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Pandiya Nadu and Malai Nadu Divya Desams Yathrai
21st December 2001 to 30th December 2001.

Sri Venkata Gurave Namaha:
Sri Mathe Ramanujaya Namaha:
Acharyan Tiruvadigale Saranam:

The yathrai was conducted by Vasu Mama (Vasudevan Triplicane fame). 

I started from Hyderabad on 20th evening and reached chennai on 21st
morning.

21-12-2001

1. Tiruvallikkeni: Afternoon had bhagyam to be among sevakalam goshti during
phagal pathu adhyayana uthsavam, surprisingly his holiness Sri Tridandi
Srimann Narayana Chinna Jeeyar swamy came to temple. It was coincidence; by
the time he came, Thirumangai Azhwar's mangalasasanam pasuram on
Parthasaradhy Perumal started.

viRperu vizhavum kaNYchanum mallum
vEzhamum paaganum veezha,
cheRRavan Rannai, purameri seydha
sivanuRu thuyargaLai thEvai,
paRRalar veeyak kOlkaiyil koNdu
paartthanRan thErmunnNin Raanai,
siRRavai paNiyaal mudithuRanN dhaanaith
thiruvallik kENikkaN dEnE.

It took almost 20 mins, to recite those 10 pasurams. I can personally say,
no other divya desa perumal is enjoying the type of Ghoshti "right now", the
way Parthasaradhy perumal is enjoying. There were easily more than 300
adhyapakas in sevakalam, including Sri M.A. Venkata Krishnan.

I had bhagyam to meet one of the moderators of our group. T.V. Venkatesh in
temple. We had good time, sharing our thoughts with each other.

Yathrai started on 21st Dec night at 8:00 pm from Tiruvillikeni
Parthasaradhi temple. Two buses were arranged with almost 102 people to
travel.

22-12-2001

1. Thiruvarangam: The bhooloka Vaikuntam. Had very well darsanam of Sri
Ranganathar (moolavar) two times, Namm Perumaal (Uthsavar), Thaayaar Sri
Ranaga Naayaki, Udaiyavar and Chakarthalwar from 8:00 am to 10:00 am. From
10:00 am to 11:30 am, had bhagyam to see "Araiyar Sevai".

Started from srirangam at 1:30 pm and reached Thirumeyyam at 5:45pm

2. Thiru meyyam: Had darsanam of Sathyagiri Nathan and Ujjeevana thaayaar at
6:00 pm. Started from Thiru meyyam and reached Thirukkottiyur.

3. Thirukkottiyur: Had excellent darsanam of Sri UragamellaNaiyaan (Sowmya
Naryanan) and Thirumaamagal naachiyaar at 7:15. Went up in Ashtaanga Vimanam
(The place where Sri ramanjua reveald the sacred Thirumantram, the mantram
that grants moksham to any jeevathma recited even once in his lifetime).
Started from Thirukkottiyur and reached Thiruppullani. Night halt at
Thiruppullani.

23-12-2001

4. Had Sethu Snanam in the morning at 7:00 am. Which is hardly 1-2
kilometres from Thiruppullani temple.

5. Thiruppullani: Had darsanam of Sri Kalyana Jagannathan and Sri
Kalyaanavalli (Padmaasani) thaayar at 10:00 am. Here I have to mention that,
the temple is not in good condition. A sabha which is actively taking care
of renovating temple is planning to do samprokshanam in another six months.
One of the members of the group Venkat S. Iyengar gave me 500 Rs, before I
started for the yathrai. I gave the amount to sabha for samprokshnam. I have
an Appeal letter given the by the secretary of the sabha, which I will post
in the next mail. 

Started to Nava Pashanam at 1:30 pm.

6. Nava Pashanam: Had darsanam of nava graha's at 3:30 pm which were
installed by sri Rama himself. Started from nava pashanam and reached
Rameshwaram.

7. Rameshwaram: Had darsanam of perumal at 7:00 pm. Started from
Rameshwaram at 9:00 pm and reached Thirumogoor at night 12:30. Night stay
at Thirumogoor.

24-12-2001

8. Thirumogoor: Had early morning bath in Ksheerapthi pushkarani at 3:30 am
(this theeratam is very auspicious, this theertam has mangalasasanam in
NammAzhwar's Thriuvaimozhi)

kooththan kOvalan kuthaRRuval lachurargaL kooRRam
Eththum nangadakum amararkkum munivarkkum inban
vaayththa thaNpaNai vaLavayal soozthiru mOgoor
aaththan thaamarai yadiyanRi maRRilam araNE. 

