Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Vanamamalai, otherwise called nAnguneri is a beautiful divya desam in the
southern district of Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli. Swamy NammAzhvar adorns this
divya desam as Sirivaramangala nagar. This wonderful divyadesam for centuries
is under the control of the esteemed Vanamamalai mutt. Probably adiyen should
rewrite the above statement as: The pontiffs of Vanamamalai mutt, being blessed
with this unique opportunity, with great honour and pleasure do selfless
kainkaryam to Sirivaramanga sametha deivanayaka perumal with atmost ecstasy.
This is one such divya desam where the thayar (piratti) has been granted
special powers by emperuman himself. Srivaramangai nachiyar, originally
belongs to thirumala. Since thiruvenkatamudaiyan is celebrated as
alarmelmangai urai mArban he didn't cherish a separate nachiyar sannadhi.
Hence this nachiyar remained desolated. When the first pontiff of Vanamamalai
mutt, HH Sri Ponnadikkal Jeeyer swamy visited Thirumalai, thayar appeared in
the dream and instructed swamy to take her with him to Vanamamalai.
The same order was placed to HH Sri Periya kelvi appan Jeeyer swamy also.
Therefore, understanding the wish of piratti HH Sri Periya kelvi appan swamy
made all arrangements for the travel of Piratti from thirumalai to vanamamalai
and henceforth HH Sri Ponnadikkal swamy attained the status of father to
srivaramangai nachiyar. On reaching vanamamalai, swamy welcomed thayar to the
mutt and rushed to Deivanayaka perumal's sannadhi to get the permission for the
wedding. With the acceptance of perumal the grand wedding of the divine
couples was grandly celebrated in front of Onnana swamy (HH Sri Ponnadikkal
swamy, father-in-law to deivanayaka perumal). Our swamy thus obtained the post
of father-in-law to perumal similar to janaka/periazhvar.
Due to this grand happening, Jeeyers from the vanamamalai mutt are given
special honours at thirumalai. So whenever a jeeyer from this mutt visits
thirumalai, HH Sri Periya Kelvi appan swamy welcomes the Jeeyer and gives his
own mutt for the Jeeyer of vanamamalai mutt to stay with special esteem.
Thereby till this date there has never raised a necessity for a separate
vanamamalai mutt in thirumalai in contrast to other divya desams.
But the conditions in thirumalai are changing. The atrocities of the
government and TTD authorities in the recent past and the present state of even
the Periya Jeeyer mutt is well known to all Srivaishnavas. So it is now time
to give our support and hence it has become necessary for a separate
vanamamalai mutt to strengthen our power in the activities at thirumalai.
Being a very old mutt, it is absolutely necessary for it to be present in the
second renowned divya desam of the Srivaishnavas. Due to the divine grace of
alarmel mangai urai mArban (thiruvenkatamudaiyan) the efforts of our revered
acharyan, HH Sri kaliyan ramanuja Jeeyer swamy has become fruitful. A land has
been allocated by TTD themselves for this purpose. The estimate of
construction of the mutt is about 80 lacs. Isn't it our prime duty to take
part in this divine acharya kainkaryam? This will make not only the acharya
but all our poorvacharyas and ofcourse the divine couples happy. Adiyen
request all bhagavatas to contribute liberally for this divine cause.
In the next posting, we will enjoy a little about the two divya desas,
THIRUMALAI AND VANAMAMALAI.
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
"LET US WORK IN UNITY AND BE PART OF THE ACHARYA KAINKARYAM AND GET CLOSE TO
THE HEARTS OF THE DIVINE COUPLES"
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