Uthsavams are festivities ~ at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam,
there are so many Uthsavams and purappadus. Primordial among them is the
10 day long annual Brahmothsavam, initiated by Brahma himself at
Thirukachi. At Thiruvallikkeni it is Chithirai Brahmothsavam for Sri
Parthasarathi and Aani brahmothsavam for Sri Thelliya Singar. Sri
Parthasarathi brahmothsavam just concluded and just a day after it was 10 day
uthsavam for Bashyakarar – Sri Ramanujar – and there are purappadus in the
morning and evening.
Triplicanites are enjoying it .. .. there are various levels
of involvement – the streets are clean and
tidy – before every purappadu – beautiful kolams are drawn. Kolam (கோலம்) is a form drawn by using rice flour. Theoretically, it is
a geometrical line drawing composed of curved loops, drawn around a grid
pattern of dots – in effect, they are passionately put on the street as
offering to Lord. Kolams are thought to bring prosperity to homes. Every
morning devout women draw kolams on the ground with white rice flour.
The floor is readied by cleaning with water and in earlier days cow dung
was used. The rice powder also invites birds and other small
creatures to eat it, thus welcoming other beings into one's home and everyday
life: a daily tribute to harmonious co-existence.
For those involved, it is
a matter of pride to be able to draw large complicated patterns without
lifting the hand off the floor or standing up in between. Whilst there are many capable ladies, this
man Sri Murali Bagavathar beats them all ~ he primarily makes line drawings and
at times the vahanam of that particular day – today being Vellai Sarruppadi and
kuthirai vahanam for Sri Ramanuja, his horse and a small cow too infront of Sri
Vanamamalai Mutt was appreciated by one and all.
Here are some photos of
kolangal at Thiruvallikkeni photographed in recent purappadu. (the ones below are drawn by others on various dates)
~adiyen Srinivasa dhasan –
S. Sampathkumar
5th May 2019
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