Pranams to Octogenarian !! of Thiruvallikkeni
A very sincere dedicated
kainkaryabarar at Sri Parthasarathi
thirukkovil – NGK mama (Sri NG Krishnamurthi Iyengar) 85+ .. .. .. picture
taken in front of theppam this day 3
years ago ie., on - 8.3.2022
Mama is
continuing his kainkaryam happily with
total devotion. His birthstar is
Aippaisi Sadayam.
திருவல்லிக்கேணி எம்பெருமானுக்கு திருவாபரணங்கள் கூட அழகு மிளிர்பவை மிக சிறந்த மனமுடைய மாலைகள். மல்லிகைவனமாலை மெளவல்மாலை என பற்பல இருப்ப, இன்று எம்பெருமானுக்கு அழகு சேர்த்தது ரோஜா மாலை.
திருவல்லிக்கேணியில்
அற்புத கைங்கர்யங்கள் ஆற்றி வரும் ஸ்ரீ உ.வே.
அத்தங்கி ஸ்ரீனிவாசன் ஸ்வாமிகள் - இன்னிசைமாலைகள் அனுதினமும் அனுசந்திப்பதோடு, மலர்மாலைகளும் சமர்ப்பித்து
வருகின்றார்.
இன்று
காலை ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி பெருமாள் புறப்பாட்டில் அணிந்த மாலையை பக்தியுடன் தாங்கி நிற்கும்
ஸ்வாமிகள் இங்கே.
திருக்கச்சி
அருளாளனுக்கு திருவாலவட்டம் கைங்கர்யம் செய்து
அவருடன்
அளவளாவிய திருக்கச்சி நம்பிகளுக்கு
அல்லிக்கேணி பட்டர் அன்புடனே சமர்ப்பிக்கும்
திருவாலவட்டம்
இன்று
7.3.2025 மாசி மிருகசீர்ஷம் - ஆசார்யன்
திருக்கச்சி நம்பிகள் சாற்றுமுறை
Thiruvallikkeni Thavana Uthsavam day 1 – 2025
Sri Parthasarathi Perumal divya darshan
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Thiruvallikkeni
Theppam – kainkaryam – Yamaha – SUP !
?!?!?
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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 observe, appreciate, involve oneself in so many
forms of Kainkaryams ~ the subject matter here is far
too different type of kainkaryam !! Ever heard of Sport of SUP ~~
(Standup Paddling) !?!?
The name, a heartthrob of
youngsters - is identified with music
too and its brand slogan is: "Revs your Heart". Empowered
by a passion for innovation, we create exceptional value and experiences that
enrich the lives of our customers. It is
Yamaha motors.
Internationally, in June
2025, Yamaha Motor Company plans to introduce the G30E and G31EP, two new
five-seater electric golf carts, in Japan. Additionally, the company intends to
eventually release both models to the Taiwanese market. Yamaha wants to sell
1,600 of the two electric golf carts a year
!!
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is
a Japanese multinational manufacturer of motorcycles, marine products such as
boats and outboard motors, and other motorized products. The company was
established in 1955 and is headquartered in Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. The
Symbol mark (company crest and trademark) of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is the
"tuning fork mark." It consists of three musical instrument tuning
forks arranged in a configuration that suggests the wheel of a motorcycle
Youth of mid 1980s were
obsessed with - Yamaha RX 100, a
two-stroke motorcycle made by Yamaha from 1985 to 1996 with technical
collaboration and distributed in India by the Escorts Group. At the initial
stage, Yamaha Japan was exporting all bikes from Japan to India. After 1990,
Escorts started production in India, with some parts being imported from Japan. Much later came its another proud brand
R15. The manufacturer celebrated at its
Surajpur plant, rolling out of its 1 millionth vehicle.
Many of you
know, how a Car is driven – the vehicle gets power as in the engine, petrol /
diesel is burnt with oxygen in metal cylinders, there is gear box and more! –
in boats there would be propeller. May have seen in Movie chasing
scenes – boat would be steered by simply tilting the motor casing of motor, the
propeller would push the water away from it at an angle !
