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TiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Kainkaryam 

Lord Jaanaki Ramanan at Thiruvaheendhrapuram Lord DevanAthan Uthsavar Raaja Sevai SrI HemAbhja Valli ThAyAr: Uthsavar Moolavar : SrI DevanAthan at AasthAnam Uthsavar Dhivya Dampathis in Dolai Sevai Swamy  Desikan at AasthAnam: Moolavar & Uthsavar PurattAsi SravaNam: RathnAngi Sevai on Thirunakshathram Acharya Rathnam's RathnAngi Sevai I AchArya Rathnam's RathnAngi Sevai II Garuda Vahanam
SrI:

Dear SrI VaishNavAs of the World:
 
The Month of December (Kaarthigai-Maarghazhi) is a special month of celebration for SrI VaishNavAs . During this month , we celebrate the birthday of Thirumangai AzhwAr ( Dec 7), ThiruppANN AzhwAr & Kaartthikai Dheepam ( Dec 8) , Dhanur Maasa PoojA Arambham and ThiruppAvai Festival (Dec 16) , the birthday of ThoNDaradippodi AzhwAr ( Dec 22) and the performance of Adhyayana Uthsavam/Swamy NammAzhwAr Moksham ( Dec 23: Pahal Patthu aarambham ).During January, we will celebrate on the following days in January, 2004: SrI Vaikunta EkAdasi ( Jan 2) , BhOgi PaNDikai ( Jan 13), SankarAnthi/UttarAyaNa PuNya Kaalam and Pongal( Jan 14) and Ratha Sapthami ( Jan 28).

adiyEn's dandavath praNAmams to you all during this festival filled season and wish you and your families splendid celebrations of the above festivals !
 
May I take this opportunity during this splendid season to extend an invitation/appeal to you and your family to take part in a magnificent , new Kaimkaryam of SamarpaNam of RATHNAANGI  for SrI DevanAtha PerumAL (Uthsavar of ThiruvahIndhrapuram) .

Lord DevanAthan's beauty and the anantha kalyANa guNams  have been celebrated by Swamy Desikan and Thirumangai AzhwAr . The beautiful picture of Uthsavar DevanAthan can be enjoyed here and You can have His sevai with SrI HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr on Dolai (Raaja Sevai) . The archakaas of ThiruvahIndhrapuram are known for their alankAra Kaimkaryam for the dhivya dampathis and their deep devotion to Swamy Desikan , who spent close to 40 long years of His eventful life at  ThiruvahIndhrapuram . Swamy Desikan composed nine SrI Sookthis about Lord DevanAthan at ThiruvahIndhrapuram at the command of Lord DevanAthan .They are: 

1) SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath (Sanskrit)
2) SrI Achyutha sathakam (Praakrutham) 
3) MummaNikkOvai (Tamil)
4) Nava MaNi Maalai (Tamil)
5) Panthu ( Tamil)--Not Available Anymore(NAA)
6) Kazhal (Tamil)--NAA
7) AmmAnai (Tamil)--NAA
8) Oosal(Tamil)--NAA
9) yEsal (Tamil)--NAA

SrI Raghuveera Gadhyam and SrI Gopala Vimsathi  have been created here by our Great AchAryan , Swamy  Desikan . 
Here were born the SrI sookthis of SrI HayagrIva SthOthram , SrI Garuda Panchasath . The great Rahasya grantham in MaNipravALam , Paramatha Bhangam , was created here on the Fifth day of one Thai Maasam  in front of Lord DeavanAthan on the banks of PeNNai river. This grantham , is a summary of an  important debate between  Swamy Desikan and folowers of other Mathams. Swamy  Desikan defeated soundly  the prathivAdhis from other systems of philosophy and established the greatness of VisishtAdhvaitham as elaborated by Bhagavad RaamAnuja , who had followed  the foot steps of His PoorvAchAryALs. 

The many sided genius of this Swamy  Desikan has blessed BhakthAs for the past 700 plus years and the 120 plus powerful SrI sookthis of this AchAryan  --SthOthrams , PrakaraNa granthams , Rahasyams , Kaavyams , Naatakam , VyAkhyAnams , Vaadha granthams , RakshA granthams and anushtAna granthams--serve us as beacon lights to enthuse and encourage us to perform Bhagavath-BhAgavatha-AchArya Kaimkaryams daily.

One such humble Kaimkaryam that is being emphasized today  is the plan for the samarpaNam of RathnAngi for Lord DeavanAthan , who is very dear to Swamy Desikan. His son , Swamy NainAcchAr performed Prathishtai for the archA vigraham of Swamy Desikan  --sculpted by Swamy Desikan Himself-- next to Lord DevanAthan so that Swamy Desikan can continue His nithyArAdhanam to  the dhivys dampathis ThriuvahIndhrapuram even today .

