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 PRABHANDHAM AT ITS PRIME


It is commonplace in SamprokshaNam-s to find several casualties insofar as 
dhivyap-prabhaNdahm recital is concerned.

1. The first is clarity. Since, the aurlich-cheyal has to be completed in 8 
sessions - 8th session being the shortest, the tendancy is to speed up the 
whole process in each session.

2. This hastening process results in chaos, confusion and utter disdain to the 
great work. In fact, I vividly remeber during thiru-indhalLUr samprOkshaNam, we 
were asked to recite the prabhaNdham behing the Lord instead of in front of 
Him. Nobody knew what was going on. 

3. The resons are many. The instruments -=the accompanying band which are 
unique to the homam - create sound which makes one unable a trouble-free 
listening.

4. Furtehr, there use to be other itineries.. 

5. In thriu allik kEANi , the one and only goal was prabhaNdham and the smooth 
ghOshti.

6.In other dhivya dhESam-s, the process gathers so much momentum one is unable 
to catch up what is actually being recited. pAsuram-s are skipped and to 
rectify the same brakes are appleid . In fact, this happened during srirangam 
samprOkshaNam. 

7. Here it is the reverse. During nAchiyAr thirumozhi ANdAL-s work was 
delviered with so much zest that adhyApakAs were requested to sacrifice the 
anubhavam for the sake of time and reminded time and again the mudhal Ayiram 
sAthumurai has to take place in that session.

8.. The thirumozhi session of 5th ten to 9th ten- five tens in one session was 
indeed grand. The words were so clear and anybody within or out of the ghOshti 
could easily follow it. It took two hours and forty five minutes to complete 
that session.

9. Similarly, the thiru voi mozhi session of 5th to 9th ten- 5 tens took two 
and a half hours ensuring rich quality of recital and highest revernce to both 
the Lord and the AzhwAr.

10. Here, it seemed as though the whole samprOkshaNam is for the sake of 
arulich cheyal and not vice versa.

11. There was no mike.

12. It is stated in AchArya hrdhayam that it is not correct to look into the 
material which go into the making of the archA Lord. I am not bothered. One 
thing I am sure.
If you break parthasarathy, the explosion will result in thousands and 
thousands of AzhwAr-s pAsuram-s presented to Him at His thruOlakkam time and 
again, time and again and time and again.

13. Indeed, thiruvallikkEANi is conspicuous and notorious for its bias towards 
prabhaNdham and parthasarathy whcih is nothing but 


PRABHANDHAM AT ITS PRIME.


ramanuja dhAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan



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