Sure you have travelled
many a times on this road by-passing the town of Poonamallee,
situated at a distance of 23 kilometres from Fort St George and 17 kilometres
from Sriperumbudur on the Chennai-Bangalore highway. The name
"Poonamallee" is derived from "Poovirundavalli", meaning
"the place where flowers are cultivated". Had posted about the
avathara sthalam of Thirukachi Nambigal here… nearer is another
place of significance to us, which is not known to many. This place many
may know as Pettai [there are some references as Nazarathpettai – changed for
obvious reasons now !]
1st May 2017
was indeed a day of Greatest significance ~ ‘Swami Ramanujar Sahasrabdi – 1000 years
of the birth of the greatest Acharyar’ – and there was added significance
too. On His Millennium year, there was
the spectacle at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam – grand purappadu of Sri
Parthasarathi Emperuman, Emperumanaar and Mudaliandan – yes, because
Chithirayil Thiruvadhirai and Punarpusam fell on the same day. So there was purappadu of Acharyar, his
foremost disciple and Sri Parthasarathi Perumal.
Pic Credit : Srvankumar
Sriram
Chithirai Month (mesha
month), day of Punarpusam – a day after the Great Chithirayil Seyya
Thiruvathirai of Swami Ramanujar comes the avathara celebrations of Mudali
andan, Lord Rama's amsam also known as Yathiraja's paduka is our guru
Daasarathi (Mudaliandan). Pettai is the avathara sthalam of Acharyar Mudali
Andan, who was so close to Swami Udayavar. Here is a famous ancient
temple of Haritha Varna Perumal (Pachai Vannar)
“Sree Ramanujo Vijayathe –
Yathiraja Rajaha”( ஸ்ரீ ராமானுஜோ விஜயதே யதிராஜ ராஜ: )– the
concluding lines of ‘Thadi (dhaTee) Panchakam’ – rendered by Swami Mudaliandan,
which speaks of the victory of Swami Ramanuja over other
philosophies and his establishing the Visishtadvaita philosophy that was
built by Azhwars and Purvacharyas. In those golden days when Swami
Emperumanar walked on the streets of Thiruvarangam and other Divyadesams – tens
of thousands of his disciples and hundreds of Jeeyars followed him hailing
“Ramanujo Vijayathe – Yathiraja Rajaha:”
Of those who remained
closest to Sri Ramanuja – Sri Mudaliandan, Sri Koorathazhwan, Sri
Embar, Sri Ananthazhwan, Arulalaperumal Emperumanar, Kidambi Achaan,
Thirukurugai Piraan Pillan, Thiruvarangathu Amuthanar and more. Sri
Mudaliandan Swami is reverred as Trithandam and Sri Koorathazhwan as
Thiruppavithram for Swami Ramanujar. Sri Mudaliandan was born
as Dasarathi and hailed as ‘Yathiraja Paduka’ – thiruvadi of Bhagwat Ramanujar.
Sri Mudaliandan was born in Prabhava year 1027 in Chithirai punarpoosam. [so we have another 10 long
years to celebrate his sahasrabdi !] Understand that at Sriperumpudur,
there is no vigraha for Mudaliandan as he stands in the Trithandam and
Thiruvadi of Acharyar.
Sri Parthasarathi / Sri Mudaliandan and Swami Ramanujar
Here are a couple of
photos of Thiruvallikkeni and others are of the morning purappadu on 9th
day taken during Sri Mudaliandan purappadu at Avatharasthalam Pettai.
Adiyen Srinivasadhasan.
Sri Mudaliandan (Varthamana Swami and Thirukumarar)
On the left is the sannathi of Swami Mudaliandan at Pettai Sri Pachai Vannar Thirukovil.
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