Sri Azhagiya Singar
Thavanothsavam 1 ~ Kalinga Narthanam 2020
Thiruvallikkeni is
replete with Festivities – After the Theppothsavam,
starts Thavana Uthsavam … when Sri Parthasarathi has purappadu
to ‘Thavana Uthsava Bungalow’ deriving its
name from the Thavana Uthsavam that occurs for 5 days starting Masi
Krithikai. With the onset of summer, Perumal takes rest under the roof
made of dhavanam (Tamil: தவனம்) [Artemisia
pallens] – an aromatic herb.
After the uthsavam for
Sri Parthasarathi & of Sri Varadharaja Perumal, now it is 3 day Thavana
uthsavam for Sri Azhagiya Singar, commencing today 13th Mar 2020..
..
For us Vedas, and
Ithihasapuranams are the most reverred scriptures – Of the two,
Mahabaratham is replete with rich moral stories and life instances. It
extols the living of Lord Krishna at every stage of his life – right from
his birth in prison cell, to moving across river Yamuna during the heavy
downpour; to his growth of every stage at Gokulam, his plays at Vrindavan to
the Great battle at Gurukshetra and more……….
Kulasekhara Azhwar in his
Perumal Thirumozhi lists out some of the deeds of Bala Krishna, described as
Devaki missing out His deeds –
குன்றினால் குடை கவித்ததும் கோலக்குரவை கோத்ததும் குட மாட்டும்
கன்றினால் விளவெறிந்ததும் காலால் காளியன் தலை மிதித்தது முதலா**
Some of them are : “the
lifting and holding the Govardhana Giri to protect the stony rain; His
bathing exploits with Gopikas; throwing away the Asura who came in the form of
a calf and with that making wood apples fall; dancing on the hood of the deadly
Kalinga and more”…….. !!
Kaliya also known
as Kalingan was a poisonous Naga living in the Yamuna River, in
Vrindavan where occurred the legend of most dreaded Kaliya and the exploit of
Lord Krishna who jumped into the pond, danced on the hood of deadly snake,
thereby turning the lake turbid - and when Kaliya surrendered, He
benevolently favoured him too….
Sri Thelliya Singar had
purappadu in the morning reached the Bungalow, had Thirumanjanam inside
the premises, had purappadu inside the Bungalow in the evening.
He had sarrupadi [decoration ~ alankaram] as ‘Kalinga Narthana
Kannan ~ the Krishna who danced on the hood of Kalinga, the snake during Krishna
Avathara’. To make you appreciate the sarrupadi, some photos of Azhagiha Singar taken during the morning purappadu are also posted here.
Adiyen Srinivasa dhasan.
(mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar)
13.03.2020
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