Had excellent Vishva roopa darsanam of Sri Kaalamega Perumal, Mohana Valli
Thayaar and Chakrathazhwar in the morning at 5:00 am. Started to Nupra
Gangai at 6:30 am.

9. Nupra Gangai: The nupra gangai is on the top of the hill
Thirumaaliransolai. The water here is considered to be equal to Ganga.
Thirumanjanam to perumal is done only with this theertam.

10. Thirumaalirunsolai: Had darsanam of Sri Sunderaraajan (KallAzhagar) and
Sundaravalli Thayaar at 8:30 am.

11. Thirukkoodal: Had darsanam of Sri Koodalazhagar and Maduravalli Thaayar
at 10:30 am. Was in temple till 12:30. Went back to Thirumogoor at 2:00 pm,
had tadiyaradanai and started from thirumogoor at 4:00 pm to Thiruthangal.

12. Thirutthangal: Had darsanam of Sri Ninra Narayanan and Sri Segamala
Thaayar at 6:15 pm. Started to Srivilliputhur at 6:45 pm.

13. SriVilliputhur: (One of the most important reasons to go to this
yathrai was to see Sri Aandaal during Margazhi maasam.) Had one of the
lifetime experience sevai of Sri Aandal with Rangamannar, Vatapathrasaayi at
8:00 pm. Aandaal and ranamannar were brought from vatapatrasaayi temple to
main sannadhi at 8:30 pm. It was one of the rarest occasions to see the
voyaara nadai. The thirmeni of Aandaal is so elegant, words fail me to
write. Night started at 11:00 pm to Azhwar Thirunagari.

25-12-2001

It was one of the days to be remembered in my lifetime. It was the day I
visited 9 divya desams (Nava Tirupathi) at a stretch. Here is the serial
order

14. Thirukkurugoor: Had bath in Thaampraparani theetham in the morning at
4:30 am and had excellent vishwa roopa darsanam of Sri Aadhi Naadhan,
Koorugoorvalli Thaayar and Namm Azhwar at 6:00 am. Recited Thiruppavai at
Aadhinaadan and Namm Azhar sannadhi. (In nava graha kshetrams, this keshtram
is Vzhyayan) Also saw the sacred Tamarind tree.

15. Thirukkoloor: (This is the birth place of Madurakavi Azhwar) Had
darsanam of Sri Nishebaviththan, Kumudha valli Thaayar and Madurakavi Azhwar
at 8:30 am. (In nava graha kshetrams, this keshtram is Angarakan)

16. Then Thirupperai: Had darsanam of Sri maga nedunguzhaikkaadhan and
kuzhaikkaadhuvalli Thaayar at 9:45 am. (In nava graha kshetrams, this
keshtram is shukran)

17. Thirukkulandhai: Had darsanam of Sri Sora Naadhan(Srinivasan) and
Kulandhaivalli naacchiyaar( Alamelu Mangai) thaayaar at 10:45 am. (In nava
graha kshetrams, this keshtram is shanishwaran)

18. Thirutthyulaivilli mangalam (1) Irraittai tirupathi: Had darsanam of Sri
Thevappirran and Upaya naacchiyral at 11:45 am. (In nava graha kshetrams,
this keshtram is Rahu)

19. Thirutthyulaivilli mangalam (2) Irraittai tirupathi: Had darsanam of Sri
Aravainda lochanan and Karunthadankanni naacchiyaar at 12:10 pm. (In nava
graha kshetrams, this keshtram is ketu)

20. Thiruppulingundi: Had darsanam of Sri Kaaysinavendhar and Malarmagal
Naacchiyaar at 1:15 pm. (In nava graha kshetrams, this keshtram is Bhudan)

21. Thiru Varagunamangai: Had darsanam of Sri Vijayaasana Perumal and
Varagunavalli Thaayar at 2:00pm (In nava graha kshetrams, this keshtram is
Chandran)

22. Thiru Vaikuntam: Had darsanam of Sri Vaikundha naadhan and
Vaigundhavalli (boodhevi) Thaayar at 2:40 pm. (In nava graha kshetrams, this
keshtram is Suryan).

With this we were able to complete all 9 (nava tirupathis) at a stretch
without break.

