Personal Account of Samprokshanam of Sri Srinivasa Perumal Kulasekhara Azhwar temple in Thiruvanjikalam

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhagavathas,

I was personally there to witness what all had been posted in the earlier mails

regarding this historical event.

Sri. U.Ve A. Krishnamachary swamy of Sri Vaishnava Sri told us that the history

of constructing a temple for an azhwar is being repeated after nearly 800 years.

ie after manavala mamunigals time. Hence we were were all a part of the history.

A temple with an architecture which you find in tamilnadu with pancharatra

agama.

 

The local crowd was overwhelmed by seeing our lord utsavamurthy so near to them.

decorated in a ananda sayanam with the two pirattis doing thiruvadi kainkaryam.

- The local crowd has always seen god smaller in size in the lights of a

thiruvilakku only.

 

The local crowd was also thrilled to have different types of prasadam which was

distributed to them on all the days

 

There was also a thadiaradhanam arranged for the local people the previous day

of the samprokshanam in which they had to their hearts content. The

thadhiaradhanm started at 11.00 AM and went on till 3.00 pm with for each pandhi

some 150 people had lunch.

 

On the eve of Samprokshanam day there was colorful display of fireworks lighting

the whole place.

 

The next day the ghosthi began at 6.30 AM and went on to clock precision. All

the credit should go to Thirukoshtiyor Madavan who conducted it in avery nice

and orderly manner.

 

As posted by Sriman Murali seshadri we were all surprised to see T. Madavan

healthy and running around to do kainkaryam to our lord.

 

Three elephants were brought decorated in a typical kerala style for the

occassion. Also we had Jandai vadhyam along with our traditional Melam

 

The samprokshanam took place at 9.50 AM and the after the samprokshanam the

utsavamurthies of lord along with Sree and Bhoo devis and Kulasekara Azhwar were

placed in their respective sanctom Sanctorium and the doors of the Moolavar were

closed.

 

After the samprokshanm the doors were opened by Our Swamy, His elder Brother

Sriman Raman Samy, and the builder Sriman Ramanujam Swamy and the place

reverberated with the shouts of Govindha Govindha Govindha Govindha.

 

Immediately the local crowd who were not allowed to enter the temple during the

samprokshanam were allowed first to have darshan of the lord and as usual as we

see in thirumala there was a heavy surge of people in such a small temple and we

had a heavy task of regulating the people to come in line.

 

One localite was heard saying that quote" Every year I make it a point to go to

thirupathi Now the lord has come so near to me It is as if Iam standing in front

of thiruvengadamudiyan" Unquote

 

After the local crowd darshan the grand Sattrumurai was held at 11. 45 AM for 45

minutes to one hour .

 

After the sattrumurai all the adhayapaka swamys were honoured by our swamy with

a sambhavanai.

 

At 3.00 PM we had the thirukalaya utsavam of Lord Srinivasa and the local crowd

was present in large numbers so witness the thirukalyana mahotsavam.

 

The samprokshanam and the thirukalyana utsavams was well attended by the Cochin

Devasawom Board people from president , commissioner etc and the local Dewaswom

board reprasentative. They were all honoured by H.H. Vadikesari Azhagiya

Manavala Jeeyar Swamy.

 

Our swamy dedicated this temple in the memory of Keerthi murthy Karapangadhu

Varadhacharya swamy and his four disciples

 

After the Thirukalayana utsavam there was thiruveedhi Purrapadu of lord along

with Nachiyars and Kulasekara azhwar.

 

With a very heavy heart and telling the local people that we have given our Lord

(our daughter) in marriage to their Son and requested them to take care of our

perumal ver well. we left the place

 

The anubhavam is still lingring in our minds and the moment we think of our lord

our eyes get moistened as though we have left him there in the hands of Dewaswom

Board.

But we also know that our lord knows how to take care of himself and we can wish

that this is first step in bringing the kerala crowd also to thirumala else the

keep wandering into some other hills

 

I just wanted to share my anubhavam with all the people in our group

Kindly pardon me if there are any mistakes in my posting

I remain

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

S.Srikanth

[Guest guest]

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

 

Dear Sri Srikanth,

 

Thanks a lot for such a great writeup on the wonderful experience you had.

Adiyen couldn't resist tears rolling down my cheeks on reading your following

lines:

With a very heavy heart and telling the local people that we have given our Lord

(our daughter) in marriage to their Son and requested them to take care of our

perumal ver well. we left the place The anubhavam is still lingring in our

minds and the moment we think of our lord our eyes get moistened as though we

have left him there in the hands of Dewaswom Board.

