2014 - emperumAnAr uthsavam day 6

srI:
srImathE satagOpAya nama:  
srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: 
srImadh varavaramunayE nama:
srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:

On this day, as part of the morning puRappAdu, emperumAnAr visits a nearby maNdapam on kudhirai vAhanam (horse back) wearing white vasthram along with kUrathAzhwAn in kAshAyam (saffron) vasthram. This incident signifies, AzhwAn taking up emperumAnAr's disguise and going to saiva king's court and defending/establishing srIman nArAyaNa parathvam. In the process AzhwAn gives up his eyes. emperumAnAr wears white clothes and goes in hiding to thirunArAyaNapuram (mElkOte). This whole incident is enacted here at srIperumbUthUr on this day. kUresa vijayam, an ancient grantham which explains how AzhwAn established vishNu parathvam is recited on this day.

• Full set of pictures at https://plus.google.com/photos/107723698299182214927/albums/6008783108698388129
• Early Morning
• viswarUpam (3am)
• thiruvArAdhanam
• oyyAra nadai (different gathis/steps) and echcharikkai (hechcharikkA - glorifications) of emperumAnAr being hailed by kainkaryaparas.
• emperumAnAr leaves from his sannidhi around 4.30am, comes around the temple prAkAram with sthOthra pAta gOshti.
• yaparars.
• emperumAnAr arrives to vAhana maNdapam
• Morning
• emperumAnAr puRappAdu in kudhirai vAhanam around the town with thiruvAsiriyam, periya thiruvanthAdhi gOshti accompanied by AzhwAn in mEnA pallakku (closed palanquin).

• maNdagappadi (stop-over) at many places along the route
• emperumAnAr visits a maNdapam near the thIrthavAri lake.
• emperumAnAr returns to vAhana maNdapam
• periya thiruvanthAdhi sARRumuRai followed by iyal sARRu
• emperumAnAr visits his avathAra maNdapam (at the end of vAhana maNdapam) - this is where 74 simhAsanAdhipathis (established by emperumAnAr) are present. 
• emperumAnAr leaves vAhana maNdapam and arrives at kaNNAdi aRai (mirror room)

• Afternoon
• emperumAnAr thirumanjanam (around 12 noon) 
• thiruppAvai, thiruppallANdu,periya thirumozhi gOshti while applying thirumaN kAppu (Urdhva puNdram) to emperumAnAr followed by kUrEsa vijayam recital and sARRumuRai.

• Evening
• emperumAnAr paththi ulA (puRappAdu inside the temple and in the maNdapam outside), jhUlA dharshan
• nithya vibhUthi leelA vibhUthi - emperumAnAr performing mangaLAsAsanam to dhivya dhEsams along with AzhwAn
• emperumAnAr arrives at vAhana maNdapam
• emperumAnAr puRappAdu in mangaLagiri vAhanam with thiruvAsiriyam, periya thiruvanthAdhi, periya thirumozhi gOshti.

• emperumAnAr returns to vAhana maNdapam
• emperumAnAr arrives back at the mirror room
• iyal sARRu
• Night
• thiruppallANdu, kaNNinuN chiRu thAmbu, thiruvAimozhi gOshti and sARRumuRai 
• emperumAnAr EkAntha sEvai - slow procession with glorifications back to his sannidhi

Thanks to Varada Manavalan swamy and Badhri Narayanan swamy for the pictures.

adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan

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