Today
(17th April 2014) is a
Special day ~ thousands thronged the main entrance of Sri Parthasarathi Swami
before 05.30 am to have a glimpse of Him
arriving on Garuda Seva – known as Gopura vasal Sevai – this is special. Then there
was Garuda Sevai purappadu which ended almost around 10.30 am.
Closer
to 1 pm (noon) there was Ekantha Sevai ~ and hundreds were waiting to have darshan of Ekantha Sevai. Ekantham may mean solitude
or loneliness ... in a different parlance, it would mean privacy ... in Temple
parlance, it is construed to mean ‘Lord being alone – especially with lesser or
no garlands and ornaments’ that is the stage when one can have darshan of the
Thirumeni. Everytime, you have darshan
of Sri Parthasarathi, you get carried away by the most beautiful garlands made
of most fragrant flowers..... today, it was a simple (rather most grand) garland
made of roses that adorned Perumal and got beautified by that. It was indeed a
very great darshan, as Perumal very slowly walked to the mellifluous tunes
played by Nathaswara vithwan. Here are some photos of the grand event.
(சாண்) written as
Jon/saan (not the name) is a measure
used by South Indians, especially Tamilians for long. It is half of muzham (arm’s length – used for
measuring flowers especially jasmine string)..... it is roughly 23.33 CM... you are reading this because the ‘parasol’ (the divine Umbrella) is generally
referred by Jon – which is its measure of diameter. Today, for the Ekantha Sevai, two specially
made ’24 jon’ kudais were dedicated to Lord Parthasarathi. These perhaps are
the biggest (rather the widest).... here are a couple of photos of thirukudai.
Adiyen
Srinivasadhasan
Extremely beautiful. Thanks for sharing. While being present in the moment is always welcome but many times one does not get that close view. Thanks for the service.
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