Seeing Parthasarathi Perumal everywhere !!

 

எங்குமுளன் கண்ணன்!

 

For the devout, Emperuman manifests everywhere !  A close-up of beautiful Emperuman Sri Parthasarathi, one under hi-mast lamp and another with Thirukoil gopuram in the background

Swami Manavala Mamunigal sarrumurai evening purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni.

5.11.2024

Mamunigal kudaigal purappadu 2024 @ Thiruvallikkeni

 

அழகு திகழ்ந்திடும் ஐப்பசியில் திருமூலம் அதெனும் நாள் இன்று

நம் ஆசார்யன் மன்னுபுகழ் மணவாள மாமுனிவன் சாற்றுமுறை

திருவல்லிக்கேணி தெற்கு மாட வீதி - முழுதும் சிறப்பாக நிறைவுற

மாமுனிகள், வெண்குடைகள் 20, செந்தமிழ் பாடுவார், கைங்கர்யபரர்கள், ஸ்ரீ பார்த்தசாரதி எம்பெருமான் -  கண்கொள்ளாக்காட்சி.

 

5.11.2024

Thiruvallikkeni Mamunigal PUshpa Pallakku 2024

 

Swami Manavala Mamunigal – Thiruvallikkeni

Pushpa pallakku – day 9 eve 4.11.2024

Mamunigal sarrumurai 2024 - kudaigal purappadu

 

5.11.2024 is Aippaisi Thirumoolam

- Sarrumurai of Swami Manavala Mamunigal

- morning around 0730 am grand purappadu of

Acharyar & Emperuman Parthasarathi

- with 10 pairs of kudais.

Swami Manavala Mamunigal Uthsavam 8 2024

Swami Manavala Mamunigal Uthsavam 8 2024

 

 

Acaryar Mamunigal pinnazhagu 

Thiruvallikkeni festivity day 8 – 3.11.2024

Thiruvallikkeni Annakkoota Uthsavam 2024

"சீலை குதம்பை ஒரு காது, ஒரு காது செந்நிற மேல் தோன்றிப்பூ" என கண்ணன் கன்றுகள் மேய்த்துவரக் கண்டு யசோதை மகிழ்ந்ததை பெரியாழ்வார் அனுபவித்த வண்ணம், ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி தனது காதுகளில் 'ஓலை மற்றும் பூ' போன்ற திருவாபரணங்களை அணிந்து கொண்டு அழகான பட்டு உடுத்தி, கைகளில் வளைகள் அணிந்து சேவை

 

Swami Manavala Mamunigal 7 – Annakoota uthsavam – Sri Parthasarathi Emperuman

2.11.2024 

Mamunigal Sesha vahanam 2024 - nowmi Sowmya vara Yogi pungavam ||

 

Swami Manavala Mamunigal Sesha vahanam 2024

- nowmi Sowmya  vara Yogi pungavam ||

                   

Triplicanites are ecstatic.   Swami Manavala Mamunigal uthsavam is being celebrated grandly.

There is the illustrious lineage of Purvacharyargal – the hierarchy of Srivaishnava preceptors – through whom the glorious traditions passed by in generations.  Its happy culmination with Namperumal Himself becoming disciple of Acarya Mamunigal redounds the wisdom of our holy lineage.  Swami Emperumanar (Sri Ramanujar) and Mamunigal – both were incarnation of Adisesha.  Born as Nayanar, Mamunigal was an ocean of knowledge, yet learnt at the feet of his erudite father and others – the way Sri Rama and Sri Krishna did, during their stay on earth – through courses under great sages of their times like Vasistha, Viswamitra, Sandeepani .. .. 

