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Srimani Ganth • Tue Oct 08 2002 - 21:01:50 PDT 


My pranams to all Sri Vaishnavas

By the graces of Sri Venkateswara & Sri Alamelu Mangai, Adiyen had 
the "bhagyam" of visiting Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburg during 
the annual Bhramotsavam. Adiyen felt that, it would be worthy to 
share Emperuman's graces with all other Bhagavathas.

AFter all work pressure, we made it up to the temple at 8.00PM.
(Adiyen's work place is at Pittsburg Downtown). The greatness of Sri 
Alamelu Mangapathy is that, his vatsalyam & Singaram makes us get 
stunned & it just suspends all out thoughts for the whole of the 
time, we have his divine vision. That's what Udayavar calls 
as "Bhagavatha Anubhavam". By the time we reached, they had almost 
completed the "Pradkshnam" or purappadu in the inner praharam. Two of 
the bhattars were reciting Thiru Vai Mozhi. There were 8 kainkarya 
paras, carrying the divine chapram. Sri Emperuman was decorated with 
different gold jewels & a thick yagnopaveetham & a garland of 
different flowers. The sound of ThiruVai Mozhi was thundering & also 
one of the Bhattars was chanting Yajur Veda. One of the junior 
bhattars was carrying the Satari Suri & walking in the front. There 
were women & ment, walking in the front, who were wnjoying the divine 
anubhavam of Sri Nathan. Bhagavan, was standing with all 
divyalankarams & showing his feet as the only rescue to all the help-
less souls in the samsaram. Bhagavan was overwhelming with joy & 
karunyam. It made adiyen feel that, it was as if Sri Vaikuntam.

After the Purappadu was over, The Archa Murthy was taken inside & Sri 
Bhagavan gave darshanam to Sri Padmavathi first & then to Goda 
Piratti. Then, astotharam was performed with Tulasi & then the 
Bhattars chanted ThiruVaiMozi (Nammazhvar) on Thirumal 
Iruncholai.AFter that, there was Thiru Pallandu & Mangalasasanam . 
There is a cute archa vatharam of Sri Emperumanar with the Thri-
danadam, sitting at that feet of Emperman. Satari is first offered to 
Sri Bagavad Ramanuja. A "tiny" murthy of Udayavar on the feet of Sri 
Emperuman, reminds us of , Nammazhavr's pasuram on Sri Adisesha, who 
would be the Paduka for Bagavan in his standing posture.

Adiyen had to leave home, but Emperuman's Vatsalyam & Krupa did'nt 
let me move from the palce. FInally, when people started singing 
songs, I moved out for (pancha) pradkshnam & namaskram at the feet of 
Dwaja Stamba.

After adiyen left my native palce (Singanallur Agraharam), adiyen got 
to see Emperuman's Utsavam in Pittsburg. In Vedapuri(Singanallur), 
Sri ThriVikrama Narayana wamy temple Bhramotsavam would take place in 
a very grand manner with Veda Parayanam.... for Vamana Jayanthi.

Emperuman always blesses us with his divine graces.

Azhwar Emperumanar Jeeyar Desikar Thiruvadigale Sharanam.
Sri Alamelumanga Boomi devi sametha Sri Venkateswaro Rakshathu

Adiyen
Anantha Padhmanadha dasan



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