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Dear Sri VenkatEsa BhakthAs :

That climactic moment of being in the proximity of  Lord Venkatesa
as a part of the Peddha Jeeyar SaaRRumuRai GhOshti finally arrived .

adiyEn had the Parama bhAgyam of being placed in the front of
Lord VenkatEsa by the KaimkaryaparALs . Our Lord  had a most beautiful
smile and radiated power from His AasthAnam . One could feel His Saanidhyam
(Divine Presence) unmistakably .

Before adiyEn goes in to the description of SaaRRumuiRai anubhavam ,
let me describe briefly the term SaaRRumuRai .

WHAT IS SAARRUMURAI ?
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SaaRRu MuRai stands for SaaRRum ( pORRum ) MuRai , the time honored
and traditional way ( muRai/kramam/sequence ) of standing before
the SarvEswaran to express our aakinchanyam , ananyagathithvam and
eulogize Him as the Lord of the Universe and seek Kaimkarya PrApthi
as ANDAL showed us the way in Her " SiRRam SiRukAlE vanthunnai sEvitthu "
Paasuram . She says there " UnakkE Naam Aat cheyvOm , MaRRai namm
KaamngaL mARRElO YempAvAi " . She reminds the Lord of the Uravu
to Him and wiht that urimai asks for Kaimkarya BhAgyam . The SaaRRumuRai
ends with the Phala Sruthi ThiruppAvai Paasuram : " Vangak-Kadal Kadaintha "
.
This is the time honored SaaRRum ( pORRum ) MuRai .

We seek from Him the blessings of uninterrupted Kaimkarya PrApthi
to Him during this dEha Yaathrai and remind Him that we will not
serve anyone but Him at any time . SaaRRum means SaaRRuvathu or
stating some thing in a formal and time honored manner established by
AzhwArs and AchAryAs .

These SaaRRumuRais can be short or long . When it is a long SaaRRumuRai ,
it contains excerpts from Vedam , PurANam and  Dhivya Prabhandham and
concludes with the Vaazhi ThirunAmams particular to a specific AchArya
Paramparai . HH  ThirumAlai Peddha Jeeyar is in charge of the SaaRRumuRai
at ThiruvEngadamudayAn's sannidhi and we follow the Kramam that
the Peddha Jeeyar and His poorvAchAryALs have been following . HH the Peddha
Jeeyar and His EkAngis check whether the VaishNavAs who wish to particpate
in the SaaRRumuRai have Svaroopam before approving them to join .In the old
days , there were 10 to 20 Sri VaishNavAs at the SaaRRumuRai GhOshti .
Nowadays , it can be as much as 120 plus Sri VaishNavAs . Because of this
large size , there is a stampede for getting to the front row and awful lot
of craning of necks to get a good darsanam of ThiruvEngadamudayAn .

Due to Poorva Janma  Sukrutham adiyEn was placed in the front row
right in front of the dazzling Lord of Saptha Giri .   adiyEn understood
that bhAgyam as an acknowledgement perhaps  by the Lord of the recently
concluded release of the CD ROM on the Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam
and commentaries on that sacred naamAs in English in collobaration with
my name sake , Sriman Sadagopan IyengAr of Coimbatore . AdiyEn also extended
this guess work  on my part to include the ongoing kaimkaryam to write the
commentary for the Sri VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamams in English . Both these
AshtOttharams  and Sahasra Naamams are recited every day in front of
the Lord AT THE FIRST AND SECOND BELLS before the ArchanAnthara Sevai .
You can access the content of this multimedia CD ROM on the Sri VenkatEsa
AshtOttharam , which is available to you online 24 hours at :

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/sva/bv.html

The inner Meaning  of SaaRRumuRai/SevA Kaalam
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It is all about Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArTam as revealed by
the Rahasya Thrayams .

We believe that Sriman NaarAyaNa  is Para Tatthvam (Supreme Tatthvam).

We believe that holding on to His sacred feet as rakshaNam is
Parama Hitham .

We believe that the performance of Prapatthi at His Sacred feet and travel
at the end of the earthly life via archirAdhi mArgam to Sri Vaikuntam and
joining with the GhOshtio of Nithya Sooris /MukthAs and AchAryAs to perform
blemishless Kaimkaryam to the Dhivya Dampathis and enjoying BrahmAnandham
THERE on a par with the Lord as PARAMA PURUSHARTAM .

The Three MahA Manthrams (AshtAksharam , Dhvayam and Charama slOkam )
reveal to us succinctly the triad of Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArTams.

The VedAs , Upanishads , IthihAsams , PurANAs , Geethai , Brahma
Soothrams and Dhivya Prabhandhams elaborate on the condensed
meanings of the above Rahasya Thrayams .

In one sampradhAyam , Sri BhAshyam , GeethA BhAshyam , Srimath
Rahasya Thraya Saaram and Bhagavath Vishayam are considered as
the Grantha Chathushtayam to be learnt at the sacred feet of SadAchAryAs
thru UpadEsa/KaalakshEpa maargam .

Of this MuRai , HH Srimath PoundarIkapuram Andavan comments :
" Thus our AchAryAs bless us with Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArTa Jn~Anam ,
perform UpAya anushtAnam and make us Nirbharars ( free from the burden of
protecting ourselves) and bless us to reach Sri Vaikuntam at the end
of our dEha Yaathrai to serve the Dhivya Dampathis seated at their
ThirumAmaNi Mantapam there and enjoiy BrahmAnandham on a par with
the Lord . It is not surprising therefore that we are utterly grateful to
our AchArya Paramparai for all these blessings (adhrushtams) .

