Happy New Year

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adiyen would like to add a related topic to this article. The aspect of new year for SriVaishnavite is well explained in this article from the macro level. At the micro level, again we can go back to Azhwars. Similar to the formation of a water body with the partciles of water, the year is formed by days and night. Quite interestingly, when we become a SriVaishnavite, we will not have the days and nights as per common meaning in the world. For us, all the time would be day time, in the anubhavam of Perumal. pagal kandAEn NaarananaikkandAEn...... adiyen, ramanan Padmanabhan <aazhwar wrote: THE DAWN OF A NEW YEAR The astrological movements of planets and stars determine the advent of new year. The 60 year cycle completes one such set. Thus there is a new year every year and every 60 year there is a fresh cycle of new years. The entry of sun into the aries marks this

event. Though the tamil, telugu, kannada and malayalam new years do not fall on the same day, these are more are less about same month 15 days this way or that way. History teaches us that the italian/Roman era marks a fresh season starting from july and august ( julius caeser and augustus caeser) The advent of january middle marks the dawn of utharAyanam. This is the popluar 'thai' month opening gates for ausipicious events. Not falling into any of these categories is this January 1. The english people who entered India exploited the human and other resources, left certain indelible marks on us. The federal republic system, the defence system, the bureacratic system are some of these. The english language also which was thrust upon us has been embraced by us voluntarily, paving way for criticism for adapting an alien language. This curse has been become a boon for software industry giving the vital edge. The globalisation has perhaps given to us the wester culture also alongiwth the

advantages. I used to wonder why the new year culture has spread like this. The new year greetings in the form of paper, emails and sms apart from perosnal meetings has permeated from top notch to the lowest class of people Never have i seen such a frenzy in tamil new year nor ugadi or vishu except for some cultural programmes telecast in the television channels.The nocturnal bashes, the opulent parties, the extended eventides stretching beyond midnight extending upto dawn are the flavour of the season. Nevertheless, the greatest advantage of this has been social gatherings and a sense of

togetherness in an otherwise competitive world and cut throat competition. As far as we are concerned, the dawn of new year or era is the day when we realise the true values of our cult -the srevaishNavite cult. This of course, is blessed to us by EmperumAn and flows thorugh our AchAryan.adhuvum avanadhu in aruLEa..(ThiruvAimozhi 8-8-3) Thirumazhisaip piran declares that one is not born till this realisation emerges. (anRu nan piRandhilEan-Thiruchandhavrutham 64) Poizhgai AzvAr dooms it as a waste the erstwhile days -pazhudhEa pala pagalum pOyina enRu anji azhudhEan ..Mudhal ThiruvandhAdhi 16. The Grace of EmperumAn is the symbol of birth for us. jAyamAna kAla kadAksham-Sri Azhagai maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr declares in the divine work 'AchArya Hrdhayam'. This is underscored in the vyAkyAnam for angan mA gnALam for the words ankaN iraNdum koNdu engaL meal nOkkudhiyEal...(ThiruppAvai 22) Sri piLLai lOkAchAryAr in His ultimate work Sri VAchaNa bHUshaNam summarises that The Grace of Acharyan is the ultimate refuge AchArya abhimAnamEa uthArakam. The AchAryan's grace falls on us through EmperumAn's Grace. This leads to Thirumathram resluting in eradication of all evils. The day EmperumAn's Grace falls on us, The achAryan's grace befalls us, the realisation of EmperumAn and His devotees is the dawn of new era, new day. The localites of Azhagar kOil used to wear new clothes and after harvest submit to 'Para svami' and do mangaLA sAsanam " OH!Lord LOng live YOur divine feet" and then take feast. 'vun pon

adi vAzhga enRu inakkuRavar pudhiyadhuNNum ezhil mAl irum sOlai enthAi" periyAzhvAr thirumzohi.5-3-3 ; Such type of attitude is the aim and the day we get transformed ourselves spontaneously, signals The dawn of the new year. Happy New

Year dasan vanamamalai padmanabhan

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