Descartes is a commune in
the Indre-et-Loire department in central France, on the banks of the
Creuse River. Gustave Pierre Trouvé was born here in 1839
! – what is the relevance of
this, as also Yamaha here !!
A ship or a boat is a
contraption that can float and move on the ocean, a river, or any
waterbody, either through its own power or using power from the elements (wind,
waves, or Sun). Plain steel would sink in water immediately, as would a wrecked
steel ship !
The reason that a ship
floats is that it displaces a lot of water. The displaced water keeps pushing
the ship upwards – this force is called the buoyancy force. The more
water that is displaced, the stronger the buoyancy force is which pushes the
object up. Any object dipped into water experiences two forces: the
gravity force which pulls it down due to its weight, and the buoyancy force
which pushes it up. If these forces are equal, then the object floats. This is about the divine float – the Theppam for Lord Sriman
Narayana
ஸ்ரீராமனின் காதை
"இராமாயணம்" ஒரு அற்புத காவியம். கம்ப நாட்டாழ்வான் - கங்கைகாண் படலத்திலே
- ஸ்ரீராமனுக்காக, குகன் கொணர்ந்த நாவாய்களின் அழகை இவ்வாறு விவரிக்கிறார்.:
நங்கையர் நடையின் அன்னம் நாண் உறு செலவின் நாவாய்,
கங்கையும் இடம் இலாமை மிடைந்தன-கலந்த எங்கும்,-
அங்கொடு, இங்கு, இழித்தி ஏற்றும் அமைதியின், அமரர் வையத்து
இங்கொடு அங்கு இழித்தி ஏற்றும் இருவினை என்னல் ஆன.. .....
பெண்கள் நடைபோன்ற
நடையையும்; அன்னப் பறவைகள் நாணப்படும்படியான நீரிற் செல்லுதலும் உடைய,
நாவாய்; அக்கரையில் உள்ளாரை இக்கரையில் ஏற்றி இறக்கும்தன்மையினால்;
தேவருலகமாகிய அவ்வுலகத்தோடு; இவ்வுலகில் உள்ளாரை ஏற்றிச்செல்லும் புண்ணியம் பெற்றவையாக,
பெருங்கடல் போன்ற புண்ணிய கங்கை நதியிலும் கூட இடமில்லையோ எனும்படி எல்லா இடங்களிலும்
நிறைந்து இருந்தனவாம்.
In the divyadesam of
Thiruvallikkeni, the tamil month of Masi has special significance. On
Masi New moon [Amavasyai] starts the 7 day float festival at Thiruvallikkeni.
The tank of Sri Parthasarathi Swami is famous ~ it is ‘Kairavini Pushkarini’… the pond
of Lily – ‘allikkeni’ from which the place itself derives its name (~ and my blog is titled Kairavini
Karaiyinile literally meaning
on the banks of holy Kairavini, the temple tank).
Every year there is ‘theppam’ – the float festival. A
floating structure gets spruced up, made of drums, timber and ornated
beautifully. Perumal comes to the temple tank in purappadu and is placed
majestically inside the float. The beautifully lit theppam used to be
dragged around in water, pulled by devotees by ropes ! . .. .. Devotees
in hundreds converge, sit everywhere on the steps of the temple tank to have
darshan of the Lord on theppam. In olden days, the shops springing up for the
occasion were of added attraction. (the
underlined one about ropes and pulling had been happening year after year – not
for the few years !!)
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Have been enjoying
theppam for at least 4 decades .. .. this year, receding water levels presented a newer challenge. With
water remaining over the sand portion, structures and some trees, the depth is
uneven and theppam cannot be properly operated and cannot be pulled as the
steps on which devotees would walk pulling the theppam are under
water. Over recent couple of years,
uniquely theppam is run by powerful outboard engine ! (thanks
to Mr Sathish and his team of boys). The two stroke outboard motor is for commercial use
such as on fishing and passenger vessels. This suits harsh conditions that
include everyday use and situations involving long hours of continuous
operation. Enhanced strength and durability in locations such as roller
bearings, crankshaft and cylinder block, as well as an improved water pump that
ensures plenty of cooling effect, combine to deliver substantial improvements
in durability and reliability. Models fueled by kerosene are also available in
addition to gasoline engines.
