Thiruvadipooram
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• August 12, 1999
SrImatyai Godayai Nama: Tommorrow is thiruvadipooram-the thirunakshatram of Sri Andal.The varaha puranam descibes the appearence of Sri Andal as follows. " Bhumidharana sabdena Vismitena samudhvayam Tulasimulada bhumya bhraturbhuyaat vasundhara Panchavarsha divyaroopa divyabharana bhushita Navodbaladalasyama divyambaradarshita Athiskheeryayukta sarvalakshana samyukta Vishnuchittam munim drushtva sa pranamam karushyati" Surprised at the sound of the earth giving away somewhere near him,periyazhwar turned to look towards the tulasi plant where the earth had given away and this is what he saw "A five year old divine baby with all divine abharanams,black in color clothed in a divine attire ,strong and shining with a magnificient lusture" On seeing Vishnuchitta muni(periyazhwar) the child fell at the feet of periyazhwar This auspicious event occured during Nal Varudam Aadi Masam Ettam dhethi sukla paksham panchami thithi Tuesday Pooram star Thula lagnam Swami Manavala Mamunigal talks about the greatness of thiruvaadipooram in 2 of the 3 verses on Andal in the upadesa rathnamalai. After the poompallaku is over today(12-8 -99) Andal and Mannar will mount the ther tommorrow morning (13-8-99) between 4 and 6 am.The ther purappadu will start around 8 am.I had missed out mentioning the events after the completion of the ther purappadu in Last year's post.I shall briefly sum up the events that take place after the ther purappadu till the divya dampathis reach their aasthanam After the ther purappadu is over Andal and Mannar come to the Neeravi Mandapam where sattumurai is held.Then the procession moves to the Singammal karuti(which is opposite to the Ahobila madam) .Here alankaram and thirumanjanam take place which is sponsored by members of TVS group Madurai. After the TVS Thirumanjanam(that is how it is known) Andal and Mannar come to the Thiruthuzaay mandapam(Thirupura Nandavanam) Here thirumanjanam takes place along with thiruvaaymozhi sattumurai.A special feature of this thirumanjanam is that during the final stages,the bhattars are given Akshadai and the Akshadai collected from them is used for the thirumanjanam.This is a very important and significant Katchi.After the thirumanjanam the akshadai is given to all devotees alongwith other prasadams. Next day Muthukuri takes place at the Sapthavara mandapam and theerthavari follows the day after muthukuri at the theerthavari mandapam. Finally the bhattars and their families take Mangala Arathi of the dampathis and then Andal and Mannar proceed towards their aasthanam Sri Andal SamEtha Sri Rangamannar thiruvadigale Saranam Setaloor Sendalangaradasan Venkat S Iyengar
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