Happy
to be living in Thiruvallikkeni
Divyadesam ~ though the primordial purpose of darshan of Emperuman in
His purappadus is not happening from 20th Mar 2020.
Moving
slightly away, at Triplicane, as in many coastal areas – one finds their door
grills, vehicles and many other metal properties corroding faster – one
witnesses this on the shower head, the
orange stain of metal corrosion.
The immediate answer is salinity – salt water, salt water prevalent in
air, being closer to sea. The natural Q
is what will happen to those mammoth ships that float on sea water. It can be
catastrophic. Hulls can collapse,
ballast tanks weaken and motors fail, all because of rust. There’s no way to
fully eradicate it. It’s a billion
billion scourge that afflicts Navy
destroyers, cruise ships, merchant cargo vessels, general carriers, container
ships and more - without fear or favor.
Rust
is an iron oxide, a usually reddish brown oxide formed by the reaction of iron
and oxygen in the presence of water or air moisture. Given sufficient time, any iron mass, in the
presence of water and oxygen, could eventually convert entirely to rust.
Surface rust is commonly flaky and friable. Rusting is the common term for
corrosion of iron and its alloys, such as steel. Many other metals undergo
similar corrosion, but the resulting oxides are not commonly called rust.
Miles
away, in the Southern end of Arabian peninsula, there has been renewed anger in
Yemen after Houthi leaders again refused to allow UN inspectors to board a
rusting oil storage vessel moored off the port city of Hodeidah. Yemeni
authorities accused the Houthis of risking an environmental catastrophe in the
Red Sea, and called for a tougher UN line against the Iran-backed militias. The
FSO Safer has been moored 7 km off the coast of Yemen since 1988. It fell into
Houthi hands in March 2015, when they took control of the coast around
Hodeidah. The vessel has been described as “a ticking time bomb” amid fears
that the 1.4 million barrels of oil it contains will start to seep out. Without
movement, the vehicle is rusting !
Back,
today is Revathi in the month of Purattasi and in two months time it would be
Sarrumurai vaibhavam of Sri Thiruppanar.
கார்த்திகை மாதம் ஒரு சிறப்பான மாதம். திருமங்கை மன்னன், திருப்பாணாழ்வார்
சாற்றுமுறைகள் - கூடவே திருக்கார்த்திகை தீப உத்சவம்.
We know
rusting exists on Earth and Mars, but now scientists have found that there is
rusting on the moon as well. The images sent by Indian Space Research
Organisation's (ISRO) Chandrayaan 1 orbiter - India's first mission to the
moon, show that the moon may be rusting along the poles. This is a surprising discovery since rust,
which is also known as iron oxide, is a reddish compound that forms when the
iron is exposed to water and oxygen, and moon's surface is not known for the
presence of water and oxygen.
While our
Moon is airless, research indicates the presence of hematite, a form of rust
that normally requires oxygen and water. That has scientists puzzled. Mars has
long been known for its rust. Iron on its surface, combined with water and
oxygen from the ancient past, give the Red Planet its hue. But scientists were
recently surprised to find evidence that our airless Moon has rust on it as
well. A new paper in Science Advances reviews data from the Indian Space
Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 orbiter, which discovered water ice and
mapped out a variety of minerals while surveying the Moon's surface in 2008. Water interacts with rock to produce a
diversity of minerals, and M3 detected spectra – or light reflected off
surfaces – that revealed the Moon's poles had a very different composition than
the rest of it.
Generally, Karthigai would fall on ‘karthigai nakshathiram’ –
after which there would be no purappadu, so there would be years whence there
would be no sarrumurai purappadu of Thiruppanazhwar. This
year 30.11.2020 would be grand as it would be Thirukarthigai Deepa uthsavam as
also Thiruppanar sarrumurai being ‘Rohini in the month of Karthigai’. A
similar thing occurred on 02.12.2009 and here are some photos of
Thiruppanazhwar and Sri Parthasartathi perumal purappadu and chokkapanai
fire in 2009.
The sacred Cauvery flowing across enriched all areas on its banks ~ the
Chozha empire flourished due to that. Historically, Uraiyur [also spelt
Woraiyoor] was the capital of the Empire at some point time –
it had big palatial buildings and bigger choultries feeding the poor all
the time. Woraiyur figures prominently in the Sangam works like
Pattinapalai and Purananuru. Literature reports that, Karikala Cholan
beautified its fortifications, gateways, tall mansions and temples.
Uraiyur over the period is known by various names such as ‘Thirukkozhi,
Nikalaapuri, Uranthai, and Kozhiyur’. The word Urayur in Tamil literally means
"the residence" ~ perhaps meant to be the abode of the Lord
Himself. Legend has it that ‘cock attacked the elephant of the king’ and
realizing the valour, the place came to be known as ‘Kozhiyoor’ too.
For Sri
Vaishnavaites, this places assumes significance for this is a Divyadesam ~ more so as every year Lord Num Perumal from
Thiruvarangam visits this place. The presiding deity here is Azhagiya
Manavaalan in standing posture possessing ‘Conch [Thiruvazhi] and Chakra
in His hands. The Thayar is Kamalavalli Nachiyar ~ who is in the main
sannathi itself alongwith Perumal. There are separate sannathies for Swami
Nammalwar; Sri Ramanujar and ThiruPanazhvaar.
This place has added significance of being the avathara sthalam of
Thirup Paan Azhwar for whom there is a separate sannathi. The prakaram is
not big and on the left side of the corridor is the sannidhi of
Thirupanar. Here is one of his
immortal verses:
அமலனாதிபிரான்
அடியார்க்கென்னை ஆட்படுத்த*
விமலன்
விண்ணவர்கோன் விரையார் பொழில் வேங்கடவன்*
நிமலன்
நின்மலன் நீதிவானவன் நீள்மதிள் அரங்கத்தம்மான்*
திருக்கமலபாதம்
வந்து என்கண்ணினுள்ளன ஓக்கின்றதே.
Azhwar totally immersed
with bakthi, refers to the Lord as Vimalan, glorifying His blemishlessness and
magnanimity. The immaculate Lord Ranganatha [Arangathamman]
cleanses the massive dirt of ignorance of the worshippers and imparts
purity to them. Indeed He is the purest of the pure and the most auspicious
among the auspicious. The Lord “Nimalan” is the one who bestows
boons on his devotees even unasked and unsolicited, enhancing His greatness
still further. And when someone thinks of such magnanimous Lord – the Lotus
feet – the very thought gets ingrained in the eyes of Azhwar who could see
nothing else and melts with the benevolence of Lord Ranganatha.
As starts the thaniyan
~ ஆபாதசூடம் ~ from the feet to the crown, perhaps
was his resolve when he started singing, but he cannot take his eyes off the
Thiruvadi. Such was his bakthi. Sri Thirup Paanazhwar’s
thirunakshathiram falls on “ Rohini in Karthigai month.” The
Azhwar, an amsam - Sri Vatsa of Sriman Narayana sang mellifluous paeans
in praise of Lord. Such was his blemishless devotion to Lord Aranganathar
that he claimed that he does not want to see anything else with his eyes that
saw the most benevolent Lord Arangar.
~ அண்டர் கோன் அணியரங்கன் என்னமுதினைக் கண்ட கண்கள்
மற்றொன்றினைக்
காணாவே.
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
07.10.2020
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