SrI:
kamapyAham Gurum vandhE
Kamalaagruha-mEdhinam
pravakthA chandhasAm vakthaa
PaancharAthrasya yassvayam
Dear Vaideekaas and BrahmOthsava sEvA abhimAnis
:
On behalf of the Board of Sri Ranganathaa Temple
,
adiyEn invites you all to have the BhAgyam of
enjoying Lord RanganAthan's BrahmOthsavam
.
The activities for the individual days are
at:
In this posting adiyEn will
focus on BhEri TaaDanam .
The First day of
BrahmOthsavam is spent on DhvajArOhaNam.
BhEri ThADanam is performed
in the Evening . In between
dhvajArOhaNam and BhEri
ThADanam , there is a PuRappADu
in some dhivya dEsams . After
BhEri ThAdanam , UthsavArTa
RakshA Bhandhanam takes
place. We will follow one of the two
procedures ( Long one )
for BhEri ThADanam as per
KootthapAkkam RaghavAcchAr
Swamy's frequently used
monograph for the ArchakAs .
Evening BhEri
ThADanam
*******************************
After evening ThiruvArAdhanam
upto AlankArAsanam ,
BhEri ( Big drum ) is
placed on a mount made up of
DhAnyams ; peetArchanam
is done first and is followed by
AavAhanam with the mantram "
(PraNavam) Nama: Kaala
ChakrAya ". Argyam , paadhyam upto nivEdhanam are
offered
to BhEri as
upachArams. PuNyAha Vaachana Jalam
is sprinkled on
the BhEri and the
BhEri is centered on
the dhAnya Peetam with VishNu
Gayathri . BhEri is now
touched with the mantram " (
PraNavam) Naadha Brahma
SvaroopiNyai nama:". On both
sides of the BhEri , SrI DEvi
( on the left) and VishNu (
on the right side ) are invoked
with the use of their
Gaayathris . Now the center of the BhEri
is worshipped with Prakruthi
Mantram " ( PraNavam) Jagath-
Srushti-sTithi-kaya hEthu
bhUthAyai Prakruthyai nama: ".
Next , Sabdha tanmAthra
Mantram " ( PraNavam) neem nama:
ParAya SabdhatanmAthraathmanE
" is recited to the accompaniment
of three times beating while
reflecting on the Thrimoorthys . Brahmaa
and sakala dEvathAs , the
rivers, the mountains, Vanaspathis ,
Kings
and all Sri
VaishNava ParamaikAnthis are invited thru
the beating of the BhEri with
a cane . The symbolism is
that all (
ChEtana-achEtanams) are invited to attend
the BrahmOthsavam by
the command of the
Lord .
It is generally believed that
those who are present
during the BhEri ThADanam
should stay within
the limits of the spread
of the sound of Bheri
until the end of the
Uthsavam and depart after
dhvaja avarOhaNam to their
respective places .
In the old days , people will
not have any travel
plans during the
BrahmOthsavam . The logic is
that all the DEvAs and
chEtanAchEtanam are
there and it will be an
insult to disregard their
presence and go away from the
site of
BrahmOthsavam.
There are 33 slOkams in
Sanskrit that are to be
recited as invitations via
BhEri ThaaDanam are
extended . adiyEn will take
them up and give their
Meanings in the next Posting
.
After BhEri ThAdanam and
extension of
the invitation to take part
in the Uthsavam ,
NivEdhanam for BhagavAn ,
Selvar (Bali
BhErar ) is carried on a
small pallakku with
Thirucchinnam and DavaNdai as
well as
dhUpa-dheepams to dhvAra
PaalakAs and
AavaraNa dEvathais . The
final step is Mahaa
Bali Peetam , where Brahmaa
is invoked
with Aavaahana mantram ,
worshipped with
upachArams andarhaNa Bali and
TarpaNams
are done . Brahmaa is
recognized to be seated at
the center of the
dhivya dEsam to conduct His
Uthsavam .
Eight Regents of Directions
& BrahmOthsavam
********************************************************
Next , sthAnams for the 8
gods of directions
are selected for use during
the next ten days ,
cleansed and the arhaNa Bali
tarpaNams are
done for them at the
directions associated with
them .
The regents of the 8
directions worshipped
with daily Bali and
Geetha-Nruthya upachArams
unique to them are
:
Indhra ( King of Svargam
& DevAs) --East
Agni (Mediator between
Men& Gods) --South East
Yamaa(The Lord of
Pithrus& Justice) --South
NiRRuthi( God of Misery)--
South West
VaruNaaa( The Lord of
Water)-- West
Vaayu( The Lord of
Wind)--North West
KubhEraa( The Lord of Wealth)
-- North
Isaana (Sivan) -- North East
Sri Prasna Samhithaa
elaborates on the Nava
Sandhi worship ( Brahmaa plus
8 regents of
Directions) to take place on
the DhvajArOhaNam
day .Specific Raagaas and
TaaLAs are to be used .
1.Brahmaa : Ghantaa Raagam ,
dhruva tALam ,Brahma
Sandhi
Kavuthuvam and dance with Hamsasya Mudhraa
on the right
hand and Chathura Mudhraa on the left hand.
DEva Daasis used
to perform these Nruthyams .
2. Indhra: Naatta Raagham ,
Sama TaaLam , Lalitha Nruthyam
and Pataka
Mudhraa .
3. Agni: Gowri Raagam ,
Ata TaaLam and Sarvathobhadhra
Mudhraa in
the form of a flame or Thaazahmpoo .
4. Yamaa: DEsAkshi
Ragam , JayamangaLa ThALam and
SarvathObhadhra Nruttham .
5. Nirruthi : DesAkshi Raagam
, Jaya ThALam and Bhujanga-
thrAsa
Nruttham .
6. VaruNa : Naatai(Nata)
Raagam , Bhadra TaaLam , Kamala
Nruttham
.
7. Vaayu : SrI
Raagam , Jampa TaaLam , Prashta Kuttina
Nruttham with Ardha Pataka mudrai on the left hand and
Arala mudhrai on the right hand .
8. KubhEran : Mohana Raagam ,
the child of Nata NaarAyaNi
and Madhu
Maadhavi Raagams ; Ananta TaaLam and
Chakra
Mandala Nruttham .
9. Isaana : Ghana Panchaka
Raagams (?) and Pancha Mukha
Vaadhyam
(?); TaaNDava Nruttham .
There are Nine
songs also for the Nine sandhis ( Nava Sandhi
Kavutthuvam ) , which ends
with a Jathi . A Mrudhangist and
a Flute Player can stop at
Bali Peetam and then follow the eight
corners to provide GeethaLaya
UpachArams . We will see if
we can make this happen
.There will be Naathswara VidhvAns
and Tavil VidhvAns at the
Uthsavam and they can also
offer this Geetha-Laya
UpachArams .
NamO SrI RanganAthAya
,
Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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