Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Dear Dr.Sadagopan Swamy,
It was my pleasure to share about such a wonderful uthsavam and it
is a must for every sri vaishnavan to know about this day. Thank you
for comments about the post.
Padma Sowrirajan
--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dr. Sadagopan" <yennappan@...>
wrote:
>
> SrI:
>
> Dear Srimathy Padma Sowrirajan :
>
> Thanks very much for a delightful
> and timely posting .
> V.Sadagopan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "padmasowriraja" <padma.sowrirajan@...>
> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:54 AM
> Subject: [Oppiliappan] AnushtAna Kula Uthsavam
>
>
> >
> >
> > Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
> >
> > Dear Bhagavatha's
> >
> > A yet another new beginning. The last day of 2007 will be the
most
> > memorable day for some of us. We had the pleasure of ending 2007
> > with the blessings of Kanchi Varadar and our two AchAryar's,
> > EmperumAnAr and Swami Desikan. I am making a humble attempt
here to
> > share my experience with all.
> >
> > Around 50 of us along with Dr.U.Ve.M.V. Anantha
Padmanabhachariar
> > swamy(Nrisimha Priya) went to Kanchipuram for *AnushtAna kulam
> > Uthsavam. We started at around 10 am from chennai. On travel, we
had
> > the privilege of having a quiz by Parthasarathy mama. It was a
very
> > interesting experience to answer in person directly to him than
> > answering his online quiz, as we cannot do any search or refer
any
> > books then. And Anantha padmanabhachar Swamy also joined us in
the
> > event. It was a great opportunity to learn many sampradAya
vishyam
> > from them. By the time we ended the quiz we reached Kanchi at
about
> > 12. Though we could not reach there on time for thirumanjanam,
which
> > took place in sAla kinar mandapam, we had the pleasure of
walking
> > along with Emperuman and Emperumanar from sAla kinar to Thoopul
> > Swami Desikan sannidhi.
> >
> > It was a wonderful sight in Thoopul with Perumal in the centre
and
> > our two acharyas on either side of Him. There were many special
> > neivEdhyams for the threesome. After the neivEdhyam,
BhashyaKArar
> > and swami Desikan were honoured by parivattam and garland and
> > srisatAri of Emperuman. Here we learnt an interesting vishayam
from
> > Anantha Padmanabhachar swamy. BhashyaKArar was honoured with
> > SrisatAri with three mudras, whereas Swami Desikan was honoured
> > with 5 mudras.
> >
> > After parivattam and mAlai mariyAdhai, there was gOshti
viniyogam.
> > Then, Perumal along with Emperumanar started to His temple and
> > Swami Desikan went out to send off his Acharyan and Perumal.
> >
> >>From there they both went on procession to BhashyaKArar's
> > thirumAligai. The Adhyayana Goshti joined Perumal from
Thirukacchi
> > Nambigal's sannidhi. They reached BhashyaKArar's thirumAligai
and
> > here too a special neivEedhyam was done for Lord Varadar and
> > Bhashyagarar. After goshti viniyogam, they started for the
temple.
> > By the time they reached the temple, we all went to Perundevi
> > thayar's and ChakrathAzhwar's sannidhi. A while later Perumal
> > reached the temple and in Andal sannidhi we had a scintillating
> > vision of mAlai mAththal(exchange of garland) between Andal and
> > Perumal. It was time for Perumal and BhashyaKArar to part with
each
> > other. Near Perumal sannidhi, BhashyaKArar was honoured with
> > parivattam, mAlai mariyadai and srisatAri. Perumal, after giving
> > piriyA vidai for his beloved Ramanuja, went to his sannidhi and
> > Swamy Ramanujar too having spent the whole day with Perumal
left to
> > his sannidhi. In Swamy Ramanujar's sannidhi, he was in the
centre
> > with Azhwars on one side and Acharyas on other side. It was a
treat
> > to our eyes. Swamy Ramanujar mulavar gives us his blessings with
his
> > gyana mudhra, whereas in other temples he is usually seen with
> > anjali mudra. Swamy Anantha padmanabhachar in his Ramanuja
pAavai
> > upanyasam gave us an interesting explanation about Swamy
Ramanujar's
> > gyana mudra. The gyana mudra he poses is such that he plucks the
> > darkness and sins from our hearts. Everyone, if you get a
chance,
> > should visit Swamy's Sannidhi to have the blessing of all the
> > Azhwars and acharyas together. We all with heavy hearts, gave
piriyA
> > vidai to them and started to chennai.
> >
> > Also I would like to share a write up by Anantha Padmanabhachar
> > Swamy out of his imagination, few years back about the
anushtAnakula
> > utsavam. It's about the conversation between Lord Varadar, Swamy
> > Ramanuja and Swamy Desikan and is given the title Simhangalin
> > Sallabham.Don't miss it. please read it from the file section of
the
> > groups, i have included a file "simhangalin sallabham.pdf".
> > He has also rendered an upanyasam on Sri Ramanuja vaibhavam,
which
> > is available as MP3 CD. For the cd's, please contact
> >
> > Saran Darshan
> > "Sri Ahobilam"
> > 16,Devanathan Colony, West Mambalam, Chennai 600033
> > Cell : 0-9381037792, 0-9384037724, 0-9444971557
> >
> >
> > * Anushtanakula Utsavam, every year is celebrated on the day
next to
> > eyarba sAthumurai day. This uthsavam represents a very important
day
> > in Swami Ramanujar's life. Swami Ramanujar in his pOvAshrama was
> > under the tutelage of his Acharyan Yadavaprakasar. YP was
jealous of
> > Swamy's profound knowledge and decided to kill Swamy. Hence he
took
> > few of his sishyas along with Ramanujar for a pilgrimage tour to
> > North India. Swamy's brother Govindha Bhattar, who came to know
> > about their guru's plan, informed Swamy about it and told him to
> > leave their group immediately. Ramanuja, who was at his young
age,
> > didn't know how to go or where to go. He started to walk for a
while
> > and since it was dark he was scared. He called out but only his
echo
> > answered him. Suddenly a while later a couple appeared before
him
> > and asked him why he was alone in the forest. He told them that
he
> > was lost and couldn't find his way back to his village, but
never
> > told them about what actually happened. The hunting couples took
> > swamy and the threesome walked through the forest. When dawn
broke,
> > the lady hunter was tired and asked Ramanuja to bring her some
> > water. He had a small vessel with him for performing
anushtAnams, he
> > took it and found a small well nearby. He brought water for her
but
> > found them missing. He called for them, but they did not come
back.
> > Ramanuja was upset and resumed his journey to find out where he
has
> > come. When the sun rose brightly, he could see the temple
vimanam
> > and learnt that that was his own village, Kanchipuram.
> > When swamy wanted to do kainkaryam for perumal and piratti, he
asked
> > Thirukacchi Nambigal to ask them(perumal and piratti) for a
> > kainkaryam. It was then Piratti asked Ramanujar to bring water
from
> > salai kinaru everyday for her. On hearing this kainkaryam
Ramanuja
> > realised that the hunter couples were none other than Perumal
and
> > Piratti and he was overcome with emotion to learn Lord's
souseelyam
> > and soulabhyam, to have come for his rescue. So, anushtAnakula
> > uthsavam is the day when Swamy Ramanuja escaped the jaws of
death
> > which was set by Yadhavaprakasar and was rescued by the veduva
> > thampathi(Lord Varadar and Piratti).
> > So, on this occasion, let us pray the Divya Thampathis to rescue
us
> > from the clutches of samsAra and mAyA.
> >
> > Adiyen,
> > Padma Sowrirajan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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