Sri:GodhAm udhArAm sthuma: ( Let us eulogize the Generous GodhA )GodhA Tasyai nama idhamidham bhUya yEvAsthu bhUya:nall PaamAlai innisayAl padikkodutthALPoo Maalai SooDikkodutthAL sollSooDikkoduttha Sudar kodiyE ! VenkatavaRkku yennai vithi !Sri Nrusimha SamArambhAm VaNN SaThAri SumadhyamAmSri NaaraYaNa SaThakOpAnthAm Guru pankthim aham bhajEDear BhakthAs of GodhA PirAtti :ANDAL's avathAra dinam(Aadi Pooram ) at Sri Villiputthuris August 8 this year . It is some 52 days away . Preparations arenow underway at Her avathAra Sthalam (NaachiyAr ThirumALikai) forthe grnad anual event : Aadi Poora Uthsavam .Why do we celebrate ANDAL's avathAra dinam and Sthalam ?*******************************************************************************As ANDAL BhakthAs , we all must reflect upon Her blessings to usthrough Her matchless Sri Sookthis of ThiruppAvai ( Vedam anaitthukkumVitthAhum ) and NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi . The 173 Paasurams that shegenerously blessed us with are our Taarakam and Poshakam .Her avathAra Sthalam , SrivilliputthUr is known as " Muppuri Oottiya sthalam "since AkAram , UkAram and MakAram are present together on a single Peetamhere at NaacchiyAr ThirumALigai . Sri RangamannAr ( akAra Vaachyan ) ,ANDAL ( UkAra Vaachyai) and PeriyAzhwAr /Garudan ( MakAra Vaachyar ) aregiving their sEvai to us all from the same seat at SriviliputthUr .When we look along the three-pronged matrix of PramEyam , PramAthAand PramANam , AchAryAs have pointed out that the title of " MuppuriOottiya Sthalam " applies as well :PramEyam , the object of Knowledge is VaDapathra Saayee , the Lord ;PramAthAs ( the cognizers ) are PeriyAzhwAr and his dear daughter ANDAL ;PramANams ( the Means of Valid Knowledge ) are ThiruppallANDu ,ThiruppAvai and NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi .It is rare indeed to get all the above three to be united at one place .Here at the TuLasi Vanam of PeriyAzhwAr , ANDAL incarnated onan Aadippooram day . PeriyAzhwAr , Her foster father raised Her as"anjukkudikku oru SanthathiyAi " .PeriyAzhwAr released the meaning of PraNavam through His ThiruppallANDu .His daughter ( the amsam of Sri , Bhu and NeeLA Devis ) revealed to usthrough Her ThiruppAvai , the inner meaning of " NamO NaarAyaNAya " .Thus the two Pranhandhams of ThiruppallANDu and ThiruppAvaiprovide upadEsam for us about the full meaning of AshtAkshara Manthram .We recite during all the sevA kaalams these two Prabhandhams asAshtAkshara Japa Rooppam . During SaaRRu MuRai Kaalam , " SiRRamSiRu KaalE " from ThiruppAvai takes precedence over ThiruppallANDu .It is for these reasons that we celebrate Aadi Pooram & SrivilliputthUr ,where ANDAL wed Lord RanganAthA and He settled down at HisFather-in-Law's house ( NaachhiyAr ThirumALikai) with the name ofRangamannAr .It is for these reasons we celebrate ANDAL's avathara dinam of Aadi Pooramand Her avathAra sthalam of SrivilliputthUr .WHAT IS SPECIAL DURING THE 2005 AADI POORAM DAY ?*****************************************************************************With ANDAL's anugraham , we plan to focus on three events :1) Present a Mutthangi for ANDAL and RangamannAr on this dayon behalf of all of Her children .2) Present a Dance Drama from NaachiyAr Thirumozhi ( One hour long )cherographed by my sister , VidvAmsini Smt. Padma VeerarAghavan .3) A Mandolin Concert of one of the students of my sister ( One hour long ) .1) Mutthangi Creation & SamarpaNam*************************************************A well known Mutthangi making expert (Sri KrishNAji ) , who has created similarMutthangis for Lord Ranganatha , Thiruvengadamudayan and Oppiliappan( Moolavars and Uthsavars) has agreed to create this special angi in time forthis year's Uthsavam at SrivilliputthUr . Sri KrishNaji and family are at Chennai .He will visit Srivilliputhur for taking the measurements for the Mutthangi .2) A DANCE DRAMA BASED ON NAACHIYAR THIRUMOZHI PAASURAMS*************************************************************************************************Ten paasurams from the 14 different pathikams will be selected includingthe famous " VaaraNamAyiram " pathikam (decad) to structure the dancedrama as a conversation between Govindhan and GodhA PirAtti .3) Mandolin concert based on selected slokams of GodhA Sthuthi**************************************************************************************A young vidhvAn will present an hour long concert in front of ANDALand Her Azhagiya MaNavALan on this avathAra dinam followingthe Dance-Drama .The estimated expenses for organizing event is estimated to be a littlemore than one laks of Rupees ( $2,500 ) .The plan is to realize the sponsorship of :(1) 10 BhakthAs of ANDAL providing $250 support each(2) or 25 BhakthAs providing $ 100 support each(3) Or 50 BhakthAs providing $50 support each .Any amount is welcome . The intent is to have as manyBhakthAs take part as possible .We will arrange for ANDAL's Kumkuma PrasAdham anda DVD of the event , if permitted by the DevasthAnam ,for the sponsors to remember this unique day .Please let me know if you wish to join in this Kaimkaryamso that I can provide you more detais on Your welcome participationsand the routing of your support funds to India for this Kaimkaryam .Sathamakha maNi neelA chAru kalhAra hasthAstanabhara namithAngee sAndhra-vaathsalya sindhu:aLakavinihithAbhi: sragbhirAkrushta NaaTAvilasathu hrudhi GodhA VishNuchitthAthmajaa na:ANDAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.SadagopanP.S : References : GodhA Sthuthi of Swamy Desikan :ThiruppAvai : http://www.ramanuja.org/new/tp96/pavai96.html
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