new Thura pathakkam samarpanai ~ Thiruvallikkeni

என்னே ஒரு திவ்யமான நாள் இன்று 1.11.2024.  ஸ்வாமி மணவாள மாமுனிகள் உத்சவத்தில் 6ம் நாள்.  அமாவாசை தினம்.  திருவல்லிக்கேணி ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி கண்ணபிரான் - அற்புத கிரீடங்கள் அணிந்தவன். இன்று மல்லிகை சரங்களால் ஆன கொண்டை மீது சிகப்பு பட்டு சாற்றின சிகத்தாடை.  நேர்த்தியான திருவாபரணங்கள், தங்கம், வைரம், வைடூரியம் என சிறப்பு வாய்ந்த மாலைகள்.  கொண்டையில் சந்திர, துரா  பதக்கங்கள்,  ஜாஜ்வல்யமான திருவாபரணங்கள் - என அற்புதமான சாற்றுப்படி.    பக்தர்கள்  உஜ்வலமான நிறமும், சூரியன் போன்ற ப்ரகாசத்தையும் கொண்ட ‘கடல் வண்ணன்‘ எம்பெருமான் சிறப்பான தரிசனத்தை காணும் பேறு பெற்றனர்.

 

 

Jewels  are attractive – the ones that readily come to mind are the ones made of Gold, Silver, embedded with Diamond, gemstone and the like. India's jewellery space has had a monumental year with h the Ambani wedding serving some of the biggest baubles the world has seen.  We often hear of ‘Jewellery and Ornaments’ – often used interchangeably.    

An ornament is a decorative item used to enhance the appearance of an object, space, or individual. It can be made from various materials and serves primarily an aesthetic purpose.  Jewellery specifically refers to decorative items worn on the body, typically made from precious metals and gemstones.   Here is something on Jewels. 

Rolled gold is a hybrid material, consisting of a thin layer of gold that's mechanically bonded or heat-fused to one or both sides of a base metal (often brass or copper), then rolled out into sheets to create jewelry.  This type of layered gold was patented in England in 1817 and it became a prime source for semi-precious and better-quality costume jewelry in the Victorian era.  

Pyrite (also known as fool's gold) is a shiny, metallic mineral that is a form of iron. Marcasite stones come from pyrite.  Peweter is an metal alloy that is composed mostly of tin combined with lead, antimony, bismuth, copper, and/or silver.  When pewter is polished it has a silvery luster. Most pewter is over 90 percent tin.  Ever heard of  Padparadscha sapphires  !  a rare pink-orange variety of corundum or the synthetic equivalent. These gems are mined in Sri Lanka and are usually heat treated to improve and intensify the color.   

Pleochroism is the property of having more than two colors, especially when viewed from different angles. In pleochroic minerals, a single stone will show many colors (in the case of Iolite, violet-blue, light blue, and yellow-gray will be visible).  Peking (Beijing) glass was first made in China in the late 1600's, during the Quing Dynasty, when a German priest introduced glass-making techniques to the Imperial court. Early Peking glass was made to imitate porcelain, later,  an overlay technique was developed in which two (or more) layers of glass are fused together, and then the upper layer(s) are partially carved away, creating a multi-colored bas relief   

Stop !  - no article on Jewel types … but on the Thura pathakkam worn by Sri Parthasarathi Emperuman during today’s purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni. 

 

This exquisite masterpiece embedded with lab grown diamonds costing Rs.15 lakhs+ was today dedicated to Emperuman by  Thiruvallikkeni  Adhyapakar Sri Thirumalai Ananthanpillai  Bakthisaran.  TA Bakthisaran recently retired from United India Insurance Co after close to 4 decades of service and has been an Adhyapakar for close to 5 years now.  Above is close up of Sri Parthasarathi on Deepavali purappadu yesterday and below are the ones  taken today with ‘thura pathakkam’ prominently visible.

 

Appreciate your dedication and kainkaryam “Bakthi”

 
adiyen Srinivasa dhasan
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
1.11.2024. 
 
PS : Me & Bakthi studied together in Hindu High School and got into Insurance field in the same year – 1985.