Dear Divya Ramanan, Superbly written - every word is a nectar - don't know and don't have words to express how much I enjoy. Please keep up your excellent kaimkaryam... Just a request - I am not sure if this question is going to be covered in your next posting - can you please explain in detail the connection between thirumantram & akshtakshara mantram with this perumal ? Adiyen Varadan --- divya ramanan <divyaramanan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear All, > > > Kshetram, nadhi (river), sindhu (sea), vanam > (forest), pushkarani, puram and vimanam are the > seven punya vasthus. This Divya Desam is the one > that has all these seven entities. They are as > follows: > > > > Kshetram ? Krishna kshetram > > Nadhi ? Kaveri > > Sindhu ? Thirumalarayapatnam (Eastern > sea shore) kadal karai > > Vanam ? KrishnAranyam > > Pushkarani ? Nitya Pushkarani > > Puram ? Krishnapuram > > Vimanam ? UtpalAvataka vimanam > > > > One among the five Krishna kshetrams > (Thirukkannamangai, Thirukanankudi, Thirkkannapuram, > Kapisthalam, Thirukkovalur), this Divya Desam is > known as Thirukkannapuram. Perumal is called as > Elephant on the eastern side in our sampradayam is > called as Saranya Mukundan by Nammazhwar. Neelamega > Perumal is the moolavar Thirunamam. He is in > standing posture facing eastern direction with > Prayoga chakram. Utsavar is known as Sowrirajan. > Thanikkovil Nachiyar is known as Kannapuranayaki > Thayar. > > > > Adding to the link of seven punya vasthus, the > eighth important thing about Perumal is the link to > the greatest mantram told in all Vedas. It is the > thirumantram. There are eight svayamvyakta > Kshetrams. They are Salagramam, Badri, > NaimichAranyam, Pushkaram, ThiruVenkatadam, > SriMushnam, Vanamamalai and Srirangam. Each letter > in the AshtAkshara matram refer to each of the above > Perumals. Sowrirajan is very special by the fact > that He refers to the complete AshtAkshara mantram. > This is the eighth specialty of this Divya Desam. > This Perumal is referred even in Vishnu > Sahasranamam. The 649th name in Sahasranamam is > Sowri. A gandharva king called as uparicharavasu > worshipped this Perumal. He was also worshipped by > Dhantaka maharishi. The entire paddy field in this > Divya Desam was none but rishis who were worshipping > Perumal. They were not interested in their body > (meaning able to differentiate between atma and > body). Hence, this vimanam is known as UtpalAvataka > (utpalA refers to body. The > entire word conveys the fact that there is no > desire for body) vimanam. > > > > Let us continue enjoying the vaibhavam of this > Perumal in the following postings in this series. > > > > aDiyEn, > > ramanan > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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