Swamy Desikan's ThirumALikai and the well constructed well there with His own hands are still there at this dhivya desam. Let us be blessed by our AchAryans and their paramparais to engage in this once-in-a-life time Kaimakryam to present Lord DevanAthan with the most beautiful Rathnangi that would delight the heart of Swamy Desikan/Venkata Naayaki and SrI HemAbhja Valli ThAyAr . Let us make our sankalpam today (SvabhAnu samvathsara Sukla Paksha Dasami, UtthirAdam day, when Revathi star is in ascendance )  to participate in  this RathnAngi Kaimkaryam .The details of this kaimkaryam , the project status and the way to particpate in this kaimkaryam are provided under seaprate headings.
 
NAMO SRI DEVANAATHAAYA !
 
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradaachAri Sadagopan

Project Status

AdiyEn seeks the help of as many BhakthAs as possible to raise the remaining $5,000 and move this kaimakryam Forward .

Number of you have helped last year to present  the MummaNikkOvai to SrI HemAbhjavalli and a Nava MaNi Maalai to Lord DevanAthan during Swamy  Desikan's Thirunakshathram day at ThiruvahIndhrappuram. The RathnAngi Kaimkaryam is the final stage of this Kaimkaryam Continum at this dhivya dEsam for a PerumAL , who had Swamy Desikan's NavamaNi maalai MangaLAsAsanam of :

" Ninn Vadivazhahu maRavAthAr , pirvAthAr"

(Oh Lord DEvanAthA ! Those blessed souls , who do not forget the dhivya soundharyam
of Your ThirumEni will never ever be born again in this SamsAric world). 

AdiyEn is writing  this time about the ThiruvahIndhrapuram SrI sookthis of Swamy Desikan 
and the Dhivya Sahasra Naamams of Swamy Desikan to remind ourselves daily about this RathnAngi samarpaNam  kaimkaryam. adiyEn will start this series of postings tomorrow and seek the dhivya dampathi's blessings and  AchAryAL's  anugraham to engage in this likitha kaimkaryam for fund raising . Your participation is VITAL to reach the Poorthi stage next years Panguni SravaNam..

adiyEn requests sishyAs of all AchArya Paramparais  --SrI Matam , PeriyAsramam , PoundarIkapuram Asramam, ParakAla Matam , SrI RangapriyA Swamy Asramam, VaanamAmalai Matam , SvyamAchArya paramparai -- to join in this Kaimkaryam and enrich it. 

adiyEn seeks all of Your encouragement and support to engage in this Kaimakryam on behalf of all of us and concludes this appeal with Swamy Desikan's prayer to Lord DevanAthan for Abhaya PradhAnam :

manju ulAvu sOlai soozh Ayinthai mannum mannu seer
varai edutthu nirai aLittha maasil VaasudEvanE
sem-sol-anbar sinthai koNDu thIthilAthA dhUthanAit-
tErum oornthu tEsuyarntha SELVA DEIVANAAYAKA!
vencholALar kaala dhUthar veesu paasam vanthenmEl
vizhunthu azhunthi yAnn ayarnthu veezhvatharkku munna Nee
anjal anjal anjal yenRu aLikka vENDum AcchyuthA
adiyavarkku maruL iyakkum Adiyavarrkku MeyyanE !

--Nava MaNi Maalai: 8

(Meaning based on Vaikunta Vaasi Sri U.Ve. Oppiliappan KOil VidvAn SrirAma DesikAcchAr Swamy's translation): Oh Lord who is true to His devotees and blesses them by banishing their ajn~Anam and who lives forever at the dhivya dEsam of Thiruayinthai known for its dense green groves through which the clouds rest and then travel! In a previous time, You protected the suffering cows and the calves of Gokulam from the rain of stones sent by angry Indran through the lifting the Govardhana hill and by holding it as an umbrella for them. During the same KrishNAvathAram , You travelled to the court of KouravAs on behalf of the PaaNdavAs , who are known for speaking truth and protected them . In the battle field of Kuru kshEthram , You served as the Saarathy for Arjuna and performed the noble GithOpadesam for him to remind him of his duties to engage in the just war.
At that battle field , You came to the rescue of many of Your adiyArs during the times when they faced mortal danger. adiyEn thinks of all of these paramOpakArams of Yours as Your SaraNAgathan and appeals to You to save me from the terrors of the noose of Yama dhUthAs before it fall on me during my last moments by granting me abhaya pradhAnam thrice with Your reassuring declaraion of "anjal anjal anjal" .Oh Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram !
This is my prayer to You !

Dear BhakthAs and Suhruths ! With folded hands , adiyEn  requests you all to join in this Kaimkaryam , support it and recieve Swamy Desikan's and the ThiruvahIndhrapuram dhivya dampathi's anugrahams !

SrI HemAbhja Valli SamEtha SrI DEvanAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan

Oppiliappan utsavar RathnAngi Sevai Perumal/ThAyar PuRappadu Sri Vardarajar Moolavar Andal Krishna Sri Andal Sri Andal Mantra Pushpam Sri Ranganayaki ThAyAr Bhadrachala Sri-Rama Sudarsanar