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 -----
From: ArunKumar K
To: sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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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