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 :
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
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