Re: ThirukkuRungudi& Kaisiki Natakam Revival: Srimathi Anita Rajyalakshmi Rathnams' mahOpakAram
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• November 16, 2001
Dear BhakthAs: This year , Kaisika EkAdasi Falls on November 26 . Srimathi Anita Rajyalakshmi of the TVS family and a leading dance artist/Teacher of Chennai will be organizing the Dance drama of Kaisika EkAdasi MahAthmyam at the Lord's Temple at Thirukkurungudi, her family's ancestral home. I wrote an article (Aug 26, 2000)about the background of this celebration,its connection to Swamy ParAsara Bahttar and the revival of this dance drama at Thirukkurungudi under the leadership of Srimathi Anita Rathnam. Excerpts from that archived article (Bhakthi List ) is reproduced for memory jog. Please attend this rare artistic and devotional event at Thirukkurungudi this year . The performance would last over 3 Hours with the particpation of a large cast . Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil V.SaThakOpan/Sadagopan From: SadagopanTo: bhakti-list@egroups.com ;CC: anitaratnam@hotmail.com Subject: ThirukkuRungudi& Kaisiki Natakam Revival: Srimathi Anita Rajyalakshmi Rathnams' mahOpakAram : Part I Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:09:28 -0400 (EDT) Dear BhakthAs : Among the 108 dhivya desams dear to Sri VaishNavas, there is one in Paandya Naadu , which has deep links to Sri VaishNava sampradhAyam. This dhivya dEsam is 27 miles from ThirunelvEli .It is not far from AzhwAr Thirunahari ( ThirukkuruhUr ) , where Swami NammAzhwAr , our Kula Pathy was born and blessed us with the four Dhivya prabhandhams . This dhivya dEsam is none other than Thirukkurungudi. The Mahimai of this KshEthram ****************************** The KshEthram Deatails: ************************ The TVS family *************** Srimathi Anita Ratnam has done a mahOpakAram by reviving(reconstructing) the ancient dance-drama known as Kaiski Natakam . Three years of tireless work led to ther first performance on the last Kaisiki natakam (November 19, 1999)based on NampAduvAn's unique worship of Thirukkurungudi Nampi on Kaisiki Ekadasi day. In the Varaha PurANam , our Lord tells MahA Lakshmi about His great joy in being worshipped through dance and music. The Kaisiki Natakam is a dance- music-drama going back to seven hundred years . The story of NampAduVan born in a chandaLA caste and his promise to the Brahma Raakshasan about being his food AFTER the worship of ThirukkuRungudi Nampi and the happy resolution with the intervention of the Lord is a pious story that transcends the divisions of class and caste, when it comes to the BhakthAs of BhagavAn. The Kaisika EkAdasi is as sacred as Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi ; AasthikAs fast that day and listen to kaisika PurANam being read at Srirangam or the Kaisika Naatakam performed at ThirukkuRungudi and listen to the music and dance in praise of Nampi PerumAL .There is an audio casette rendition of this kaisika PurAnam by the Sri Vaishnavite scholar ,Dr.VenakatakrishNan of ThiruvallikkENI. The great ParAsara Bhattar and Kaisika PurANam *********************************************** The precocious kumArar of KurEsar ,ParAsara Bhattar has written a commentary on Kaisika PurAnam , which forms the 48th chapter of Varaha PurAnam (VAP). This section of VarAha purANam celebrates the importance of singing the glory of the Lord at Brahma MuhUrtham . There are 92 slOkAs in the 48th chapter of VAP. On one Kaiski EkaAdasi day , ParAsara Bhattar recited and intrepreted the Kaisiki PurANam before Lord RanganAtha , who was immensely pleased and accorded the honor of Brahma ratham carriage in a palanquin by Brahmins) at the end of that recital. This tradition is carried out at Srirangam temple even today by the descendants of ParAsara Bhattar. May this tradition of Bhakthi thrive forever ! Daasan , Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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