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sri:
Dear and respected devotees: Please accept my humble pranam:

==Thiru Adyayana Utsavam===================
The Tradition of Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam was started by Thirumangai Azhvar. 
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Thirumangai Azhvar started the tradition of Adhyayana Uthsavam in Srirangam. 

ThirumangaiAzhvar would travel to Azhvar Thirunagari (tiruk kurugur) and bring 
Swami Nammazhvar's Thirumeni to Sri Rangam on ShuklaPaksha Ekadasi (Vaikunta 
Ekadasi) 

The next 10 days Swami Nammazhwar's prabhandhams are chanted in front of 
Namperumal. 

Thirumangai Azhvar started this practice of chanting Nammazhvar's pasurams 
as a ten day event. This is what we call today as IrapPathu or 
Thiruvaimozhi Thirunaal. After the 10th day event (10 days after Vaikunta 
Ekadasi) 
Nammazhvar was taken back to Azhvar Thirunagari. 
He would arrive at Azhvar Thirunagari on the day: Star: hastam, month: thai. 

For the start of this ceremony, Thirumangai Azhvar used to start from 
Srirangam on the day of Karthigai Karthigai (his own thirunakshatram). 

Even today this tradition is followed in most of the temples; where the 
Kattiyakarar or the Sthalathar who has the traditional rights along with 
temple's Paricharakas go to Swami Nammazhwar's shrine and read 
the message from Perumal. The day Swami Nammazhwar arrived 
in SriRangam was always the Sukla Paksha Ekadasi (Sri Vaikunta Ekadasi). 

On this auspicious day, Swami Nammazhwar is adorned with Muthangi and 
Namperumal with Rathnangi. Starting from Ekadasi, next nine days, 
Sri Thirumangai Azhwar arranged to recite Swami Nammazhwar's prabhandhams in 
front of Namperumal. 

After the days of Sri Thirumangai Azhwar, the practice was slowly stopped.
It was Sri Nathamunigal who restarted this practice. 
After Thirumangai Azhvar's time, due to practical difficulties of bringing 
Nammazhvar to Srirangam, a Thirumeni of Swami Nammazhvar was installed in 
SriRangam temple. 

After a few hundred years, Svami Ramanuja, revived and revitalized this 
ceremony. 
(as per the Thiruvullam of Nathamunugal) 

Sri Ramanujar added ten days before the Ira Paththu and called them Pagal 
Paththu, 
and arranged that during these ten days prabhandhams of other 
Azhvars should be recited. 
Sri Ramanuja also added one more day for Iyarpa. 

Because, Sri Thirumangai Azhwar started it, the day before the 
Pagal Paththu Uthsavam first day, Namperumal listens to 
ThiruNedunthandagam of Sri Thirumangai Azhwar. 
So, originally started as ten days festival by Sri Thirumangai Azhwar 
it was later modified as Twenty days (+one day for 
ThiruNedunthandagam) by Swami Emberumanar. 

Anadhyayana kalam starts during Karthigail Karthigai and normally 
ends on Thai hastham (Sri Koorathazhwan's thirunakshatram). 

After the Islamic invations from the North, Sri PeriyaJeeyar (Mamunikal) 
revitalized and revived this utsavam and increased its popularity many fold. 
(as per the Thiruvullam Svami Ramanuja) 

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PS: If you would like to add any more points, 
please send them to me, with support and reasons.

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan, 
Mukundan Vangeepuram Pattangi

http://www.radioramanuja.com/articles/

Sources: 
Asmad Acharyan's teachings based on
GPP6000, Ramanuja Siddhanta Prakasikai, YPP






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