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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 -----
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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