28.4.2020 was significant for it was the sarrumurai vaibhavam of
our Acarya Swami Ramanujar. 9th
day would be grand for the twin purapaddus – in the morning it would be siriya
thiruther and pushpa pallakku in the evening at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam.
Life has changed suddenly – people really do not know what to do
– 2020 has dawned differently and two months have just passed by with people
talking, hearing, rumouring about Corona .. .. a World of fear and not knowing
what to do .. .. Severe disruptions to
insecticide-treated net campaigns and in access to antimalarial medicines could
lead to a doubling in the number of malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa this
year compared to 2018, according to a new modelling analysis released by WHO
and partners ahead of World Malaria Day (25 April). WHO urges countries to move fast and
distribute malaria prevention and treatment tools at this stage of the COVID-19
outbreak in sub-Saharan Africa, and to do their utmost to safely maintain these
essential malaria control services. The analysis considers nine scenarios for
potential disruptions in access to core malaria control tools during the
pandemic in 41 countries, and the resulting increases that may be seen in cases
and deaths.
Worser still is the news coming on Covid front. After recording a dip in the number of cases
of coronavirus infection over the past few days, Tamil Nadu again reported a
spike, with 120 new cases on Tuesday. Of this number, 103 were recorded in
state capital Chennai alone. The source
of infection of a few of the cases is being investigated. Heavy traffic was seen in three Tamil Nadu
cities of Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai after the state government announced
relaxation during the Covid-19 lockdown, news agency ANI reported. In some media there were reports and photos
of traffic jams on the roads of Coimbatore, ridiculous, for there is lockdown
and social distancing is the need of the hour.
The Tamil Nadu government had only announced relaxations for Chennai,
Coimbatore and Madurai where a four-day “intense lockdown” (starting April 26)
was clamped to check the spread of Covid-19.
BhagwadRamanuja
with his aesthetic beautiful interpretations occupies the central
place. Sri Ramanujar hailed as Udayavar, Emperumanar, Bashyakarar,
Ilayazhwaar amongst other names was born in the year 1017 at Sri Perumpudur on
‘Thiruvathirai’ thirunakshathiram in the month of Chithirai. The
greatest reformer Sri Ramanuja gave us many vedantic treatises.
**
ஸ்ரீ ராமானுஜோ விஜயதே யதிராஜ ராஜ: **
“Sree Ramanujo
Vijayathe – Yathiraja Rajaha”
– the
concluding lines of ‘Thadi (dhaTee) Panchakam’ – rendered by Swami Mudaliandan,
which speaks of the victory of Swami Ramanuja over other philosophies and
his establishing the Visishtadvaita philosophy that was built by Azhwars and
Purvacharyas. In those golden days when Swami Emperumanar walked on the
streets of Thiruvarangam and other Divyadesams – tens of thousands of his
disciples and hundreds of Jeeyars followed him hailing “Ramanujo Vijayathe –
Yathiraja Rajaha”
Of the
three great exponents of Vedanta philosophy, Bhagwad Ramanuja with his
aesthetic beautiful interpretations occupies the central place. Sri
Ramanujar hailed as Udayavar, Emperumanar, Bashyakarar, Ilayazhwaar amongst
other names was born in the year 1017 at Sri Perumpudur on ‘Thiruvathirai’
thirunakshathiram in the month of Chithirai. Ramanuja was one of those visionaries who made us
realize the importance of harnessing waters in remote villages. He built a few
and renovated many temple tanks right in the middle of Thirunarayanapuram,
which not only ensured water for temple, but also for drinking and
irrigation. The crowning glory is the 2,200 acre
temple tank at Tondanur, called Tonnur Kere about 20 km from Melkote, that
provides water to 70 villages for the last 1000 years.
Hail
Ramanuja ~ we fall at the feet of our Acaryar who will take care of us.
உய்ய ஒரே வழி - உடையவர் திருவடி
ஆழ்வார் எம்பெருமானார் ஜீயர் திருவடிகளே சரணம்.
Here are
some photos of thiruther last year at Thiruvallikkeni
~-adiyen
Srinivasa dhasan [S. Sampathkumar]
30.4.2020.
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