[sv-rituals] I need to know the significance of Pankuni uttiram and Kalyana utsavam
From the Bhakti List Archives
• March 28, 2002
Today is pankuni uttiram I need to know more about Pankuni uttiram and Kalyana utsavam I have gathered the following from bhattar.com, I would like to know more about the significance of Pankuni uttram and Kalayna utsavams. Panguni Uthiram Falls in the month Panguni (March-April). This month is special because of the star Uthiram and pournami occurring together. Besides, it is on Panguni pournami Uthiram that the marriage of Parvati and Parameswara, Muruga and Devasena, and Andal (also known as Kothai) and Rangamannar took place. Again, Valmiki's Ramayan says it is on this day and star that Sita's marriage with Rama was celebrated. From Brahmanda Puranam we learn that on Panguni Uthiram every holy water joins Thumburu teertha, one of seven sacred tanks in Tirupati Tirumala. The ancients chose Uthiram to convey to humans that it is for underlining the glory of grahasta dharma (married life) that the Almighty manifests in the marital state as Uma Maheswara, Sita Rama, and Radha Krishna - despite his changelessness, sans childhood or youth or old age. The Lord is indeed a Nitya Kalyana Murthi. It is our duty to celebrate this day when the Lord, in both Shiva and Vishnu temples, appears to devotees in his married state. On Panguni Uthiram, in all places where Lord Subrahmanya has a temple, his devotees carry in a kavadi the requisites for puja for him, in fulfilment of vows. Such vow fulfilment by devotees carrying kavadis is a special feature of Subrahmanya temples wherever they happen to be. regards Rangarajan Seshadri ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/iZp8OC/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/XUWolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- SrImatE rAmAnujAya namaH -- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
- Next message: rangaswamy_m: "[sv-rituals] Panguni Uttaram, contd."
- Previous message: rangaswamy_m: "[sv-rituals] Panguni Uttaram"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]