On same day evening at 5:30 pm had bhagyam to see "Arayar Sevai" at Sri
Aadhinadhan Perumal koil, followed by sathumarai ghoshti and Madurakavi
Azhwars procession to Namm Azhwar's sannadhi.

26-12-2001

Yet another day to be remembered in my lifetime. It was Vaikunta Ekadesi day
(I don't have aaharam, except perumal theertam on this day for the past
seven years) I can say that only perumal gave me strength to Climb the
mountain, which is 10 kms (up and down) to have darsanam of Thirumalai
nambi. On this day I visited all 5 Nambi's and had bhagyam to have darsanam
of Paramapada Vasal at Vanamaamalai in the evening.

23. ThiruMalai Nambi: Had darsanam of Sri Thirumalai Nambi, which is also
called as Therku (South) Badrikarshramam. To reach this place, we have to
climb mountain, which is approx 5 kms. Started at 7:30 am and reached at
9:30 am. Had bath in Pushkarini and had darsanam of Nambi at 10:30 am.
Recited Thiruppavai followed by Sathumarai. Came down by 2:00 pm.

24.Thirukkurungudi: Had darsanam of all three Nambi's (1. Ninra Nambi, 2.
Idanda Nambi and 3. Kidanda Nambi) and Kurungudi Naachiyaar from 3:00 to
5:00 pm. Had bhagyam to have darsanam of his holiness Sri Jeeyar swami.
Thiruvaimozhi modhal pathu sevakalam started at 4:00 pm.

25. Thiru ParivattaParai: Had darsanam of Sri Yethirajar (Udaiavar)at 5:40
pm. In this place perumal himself became sishya of ramanujar. This is the
place where Emberumanaar put UdhvaPundram to perumal.

26. Thirupparkadal Nambi: Had darsanam of Sri Thirupaarkadal Nambi (5th
Nambi) at 6:00 pm.

27. Thirumangai Azhwar Brindavanam: Had darsanam of Sri Thirumangai Azhwar
at 6:20 pm. This is the place where Thirumangai Azhwar attained paramapadam.

28. Thiru Varamangai (Vaanamaamalai): (Before begening I should say I
remembered Sri Ramanan Rajagopalan, because I promised him earlier that I
will fulfill his desire by being at vanamaamalai on Vaikunta Ekadesi day)
One of my life willing desire was to have darsnam of Sri Totadrinaadan (one
of the 8 swayam yuktha kshetrams) atleast once. But I never imagined to be
on the day, where paramapada vaasal in opened only once in a year. My joy
knew no bounds, seeing the Thirumeni of Theyvanaayakan with sri varamangai
Thaayar. Was in temple from 7:00 pm to 10:45 pm. Had excellent darsanam of
moolavar followed by Uthsavar and Sri Satagopan (It should be known that,
there is no separate shrine for Namm Azhwar here, he himself is at thiruvadi
of Perumal i.e Sri Satagopan. It should also be noted, Namm Azhwar did his
final Sharanagathi here only.) Had Bhagyam to have darsanam of his Holiness
Sri Vaanamaamalai Jeeyar followed by his small upanyasam to all of us.
Thiruvaaimozhi modhal pathu started at 9:00 pm followed by Sathumarai ghosti
and procession of Thevyanaayakan and Thaayar to moolavar sannadhi.

I have taken many photographs here. If anyone is interested I will scan it
and send in mail.

Night halt at Vaanamaamalai.

27-12-2001

Note: Divya desams in Malai Nadu do not have seperate shrine for Thaayar,
except Thiru Naavai.

29. ThiruVanParisaaram (Thiruppathisaaram): Had darsanam of Sri
Thiruvaazhmaarban at 5:30 am.

30. Kanyakumaari: Saw sunrise at 6:15 am.

31. Suchindram: This is the place where Thrimurthi's have different
sannadhi's in one temple. Had darsanam of Thrimurthi's followed by Anjaneyar
and nava grahas at 8:30 am (It should be noted; here the nava grahas are on
top at mandapam, not in floor) Had darsanam of Vinayakee (Here the Vinyaakar
is in Penn Thirukolam, one of the unique of it's kind.)

32. Thiru Vattaru: Before begening, I should say; my native place (Kazhiyur)
perumal Thirunaamam is Aadhi Kesavan. It is almost a practice in our
Kazhiyur family to have one of the three names as "Kesavan" or "Aadhi
Kesavan". So I have a fond liking in this name Aadhi Kesavan. 

