Dear Devotees :
You might recall that the various sishyAs of  Ahobila Matam completed earlier 
this year , a Kaimkaryam to provide Silver cladding  for the PoorvAchArya 
PaadhukAs 
of Ahobila Matam  Jeeyars following the Niyamanam of the Current Jeeyar , 
HH SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan . The revered Jeeyar's intent was  
to protect the precious PoorvAchArya PaadhukAs  against the adversities 
of weather ( Heat  , cold , humidity , insects ) encountered during  the 
rigorous 
sanchArams of the Azhagiya Singars from one end of India to the other .  
Since theses PoorvAchArya PaadhukAs recieve Thirumanjanam every DhvAdasi Tithi ,
these PaadhukAs have to be with the  Jeeyars always and have to travel  with 
them 
everywhere . This has been the situation for more than 600 years  . 
The digital images of the PaadhukAs assembled for their Thirumanjanam on May 5 
, 2005 
was sent to us by Sriman Diwakar Kannan , who had the bhAgyam to be at SrI 
Matam 
on that day.
The URL for the images of these Silver-clad Paadhukais is :
http://www.pbase.com/svami/padukai
You will see that all of the Paadhukais in this assembly except that of the 
founding Jeeyar , 
HH Sri Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar are in pairs . There is only one Paadhukai  
for 
the Founding  Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam that is used today for AarAdhanam & 
AbhishEkam . 
The Kumizh (Yanthrikaa) for HH the First Jeeyar is also missing .  
A dear devotee asked the question : " why is there only one Paadhukai for 
Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar , whereas all the other Jeeyars have both of their 
Paadhukais . Is there any significance to it ? " . 
Yes , there is a reason for this uniqueness . 
Over the centuries , the second (Wodden) PaadhukA  of HH Aadhi VaNN SaThakOpa 
Jeeyar became splintered from repeated AbhishEkams and aarAdhanams . Being of 
wood , 
it was hard to proect them against humidity , heat and insects especially 
during the rigorous 
sanchArams of the Azhagiya Singars , who have ascended the throne of SrI Matam  
. 
Fortunately for us , one of the two divine Paadhukais of HH Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa 
Jeeyar was preserved and protected by the AchAryAs of Sri Matam . 
During the early part of this year  , there was a thought to make two Small 
silver Paadhukais out of the existing single Paadhukai .This idea was rejected
in favor of keeping the single Paadhukai by Prakrutham SrImath Azhagiya Singar .
The possible creation of the two Paadhukais out of the single Paadhukai would 
have 
meant the breaking up of the existing Paadhukai . That possibility was 
considered 
and rejected by Srimath Azhagiya Singar . That is the reason why we have the 
sevai of 
a single Paadhukai of the Founding Jeeyar at SrI Matam .
All the Paadhukais of the PoorvAchAryAs have been protected now against
the vagaries of time and weather thanks to the foresight of the most merciful
Prakrutham Azhagiya Singar .
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadikaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ArunKumar K 
  To: sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 10:47 AM
  Subject: RE: Fw: paduka aradhanam photos
  Dear Sadagopan Mama,
  Adiyen has a question, why there is only one Padukai for HH Sri Adivan 
Sadagopan and rest of the acharyas Padukai appear in pairs ? Is there any 
significance associated with that ?
  Please clarify.
  Dasan,
  Arun.
  Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
  Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
   
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