The whole Sri Vaishnava World is rejoicing at the very thought of sarrumurai celebrations of great Acaryar.   Getting back to our own place,  there have been rain forecasts – nothing unusual for Chennai, in this season.  Today, 29.10.2024, it is day 3 of the Uthsavam  – and after Sri Periyazhwar thirumozhi rendering in the afternoon,  and mangalasasanam,  there was purappadu of Swami Manavala Mamunigal – in Sesha vahanam.  When it rains,  ordinary mortals would take  shelter – move  around carrying umbrellas, wearing rain coats and more – for the Supreme Lord, it is Adisesha who is the parasol. Adisesha in our Sampradhaya is fondly Ananthazhvan ~ he serves the Lord always - in His various avatars, Ananthazhwan accompanies Him in some form and continues his service.

Sri Erumbiappa in his thanian to Yathiraja Vimsati extols Acaryar :

Ya: sthuthim yathipathiprasAdaneem

vyAjahAra YathirAja vimsatheem |

Tham prapanna jana sadhakAmbhudham

nowmi Sowmya  vara Yogi pungavam || 

"I offer my homage to Acarya Swami Manavala Mamunigal, who blessed us with this great work of  ‘Yathiraja vimsathi’ with the intention of pleasing the heart of our Udayavar Bashyakar Sri Ramanujar.  He is the one, who showered Prapannars with the nectar of sakala saasthra arthas, just as the rays of moon fully nourish the  Chataka  birds."  The thaniyan inclines that those who recite this work will have blessings of Emperumanar.  ‘Prapanna jana chatakam budam’ would mean Acarya Emperumanar is like the rain-bearing cloud which provides lifeline of water for all including skylarks.  Yogi PUngava refers clearly to our Acarya Mamunigal 

Emperuman Sriman Narayana  once decided to depute Adisesha  to the earthly  world on a mission to reform men and women and remain there for 200 years. Adisehsa  spent 120 years as Sri Ramanuja, for the rest of the determined period (80 years) he was reborn as Swami Manavala Mamunigal. That our Acharyar Mamunigal  was a manifestation of Adisesha was proved in an incident when some jealous people set fire to his house but he slipped away to safety under certain compelling circumstances and to continue his task uninterrupted he took to ascetic order. 

On day 3  of Sri Manavala Mamunigal Thiruvavathara uthsavam –     it was  purappadu of Mamunigal in Sesha vahanam. Here are some photos taken during the evening purappadu and during mangalasasanam at Swami Nammalvar sannathi.

 
~ adiyen Srinivasa dhasan
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
29.10.2024

Swami Manavala Munigal uthsavam day 6 - sky lights

 

Swami Manavala Mamunigal Uthsavam day 6 (the day after  Deepavali, yes!!) at Thiruvallikkeni  :  https://youtu.be/kel8CjrwUSE

 

new Thura pathakkam samarpanai ~ Thiruvallikkeni

என்னே ஒரு திவ்யமான நாள் இன்று 1.11.2024.  ஸ்வாமி மணவாள மாமுனிகள் உத்சவத்தில் 6ம் நாள்.  அமாவாசை தினம்.  திருவல்லிக்கேணி ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி கண்ணபிரான் - அற்புத கிரீடங்கள் அணிந்தவன். இன்று மல்லிகை சரங்களால் ஆன கொண்டை மீது சிகப்பு பட்டு சாற்றின சிகத்தாடை.  நேர்த்தியான திருவாபரணங்கள், தங்கம், வைரம், வைடூரியம் என சிறப்பு வாய்ந்த மாலைகள்.  கொண்டையில் சந்திர, துரா  பதக்கங்கள்,  ஜாஜ்வல்யமான திருவாபரணங்கள் - என அற்புதமான சாற்றுப்படி.    பக்தர்கள்  உஜ்வலமான நிறமும், சூரியன் போன்ற ப்ரகாசத்தையும் கொண்ட ‘கடல் வண்ணன்‘ எம்பெருமான் சிறப்பான தரிசனத்தை காணும் பேறு பெற்றனர்.

