Reflections on Sri HemAbjhavalli SamEtha Sri DevanAtha PerumAL of Thiruvaheendhrapuram following Swamy Desikan's dvine footsteps: Part I-> MummaNikkOvai
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• January 17, 2000
Dear BhakthAs of Sri DevanAtha PerumAL : During December 2 and 3 , 1999 adiyEn wrote about the greatness of ThiruvhIndhrapuram in our sampradhAyam resulting from Kaliyan's MangaLAsAsanam and Swamy Desikan's Sri Sookthis in Tamil, Sanskrit and PrAkrutham . AdiyEn posted then an introduction to Swamy Desikan's Sri Sookthis and had an extended commentary on NavamaNi Maalai .Today , adiyEn will pick up where the discussions were left and focus on another great Prabhandham of Swamy Desikan revered as MummaNikkOvai . We have only ten of the thirty verses that Swamy composed in adoration of Sri DevanAyakan and the rest of this prabhandham has been lost . Why Now ThiruvahIndhrapuram ? ****************************** AdiyEn is planning a trip to Chennai and Melkote by the first week of February following the route of AchArya RaamAnujA and Swamy Desikan's KshEthrAdanam . The two main events of this trip are : (1) SatAri SamarpaNam (MudaliaaNdAn) at Melkote RaamAnujA's sannidhi and (2) RaajA Vasthram samarpaNam to Sri DevanAthan of ThiruvahIndhrapuram . This trip should take adiyen thru MadhurAnthakam first (with the rathna SatAri) and to the famous Jn~Ana Vruksham under which Sri RaamAnujA received initiation into Sri VaishNava fold from Mahaa Poornar as per the command of Sri AlavandhAr.Next stop there will be the sannidhis of RaamAnujA and Sri Yeri Kaatha Raaman . This kshEthram is known as the dhvayam ViLaintha Thiruppathi because of the residence of so many Sri VaishNavite AchAryAs. After MadhurAnthakam , the next stop would be ThiruvahIndhapuram , which was the abode of Swamy Desikan for many years. There , a special RaajA Vasthram ( Velvet dress for the Moolavar with special embroidery work by experts from MaharAshtrA ) will be presented for the winter season. The Muthangi project for Sri DevanAthan will take some time and that effort and is estimated to cost one and half lakhs of Rupees .The RaajA vasthram will hence be presented to the Lord until the Mutthangi is ready .The RaajA vasthram will be placed at the hands of Swamy Desikan first to symbolize the samarpaNam through His hands . After that halt , adiyEn plans to be in Oppiliappan Sannadhi on this SravaNa dwaadasi day (Feb 5) .From then on the journey will continue to Thirukkudanthai, Srirangam , Azhagar Koil , SrivilliputthUr and culminate in Melkote following the route of AchArya RaamAnujA. A special akkaara vadisil samarpaNam to the Lord of ThirumAlirumchOlai would precede the visit to Srivilliputthur . Both at Thirukkudanthai and SrivilliputthUr , adiyen is looking forward to perform my dhaNdavath PraNAmam to our AchAryan , Sri MalOla PaadhukA Sevaka Sri NaarAyaNa yathIndhra MahA Desikan . May the dhivya dampathis bless adiyEn to complete this trip without vignam ! AdiyEn will share some thoughts on how Swamy Desikan enjoyed the Lord of ThriuvahIndhrapuram in the next few postings and start with the MummaNikkOvai . Swamy Deikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , OppilA-appan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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