"நுண்ணேர்மையன்" - infinitesimist !!! ~ Aani Revathi Sri Ranganathar 2026 -

 

Aani Revathi Sri Ranganathar 2026 - "நுண்ணேர்மையன்" - infinitesimist !!!

எம்பெருமான் எத்தகையவன் ?  -  " நுண்ணேர்மையன்" 

   - அப்படி என்றால் !?!?! -  நேர்மை என்றால்  – நுட்பம். 

 

Small !  Tiny !  -  Atoms represent the smallest pieces of matter with constant properties, and are referred to as the basic unit of matter. However, Scientists have discovered that atoms are not the smallest particles in nature.  In mathematics, an infinitesimal number is a quantity that is closer to zero than any standard real number, but that is not zero. The word infinitesimal comes from a 17th-century Modern Latin coinage infinitesimus ! which originally referred to the "infinity-th" item in a sequence. 

Generally we call them ‘minute’ (no reference to Time here) – meaning exceptionally small, tiny !!  - at one time atoms were thought to be the tiniest particles of matter.  Not any longer !! 

Electrons are one of the things inside atoms and they are seen moving around when an electric current flows.  The list of tiniest things  include quarks, gluons, electrons and neutrinos. Then there are the forces that join those things up: light is one of them. Light is carried by little particles called photons; then  there is the Higgs boson particle, which was found in recent times, found to be  smaller than an atom. 

"Miniscule" is a common variant spelling of "minuscule," which means "very small" or "extremely tiny." Minuscule can also refer to lowercase letters or to a style of small medieval handwriting.

Scientists study minuscule items by combining sensitive instruments, controlled experiments, and careful data analysis to observe, measure, and test phenomena far below everyday perception.  To detect a single protein molecule researchers might tag it with a fluorescent label, image it with a sensitive camera and total internal reflection microscopy, then use image analysis to confirm the signal above background noise.  Raman spectroscopy is a light-scattering technique used to identify materials by how their molecules vibrate. A laser shines on the sample, and most of the light bounces back unchanged, but a very small part changes energy in a way that reveals the material’s chemical “fingerprint.”

When the laser hits the sample, most scattered light is Rayleigh scattering, meaning it keeps the same wavelength as the laser. A tiny fraction is Raman scattered light, where the wavelength shifts because the light exchanges energy with molecular vibrations.  That shift is what scientists measure, and the pattern of peaks tells them what bonds or structures are present.

No Science or GK post but today being Revathi in the month of Aani – something on Periya Perumal – Lord of Thiruvarangam – Sri Ranganathan, resting on Adisesha on the beautiful island full of coconut trees, big walls, flowing water, riches and devotees – surrounded by the holy Cauvery that washes pearls and gems against the golden walls of the Temple built by Devas.  Emperuman here is everything the mightiest as also the one who resides in the tiniest of the substances. 

எம்பெருமான் எத்தகையவன் ?  -  " நுண்ணேர்மையன்"  - அப்படி என்றால் !?!?! -  நேர்மை என்றால்  – நுட்பம். 

நுண் என்ற  பெயர்ச்சொல் - மிகச்சிறிய/ மிகத்தெளிவான என அர்த்தங்கள் பெறும்.  நுண்ணுயிர்  என்பது - கண்களுக்கு புலப்படாத உயிரினம்.  நுண்ணேர்மையன்  என்றால்  ஸூக்ஷ்ம வஸ்துக்கள்  எல்லாவற்றையும் விட  மிகவும் ஸூக்ஷ்ம ஸ்வரூபனானவன் !  என்றபடி.   அதிஸூக்ஷ்மமான பதார்த்தங்களெங்கும் வியாபித்துத் தரித்துக்கொண்டு நிற்பவனே ஸ்வாமி நாரணன் எம்பெருமான். .  

திருமங்கை மன்னன் தம் திருமொழியில்  திருவரங்கத்து சிறப்பு பாசுரங்களில் இவ்வாறு : 

