Swami
Manavala Mamunigal thiruvavathara uthsavam is drawing to a close ~ tomorrow is ‘Thirumoolam
in Aippaisi’ ~ marking the birth centenary of our Acaryar. There will be grand
purappadu in the morning with 20 kudais ~ white kudais (parasols) are of significance
and there will be no purappadu in divyadesams for Emperuman without kudai (for
us Adisesha is the divine kudai for Emperuman).. .. here are a couple of photos
taken during Mamunigal purappadu at Kairavini kulakkarai before He ascended
thiruther.
Following the
second One-Day International between England and India in January 2013, when
his last 11 deliveries cost 33 runs, he gained the dubious honour of
establishing himself as the bowler with the worst career economy rate (given a
minimum of 1000 balls bowled….not all that bad a bowler…….he was in news ! …. the South African born English cricketer -
Jade Winston Dernbach who played for Surrey County Cricket Club and England. He
was called up to the senior team as a replacement for Ajmal Shahzad for the
knock out stages of the 2011 Cricket World Cup and made his Twenty20 and ODI
debuts later that year against Sri Lanka.
A tattoo is a form
of body modification, made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of
the skin to change the pigment. Tattooing has been in vogue in many cultures ~ though
the reasons might differ from Western and other Nations. By some accounts, the island of Great Britain
takes its name from tattooing; Britons translates as "people of the
designs", and Picts, the peoples who originally inhabited the northern
part of Britain, literally means "the painted people.
In
politics, its makes good to wear one’s loyalty on your sleeve. In a land where people keep falling at the
feet of political leaders, supreme display of loyalty is often expected. Years back, MG Ramachandran [MGR] ordained
that his party followers tattoo the flag of the party on their hands. Many immediately had the party flag and the
face of MGR tattooed on their arms and on chest. Tattooing is known as ‘pachai in Tamil’ – pachai literally means green, and often the
words / image looks green. It is described as a painful process of
pricking the epidermis with fine needles. That tattooing was thought of to
prevent people from jumping out but
still many jumped out of the bandwagon to join rivals at different periods is
documented history anyway. That is
political alignment – no permanent friends or foes in politics – as they say.
Keeping away ~ this
morning purappadu was so pleasant with the divine grace of Acaryar Swami
Manavala Mamunigal – there are various kinds of kainkaryam – and so many
devoted souls move around in Thiruvallikkeni.
What you may not have observed, is this young boy – a bearer of the
divine kudai – has the symbol tattoed on his body – exhibiting his passion for
what he does – carrying the divine umbrella, as protection for Perumal in His
purappadu. Incidentally, his mentor –
Kudai Raja also sports this tattoo (could
recall that Raja’s father Sampath was also an expert in kudai kainkaryam)
Salute all those
great souls who are deeply involved in doing kainkaryam .. ..
Adiyen Srinivasadhasan
10th
Nov. 2018.
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