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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 ? It was like Thiruvallikkeni
Sevaakaalam (Sri. Sowmya Naarayanan)



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