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Sri:
Adiyen's humble pranam to all devotees:

May we always be be in HIS grace.

Today is the blessed day of Panguni Uttharam.

================Some details =============================On a Panguni Uttiram 
day in Sri Rangam, while
Lord RanganAtha sat in court with His consort on His divine throne,
SrI Ramanuja stood before them, surrendered himself and all his belongings
to the divine and begged that all his earthly sins be pardoned and that he
be accepted in the service of the divine couple.

He got so accepted, with additional assurance that all his spiritual protégés
would be accorded what was assured to him.

Piratti's (Godess Sriranganayaki's assurance)
" asthu tE! tayaiva SARVAM SampathsyathE!"

Thus, the assurance of acceptance was not in isolation to swami
Ramanuja alone, but to all his spiritual progeny. It is on behalf of all 
humanity that Ramanuja pleaded and we, as his spiritual heirs, can feel assured 
of the Lord's grace.

The bramhOtsavam at Sri Rangam takes place in the Tamil month of
Panguni (Typically March 15 ? April 14 on the Gregorian calendar). On
the last date (under asterism Uttiram), Lord Azhakiya maNavALan ( the
utsavamUrti of srI RanganAtha) is seated on the same throne, pedestal,
as the goddess RanganAyaki (Utsavar) in the kalyAna mantapam of the
goddess. This is a very rare sight occurring only once in a year. On one
such occasion, swami Ramanuja, out of overwhelming compassion for
the humanity en-shackled by this miasma of samsAra, poured out his
heart to The Divine Couple. The outcome is this nectar ?SaranAgati
Gadya?, delivered for the sake of our deliverance. This is in the form of a
conversation between swami Ramanuja and The Divine Couple. The
shorter SrI-ranga-gadyam?is an abridged version of SaraNagati
gadyam, a personal exposition. The ultimate goal, reward, that
purushArta for every prapanna, of eternal service in Sri Vaikunta is
contained in SrI Vaikunta Gadyam.

It is indeed a thrilling event, something out of this world, an opportunity
afforded to the fortunate few, to watch hundreds of ardent Sri Vaishnava
bhAgavathas recite these sacred Gadyas around midnight, in unison at
SrI Rangam temple even today on Panguni Uttiram day, an event
commemorating the magnificent, compassionate, uplifting vision of
swami Ramanuja for all of humanity.

=======================================================================================================This
 article appeared in Vedics Magazine: Sri Ramanuja Darsanam
http://www.vedics.net/magazine/index.html

[Moderator's note: Swamy Desikan mentions herein with reference to this context 
"Similar to a Lion jumping from one cliff to the other, the associated living 
creatures existing around the neck and on it body also get a chance to jump 
without their efforts, Swamy EmperumAnAr's performance of saranagati enabled 
His disciples to be blessed as well". This is just for information. Thanks to 
Sri Mukundan Pattangi for his beautiful description of this wonderful divine 
uthsavam.] 





 
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