IMPORTANT OCCASION IN THE BRAMMOTSAVAM
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I forgot to tell you an important occasion in the brammotsavm, During the brammotsavam the swamy is carried for a procession in diffrerent vahanams both in the morning and in the evening as I already said, an important occasion in the evening before going to the vahana mandapam(place where the vahanam is kept ready for the god to be placed over it) is the 'Patthi ulathal' it is the occasion in which the swamy adorning all jewels and the pushpa malai(garland) and is placed in a tholikineeyan or thanga thotti with silver thandu(plaquin in which the lord is carried) and is carried in the 36 kaal mandapam at the front of the temple.
The swamy is carried in the shoulders of thenkalai srivaishnava sripadham thangigal, slowly goes round the mandapam and gives darshan to everybody there. After completing half of the destination, the swamy is placed in a ungal(swing) in the ungal mandapam, the swamy gets some rest and accepts some sweets as naivedhyam. Then after giving darshan in the ungal, the swamy is carried agian and covers another half of the destination, at last but not least, the swamy comes and stands in front of the vahana mandapam, the srisaddgopam is carried by priest and goes to the sannadhi of swamy nammalwar for giving mariyadhai. Then the swamy is happiliy carried in a diffrent way to the vahana mandapam, it is called as 'veyyaalli sevai' or 'voiyyaara nadai' hope most of you know that. This will continue for all the 9 days of utsavam.
Another important occasion in the brammotsavam is 'Ekanda sevai'. This is the occasion which is conducted on the third day utsavam of Sri Parthasarathy swamy, it is conducted after the swami attending purapadu on the 'Garuda vahana'. This occasion is conducted because, the swamy gets tired after giving darshan on the garuda vahana to the people, so the swamy is placed on a tholikineeyan and carried slowly by the thenkalai srivaishnava sripadham thangigal.
The swamy listens to the nadhaswara and slowly comes out from the vahana mandapam and goes to the place where swamy attends his thirumanjanam. I can say that daily he will go in within 5 mins but on this day it will take 2 to 3 hrs to go in, as the swamy goes slowly, thats why it is called as 'Ekanda sevai'
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I forgot to tell you an important occasion in the brammotsavm, During the brammotsavam the swamy is carried for a procession in diffrerent vahanams both in the morning and in the evening as I already said, an important occasion in the evening before going to the vahana mandapam(place where the vahanam is kept ready for the god to be placed over it) is the 'Patthi ulathal' it is the occasion in which the swamy adorning all jewels and the pushpa malai(garland) and is placed in a tholikineeyan or thanga thotti with silver thandu(plaquin in which the lord is carried) and is carried in the 36 kaal mandapam at the front of the temple.
The swamy is carried in the shoulders of thenkalai srivaishnava sripadham thangigal, slowly goes round the mandapam and gives darshan to everybody there. After completing half of the destination, the swamy is placed in a ungal(swing) in the ungal mandapam, the swamy gets some rest and accepts some sweets as naivedhyam. Then after giving darshan in the ungal, the swamy is carried agian and covers another half of the destination, at last but not least, the swamy comes and stands in front of the vahana mandapam, the srisaddgopam is carried by priest and goes to the sannadhi of swamy nammalwar for giving mariyadhai. Then the swamy is happiliy carried in a diffrent way to the vahana mandapam, it is called as 'veyyaalli sevai' or 'voiyyaara nadai' hope most of you know that. This will continue for all the 9 days of utsavam.
Another important occasion in the brammotsavam is 'Ekanda sevai'. This is the occasion which is conducted on the third day utsavam of Sri Parthasarathy swamy, it is conducted after the swami attending purapadu on the 'Garuda vahana'. This occasion is conducted because, the swamy gets tired after giving darshan on the garuda vahana to the people, so the swamy is placed on a tholikineeyan and carried slowly by the thenkalai srivaishnava sripadham thangigal.The swamy listens to the nadhaswara and slowly comes out from the vahana mandapam and goes to the place where swamy attends his thirumanjanam. I can say that daily he will go in within 5 mins but on this day it will take 2 to 3 hrs to go in, as the swamy goes slowly, thats why it is called as 'Ekanda sevai'
posted by krishna @ 3:17 AM
2 Comments:
At 5:05 AM,
Anonymous said…
You have made an excellent post.
On the swing everyday a man prepares a kolam, a rangoli pattern, which depicts the thirukkolam the swamy is to wear on that particular day.
Please add this in your description.
At 8:26 AM,
Anonymous said…
I Have heard many old people say that there used to be no Simha vahanam for Azhagiya singar. Instead, the lord would be carried in Yaali vahanam. As that practice has been discontinued, I would like to see someone donating money to the temple for building a new Yaali vahanam
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