சேயனென்றும் மிகப்பெரியன் நுண்ணேர்மையினாய, இம்

மாயையை ஆருமறியா வகையான்  இடமென்பரால்,

வேயின் முத்தும் மணியும் கொணர்ந்து ஆர்ப்புனற் காவிரி,

ஆய பொன்மாமதிள்  சூழ்ந்தழகார் தென்னரங்கமே, 

என மங்களாசாசனம் செய்த்துள்ளார்.  மூங்கில்களில் நின்று முதிர்ந்த முத்துக்களையும் ரத்னங்களையும் தள்ளிகொண்டுவந்து நிறைந்திருக்கிற தீர்த்தத்தையுடைய திருக்காவேரியாலும் தகுதியான அழகிய பெரிய திருமதிற்களாலும் சூழப்பட்டு அழகு பொருந்தியிருப்பதான "தென் அரங்கம்"  எனும் பெருமகிமை கொண்ட திவ்யக்ஷேத்திரத்திலே  எவர்க்கும் கிடைத்தற்கரிய மஹாபுருஷன்;  அனைத்து சிறப்புகளும் பொருந்திய  நுண் நேர்மையன் என்ற புகழ் வாய்ந்த சர்வேஸ்வரன் - புனித காவிரி ஆற்றின் நடுவே அற்புதமாக அமைந்த திருவரங்கத்திலே பள்ளி கொண்டு நம்மை ரக்ஷித்து அருள்கிறான்.  அவன் திருவடியல்லால் வேறு ஒன்றும் நமக்கு புகலிடமில்லை - அவன் தாள்களையே பற்றி அவனை அடைவோமாக !! 

Today 8.7.2026 is  Aani Revathi -  Sri Ranganathar had siriya mada veethi purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam.  Here are some photos taken during the purappadu

 
adiyen Srinivasadhasan
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
8.7.2026 
பாசுர விளக்கம் : கச்சி ஸ்வாமி  ஸ்ரீ உ.வே பிரதிவாதி பயங்கரம் அண்ணங்கராச்சார் சுவாமி உரை  - கட்டற்ற சம்பிரதாய களஞ்சியம் திராவிடவேதாவில் இருந்து !! 

Remember - this day !! ~ Five years ago !!!!

How good is your memory ! – this day 5 years ago, brought relief and happiness to most of us.  Today,  September 1 is the 244^th  day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 121 days remain until the end of the year.

 

The Crisis of the Tumu Fortress, also known as the Tumu Crisis,  was a border conflict between the Oirat Mongols and the Ming dynasty. In July 1449, Esen Taishi, leader of the Oirat Mongols, launched a large-scale, three-pronged invasion of China. Despite having capable generals, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, under the influence of eunuch Wang Zhen who dominated the Ming court at the time, made the decision to personally lead his armies into battle against Esen. On  this day, 576 years ago,   Ming army suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the much weaker Mongols, and the emperor was captured.  This defeat was one of the biggest military failures in the Ming dynasty's three centuries of existence, and it was largely attributed to the poor leadership of their army. 

On this day in 1604,   Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was   first installed at Harmandir Sahib. 

The Guru Granth Sahib  is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru following the lineage of the ten human gurus of the religion. The Adi Granth   first rendition, was compiled by the fifth guru, Guru Arjan (1564–1606). Its compilation was completed on 29 August 1604 and first installed inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar on 1 September 1604.  Later, Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru, added hymns of Guru Tegh Bahadur to the Adi Granth and affirmed the text as his successor. This second rendition became known as the Guru Granth Sahib and is also sometimes referred to as the Adi Granth.   The text consists of 1,430 angs (pages) and 5,894 shabads (line compositions), which are poetically rendered and set to a rhythmic ancient north Indian classical form of music.  

The Golden Temple  is a gurdwara located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism,  the land that became Amritsar and houses the Harimandir Sahib was chosen by Guru Amar Das, the third Guru of the Sikh tradition. It was then called Guru Da Chakk, after he had asked his disciple Ram Das to find land to start a new town with a man-made pool as its central point.  The Harmandir Sahib   also called the Durbār Sahib,  meaning  "sacred audience",  is well known as  Golden Temple for its gold leaf-covered sanctum centre. 

Coming to this day – 5 years ago !!  -  the year 2020 started on an ordinary note and sooner turned virulent – the Corona Virus to be named Covid 19 took  over the Globe and the whole World underwent  untold suffering !   there have been bad influences like Spanish flu, Economic crisis, World War and more .. ..  In that year, the monsoon season  arrived in South Asia and   ravaged large swathes of farming and urban areas, leaving millions who were already suffering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in financial ruin. More than 10 million people in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal had  been affected by monsoon floods in 2020, the worst flooding since 1998.  Bangladesh was badly affected with One-third of the Nation going  underwater after torrential rains caused 53 rivers to overflow in June, when Bangladesh was just beginning to recover from the devastation left by Cyclone Amphan in May. 

2020 was the year when the Globe almost stopped rotating and came to literal halt due to the Corona virus – on Mar 19, 2020, Nation heard with awe, the speech of Honble PM Shri Narendra Modiji who in an extremely balanced manner, explained the situation, threats, measures, expectations and plan of action as a Janata Curfew was announced on 22.3.2020 from 7 am to 9 pm. 

Then came those days of difficulty hard to fathom and beyond wild imaginations. In tune with the National Policy, Tamil Nadu State Govt announced curfew, effectively closing its border with neighbouring Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra.   Sadly, the Curfew was imposed, extended and continued for a few more months.  

Sept. 1, 2020 was a day of big relief to people after continuous lock-downs.   People were out on the streets.  On the first day of bus services resumption after lockdown relaxation, as many as 6,090 buses operated across the State.   While MTC resumed operation of about 2,400 buses, the six divisions of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporations (TNSTC)  operated the rest of the buses.   

That was a time when Corona had not been completely driven out and lurking fears remained at large.   As India entered the fourth phase of the post-pandemic ‘unlock’ process, the Indian Railways started more special passenger trains in high-demand sectors

 

Sept 1 2020 was an all-important day as after 160 days Temples reopened and devotees were allowed inside the Temples and could have darshan.  At Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam, the crowds were not exactly swelling – people stood in queue, were given a token (which was collected immediately after two / three steps by another person !) – those in the queue proceeded having darshan of Thirukachi Nambigal, Vedanthachar, Sri Ramanujar, Swami Manavala Mamunigal, Pillailogachar and -  could have darshan of moolavar Sri VenkataKrishnan from distance [from Dwarapalakas] and then had  darshan at Sri Vedavalli thayar, Sri Varadha Rajar, Sri Azhagiya Singar, Andal sannathies, proceeding further towards yagashala of Pavithrothsavam.

 

Temples in other parts too opened and devotees could have darshan.  Unimaginable that there could be a situation, when people had to remain at home, Temples too remained locked !!  -  Sept, 1, 2020 was thus a day indeed satisfying to devotees who had been silently praying Emperuman in thoughts only !!  - and this was a time when they could stand before the Lord, pray and focus on some kainkaryam too.  

Today almost all of us have forgotten those black days and a decade or so more, we will only recall the bad memories in books or social media.  Here are couple of photos of devotees at Sri Parthasarathi swami thirukkovil during Vaikunda Ekadasi [file pics of Temple and devotees – Vaikunda Ekadasi day earlier years]

 
Regards – S Sampathkumar
1.9.2025 

Arctiv, Franklin's Expedition - Vaikasi Ekadasi 2025

 

23^rd May 2025  is Krishna Paksha Ekadasi in the month Vaikasi.

May 23 is the 143^rd  day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 222 days remain until the end of the year.  Human avarice knows no bounds  - mankind has fought wars for land and more and now Nations are trying to have their presence felt in Arctic. 

The Arctic is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying within the Arctic Circle. The Arctic region, consists of parts of northern Norway (Nordland, Troms, Finnmark, Svalbard and Jan Mayen), northernmost Sweden (Västerbotten, Norrbotten and Lappland), northern Finland (North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lappi), Russia (Murmansk, Siberia, Nenets Okrug, Novaya Zemlya), the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), and northern Iceland (Grímsey and Kolbeinsey), along with the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas.

Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost under the tundra. Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places. The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants, and human societies.

Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid navigation. The expedition met with disaster after both ships and their crews, a total of 129 officers and men, became icebound in Victoria Strait near King William Island in what is today the Canadian territory of Nunavut. After being icebound for more than a year, Erebus and Terror were abandoned in April 1848, by which point two dozen men, including Franklin, had died. The survivors, now led by Franklin's second-in-command, Francis Crozier, and Erebus's captain, James Fitzjames, set out for the Canadian mainland and disappeared, presumably having perished.

Pressed by Franklin's wife, Jane, and others, the Admiralty launched a search for the missing expedition in 1848. In the many subsequent searches in the decades afterwards, several artefacts from the expedition were discovered, including the remains of two men, which were returned to Britain. A series of scientific studies in modern times suggested that the men of the expedition did not all die quickly. Hypothermia, starvation, lead poisoning or zinc deficiency and diseases including scurvy, along with general exposure to a hostile environment while lacking adequate clothing and nutrition, killed everyone on the expedition in the years after it was last sighted by a whaling ship in July 1845. Cut marks on some of the bones recovered during these studies also supported allegations of cannibalism.  Despite the expedition's notorious failure, it did succeed in exploring the vicinity of one of the many Northwest Passages that would eventually be discovered.

In the modern day, as soon as Magnus Mæland became mayor of a small town on Norway's northern tip in late 2023, three delegations from China came knocking on his door, because they want to be Polar superpower.  China might not instinctively spring to mind when you think about the Arctic - but it's determined to be a big Arctic player. It's been vying to buy real estate, get involved in infrastructure projects and hopes to establish a permanent regional presence.  China already describes itself as a "near-Arctic state", even though its northernmost regional capital Harbin is on roughly the same latitude as Venice, Italy.

Yes, the  Arctic is fast becoming one of the most hotly-contested parts of the world. Beijing faces stiff competition from Russia, Europe, India and the US.  The race for the Arctic is on.   Climate scientists say the Arctic is warming four times faster than anywhere else. This impacts ecosystems, wildlife and local populations. The Arctic is enormous, encompassing 4% of the globe. But global powers see a new world of opportunities opening up in the Arctic on the back of environmental changes. The melting ice in the Arctic makes it easier to access the region's incredible natural resources - critical minerals, oil, and gas - around 30% of untapped natural gas is said to be found in the Arctic.

And it's opening up possibilities for new maritime trade routes, drastically reducing travel time between Asia and Europe. In the export business, time is money. Russia controls a whopping half of the Arctic shoreline - and it's been hoovering up Chinese investments.  The two countries cooperate militarily in the Arctic too.  Every country bordering the Arctic is a member of Nato except Russia. Finland and Sweden joined after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Moving away from all the melee, life is blissfully peaceful for those who surrender to the lotus feet of Sriman Narayana. 

ஆழ்வார் பாடல்களிலே தமிழும், அற்புத உரையும், பக்தியும் கமழும்.  பேயாழ்வார் இடைகழியில் மற்ற இருவர் ஏற்றிய விளக்கினிலே பெருமாளை சேவித்து 'திருக்கண்டேன் பொன்மேனி கண்டேன்' என இசைத்தவர்.  அவரது வரிகள் இங்கே :  

விரும்பி  விண் மண்ணளந்த அஞ்சிறைய வண்டார்

சுரும்பு துளையில்  சென்றூத, அரும்பும்

புனந்துழாய் மாலையான் பொன்னங் கழற்கே,

மனம்துழாய் மாலாய் வரும்.

பூக்கள் மணமானவை; அழகானவை;  அவைகளை தொடுத்தால் கிட்டும்  அழகிய மாலையிலே,  சுறுசுறுவென இயங்கும்  சிறகுகளையுடைய வண்டுகள் துளையில் சென்று ஊத, அதனால்  அரும்புகள் உண்டாகப்பெற்ற மிக தூய நல்ல திருத்துழாய் மாலையை அணிந்தவனான எம்பெருமானுடைய பொன்னாங்கழல்கள் - சாதாரண திருவடிகள் அல்ல !   விண்ணுலகத்தையும் மண்ணுலகத்தையுமளந்த மிகவழகிய திருவடிகள்,  விஷயத்திலேயே எனது மனமானது லயித்து  அதனையே நினைத்து  மயங்கிக் கிடக்கின்றது. அந்த எம்பெருமானின் தங்க திருவடிகளையே சரணாக பற்றினேன் - எனக்கு எவ்வித குறையும் வாராது என அறுதியிடுகிறார் சுவாமி பேயாழ்வார்.

It is surrendering unto Him being guided by our Acaryas.  Prapatti is neither mere faith in the saving grace of Sriman Narayana  nor a mere prayer to Him for protection/ salvation / moksha. Prapatti would not  mean a mere surrender and a life centered around serving Sriman Narayana.  The concept of Prapatti encompasses all of this & is much much more. Though "Saranagathi" is in general used for denoting "surrender" – it is a life of ultimate surrender and living under the lotus feet of Sriman Narayana.  

Here are some photos of Vaikasi Krishnapakshi Ekadasi purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam.

அடியேன்   ஸ்ரீனிவாச தாசன்.
தூசி மாமண்டூர் வீரவல்லி ஸ்ரீனிவாசன் சம்பத்குமார்.
23.5.2025.

பாசுர விளக்கம் : ஸ்ரீ உ.வே. பிரதிவாதி பயங்கரம் அண்ணங்கராச்சார் சுவாமி - ஒப்பற்ற ஸ்ரீவைணவ கலைக்களஞ்சியம் திராவிட வேதா இணையம். 

"Vishwavasu" Tamil New Year 2025 wishes !!

 

*அனைவருக்கும் இனிய விசுவாவசு  தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் !*

 

The Krodhi year has gone - Vishwavasu has come; and, people are happy – today is Tamil Varusha pirappy [New Year]. Well, how many Krodhis have gone and how many Vishwavasus have come, since the years were named and even before that, how many centuries and millennia have elapsed in the history of mankind !!! 

•          On April 23  1905 – German General Lothar von Trotha commander of troops in Germany's colony of Südwestafrika (modern-day Namibia), ordered the extermination of the Nama people within the colony's borders, ultimately killing 10,000.  Von Trotha's proclamation Aan de oorlogvorende Namastamme, proclaimed that "The Nama who chooses not to surrender and lets himself be seen in German territory will be shot, until all are exterminated." 

Year 1905 was  marked by significant political and social upheavals, notably the Russian Revolution, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Partition of Bengal. The year also saw advancements in science, with Albert Einstein publishing groundbreaking papers on special relativity and other topics.   1905 journal article, by Albert Einstein, proved the reality of atoms, the modern understanding of which had been proposed in 1808 by John Dalton. It is one of the four groundbreaking papers Einstein published in 1905, in Annalen der Physik, in his miracle year. 

The first Partition of Bengal (1905) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. The reorganization separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. Announced on 16 October 1905 by Lord Curzon, then Viceroy of India, and implemented West Bengal for Hindus and East Bengal for Muslims, it was undone a mere six years later. The Partition was aimed for administration purposes but in fact is treated as divide and rule policy and further agitated people, who perceived that it was a deliberate attempt to divide the Bengal Presidency on religious grounds, with a Muslim majority in the east and a Hindu majority in the west, thereby weakening the nationalist cause.  The Hindus of West Bengal complained that the division would make them a minority in a province that would incorporate the province of Bihar and Orissa. Hindus were outraged at this "divide and rule" policy.   To appease Bengali sentiment, Bengal was reunited by King George V in 1911, in response to the Swadeshi movement's riots in protest against the policy. The Bengal division supremacy plot was planned by lord Curzon. This was done primarily for administrative purposes but also to weaken the growing Indian Nationalist Movement.  

Years later in 1965 occurred – ‘The Indo-Pakistani war’ - an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965. The conflict began following Pakistan's unsuccessful Operation Gibraltar,  which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule.  The seventeen day war caused thousands of casualties on both sides and witnessed the largest engagement of armoured vehicles and the largest tank battle since World War II. Hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared through UNSC Resolution 211 following a diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and the United States, and the subsequent issuance of the Tashkent Declaration.  Much of the war was fought by the countries' land forces in Kashmir and along the border between India and Pakistan. This war saw the largest amassing of troops in Kashmir since the Partition of India in 1947, a number that was overshadowed only during the 2001–2002 military standoff between India and Pakistan.   

In Feb 1965 in a drawn test between India and New Zealand at Corporation stadium, the famed Off spinner Srinivasan Venkatraghavan debuted alongside  Terry Jarvis and Vic Pollard.  That was to be the last test played at Corporation stadium as subsequent tests are played at Chepauk Stadium.  

In case you are wondering reading about happenings of 1905 & 1965 – both were Vishwavasu Tamil years (actually that would have been  Apr 1905- Mar 06 & Apr 1965- Mar 66.  The term “Samvatsara” is a Sanskrit word for ‘year’ in the Vedic literature. It roughly means a period of one full year when the Sun enters the sign of Aries. Some astrologers define it as the time in which Brihaspati (planet Jupiter) with its average speed crosses the journey of one zodiac sign and moves on to the next. According to this definition, when Jupiter completes the entire circle of traversing all 12 zodiac signs, it comprises 12 Samvatsaras. During the entire journey, Jupiter is either close by or far from planet Earth based on which it creates positive or negative influences for an individual. The Hindu calendar has a cycle of 60 years long and is named from Prabhava to Kshaya. Every year, the new Hindu year begins at the end of April. Prabhava corresponds to the Christian year 1987 in the current cycle. 

In the ‘Vaivasvatha Manvantharam, after passage of 27 Maha Yugas ~ now in the 28th Mahayuga – after passage of 3 Yugas ~ in the Kali Yuga – after passage of 4 lakh 28 thousands of years –  the birth of year  Kali  5126  Salivahana Saha  1947 –  Pasali 1434 – Kollam 1200 - Chithirai 1  -   Swathi, Dwidiyai  day  (14.4.2025) …… should go the lengthy introduction exactly describing today ~ birth of Viswavasu   New Year this day ! 

A few years ago the  birth of Sarvari Tamil New year in some ways was unheralded – a very different one – Covid19 threatening the entire World.  People were asked not  to be on the streets, Temples closed for bakthas and that way  - all that is a thing of the past, most humans have forgotten that there was Covid 19 !!!!

 

இன்று தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு.  சித்திரை முதல் நாள் வருட பிறப்பாக கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. இது கதிரவன் நகர்ச்சியை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டது. இம்முறையின்படி, சூரியன் ஒவ்வொரு இராசியிலும் புகும்போது 12 தமிழ் மாதங்கள் பிறப்பதாகக் கொள்ளப்படுகிறது. காலக்கணிப்பு முறையின்படி ஒரு ஆண்டுக்குரிய பன்னிரெண்டு மாதங்களில் சித்திரை முதலாவது மாதமாகும். தமிழ் மாதங்கள் பூமிக்குச் சார்பாகத் தோற்றுகின்ற சூரியனுடைய இயக்கத்தை அடிப்படையாக வைத்தே இம் மாதங்கள் கணிக்கப்படுகின்றன. இதனால் இவை சூரிய மாதங்கள் எனப்படுகின்றன. 

வருஷ பிறப்பு என்பது மகிழ்ச்சிக்குரிய ஒரு சிறந்த நாள் ஆகும். புத்தாடை அணிந்து கோவில்களுக்கு சென்று வழிபாட்டு வீட்டில் உள்ள பெரியவர்களிடம் ஆசி வாங்கி சந்தோஷத்துடன் இருக்கும் நாள். இன்று வடை திருக்கண்ணமுதுடன் விருந்து உண்பர். வேப்பம்பூ பச்சடி தவறாமல் இடம் பெறும். இன்பம், துன்பம், வெற்றி, தோல்வி, கசப்பு, இனிப்பு கலந்துள்ள இந்த வாழ்க்கையை தைரியமாக எதிர்கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்ற தத்துவத்தை வேப்பம்பூ பச்சடி வெளிப்படுத்துவதாக ஐதீகம் உள்ளது. 

ஆறுபது ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் வந்துவிட்டுப்போன விசுவாவசு வருடம்  இன்று புத்தாண்டுக் கோலமணிந்து மீண்டும் வருகை தருகிறது. இரண்டு தலைமுறைகள் கழிந்துவிட்ட நிலையில் அன்றைய வாழ்க்கை மற்றும் நிகழ்வுகளை நினைவுகூர்ந்தால் சுவையாகவும் சிறிது வியப்பாகவும் கூட இருக்கலாம்.இன்று 14.4.2025  இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு ~ பேயாழ்வார் தமிழ் தலைவர் .. ..  திருவல்லிக்கேணி திவ்ய தலம்  வங்க கடல் ஓரத்தில் அமைந்துள்ளது.  கடலில் அலைகள் ஆர்ப்பரிக்கும் !  அலைகள்  கடற்கரையை நோக்கி ஓடோடி வரும்போது தாழ்ந்து வீசுவது இயல்பு  ~ இங்கே தமது மனத்தே  சயனித்திருக்கும் எம்பெருமானை தமது மூன்றாம் திருவந்ததியில் போற்றிப் புகழ்கின்றார் நம் ஆழ்வார்.

 

பணிந்துயர்ந்த பெளவப் படுதிரைகள் மோத,

பணிந்த பணிமணிகளாலே - அணிந்து, அங்கு

அனந்தனணைக்கிடக்கும் அம்மான், அடியேன்

மனந்தனணைக்கிடக்கும் வந்து. ~ மூன்றாம் திருவந்தாதி

 

கடலில் அலை வீசும்போது தாழ்ந்தும் வீசுவது இயல்பாதலால் ‘பணிந்துயர்ந்த எனப்பட்டது ! கடலிலுண்டான அலைகளானவை, தாழ்ந்தும் எரிந்தும் அலை மோதுகின்றன !  நாலு பக்கமும் அடிக்க  பணிந்த அத்திவலைகள் திருமேனியில் படாதபடி குடை பிடித்தாற்போலே கவிந்திருக்கிற, மணிகளாலே, மாணிக்கங்களினாலே  அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிற  திருவனந்தாழ்வானாகிற  ஆதிசேஷன் அணையாம் மெத்தையில் சயனித்து, திருக்கண் வளர்ந்தளாகிற ஸர்வேச்வரன் (அந்தப் படுக்கையிற் பொருந்தாதே) அங்கு நின்றும்,  வந்து புறப்பட்டுவந்தும்  அடியேனுடைய மனமாகிற படுக்கையில்  சயனித்திரா நின்றான்.

 

Every Tamil New year, there would be periya mada veethi purappadu of Sri Parthasarathi Emperuman;  now being the time of Chithirai Brahmothsavam and today being day there was Sesha vahana purappadu of Sri Parthasarathi perumal purappadu this morning at Thiruvallikkeni divaydesam.  Here is a photo of Seshavahana purappadu and some photos of Emperuman from earlier times.  

adiyen  Srinivasa  dhasan
Mamamndur  Veeravalli  Srinivasan   Sampathkumar
14-4-2025

 

Thai Amavasai 2025 – (when) will World end !

 

Thai Amavasai 2025 – when will World end !

 

Set in the eponymous year, the film depicts a dystopian world in which humanity is close to extinction. A theme that exists in every religion – that World will come to an end one day, may be due to extraordinary natural forces ! With the complete disappearance of the trees, the natural oxygen doesn’t exist any longer. People must rely on its synthetic variation, but because of its exorbitant price, the poor can hardly afford it. The first half of the film takes place in the only city in the world in which electricity is still available.  The protagonist’s wife Xanthe, has a condition known simply as The Sickness, which gradually makes a victim’s body unable to process the artificial oxygen. Ethan and Jude work at the world’s only active nuclear power plant. Ethan’s apparently normal if bleak existence is interrupted when the corporation that he works for tells him that he is needed to save the World. 

இன்று 29.1.2025   தை  அமாவாசை; திருவோணம் திருநக்ஷத்திரமும் கூட !!  இன்று மாலை திருவல்லிக்கேணி திவ்யதேசத்திலே ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி எம்பெருமான் பெரிய மாட வீதி புறப்பாடு கண்டருளினார்.

Predictions of apocalyptic events that will result in the extinction of humanity, a collapse of civilization, or the destruction of the planet have been made since at least the beginning of the Common Era.  

The prophecies of legendary mystics Nostradamus and Baba Vanga are making headlines as 2025 has just begun, raising concerns about potential chaos and conflict. With predictions suggesting a tumultuous year ahead, both figures offer strikingly similar warnings about the future.  Recent interpretations of their prophecies suggest that both Nostradamus and Baba Vanga foresee severe global challenges in 2025. Nostradamus warns, "the ancient plague will be worse than enemies," indicating that Europe may face another pandemic along with "cruel wars." He also highlights natural disasters, predicting that Brazil will experience volcanic activity and deadly flooding. Similarly, Baba Vanga predicts conflict will erupt between two countries in mainland Europe, leading to devastating global consequences. She suggests that these events could trigger a global apocalypse. Furthermore, she envisions alien encounters during major global events and anticipates that humans will achieve perfect telepathy within the next year. On a darker note, she predicts a "Martian war" with aliens. 

Heard of Doomsday Clock !  :  that has been ticking for 77 years,  is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world.  On 28.1.2025 Tuesday, the clock was again set at 89 seconds to midnight — the closest to the hour it has ever been, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the clock in 1947. Midnight represents the moment at which people will have made Earth uninhabitable. Last year the Bulletin set the clock at 90 seconds to midnight mainly due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the increased risk of nuclear escalation. 

The threat from sky has always loomed large - Although likely to kill many (or all) inhabitants on our planet, an enormous asteroid or comet impact would not have the energy to destroy Earth. Nor would the explosion of a powerful supernova within a few light-years. However, orbital instabilities in the Solar System may eventually lead to a catastrophic collision between Earth and one of the other terrestrial planets – Mercury, Venus or Mars. Yet the possibility of that happening is only about1per cent over the next five billion years or so.

In our sampradhayam – there are yugas and at the end of Kali Yuga, the World will be wiped out of its living things by a big monstrous wave. Apocalypse (from Ancient Greek   (apokálupsis) 'revelation, disclosure') is a literary genre in which a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a human intermediary. The means of mediation include dreams, visions and heavenly journeys. Eschatology, from Greek eschatos, last, concerns expectations of the end of the present age, and apocalyptic eschatology is the application of the apocalyptic world-view to the end of the world, when God will punish the wicked and reward the faithful.  An apocalypse will often contain much eschatological material.

"Apocalypse" has come to be used popularly as a synonym for catastrophe, but the Greek word apokálypsis, from which it is derived, means a revelation.  It has been defined as "a genre of revelatory literature with a narrative framework, in which a revelation is mediated by an otherworldly being to a human recipient, disclosing a transcendent reality which is both temporal, in that it envisages eschatological salvation, and spatial, insofar as it involves another, supernatural world." 

In the final moments before a total solar eclipse, the temperature drops, birds and insects sing, and the ambient light becomes otherworldly.   Daytime morphs into a 360-degree dusk, and where the Sun once hung a black hole punches through the sky, wreathed by a white ethereal glow  -  what are we talking about ?  Some might be surprised.  ‘Corona’ is not a new word, not a bad one either.  That white ethereal glow   described is the solar corona, the Sun’s tenuous upper atmosphere of ionized gas.  The Sun’s corona is the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere. The corona is usually hidden by the bright light of the Sun's surface. That makes it difficult to see without using special instruments. However, the corona can be viewed during a total solar eclipse.   .. Mahabaratha has reference to Solar  eclipse.   

ஊழி - உலகம் அழியும் .. .. அந்தகாரம் எனும் இருள் எங்கும் சூழும் .. .. உலகம் அழிவது பற்றிய குறிப்பு ஒவ்வொரு சமுதாயத்திலும் உள்ளது.  ஆழிப்பேரலை எனும் மிக பெரிய வெள்ளத்தால் உலகம் அழியும் என்பது பல சமயங்களின் கணிப்பு.    உலகம் அழிவது யாருக்கும் சம்மதமில்லை. இருந்தாலும் அப்படி ஓர் அழிவு வருமானால் என்ன செய்வது? எங்கு போவது? எப்படி இந்த அழிவிலிருந்து தப்பிப் பிழைப்பது? இதுவரை ஆசை ஆசையாய் சேர்த்து வைத்த செல்வத்தை எல்லாம் என்ன செய்வது? அன்பான குழந்தைகள், ஆதரவான உறவுகள், அறிவார்ந்த நட்புகள் எல்லாரையும் விட்டுப் பிரிய வேண்டிய நேரம் நெருங்கிவிட்டதா? உயிர்மேல் ஆசையில்லாதவர் யார்? 