Until engines were
invented, the only way to power a small boat was with oars or sails. It took
ages to move way from wind or muscle power. Outboard motors changed all that.
Invented in the early years of the 20th century, outboards brought the same
freedom to small boats that gasoline engines brought to cars.
Marine propulsion is the
mechanism or system used to generate thrust to move a ship or boat across
water. While paddles and sails are still used on some smaller boats, most
modern ships are propelled by mechanical systems consisting of an electric
motor or engine turning a propeller, or less frequently, in pump-jets, an
impeller. The first advanced mechanical means of marine propulsion
was the marine steam engine, introduced in the early 19th century. During the
20th century it was replaced by two-stroke or four-stroke diesel engines,
outboard motors, and gas turbine engines on faster ships. Marine nuclear
reactors, which appeared in the 1950s, produce steam to propel warships and
icebreakers; commercial application, attempted late that decade, failed to
catch on. Electric motors using electric battery storage have been used for
propulsion on submarines and electric boats and have been proposed for
energy-efficient propulsion.
The first known outboard motor was a small 5 kilogram electric unit designed around 1870 by Gustave Trouvé, and patented in May 1880. The one seen here is Yamaha brand Outboard motor. Outboard motors are propulsion systems that have a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom. As well as providing propulsion, outboards provide steering control, as they are designed to pivot over their mountings and thus control the direction of thrust. The skeg also acts as a rudder when the engine is not running. Unlike inboard motors, outboard motors can be easily removed for storage or repairs. In order to eliminate the chances of hitting bottom with an outboard motor, the motor can be tilted up to an elevated position either electronically or manually.
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Interesting .. .. Here are some photos of
theppam this year – the people behind the drive – Mr A. Sathish Kumar. Appreciate him and all
those involved in kainkaryam !!
Before concluding read this
too :
Sathish is a Coastal
Police rescue trainer and a SUP exponent.
Standup Paddleboarding (SUP) is a water sport, a variation of
traditional surfing. Standup
paddleboarders stand on boards that are floating on the water and use a paddle
to propel themselves through the water. Satish founded SUP Marinaa club and was the
first Indian to represent the Nation in ICF SUP World Championship held in
Hungary in 2021. He is a SUP trainer and
holds the World record having sailed from Thalaimannar to Srilanka on SUP board
in 10 hours. He is a staunch conservator
of plastic-free Ocean too.
This gentle smiling
person is helping out navigation of theppam with his own Yamaha outboard motor
and deserves all appreciation.
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The
concluding day of Theppothsavam today (5.3.2025) is for Sri Varadharajar. It was eye-capturing sarruppadi – Elephant King
Gajendra (in silvery white) – lifting its trunk and serving Lord Devathi Rajar.
Great darshan of Varadharajar and His
servant Gajendra, the elephant.
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Likely most of you enjoyed His darshan through FB posts / video / WA shares and Insta !!! Social media has transformed the way we communicate, access information, and perceive the world. However, its pervasive influence raises concerns about how it distorts memory, reinforces biases, and alters perception.
One of the most concerning ways social media impacts cognition is through the misinformation effect—a psychological phenomenon where exposure to misleading or false information alters memories and beliefs. Research has demonstrated that fake news on social media can lead individuals to develop false memories of events that never actually happened. Social media’s carefully curated highlight reels create unrealistic benchmarks, making everyday life seem dull in comparison. This can lead to dissatisfaction and a sense of failure, despite the fact that most people live perfectly normal and meaningful lives without luxury mansions or high end vehicles.
Before
you read this, a couple of famous
quotations:
·
** Humans see what they
want to see.
· **Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.
Sensory organs are the gateway to perception. They receive information from the environment and convert it into electrical signals processed by the brain. Each sense has its own specialized organ: the eyes for vision, the ears for hearing, the skin for touch, the tongue for taste, and the nose for smell. On the other, Perception interprets sensory information to form a mental representation of the world. It's influenced by experience, expectations, attention and varies across individuals.
