Thiruvallikkeni
Vasanthothsavam 3 ~ 2026
Now is the time for the 7 day Vasanthothsavam
at Thiruvallikkeni Divyadesam and today 21st May 2026 (remembered
for the martyrdom of our Ex Prime Minsiter) is day 3.
‘Vasantham ‘ is a season – a pleasant one at
that. Vasantham corresponds to Spring season. While they
have only 4 seasons in the West, we have six seasons. Here it is
Vasantha Ruthu also known as ‘Ilavenil’. Spring is the season of new beginnings.
Fresh buds bloom, animals awaken and the earth seems to come to life again.
Farmers and gardeners plant their seeds and temperatures slowly rise. The
timing of these changes varies depending upon location. Animals that spent the
winter in hibernation come out of their dens, while those that travelled to
warmer regions return. Many animals give birth in the spring.
The length of day increases during spring because Earth’s axis
is tilted, and as Earth moves around the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere gradually
tilts more toward the Sun after the winter solstice. That makes the Sun stay
above the horizon longer each day, so daylight increases most rapidly around
the spring equinox. A second factor is
that, near the equinoxes, the Sun’s apparent path across the sky changes faster
from day to day, so sunrise gets earlier and sunset gets later more quickly. At
many locations, atmospheric refraction also adds a few extra minutes of
daylight.
Read in a US newspaper these interesting lines
: - Spring seems to arrive out of nowhere each year, a sudden and
implausible 30-degree leap in temperature from what is always, somehow, the
worst winter the city has ever seen. If not the coldest, the longest. If
neither notably cold nor notably long, still somehow the grimmest. New Yorkers
wake up one morning to find the weather insisting on certain activities. We
have been starved, and now we must feast. In April, when winter has finally,
probably, hopefully given up, the weather irregularly spikes into the 70s
before dipping back into the 40s. Cities that suffer through winter tend to
rush headfirst into the warmth. We wear shorts when it is really too cold for
shorts. We buy ice cream even though it is 55 degrees and rainy and we are
still wearing our winter coats.. .. ..
UNCTAD also
frames “global crisis” around inflation, food insecurity, energy prices,
supply-chain disruption, and debt pressures, which fits the broader “global
crisis + spring season” idea. The 2026
Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group were held in Washington, D.C. in
April 2026. They included the
Development Committee, the International Monetary and Financial Committee, and
events focused on the global economy and financial markets. This year’s meetings were widely framed as a
test of multilateral cooperation under pressure from fragile global growth,
debt stress, conflict, and tighter development finance. One preview noted that
conflict and an oil shock, including the Iran-related shock, were shaping the
agenda for lower-income countries.
The IMF says
these meetings bring together finance ministers, central bankers, and other
leaders to discuss issues of international concern, especially the growth
outlook, financial stability, and poverty reduction. The World Bank describes
them as a forum for pressing global concerns, with events focused on
international development, the global economy, and financial markets.
For us living in hot Chennai – there is no
confusion – rain whenever it comes is most welcome - ~ and for us there is
always the great darshan of Sri Parthasarathi and Vasantha Uthsavam gives it
bountiful .. every evening there is grand purappadu with Sri Parthasarathi
adorning different thrones .. .. and we pray Him with the divine renderings of
Alwars. On day 3 – obvious it was Moonram Thiruvanthathi of Sri
Peyalwar.
ஆழ்வார் பாடல்களிலே தமிழும், அற்புத உரையும், பக்தியும் கமழும்.
பேயாழ்வார் இடைகழியில் மற்ற இருவர் ஏற்றிய விளக்கினிலே பெருமாளை சேவித்து 'திருக்கண்டேன்
பொன்மேனி கண்டேன்' என இசைத்தவர். அவரது வரிகள் இங்கே : நாம் கண்ணுறும்
சாதாரண விளக்குகள் எ ண்ணெய் திரி போன்றன சேர்க்கையினால் அழுக்கேறுதலுண்டு, ஞானமாகிற
விளக்கு அங்ஙனன்றியே நிர்மலமாயிருக்கும்
உய்த்துணர்வென்னும் ஒளிகொள் விளக்கேற்றி,
வைத்தவனை நாடி வலைப்படுத்தேன், - மெத்தெனவே
நின்றானிருந்தான் கிடந்தானென்னெஞ்சத்து,
பொன்றாமை மாயன் புகுந்து,
மனத்தினாலும் அறிவினாலும் உய்ந்து உணர்ந்த விவேக உணர்ச்சி எனும் மாசற்ற
தீபத்தை ஏற்றி, ஸ்ரீமன் நாராயனான எம்பெருமானை தனது இதயத்திலே வலைப்படுத்தி தனதாக்கிக்கொண்டால்,
அவ்வெம்பெருமான் குறை ஒன்றுமில்லாமல் ஹ்ருதயத்திலே குடி புகுந்து, அமைதியாக,
முதலில் நின்று, சற்று பிறகு, வீற்றிருந்து அதன் பிறகு அங்கேயே பள்ளிகொண்டருளினான்
~ என்கிறார் தமிழ் தலைவன் பேயாழ்வார்.
Here are some photos of day 3 Vasantha Uthsava
purappadu of Sri Parthasarathi Emperuman
அடியேன் ஸ்ரீனிவாச தாசன் (ஸ்ரீனிவாசன் சம்பத்குமார்)
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar.