Dear Sri LakshmiNarasimhan Srinivasaraghavan :
It is such a pleasure to read your account of the Maasa Thirunakshathram
celebrations at Thiruvaheendhrapuram . I felt like I was there .
Thank you .
Your suggestion of sishyAs and abhimAnis of Sri Matam to take part in
future Maasa Thirunakshathrams at PuLLambhUthangudi ,
AadhanUr , KumbakONam / Thirukkudanthai , Melkote and ThiruvallikkENi
is a very good one . The climax of all these events is the grand celebration
of
the SathAbhishEkam at Srirangam on Novemebr 30 ,2006 .
Hope we will all be fortunate to be there on that sacred day .
Thanks again ,
V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message -----
From: "LakshmiNarasimhan SrinivasaRaghavan" <lsriniva@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 9:33 AM
Subject: Srimath Azhagiyasingar's maasa thirunakshatiram
> Dear Bhagavathas
>
> Adiyen then woke up the next day (June 19th, maasa thirunakshatiram of
> asmad acharyan) at around 5:30 a.m. Took bath and performer
> sandyavandanam. Proceeded with the bhattar to Devanathaswami temple for
> Viswaroopa darsanam. Nadaswaram was played and a cow was brought in front
> of the sanctum sanctorum and Perumal has a darshan of the cow. Then
> aradhakar offers some argyam etc and offers milk. The milk is given to
> devotees who come for the viswaroopa darsanam. Everyday, the Sri Satari is
> taken from Devanathan sannidhi and Swami Desikan gets the first satari.
> Then only it is given to kaimkarya parals or any body else for the matter
> of fact. The other sannidhis open in few more minutes. Adiyen had a good
> darshan of perumal, thayar and Swami desikan.
>
> Then I proceeded to the mutt. The thirupalliyezhuchi had just ended and
> the aradhakars were making things ready for abhigamana aradhanam. After
> some time, Srimath Azhagiyasingar entered the mutt and all devotees
> prostrated before him. Before the aradhanam, separate goshtis were
> reciting vedams and prabandhams as well. The prabhanda parayanam was ended
> with Nachiyar thirumozhi. Srimath Azhagiyasingar took over the aradhanam.
> He showed managala arathi, performed mantra pushpam and then thaligai was
> offered. The sattrumurai started with Srimath Azhagiyasingar giving the
> nod for the same. All the vedams were represented by separate gosthis and
> they all recited it very well. Then prabhanda sattrumurai was started with
> Sirukale .. The Thiruvahindrapuram local goshti took over the sattrumurai
> at this point of time. They recited all the pasurams in their "unique"
> style which was enjoyed by Sri Azhagiyasingar very much. Sirukale, nallai
> nenche, pandirukum melviralAl, Oonidai suvarvai, Nattai Padayendru ayan
> mudala (nachiyar thirumozhi sattrumurai pasurm) followed by adikalapathu,
> adivan satakopan adaikala pathu and nrusimhan adaikalapathu. This was
> followed by recitation of pallandu and the rest of the sri matam
> sattrumurai. The mutt sishyas started pallandu in a fast manner. Sri
> Azhagiyasingar intervened and then asked everyone to recite in the slow
> manner and in the style of thiruvahindrapuram goshti. After this, perumal
> theertham was given. The satari was given by Sri Azhagiyasingar himself.
> Then, the padukai theertam was given. After this sambavanai was made to
> Sri Azhagiyasingar on the eve of maasa thirunakshatiram. During this time
> a special mention was made by Sri. P.N.K. Sriranganathan that Sri. V.
> Satakopan had coordinated the collection of funds. Also a mention was made
> about one "Sri. Sudarshan Parthasarati (hope that i got the name right)"
> who had donated a chunk of the funds through Sri. V. Satakopan swamin.
>
>
> Once this was over, the kaimkarya parals were getting ready to do the
> ijyai aradhanam. Adiyen now rushed back to devanathan temple and had
> darshan of Sri. Hayagrivar in the malai. After having a satisfying
> darshan, adiyen went back and had darshan of perumal, thayar and swami
> desikan again. Then adiyen went and ate in the bhattar's house itself.
> After I had finished my lunch, adiyen went to mutt again. The ijyai
> aradhanam was nearing completion at this time and adiyen got theertha
> prasadam. Then thathiyarathanai was started. Before the thathiyarathanai,
> adiyen went close to the silver mantapam and had a very good glimpse of
> Malolan, Dolai krishnar and other perumals and acharyals. As adiyen had
> already finished my lunch, adiyen waited outside the mutt. At this point,
> I was cursing myself as to why I did not eat in mutt. But later on, adiyen
> got the pratyega prasadam given to Aradhakar swamins from my chittya who
> was on duty in Mutt at that point of time. After this, adiyen started back
> to kumbakonam. There were nearly 500 - 600 devotees assembled (most of
> them Sri Vaishnavas) for the thirunakshatiram. The whole of
> thiruvahindrapuram seemed to be inside the mutt on that day. The whole of
> thiruvahindrapuram wore a festive look and it just cannot be expressed in
> words, how much joy was there when attending the thirunakshatiram
> celebrations. If any of USA folks are going to India, they should try to
> make it to the maasa thirunakshatiram.
>
> Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan
> LakshmiNarasimhan S.
>
>
>
>
>
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> Srimathe Lakshminrusimha divya pAduka sevika
> srivan satakopa Sri Narayana Yathindra MahadesikAya Namaha
>
> Meaning: I bow to the Guru "Srivan Satakopa
> SriNarayana Yathindra Mahadesikan" who serves the LORD everyday.
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>
>
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