The
eternal place of bliss – the abode of Lord Ranganatha – Thiruvarangam is
‘Periya Kovil’ for devout Srivaishnavaites. For us everything
associated with the reclining Lord Ranganatha is ‘Periya’ (the Big ~
nonpareil) ~ the Lord here is Periya Perumal; his consort is Periya
Pirattiyar; the holy bathing [Thirumanjanam] in the month of Aani is
‘Periya Thirumanjanam’ ……….. the Acharyar known as ‘Periya Jeeyar’ is our Swami
Manavala Mamunigal who spent a major portion of his life at Thiruvarangam serving
the Lord.
It
is said that Manavala mamuni's devotion to Nammalvar, Ramanuja and to his own
Acharya grew as he studied the Alvar's hymns and rahasyas at Alvar Thirunagari.
Sri Manavala mamunigal’s first work is “Yatiraja Vimsati”
twenty sanskrit slogas in praise of
Sri Ramanuja. Upon reading this, Tiruvaimozhip pillai gave him the title
Yateendra Pravanar.
The
continuous rains have brought more water to all waterbodies in the city and
Kairavini Pushkarini has also reached copious inflow – though not exactly brimming.
Today
14th Nov 2015 is day 9 of Mamunigal Uthsavam ~ there was some
respite from rains but due to some unfortunate circumstance elsewhere, there
could not be periya mada veethi purappadu and hence no Thiruther. Mamunigal had purappadu in Tholukku
Iniyan. Recall that in 2012, it rained
and there was no thiruther purappadu. In 2013,
there could not be purappadu in ‘Siriya Thiruther’ – due to bad road
conditions.
Adiyen
Srinivasadhasan.
14th
Nov 2105.
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