Life bias is all about perception ! ~ Perception (from the Latin perceptio) is the organization, identification and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment. All perception involves signals in the nervous system, which in turn result from physical stimulation of the sense organs. For example, vision involves light striking the retinas of the eyes, smell is mediated by odor molecules and hearing involves pressure waves. Perception is not the passive receipt of these signals, but can be shaped by learning, memory and expectation. Since the rise of experimental psychology in the late 19th Century, psychology's understanding of perception has progressed by combining a variety of techniques.
We perceive or have our own thoughts of many
things without ever realizing that they could be far different from what we
think them to be… some would not care to
know what in reality it is, worser still, some would only hear to those voices,
which correspond to our style of thinking and ignore any deviant thought or
words.
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பதக முதலை வாய்ப் பட்ட களிறு
கதறிக்கை கூப்பிஎன் கண்ணா கண்ணா என்ன !!
Today’s darshan of Lord Varadharajar, perhaps it was unmistakably clear – Gajendra in service was in excruciating pain, having been gripped heavily on its leg by monster Crocodile. Like the elephant, many of us are in deep trouble due to physical, medical, financial, psychological, family problems – yet the World perceive a different picture of us and even envy the way we are living !
The epistemology of Vaiśeṣika school of Hinduism, accepted only two reliable means to knowledge: perception and inference. Nyāya, literally meaning "justice", "rules", "method" or "judgment", is one of the six orthodox (astika) schools of Hinduism. Nyaya school's epistemology accepts four out of six Pramanas as reliable means of gaining knowledge – Pratyakṣa (perception), Anumāṇa (inference), Upamāṇa (comparison and analogy) and Śabda (word, testimony of past or present reliable experts)
Gajendra the King of elephants, was attacked and caught by a crocodile and death seemed imminent. Gajendra had been rendering service to the Lord by offering fresh, fragrant Lotus and when he appealed to God to protect him, Sriman Narayana appeared on Garuda vahanam, saving the devout elephant by killing the crocodile with his ‘Chakram’. It also explains that one who falls under the divine feet of Lord [prapathi – surrender] seeking salvation will surely be taken care of.
For us,
Sriman Narayana is the only savior ~ for human beings to get salvation – with His
divine grace, He showers benevolence on every living thing as evidenced by this
act of kindness on might elephant Gajendra.
ஒரு அழகான தமிழ் சொல் : கேயம்
- பாட்டு . தீம் என்றால் - இனிமை ; எம்பெருமான் கண்ணன் தன் புல்லாங்குழலில் இசைத்தது
வேணு கானம் - மிக இனிமையான பாட்டு.
Kēyam (கேயம்) noun - that which is fit to be sung, played on
musical instruments; இசைத்தற்குரியது.
ஸ்வாமி நம்மாழ்வாரின் திருவாய்மொழி பாசுரமும் திருவல்லிக்கேணி ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி
எம்பெருமான் 3ம் நாள் காலை தெப்பத்திற்கு எழுந்தருளிய அவசரமும்.
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கேயத் தீங்குழல் ஊதிற்றும் நிரை மேய்த்ததும் கெண்டை ஒண்கண் வாசப் பூங்குழல்
பின்னை தோள்கள் மணந்ததும் மற்றும் பல - மாயக் கோலப் பிரான்
அடியேன் ஸ்ரீனிவாசதாசன்
மாமண்டூர் வீரவல்லி ஸ்ரீனிவாசன் சம்பத்குமார்.
Thiruvallikkeni
theppothsavam 2025
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Periyamurai
Sri Parthasarathi battar returning with Sri Sadagopam after
Swami
Nammazhvar mariyadhai
3.3.2025
As one gets down at
Tirupati Railway / Bus station, heart throb increases – aspiring the good
fortune of a grand darshan of
Thiruvengadamudaiyan – and there are so many divine things to see and feel
elated in pilgrimage to holy Tirumala hills.
