srI:
srImathE satakOpAya nama:
srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:
srImadh varavaramunayE nama:
srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:
Thanks to sadagOpan bhAskar swamy for the pictures.
srI:
srImathE satakOpAya nama:
srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:
srImadh varavaramunayE nama:
srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:
uNdO vaikAsi visAkaththukku opporu nAL (Is there a day equivalent to vaikAsi visAkam) – It is on this day 5000+ years ago, nammAzhwAr took birth in AzhwAr thirunagari as the son of king kAri and udaya nangai. In AchArya hrudhayam, his birth is explained by nAyanAr as “vakuLa bhUshaNa bhAskarOdhayam” – The arrival of radiant sun of nammAzhwAr who wears vakuLa garland. His birth overshadows the arrival of Adhithya (sun), rAma dhivAkara (the radiant sun named srI rAma) and achyutha bAnu (The radiant sun named krishNa) due to the fact that AzhwAr was able to remove the darkness of ignorance from the minds of samsAris more efficiently than others. This day is to be celebrated with great joy since if it was not for AzhwAr we would be still wandering in this samsAram like blind persons.
srI:
srImathE satakOpAya nama:
srImathE rAmAnujAya nama:
srImadh varavaramunayE nama:
srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama:
On this day, nammAzhwAr goes around the town in a golden chariot. thirumozhi is completed today and AzhwAr visits kUrathAzhwAn sannidhi which is near to where the chariot is stationed.