On 14th
April ~ chithirai month would be born.
From 12th April till Chithiraiyil seyya Thiruvathirai, it is
going to be Emperumanar sahasrabdi completion uthsavam and thence Brahmothsavam
at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam. The
annual brahmothsavam is now on at Thirumayilai Sri Adhi Kesava Perumal
Thirukovil.
In
the grand Brahmothsavam, each Vahanam, every purappadu has its own charm, yet, if one were to ask the most
majestic and most crowd-pulling ones, it
would be Thiruther and Garuda vahanam. !!
.. .. .. Besides inscriptions,
iconography and literary works surrounding Mylapore, the divine locality boasts of Kapaleechvaram
and Sri Adhi Kesavaperumal thirukovil. Ptolemy, the Creek Geographer referred
to Mylapore in his books as ‘Millarpha;,. It was apparently a weel-known sea
port town with a flourishing trade. Saint Tiruvalluvar the celebrated author of
Tirukkurl, the Wordl-famous ethical treatise, lived in Mylapore nearly 2,000
years ago.
Today
(4.4.2018) it was Garuda vahanam at
thirumayilai, hundreds of devotees waited early in the morning to catch glimpse of the
Lord Adhi Kesava as he came out of the
gate (Gopura vassal darsanam). The first among the devotees was Thamizh
Thalaivar Sri Peyalwar Himself. On Garuda Sevai day, people from far and away
come to the temple, offer vasthram (new clothes), place before Lord - cocoanut, fruits & other offerings and
have darshan of Lord in Garuda vahanam.
It is
a day of masses ~ teeming crowds, chanting the name of Lord Sriman Narayana –
all roads would read Madaveethis as people rush to have darshan of Lord on
Garuda and enjoy the aesal and other festivities.
This
morning around the mada veethis of Chithirai kulam, Sri Adhi Kesava Perumal had
purappadu on Garuda Sevai as Sri Peyalwar accompanied Him .. here are some
photos of people of Thirumayilai.
Adiyen
Srinivasa dhasan.
His Holiness Sri Perumpudur Appan Parakala Ramanuja Embar Jeeyar Swami.
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