కట్టెదుర వైకుంఠము కాణాచయిన కొండ
తెట్టలాయ మహిమలే తిరుమల కొండ
Kattedura vaikunthamu kaanaachayina konda
tettalaaya mahimalae tirumala konda
In this sankeerthana,
Annamayya describes the sanctity and the importance of the Tirupathi
hills(Konda). Each of the seven Hills has a story behind it and a reason as to
how each got its name. These hills are deposits
of medicinal herbs, water streams and has the holy shrine of most benevolent
Lord Srinivasa. In one stanza Annamayya describes the hill being the passing
ground for many water streams, in another he explains how all the beings have
sprung as trees on this Hill to be closer to the Lord.
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The temple town below the hills is ‘Thirupathi” (Tirupati) known for its significant religious and cultural heritage, situated 150 km from Chennai, 250 km from Bangalore, and 406 km from Amaravati. The place in its present divinity owes everything to the great Acarya Swami Ramanujar who visited and stayed here for a while. There are so many inscriptions in the hundreds of temples citing Pallave, Chola, Pandya, Saluva(Achyuta Deva Raya / Krishna deva raha) and many more.
Lord Sri Venkateswara,
also known as Srinivasa, Balaji, and Veṅkaṭachalapati, made Tirumala his abode five thousand years ago.
Even before him, it was Lord Varahaswami who had Tirumala as His abode. Since
then, many devotees have continued to construct grand
entrances on the ramparts of the temple over generations. The temple complex is
spread over 16.2 acres of land. Tirumala
hills are part of Seshachalam Hills range. The hills are 853 metres (2,799 ft)
above sea level and comprise seven peaks, representing the seven heads of
Adisesha. The temple lies on the seventh peak—Venkatadri, on the southern banks
of Sri Swami Pushkarini, a holy water tank. Hence the temple is also referred
to as "Temple of Seven Hills”.
Of utmost significance is
“Ananda Nilayam” - the abode of Happiness, the residence of
Emperuman Sri Venkateswarar. Ananda
Nilayam (Abode of Happiness) is the glittering gold-plated vimanam of the Sanctum Sanctorum of the Tirumala
Venkateswara Temple. At Thiruvarangam, it is “Pranavaakara vimanam”; at
Thirukachi, Punyakoti vimanam and it is Ananda Vimanam at holy Thirumala.
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"Vimana" is the
style of architecture ~ Ananda Nilaya
Vimanam is a three-tiered canopy. Back
in 16th century, Vijayanagara
Emperor Krishnadevaraya was a frequent donor and his donations of gold and
jewels enabled the Ananda Nilayam (inner shrine) roofing to be gilded. It is
stated that there are 64 deities including Hayagreeva, Yoganarasimha, and
Lakshmi Devi etc. engraved on the Vimana
Gopuram.
Saint Vyāsatīrtha – a
great philosopher, scholar,
polemicist, commentator and poet belonging to the Madhwacharya's Dvaita order
of Vedanta lived here in the 16th century, and attained moksha by steadfastly worshiping and
meditating on the little image of Lord Venkateswara on the northeastern corner
of the Ananda Nilaya Vimanam. This depiction
known as Vimana Venkateswara - now is bedecked in special silver and gold
over the Vimanam. Lakhs of devotees who have darshan at the holy shrine also
have darshan of Vimana Venkateswarar who is clearly visible from the prakaram,
just before the sannathi of Swami Ramanujar.
Thiruvallikkeni Theppothsavam day 4 – 2025
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Sri Azhagiya Singar purappadu after theppam
Hi-mast
light in the background !!
2.3.2025
Light dispels darkness !! In
darkness, one chooses where one wants to be !!
- clouded in dark mystery or reside at lighted places !!
இருளின்
திணிவண்ணம் மாநீர்க் கழியே! போய்
மருளுற்று
இராப்பகல் துஞ்சிலும்நீ துஞ்சாயால்
உருளும்
சகடம் உதைத்த பெருமானார்
அருளின்
பெருநசையால் ஆழாந்து நொந்தாயே?
இருள் செறிந்தாற்போன்று செறிந்த நிறத்தை யுடைய கரிய நீரையுடைய கழியே!
மிகவும் அறிவு கெட்டு, இராப்பகல் முடிவுற்றாலும் நீ தூங்குகிறாய் ; உருண்டு வருகின்ற
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