Purattasi Punarvasu 2o24 ~ ē tīruga nanu daya chūchedavō

ఏ తీరుగ నను దయజూచెదవో ఇనవంశోత్తమ రామా

నాతరమా భవ సాగర మీదను నళినదళేక్షణ రామా  

~is a beautiful composition on Sree Rama – heard this ! .. .. on 5.11.2021 we had the fortune of visiting this temple town and had very good darshan of Lord Sree Ramachandra murthi.  For sure Carnatic connoisseurs have hard "Paluke Bangaramayena",  one of the famous Telugu compositions by the 17th century composer and devotee of Lord Sri Rama, Bhadrachala Ramadasu. He is known to have composed hundreds such songs however the original music is lost.  Carnatic vocalist Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna set music to these songs in the 1950s and popularized them.

 

Sri Rama of Bhadrachalam is known as “Vaikunta Rama” as Emperuman has Conch  (Sankha) and Discuss (Chakra) in his hands.

 

Today 26^th  Sept 2024 is Punarvasu nakshathiram in the month of Purattasi –  celebrating the birth of Sree Ramapiran, the masa thirunakshathiram of Sri Kulasekara Azhwar. Embar and Mudaliyandan.

 

Lord Rama descended on earth for the purpose of upholding righteousness and rewarding virtue. Ramayana is the greatest Ithihasa detailing the life and journey of the immortal Perfect man’s adherence to dharma despite harsh tests of life and time. Lord Rama is the epitome of all virtues.  The telegu words at the start is of  a keerthana on Sree Rama by Baktha Ramadas :

 

ē tīruga nanu daya chūchedavō, ina vaṃśōttama   rāmā

nā taramā bhava sāgaramīdanu, naḻina daḻēksana  rāmā

 

Ramadasu prays and queries Rama - In what way will you show me your kindness, O great one of Surya dynasty ? Will it be possible for me to swim this ocean of worldly concerns, O lotus-eyed Rama! O son of Raghu clan! Sita’s consort! Protector of those that seek you! O Rama!  Abode of compassion! Boon-giver to your devotees! To see you is the real sight! 

 

“Kancherla Gopanna (1620 - 1680)” – more famously known as Bhadradri Ramadasu or Bhadrachala Ramadasu.   His devotional lyrics to Rama are famous in South Indian classical music as Ramadaasu Keertanalu.  The place – Bhadrachalam is called Ayodhyapuri for its association with Ithihasa purana, Sree Ramayana.  

Here are some photos taken during the siriya mada veethi purappadu of Sree Rama at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam on 26.9.2024, occasion being Purattasi Punarvasu 

adiyen Srinivasa dhasan

Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar