Re: thiru allikkENi
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• August 13, 1998
Srimathe Narayanaya Namaha Further to what Sri Narayanan has wrote on this DIVYA dEsam I would like to add to list the most beautiful of all sevai's, the KAITHALA SEVAI on the Aippasi Moolam day, the thirunakshathiram of our great AchAryan Sri MaNavALa mAmunigal. Is there anything equal to it. Especially when our PerumAL is fully adorned will all the Diamond jewels and brought out to the Thirumanjana Mandapam from the Sannidhi by ArchakAs. Any body will certainly sing "dhorakuna ituvanti seva" To add further to the list, the best thirukkOlam or Saathuppadi is being done to the PerumAL only in ThiruvallikkeNi. Is there anything equal to the saathuppadi of "Paramapadhanaathan" on the 2nd day of Brahmotsavam in the Sesha vaahanam and on the 6th day of the pagal pathu utsavam. One would certainly feel as if they are really in Paramapatham. The VeNugopAlan thirukkOlam will really bring before one's eyes the KrishNan of AyarpAdi. On the fifth day of the Brahmotsavam of Azhagiya Singan when the "Yoga Narasimahar" Saathuppadi is done one would be spell bound on His beauty. After the pathi ulAthal during the Brahmotsavam, finally when the PerumAL is to enter the vaahana mandapam, the "OYYALI" sevai, where the PerumAL dances to the NAdaswaram notes is the best anywhere. Last but not the least is the YEsal during the GaruDa vaahanam, YAnai vaahanam and the Gudhirai vaahanam. Once again here the OYYALI is done with the vaahanam, a beautiful sight, just not to see but not to be missed. I will certainly say and argue that such beautiful thirukkOlams are not being done in any of the other Divya dEsams. Well this is all okay. However the heated debate on which is the No.1 Divya DEsam has not ended. Please do remember that the ARGUMENT is only between Thiruvarangam and Thirumalai as the case had always been. However when it comes down to the DISCUSSION on favourable Divya dEsam, I would also vote for my ThiruvallikkENi. But forget not that Srirangam gets the No.1 place amongst all the Divya DEsam, particularly over ThiruvEngadam going by the count of paasurams and the way the AzhwArs and AcharyAs have thronged in Srirangam. In fact the centre of Sri VaishNavA philosophy was at Srirangam which is why Sri ALavandAr wanted Sri RAmAnujar to come down to Srirangam to take up the job and not to continue from Kanchipuram. Sri RukmiNi samEtha Sri VEnkatakrishNa swAminE namaha Sri RanganAyaki thayAr samEtha Sri RanganAthan thiruvadigaLe saraNam. adiyEn RAmAnuja dAsan Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh
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