Before beginning the yathri itself, I was very eager to see this divya
desam. As expected I was not in control seeing the architecture of the
temple and ofcourse the divya Sayana Thirukkolam Thirumeni of Sri Aadhi
Kesava Perumal. Had darsanam at 10:00 am.

kaattiththan kanaikazalkaL kadu_narakam pukaloziththa
vaattaaRRem perumaanai vaLangurukoorch sadakOpan
paattaaya thamizmaalai yaayiraththuL ippaththum
kEttu aaraar vaanavargaL sevikkiniya senchollE.

Started from Thiru Vattaru at 12:30 pm and reached Thiruvananthapuram at
3:15 pm.

33. Thiruvananthapuram: Many of you would have known by now that the
Thirumeni of Sri Anantha Padamanabar is complete of Nava Rathnams (Gold,
diamond, gems, vaiduryam and lots more) This was discovered just a month
ago. When Pothi's (Archakas called as Pothi's in malai nadu divya desams)
saw some shining in one of the hand of Perumal while doing Thirumanjanam to
moolavar. When they started cleaning, to their shock they found that
complete thirumeni of perumal is full of gold and nava rathnams (This was
covered with some black element some centuries back to protect perumal from
invaders). I could'nt beleve with my eyes, when I saw the Thirumeni of
Perumal. He is so glorious, so beautiful. It was as if he is talking to us.
For a moment I felt I am at Thirupaarkadal. Had darsanam of perumal at 5:10
pm.

34. Sri Parashuramar Temple: Had darsanam of Sri Parashu Ramar at 6:30 pm.
This temple is unique by itself. It is only temple that has sannadhi only
for Parashu Ramar.

Came back to Padmanabar temple at 8:00 pm. Had excellent "Sevelli" of
Uthsavar followed by Moolavr darsanam at 8:20 pm.

Night halt at Thiruvananthapuram.

28-12-2001

Morning had bath in Padma Pushkarini (Mathysa Theertam) at 3:30 am. Had
excellent Thirumanjanam sevai of Padbanaabar (Uthsavar) from 4:00 am to 5:00
am. 

35. Varkala: Had Samudra Snanam at 7:45 am. Had darsanam of Sri Jaganatha
Perumal at 9:00 am. Perumal here is very attractive. Started from varakali
and reached Thiruvalla vaazh at 3:00 pm. Proposed to halt at night here.

Started from Thiruvalla Vaazh at 4:00 pm to nearby divya desams.

36. Thiruvaaranvilai: Had darsanam of Sri Thirukkuralappan at 5:00 pm.

37. Thiruppuliyoor: Had darsanam of Sri Mayappiraan at 6:00 pm.

38. Thiru Sengunoor: Had darsanam of Sri Imaiyavarappan at 6:30 pm.

39. Thiru VanVandoor: Had darsanam of Sri Paambanaiyappan at 6:50 pm. 

40. Thirukkadith thaanam: Had an excellent darsanam of Sri Arpudha Narayanan
in "Sevelli" sevai at 8:00 pm. (Normally the temple timings in malai nadu
divya desams are very firm. Once the doors are closed at time, they will
never be opened at any cost. We were lucky to be on time to have darsanam of
perumal here. If we would have been late by few minutes, then we would have
not got darsanam of perumal. The bus driver had done a good job by driving
fast). There is also a story releated to this temple. The maali (servent)
who used to open the doors of the temple daily at 5:00 am was late by five
minutes on one day. The devotees were waiting outside the temple for the
servent to open the temple doors. Perumal not able to resist this act cursed
him to become stone in front of the temple until the kaliyugam ends. Even
today the statue of that person can be seen in front of the temple.

Night came back to stay at Thiruvalla Vizha.

29-12-2001

41. ThiruValla Vaazh: Had darsanam of Sri Thiruvaazhmaarban at 4:40 am.

42. Thirukkatkarai: Had darsanam of Sri Kaatkarai Appan at 7:30 am.

43. Thiru Moozhikkalam: Had darsanam of Sri Thirumoozhikkalaththaan at 8:30
am.

44. Guruvaayur: Had darsanam of Sri Guruvaayurappan at 1:30 pm.

45. Thiru Naavaay: Had darsanam of Sri Nava Mugundhan and Sri Malarmangai
Naacchiyaar at 5:30 pm. (It may be noted that, this is the only divya desam
in malai nadu which has separate shrine for Thaayar)

46. Thiru Viththuvakkodu: Had darsanam of Sri Uyyavandha Perumal at 7:10 pm.
(This temple is very interior, also difficult for one to travel alone)

Night halt at Phalgaad at 10:45 pm.

