Sri Varadha Rajar Pavalakkal vimanam 2019
பவளக்கால்
நாரை என்பது பெயர்ச்சொல். ஆறு, ஏரி, கடல் முதலியவற்றின் கரைகளிலும் வயல்களிலும்
நாரைகளை நீங்கள் பார்த்திருக்கலாம். இது கொக்கு இனத்தைச் சேர்ந்தது. இவற்றில் ஒரு வகை - பூநாரை அல்லது செங்கால் நாரை
[பிளமிங்கோஸ்]. இதன் அலகு அகலமாகவும், வளைந்தும்
காணப்படும். இதன் கால்கள் நீண்டு சிவந்து இருக்கும்.
The name
"flamingo" comes from Portuguese or Spanish flamengo,
"flame-colored", these are bright red coloured. In his 1842 book, The Structure and Distribution
of Coral Reefs, Charles Darwin remarked that coral reefs were like an
"oasis in the desert" - they were flush with life despite being
surrounded by nutrient-poor seawater. This is a mystery that scientists have
continued to grapple with, ascribing the diversity of reefs to the close
relationships between the sea life within the reefs. Essentially, all food and
waste produced within reefs is rapidly taken up, leaving only a few remnants in
the seawater. However, a new study shows that tiny “cryptobenthic” reef fish –
so called because they easily camouflage with the seafloor – may help make up
the nutrient gap in coral reefs. Because
cryptobenthic fish are incredibly small and reclusive, they can be difficult to
study, so their role in ocean ecosystems is still being understood.
இன்று ஸ்ரீ
வரதராஜர் உத்சவம் கடைசி நாள் - திருவல்லிக்கேணியில் தேவாதிராஜர் பவளக்கால் விமானத்தில்
புறப்பாடு கண்டருளினார். பெரிய திருமடலில்
ஒரு வரி : மன்னும் பவளக்கால் செம்பொன்செய் மண்டபத்துள் .. .. 'பவளத்தால் வேய்ந்த மண்டபம் - : போகங்களின் எல்லையான பரம போகங்களை அநுபவித்துத்
தீருகிறபடி சொல்லுகிறது. ஸ்வர்க்கலோகத்து அநுபவங்களின் சரமாவதியைச் சொல்லுகிறதாகையாலே
இந்த வாக்கியத்தைச் சிறிது விரிவாகச் சொல்கிறார்.
Today, 26th May 2019 is 10th day of
Sri Varadha Rajar Uthsavam..
‘Sarrumurai’ purappadu in the beautiful “Pavalakkal Vimanam”. Not sure, why this is called ‘Pavalakkal’ –
pavazham is ‘coral’. There is one street
in Parrys area known as ‘Pavalakkaran theru’ for traders in coral used to live
and transact business here !
Coral organisms,
called polyps, can live on their own, but are primarily associated with the
spectacularly diverse limestone communities, or reefs, they construct. Coral
polyps are tiny, soft-bodied organisms related to sea anemones and jellyfish.
At their base is a hard, protective limestone skeleton called a calicle, which
forms the structure of coral reefs. Reefs begin when a polyp attaches itself to
a rock on the sea floor, then divides, or buds, into thousands of clones. Corals are marine invertebrates in the class
Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.
Precious coral or
red coral is the common name given to Corallium rubrum and several related
species of marine coral. The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals
is their durable and intensely colored red or pink skeleton, which is used for
making jewellery. Recent reports state
that Coral ecosystem thriving in the Indian waters has come under severe stress
with instances of coral bleaching being reported from islands of Lakshadweep
and some parts of Andaman. It is the
thermal stress in the form of increase in Sea Surface Temperature (SST) during
April that has proved disastrous for the corals.
At
Thiruvallikkeni divaydesam, inside the beautiful Pavalakkal vimanam, Sri Varadha
Rajar gave darshan in Paramapadhanadhar thirukolam – Perumal has similar
thirukolam in Sesha vahanam also.
~ adiyen
Srinivasadhasan [S. Sampathkumar]