மனிதர்கள் இரவு உறங்குவர்.  காலை எழுந்து இருப்பர் - சில சிறு வேலைகளுக்கு பின்னர் உத்யோகம் செல்வர், காலை, மதியம், இரவு உணவு உண்ணுவர்.  செல்வம் தேடுவர், ஈட்டுவர் - அந்த பணத்தை தேடி பேராசையுடன் ஓடுவர் .. .. மறுபடி இரவு, மறுபடி பகல் .. .. 2020 ஆண்டு ஜனவரி மாதத்தில் எங்கோ வூஹான் என்ற சீன தேசத்திலே புது வியாதி வந்துள்ளதாகவும், மக்கள் கொத்துக்கொத்தாக மடிவதாகவும் செய்தி பரவியது.  நாம், நம்மில் பலர் நினைத்தது - இந்தியா போன்று பல்வேறு கடின சூழல்களில் வாழ்பவர்களை இவை ஒன்றும் செய்யா!  

ஒரு நாள் - மெரீனா கடற்கரை மூடப்பட்டது.  இந்திய அரசாங்கம் ஒரு நாள் அடையாள கட்டுப்பாட்டை கொண்டு வந்தது.  மார்ச் மாதம் 20ம் தேதி, 2020  முதல் திருக்கோவில்கள் மூடப்பட்டன.  இரண்டொரு நாட்களில், ஊரடங்கு அமல் படுத்தப்பட்டது.  கொரோனா நோய் பரவியது ! - மக்கள் பலர் மாண்டனர்.  பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கானோர் பாதிக்கப்பட்டனர்.

மார்ச் மாதம் 20ம் தேதி, 2020  முதல் மூடி இருந்த கோவில்கள் செப்ட் 7 முதல் பக்தர்களுக்கு திறந்தன.  நவம்பர் 30 திருக்கார்த்திகை தீபம் - திருப்பாணாழ்வார் சாற்றுமுறை அன்று ஸ்ரீபார்த்தசாரதி பெருமாள் கோபுர வாசல் தாண்டி எழுந்துஅருளினார்.  6.1.2021  முதலாக ஸ்ரீஆண்டாள் திருவீதி புறப்பாடு.  சேவித்த பக்தர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் ஆனந்தம்.    

31.1.2022  அன்றைய தை  அமாவாசை.  திருவல்லிக்கேணி வாசிகளுக்கு, வாழ்வில் ஒரு இனிய மறக்கமுடியாத தருணம்.  பலமாதங்கள் பிறகு அன்று மாலை திருவீதி புறப்பாடு  - ஸ்ரீவைஷ்ணவர்கள் அனைவரும் குலம் குலமாக பரம்பரையாக வழிபட்டுவரும் நம் பார்த்தசாரதி எம்பெருமான் திவ்யதரிசனம் அளித்தார்.  மாட வீதிகளில் மக்கள் ஆனந்தமயமாக நின்று தரிசித்து இன்புற்றனர்.   

இப்பூவுலகில் தீமைகள் எல்லாம் நீங்கி, கொரோனா போன்ற நோய்கள் பறந்தோடி - நாம் அனைவரும் சந்தோஷத்துடன் வாழ எம்பெருமானை பிரார்த்திப்போம்.  இன்று ஒரு நல்ல தொடக்கம்.  இனிவரும் நாட்களில் எந்த குறைபாடும் இல்லாமல் உத்சவங்கள் சிறப்புற நடக்க அவ்வெம்பெருமானையே வேண்டுவோம். 

The description in first para is that of Movie titled ‘2067’  Australian science fiction film set in that year and released in 2020,  directed and written by Seth Larney from a treatment by Gavin Scott Davis   starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ryan Kwanten.

இன்றைய 29.01.2025   தை  அமாவாசை புறப்பாட்டின் சில புகைப்படங்கள் இங்கே ! 

அடியேன் ஸ்ரீனிவாச தாசன்
மாமண்டூர் வீரவல்லி ஸ்ரீனிவாசன் சம்பத்குமார்
 

PS  :  The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the estimated likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.  Maintained since 1947, the Clock is a metaphor, not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances. The Doomsday Clock is set every year by the experts on the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which currently includes nine Nobel laureates.