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: [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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