Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Humble pranam to all devotees:
Today is Kaisika Ekadasi,
Devotees usually fast and listen to HIS glories.
The main incindent is of Nambaduvan being confronted by
a Brahma rakshasa. This Rakshasa used to be a Brahmin by the name
of Soma-Sharma. He committed some grave mistakes during
a Yagam and was cursed by which he became a Brahma rakshasa.
On every Kaisika Dwadasi day, Nambaduvan, an ardent devotee
of the Lord used to sing for THE Lord at Thirukurungudi.
One year while on the way to Thirukurungudi, Nambaduvan was
confrontated by the Brahma Rakshasa. The dialogue between the two;
(1)how the Rakshasa allows for Nambaduvan to go to sing for the LORD
(2)then come back, for the Rakshasa
(3)After coming back how Nabaduvan saved the Rakhasa from the curse.
is detailed in this purana.
After many thousands of years,
On a Kaisika dwadasi day Sri Parasara Bhattar (about 900 yrs ago)
chanted the Kaisiki Puranam before Lord Ranganatha
(with his vyakhyanam (explanations).
Lord was immensely pleased and this chanting
as rendered by Sri Parasara bhattar is the tradition in Srirangam.
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