In that spirit of gratitude for the MahOpakAram done by our AchAryAs and
for refreshing the Jn~Anam that has been bequeathed to us , we recite
the Sri Kosams of Veda Mantra DhrushtAs ( Maha Rishis) , AzhwArs and
AchAryAs .

We recite the passages from the beginning and the end of the above Sri
Kosams in front of the PraTama AchAryan ( The Aadhya Guru of the Guru
Paramparai) , Sriman Narayanan and become dhanyAs .This practise is
known as SaaRRumuRai or SevA Kaalam ".

The order of happenings at the SrivAri Sannidhi in the Morning
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SuprabhAtham , Suddhi and NirmAlya Sodhanaa , Koluvu and
PanchAngam reading  and the first bell follow sequentailly .
Now , the first naivEdhyam ( Curd Mixed Rice) is offered to
the Lord to the accompaniment of the sounding of the two big bells
in front of the BangAru Vaasal .

SAARRUMURAI FOLLOWS THE FIRST BELL . HH the Jeeyar SwamigaL
or His representative start the SaaRRumuRai and the GhOshti Joins .
Intense devotional outpourings and consequent bliss  are experienced
by the participants .They get transported as it were to Sri Vaikuntam for
those few minutes . At the end of the SaaRRumuRai , the ghOshti
takes reluctant leave of the Lord and reassembles at AchArya
RaamAnuja sannidhi to recieve theertha PrasAdham and SaThAri .

The Second Bell is rung now and the 108 names of the Lord are recited
behind the curtain by the archakAs in YekAntham . Cherupulu and
PaNiyAram are offered as NaivEdhyam now.

After the second bell , Sarva Darsanam starts and the thousands and
thousands of devotees waiting patiently for hours have finally
the darsanam of the Lord .

SPECIAL COMMAND OF THIRUVENGADAMUDAYAN ON THAT MORNING
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After the Theertham and SaThAri , adiyEn was informed by the key
KaimkaryaparAl that the Lord has assigned to adiyEn the Kaimkaryam of
presenting a Kempu gem Kireetam for Him and His Ubhaya NaacchiyArs .

A plan to present three sets of Kireetams made up of (1) deep red
rubies ( Kempu gems used in old Pathakkams ) , (2) Emerald and
(3)Sapphire has been willed by the Lord and adiyEn was told
as a grand surprise that adiyEn should undertake the Kempu
Crown Kaimkaryam for Malayappa Swamy and His Ubhaya
NaacchiyArs . adiyEn had to hold on to the stone pillar on
hearing this niyamanam .

The name of the famous jewelery maker for ThiruvEngadamudayAn
at KumbakONam was also given to adiyEn . adiyEn was told that
all the AabharaNams of the Lord of Seven hills are made of 22 Carat
gold and plating of silver base with gold was taboo . adiyEn could not
comprehend the mystery behind the niyamanam of the Lord thru
" archaka mukham ". The Lord who has every  thing wishes to use
adiyEn as His instrument to fulfil His sankalpam . adiyEn is fully aware of
my unfitness and said to myself that He will show the way
and unite His devotees over the next few months to progress
with the Kaimkaryam .

At KumbakOnam , adiyEn met with the talented Gold Smith
serving the Lord of Seven Hills and got an estimate for
the three Kempu Kireetams . The expenses break up in to
 Four  categories:

1. One and Half Kilogram of Gold ( 600 Rs per Gram of Gold) =9 Laks of Rs.
2. Umisu or SethAram : 10% or 150 grams=90,000 Rs.
3. 850 Kempu Stones : 80,000 Rs
4. Labor : 38,000 Rs.

The Total Estimate is : 11 Laks of Rupees or $ 25,182 at
the rate of 44 Rs to a US Dollar .

It took 2 years thru Yaachakam to assemble the 35 Laks Rs. worth of
RathnAngi for Lord DevanAthan of Thiruvaheendhra Puram last year
around this time . Swamy Desikan's Sri Sookthis were instrumental
then to assemble the funds from the VaishNava GhOshti to complete
that Kaimkaryam .

Unless some of you join in this Kaimkaryam , adiyEn is at a loss to make
progress on this Kaimkaryam . adiyEn thinks that He will show the way
over time . Please contact me if number of you wish to join in this
kaimkaryam for the Lord of Thirumala to get ready for use before
the next BrahmOthsavam .

If the temple authorities can agree to donate the gold for these crowns
from the vast amount of gold that pours in to the Hundies of the Lord
every day ,   the Kaimkaryam can be speedily completed . Our task then
would just be to cover the expenses for the semi-precious stones and
the labor ( ~1.18 Lkas for each set of crowns and a total of 3.54 Laks of
Rupees or $8,045 ). Mysterious indeed are the Lord's ways !

Please let your friends know of this opportunity to serve the Lord . All of
the samarpaNams are Tax deductible .

NamO Sri VenkatEsAya ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

























NamO VenkatEsAya ,
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 P.S: Please do not forget to lend your support to the uthsavam of
the 79th birthday celebrations of MalOla PadhukA Sevakar ,
HH Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA  Desikan . Please contact adiyEn .
Thanks .






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