30-12-2001

Morning started from Phaalgaad 10:00 am. Reached Coimbatore by 12:00 pm.
Piligrims who came from banglore and mysore got down here. Started from
Coimbatore at 1:00 pm halted for 2 hrs in the night to have food and reached
Chennai at 2:00 am in the morning.

31-12-2001

Started from Chennai (Anna Nagar) at 5:15 am to board train "Sapathagiri
Express" for Tirupathi. 

Reached Thirumalai at 11:00 am.

47. Thirumalai: I don't find words to write about this place. He is our Kula
Guru Daivam. For me he is everything. My grand father Late Sri K.M. Manavala
Iyengar severd as Ekangi for 6 years, also most of my relatives were
Ekangi's earlier and they are still till date.

I have Abhinaabaava Sambhandham with this Peurumal. He is My all time
acclaimed.

`agala killEn iRaiyum'en RalarmEl mangai yuRaimaar_paa,
nigaril pugazhaay! ulagamoon Rudaiyaay! ennai aaLvaanE,
nigaril amarar munikkaNangaL virumpum thiruvENG kadaththaanE,
pugalon Rillaa adiyEnun adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhEnE.  

`adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhadiyeer! vaazhmin' enRen RaruLkotukkum
padikkE zhillaap perumaanaip pazhanak kurukoorch chadagOpan,
mudippaan sonna aayiraththuth thiruvENG kadaththuk kivaipaththum,
pidiththaar pidiththaar veeRRirundhu periya vaanuL nilaavuvarE. 

Had darsanam of Sri Thiruvengadamudayaan at 3:00 pm.

01-01-2002

At 12:10 in the morning had unforgettable lifetime experiencing "Sathumarai"
Sevari for 10 minutes from near Kulashekara Padi with His Holiness Sri
Chinna Jeeyar Swami of Thirumalai.

Thiruppavai Pasuram was:

ambaramE thaNNeerE sORE aRam seyyum
emberumaan nandhagOpaalaa ezhundhiraay......

I had a feeling as if I am requesting perumal to wake up "ezhundhiraay" and
give his anugraham and aaseervaadham to all us in this new year.

48. Thiruchhanoor: Had darsanam of Alarmelmangai Thaayar at 2:00 pm.

Evening boarded train (Narayanadri express) and back to Hyderabad on
02-01-2001. 

I had covered more than 50 temples from 21st Dec to 01st January 2002. Never
imagined to be possible. There are so many experiences to share but a single
mail is not enough.

This is the shortest way I could write, otherwise to write briefly about
every Divya Desam and Soulabhyam of perumaal individually is indeed a great
bliss.

To conclude, The year 2001 was full of horror, wars, global economy downfall
and many other issues. To quote a best example that Perumal is always with
us during this trouble periods, I had seen lot of miracles in the past year
2001 especially last 6 months. 

I had been to Chola Nadu and Tonda Nadu divya desams from 27th july to 5th
August 2001 (Total 73 temples) those experiences I had already posted
earler. Prior to that I visited only 15-18 divya desams. But after
comleting this Pandiya naadu and Malai Nadu divya desams now I have
completed 97 divya desams (Overall 120 temples including Abhimana Sthalams).
Hope I should be able to complete the remaining divya desams in this year or
atleast by next year.

There is a saying "Man proposes and God disposes" We can have his anugraham
and darsanam only when he wishes. I feel fortunate to be able to see the
Divya Dampathi's at the age of 24. This was possible only due to the
blessings of My Acharyan "Sri Mudaliandan Swamin" and my grand parents, who
are now Vaikuntavasi.

Before ending I would like say, The Divya Dampathis in each divya desam are
waiting there for thousands of years to just give their "Anugraham" for
jeevathmas like us. Is it not our duty to take "Darsanam" from them ?
after-all taking birth as a SriVaishnavan itself is a great bliss. 

We keep talking about the Avatarams (rama, krishna...)and recite Maha Kavyas
Ramayana, Mahabharatha, Bhagavdh Geeta and Srimad Bhagavatham. But we should
be fortunate to have darsanam of all those forms of perumal in Aarchavatara
Murthi's. 

NOTE: I would like to mention, the content is solely written by me and not
to affront any individual. If there are any errors please pardon and correct
me.

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,
Kaliyur Mannar Shantha Kumar.
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