 

 

Jewels  are attractive – the ones that readily come to mind are the ones made of Gold, Silver, embedded with Diamond, gemstone and the like. India's jewellery space has had a monumental year with h the Ambani wedding serving some of the biggest baubles the world has seen.  We often hear of ‘Jewellery and Ornaments’ – often used interchangeably.    

An ornament is a decorative item used to enhance the appearance of an object, space, or individual. It can be made from various materials and serves primarily an aesthetic purpose.  Jewellery specifically refers to decorative items worn on the body, typically made from precious metals and gemstones.   Here is something on Jewels. 

Rolled gold is a hybrid material, consisting of a thin layer of gold that's mechanically bonded or heat-fused to one or both sides of a base metal (often brass or copper), then rolled out into sheets to create jewelry.  This type of layered gold was patented in England in 1817 and it became a prime source for semi-precious and better-quality costume jewelry in the Victorian era.  

Pyrite (also known as fool's gold) is a shiny, metallic mineral that is a form of iron. Marcasite stones come from pyrite.  Peweter is an metal alloy that is composed mostly of tin combined with lead, antimony, bismuth, copper, and/or silver.  When pewter is polished it has a silvery luster. Most pewter is over 90 percent tin.  Ever heard of  Padparadscha sapphires  !  a rare pink-orange variety of corundum or the synthetic equivalent. These gems are mined in Sri Lanka and are usually heat treated to improve and intensify the color.   

Pleochroism is the property of having more than two colors, especially when viewed from different angles. In pleochroic minerals, a single stone will show many colors (in the case of Iolite, violet-blue, light blue, and yellow-gray will be visible).  Peking (Beijing) glass was first made in China in the late 1600's, during the Quing Dynasty, when a German priest introduced glass-making techniques to the Imperial court. Early Peking glass was made to imitate porcelain, later,  an overlay technique was developed in which two (or more) layers of glass are fused together, and then the upper layer(s) are partially carved away, creating a multi-colored bas relief   

Stop !  - no article on Jewel types … but on the Thura pathakkam worn by Sri Parthasarathi Emperuman during today’s purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni. 

 

This exquisite masterpiece embedded with lab grown diamonds costing Rs.15 lakhs+ was today dedicated to Emperuman by  Thiruvallikkeni  Adhyapakar Sri Thirumalai Ananthanpillai  Bakthisaran.  TA Bakthisaran recently retired from United India Insurance Co after close to 4 decades of service and has been an Adhyapakar for close to 5 years now.  Above is close up of Sri Parthasarathi on Deepavali purappadu yesterday and below are the ones  taken today with ‘thura pathakkam’ prominently visible.

 

Appreciate your dedication and kainkaryam “Bakthi”

 
adiyen Srinivasa dhasan
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
1.11.2024. 
 
PS : Me & Bakthi studied together in Hindu High School and got into Insurance field in the same year – 1985. 

Swami Manavala Mamunigal Deepavali purappadu 2024

 

Thiruvallikkeni Swami Manavala Mamunigal  Deepavali purappadu 2024

– looks surreal !!

Cleaning Thiruvallikkeni veethigal - Deepavali 2024

 

At Triplicane, Deepavali purappadu of Acharyan Manavala Mamunigal & Sri Parthasarathi Perumal is a grand affair, to be seen to be believed.

 

Scores of 10000 walahs and fireworks light the sky ! – there would be empty shells, not fully lighted ones, the ones suddenly burst besides the intense heat on the floor, making it difficult for Sripadhamthangigal, arulicheyal goshti, Battargal and other kainkaryabarar to walk ..  hence some of us clean, immediately enabling smooth purappadu.

 

Thanks to Shyam Balakrishnan for this nice video

 

உனக்கு பணி செய்திருக்கும் தவமுடையேன்! ~ திருவல்லிக்கேணி

தீபாவளி  புறப்பாடு. பட்டாசு குப்பை, நெருப்பு துண்டுகள் சுத்தம் செய்தல்