in the traditional way with an Andhraite touch is always enjoyable. "Today's special" in last evening's menu was "Paal Pudalangai" - a "Kheer" made of snake gourd, fitting for the occasion. In all, it was a very well planned, organized and celebrated occasion, thanks to Sri PT.Narayanan to have made this happen. This shows his acharya nishtai. Dasanu Dasan Vilakkudi Paravasthu Rajagopalan Raghunathan Comments from the public ? 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