The First Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavm at Lord RanganAtha Temple at Pomona , NY : Dec 22-31, 2001---PART II
From the Bhakti List Archives
• December 14, 2001
SrI: AzhwAr AchAryan Udayavar ThiruvadigaLE saraNam Sri RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama: Dear RasikAs of AzhwAr's dhivya prabhandhams: There are many archival postings in the Bhakthi List on AzhwArs, their aruLiccheyalkaLs (blessed Prabhandhams). There are additional resources ( Home pages , Audio Tapes , Upanyasam summaries thru Radio Ramanuja ) are also available regarding the Sri Sookthis of the 12 AzhwArs and the 108 dhivya desams that they sung about. A search of the Bhakthi archives alone revealed that there are 904 postings on the Life of AzhwArs and their dhivya Prabhanadhams. The content has been contributed by many devout members of the list such as Srimathi Kalyani Krishnamachari ( NaachiyAr Thirumozhi), ThiruppAvai ( Srimans Mani Varadarajan , Sampath Rengarajan , V.Sadagopan , Koil Thirumanjanam Sundararajan et al), Mudhal AzhwAr Thirumozhis & Sri DehaLIsa Sthuthi (V.Sadagopan), ThiruppallANDu ( Srimans M.G. Vasudevan and T.A.Varahdan), UpadEsa Rathna Maalai (V.Sadagopan ) , ThiruvAimozhi NooRRandhAthi ( evolving : V.Sadagopan ), Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam series ( 26 postings of Nov-Dec ,1999 by Sri Sampath Rengarajan) , the entire translations of Swamy NammAzhwAr ThiruvAimozhi Paasurams and Kaliyan's periya Thirumozhi Paasurams by Sri MadhavakkaNNan of Srirangam and many others. Sri Mani Varadarajan's marvellous Sri Vaishnava Home pages has a special section on Alwars , which has a compendium of articles on the 12 AzhwArs and their Prabhandhams contributed by himself and other scholars like Srimans Parthasarathy Dileepan , Koil Thirumanjanam Sundararajan , Badri Seshadri (Siriya and Periya Thirmadals) and so many others. Sri Venkatesh Elayavall's Vaishnava Universe has extensve content on the commnetators of AzhwAr's Sri Sookthis like Sri Periya VacchAn PiLLai , Sri PiLlai Lokam Jeeyar (rahasyArthams based on the tatthvams elaborated by Dhivya prabhandhams) , Sri Azhagiya MaNavALa PerumAL NaayanAr and many other AchAryAs . The recently released twin audio tapes on the life and Sri Sookthis of AzhwArs ( Srimans M.A.Alwar , Koil Thirumanjanam Sundararajan and V.Sadagopan) contain a musical and narrated version of the Prabhandhams . The significant efforts of Sri Venkat of Barain on releasin a CD RM on the recital of the 4000 Prabndhams of the AzhwArs are helping a lot of BhakthAs. Other home pages contianing AzhwAr's vaibhavam are : http://venkateswara.freeservers.com/ These pages maintained by Sri B. Haresh of Singapore and myself have special inputs on AzhwArs as well as thier 200 plus paasurams on the Lord of Seven Hills. The AlavandhAr/Nathamuni home pages referred to in that home pages also has further information on AzhwArs . A special home page crated for the 1999 Thirunakshathram of Sri MaNavALa MaamunigaL by Sri B.Haresh and myself has specific additional information on AzhwAr's aruLiccheyalkaL. Great AchAryas and Vidvans have been feasting us in the past two years thru Tele-upanyAsams about the greatness of individual Prabhandhams ( KaNNI NuNN SiRutthAmpu and Thirunedum ThANDakam by HH Sriamth Azhagiya Singar , ThiruppAvai series by HH Srirangam Andavan , HH VaanamAmalai Jeeyar on Vibhavamum Naamum ). Other AchAryAs ( Srimath PoundarIkapuram Andavan , HH Sri RangapriyA Swamy , HH Sri ThridhaNdi Chinna NaarAyaNa Jeeyar ) are blessing us with UpanyAsams that have links to the Tatthvams elaborated by AzhwArs . Profound scholars like Srimans BhUvaraahAcchAr Swamy , M.A.Venta Krishnan , VeLukkudi KrishNan , Dr.N.S.AnaantharangAcchAr Swamy and others are helping us get insights into many of the fundamentals relating to Ubhya vedAntham. We are blessed indeed at this time relatin to the awareness of source literature and enjoying these Sri Sookthis of AzhwArs and AchAryAs. There is thus no shortage of information on the Life and works of our AzhwArs for the rasikAs of Dhivya Prabhandham during this year's Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam .The significance of the word "Adhyayanam " has been explored in a special article by adiyEn ( Dec 5 , 1999 on the Bhakti list ), which would be useful to understand the links of Tamizh MaRai to adhyayanam , a word linked traditionally with with Sanskritic VedAdhyayanam. December 27, 1999 articles in the Bkti List on Swamy NammAzhwAr Moksham (Part II and III), the uniqueness of Srirangam Paasurams of AzhwArs by adiyEn ( Dec 29, 30 , 1999: postings 8779 and 8785 0n the Bkti list) would also be of interest in the context of the forthcoming Thiru Adhyayana Uthsaavm at Sri RanganAthA Temple (www.ranganatha.org). >From the shade of Sriranga VimAnam on the banks of Hudson River, adiyen appeals to all BhakthAs and rasikAs of AzhwAr's AruLiccheyalkaL to help celebrate the forthcoming Thiruadhyayana Uthsavam at Sri RanganAthA temple , Pomona , NY and join the celebrations . Please send your Tax deductible contributions to : Sri Ranganatha Temple 125 Old Route 202 Pomona , NY 10970 Please keep me copied so that adiyEn can keep track of the raising of needed funds to cover all the anticipated expenses during these ten important days of Dhanur Maasam that include Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi ( Dec 26) and Swamy NammAzhwAr Moksham (December 29 ). 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