அசார்யர் ஸ்வாமி மணவாள மாமுனிகள்
சாற்றுமுறை 2019
திருக்குடைகள் அணிவகுப்பு !
~ குடை கைங்கர்யம்
Life
in a divyadesam is always exciting ! ~ it provides ample opportunities to be
with Emperuman and do kainkaryam .. .. the primary challenge is one of
involvement and being with Lord for long hours - one can involve oneself in so many forms of Kainkaryams
– there is the glorious Archaga kainkaryam, arulicheyal kainkaryam, sripadham
kainkaryam, kainkaryam to bagavathas and those involved in service to
Emperuman, financial kainkaryam for
specified projects, offering beautiful jewels, vasthrams, doing service, providing floral garlands,
providing fruits and offerings, cleaning, regulating, painting, and so many
more avenues ~ some are physical and requires extraordinary commitment .. .. I
have never tried this but have always observed
from close quarters wondering how difficult it is – ‘thirukudai kainkaryam’ –
lifting the thirukudai is a massive effort – the weight is at the top as one
controls and manages its weight (more so with wind blowing ferociously) as one
walks closer to Emperuman covering Him !!
In Sept of 2019,
two satellites approximately 200 miles above the planet’s surface were zooming
toward each other at a breakneck speed of 32,000 miles per hour. One was the
European Space Agency’s (ESA) Aeolus Earth observation satellite and the other
was one of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites,
and with them both speeding toward the same region of space, scientists
estimated a 1 in 1,000 probability that they would collide. If the satellites had crashed, both would have
been utterly obliterated — and the impact would have thrown millions of small
and large pieces of debris spinning off into space. Imagine the opening scene
from the film Gravity, and now amplify that by an order of magnitude. All of this discarded material is
collectively known as space debris. It’s the junk that we’ve left in the space
around our planet, and it’s growing every year ~ Earth badly requires an
Umbrella for protection.
People for sure
have seen this – in India when dignitaries and politicians come, if it rains,
the Officer in Special duty would hold out umbrella ! .. .. one would feel sad,
on a high commanding Officer doing a trivial job .. .. Away in US as per Marine Corps uniform regulations, the men are
not allowed to carry or use umbrellas while in uniform. Female Marines can
carry “an all-black, plain standard, or collapsible umbrella at their option
during inclement weather” but not with combat uniforms. All of which means that
when Marines stand sentry outside the White House, they often get wet. Yet in an instance, Ex President Barack Obama
asked his bodyguard to hold the umbrella which raised many debates !
In our culture – we
welcome rains [rain, rain go away is not our tradition] – it has been raining
quite heavily this fortnight. Chennai
requires water, so does other parts of Tamilnadu – still we wanted respite this
day, as we wish celebrating this day in grandiose manner. Those who ventured to Triplicane this morning
would have wondered what was happening – it was a procession of umbrellas, nay
not the black one that humans use when it rains– but spotless white parasols –
the divine kodais ~ 10 sets of them –
the divine kodais 20 in no. - some huge
– ranging from 14 to 18 jon kudais - and alongwith that hundreds of
Thennacharya Srivaishnavaites, most of them sporting the traditional ‘ dwadasa Urthva
Pundram – the Pannirandu Thiruman”
The grand
occasion 1.11.2019 is ‘Aippasi Thirumoolam’
hailing the birth of our Supreme ‘non-pareil’ Acarya Swami Manavala
Mamunigal’. On His Sarrumurai day in the
morning Mamunigal has grand purappadu with
Sri Parthasarathi Perumal having 20
kudais. The kudais ~ white kudais (parasols) look great and are
great attraction of Thondai mandalam Thirukachi, Thiruvallikkeni, Thiruevvul
and many other divyadesams – in there places there will be no purappadu in
divyadesams for Emperuman without kudai (for us Adisesha is the divine kudai
for Emperuman)..
So the
divine grace of Acaryar Swami Manavala Mamunigal – it was such a grand
purappadu. It was made merrier by those
rendering service (kudaikarargal) – a group had descended from nearby temple
too .. here are some photos of the people who walked gleefully on the mada
veethis of Thiruvallikkeni carrying the umbrellas for Emperuman.~ .. .. and
look at the smiling faces revealing their enjoyment in doing this kainkaryam..
My
small concern is I could have left out unintentionally some of the kainkaryabarar
and some of the regulars like Kudai Raja could have just allowed others to do
the kainkaryam on this glorious day ..
Pranams
to all those who do kainkaryam to Emperuman ~ it is these people with selfless
devotion who embellish every activity in Temple
Azwar Emperumanar Jeeyar thiruvadigale Saranam
Swami Manavala Maamunigale Innumoru Noorrandu Irum
~adiyen
Srinivasadhasan [Mamandur Veervalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar]
1st
Nov 2019.
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