 

We were not blessed enough to be there during the samprokshanam and be part of

the history. But azhvar and perumal gave us a divine EkAntha darshan when we

visited the divine place this weekend. It was really a very great amazing

experience to witness a temple in Kerala built in TN temple style following

Pancharatra Agama. Truely there is some attraction in the temple as we didn't

feel like leaving the place at all.

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/Sumithra

 

-

S.SRIKANTH

ramanuja

Thursday, November 25, 2004 4:20 PM

[ramanuja] Personal Account of Samprokshanam of Sri Srinivasa Perumal

Kulasekhara Azhwar temple in Thiruvanjikalam

Dear Bhagavathas,I was personally there to witness what all had been posted in

the earlier mails regarding this historical event.Sri. U.Ve A. Krishnamachary

swamy of Sri Vaishnava Sri told us that the history of constructing a temple

for an azhwar is being repeated after nearly 800 years. ie after manavala

mamunigals time. Hence we were were all a part of the history.A temple with an

architecture which you find in tamilnadu with pancharatra agama.The local crowd

was overwhelmed by seeing our lord utsavamurthy so near to them. decorated in a

ananda sayanam with the two pirattis doing thiruvadi kainkaryam. - The local

crowd has always seen god smaller in size in the lights of a thiruvilakku

only.The local crowd was also thrilled to have different types of prasadam

which was distributed to them on all the days There was also a thadiaradhanam

arranged for the local people the previous day of the samprokshanam in which

they had to their hearts content. The thadhiaradhanm started at 11.00 AM and

went on till 3.00 pm with for each pandhi some 150 people had lunch.On the eve

of Samprokshanam day there was colorful display of fireworks lighting the whole

place. The next day the ghosthi began at 6.30 AM and went on to clock precision.

All the credit should go to Thirukoshtiyor Madavan who conducted it in avery

nice and orderly manner.As posted by Sriman Murali seshadri we were all

surprised to see T. Madavan healthy and running around to do kainkaryam to our

lord.Three elephants were brought decorated in a typical kerala style for the

occassion. Also we had Jandai vadhyam along with our traditional MelamThe

samprokshanam took place at 9.50 AM and the after the samprokshanam the

utsavamurthies of lord along with Sree and Bhoo devis and Kulasekara Azhwar

were placed in their respective sanctom Sanctorium and the doors of the

Moolavar were closed. After the samprokshanm the doors were opened by Our

Swamy, His elder Brother Sriman Raman Samy, and the builder Sriman Ramanujam

Swamy and the place reverberated with the shouts of Govindha Govindha Govindha

Govindha.Immediately the local crowd who were not allowed to enter the temple

during the samprokshanam were allowed first to have darshan of the lord and as

usual as we see in thirumala there was a heavy surge of people in such a small

temple and we had a heavy task of regulating the people to come in line. One

localite was heard saying that quote" Every year I make it a point to go to

thirupathi Now the lord has come so near to me It is as if Iam standing in

front of thiruvengadamudiyan" UnquoteAfter the local crowd darshan the grand

Sattrumurai was held at 11. 45 AM for 45 minutes to one hour .After the

sattrumurai all the adhayapaka swamys were honoured by our swamy with a

sambhavanai. At 3.00 PM we had the thirukalaya utsavam of Lord Srinivasa and

the local crowd was present in large numbers so witness the thirukalyana

mahotsavam. The samprokshanam and the thirukalyana utsavams was well attended

by the Cochin Devasawom Board people from president , commissioner etc and the

local Dewaswom board reprasentative. They were all honoured by H.H. Vadikesari

Azhagiya Manavala Jeeyar Swamy. Our swamy dedicated this temple in the memory

of Keerthi murthy Karapangadhu Varadhacharya swamy and his four disciples

After the Thirukalayana utsavam there was thiruveedhi Purrapadu of lord along

with Nachiyars and Kulasekara azhwar.With a very heavy heart and telling the

local people that we have given our Lord (our daughter) in marriage to their

Son and requested them to take care of our perumal ver well. we left the place

The anubhavam is still lingring in our minds and the moment we think of our lord

our eyes get moistened as though we have left him there in the hands of Dewaswom

Board.But we also know that our lord knows how to take care of himself and we

can wish that this is first step in bringing the kerala crowd also to thirumala

else the keep wandering into some other hillsI just wanted to share my anubhavam

with all the people in our groupKindly pardon me if there are any mistakes in my

postingI remainAdiyen Ramanuja DasanS.SrikanthazhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr

thiruvadigalE saranam