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 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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