dhEva dhEva mahishi

The above is the picture taken before purappAdu on Panguni Uththiram 8th day celebrations March, 30th. Sri Nilamangai thayar in Saraswathi thirukOlam.

lOkE vanaspathibruhaspathi thArathamyam yasyA: prasAdhapariNAma mudhAharanthi |
sA bhArathI bhagavathI thu yadhIyadhAsI thAm dhEvadhEvamahishIm sriyamAsrayAma: || - KooratAzhwAn, SrI Sthavam, 9

Sri Nilamangai Thayar - Panguni Uththiram 5th Day

The above picture is taken before purapAdu. Sri Nilamangai Thayar during 5th Day VyAya-Panguni Uththiram Festival on 27-03-07. Thirumangai Azhwar performs mangalAsAsanam on thAyar in the following pAsuram as follows:
yEnathinuruvAgi nilamangaiyezhil koNdAn
vAnathilavar muRaiyAl magizhnthEththi valangoLLa
gAnaththin kadalmallaith thalasayanath thuRaiginRa
gn~Anaththin oliyuruvai ninaivAren nAyagarE | Periya Thirumozhi 2.6.3.

Unjal Sevai

Sri Nilamangai thAyAr in Unjal sEvai during Panguni Uththiram 5th day Festival.

Sri VimAna Vasudevar ThirukOlam - TheppOtsavam

Sri Ulaguiyya NinRAn with ubaya nAchimArs in VimAna vAsudevan thirukOlam during theppOtsavam before purappAdu at vAhana mandapam on 02 March evening.

Theppam

Sri PerumAl inside theppam during TheppOtsavam at PundarIka Pushkarini on 02-03-07

Garuda sevai - Masi Theerthavari

The next day after theppOtsavam, Perumal in Garuda vAhanam after sAththupadi before purappAdu. This picture is taken inside vAhana mandapam during the early hours of theerthavAri festival. Please click to enlarge the picture for wonderful Garuda Sevai.

Garuda Sevai after purappAdu

Garuda Sevai after purappAdu from vAhana mandapam. PerumAl after procession along mAdaveethi and other streets, enter along the coastal line for theerthavAri. The pAsuram of Thirumangai Azhwar goes like this:
"pEnAtha valiarakkar meliya anRu peruvaraith thOliRaneriththu anRu avuNarkkOnai
pooNAgam pilaveduththa pOrvallOnaip porukadalul thuyilamarntha pullUrthiyai
UNAgap peimulai nanchu unDAn thannai ulluvAr ullaththE uraiginRAnai
kANAthu thiritharuvEn kandukondEn kadipozhilsool kadalmallaith thalasayanaththE. || Periya Thirumozhi 2.5.7 ||

Pinnazhgu during Garuda Sevai

Sri PerumAl pinnazhagu during Garuda Sevai on TheerthavAri Utsavam. Watch our His elegant style of seating on Garuda vAhanam! Perhaps enjoying with two eyes isn't sufficient. Please click on image and enlarge the picture for beautiful view.

Perumal during TheerthavAri

Sri PerumAl after ride along the streets and coastal line, now ready for theerthavAri. This picture is taken when Sri Ulaguiyya NinRAn resting on the shore of "artha sEthu" for theerthavAri. Please click and enlarge to view His beautiful charming face!

Thirumanjanam before theerthavAri

Before TheerthavAri at "arththa sEthu", Thirumanjanam is performed to ChakrathaAzhwar infront of Sri Perumal in Garuda Vahanam. This picture is taken while santhana thirumanjanam is performed to ChakrathAzhwar.

chakrathAzhwar after theerthavAri

ChakrathAzhwar after theerthavAri coming up to the sea shore.

After TheerthavAri

BhagavathAs taking holy dip in "Artha sEthu" after theerthavAri on 03-03-07.

Masi Makam TheerthavAri Uthsavam

Sri Nilamangai Thayar Sametha Sri Ulaguiyya Ninran, Thirukadalmallai

Dear BhAgavathAs,
Celebrating TheerthavAri Uthsavam at the dhivyadesams nearby sea is great bhAgyam and divine experience. Likewise Thirukadalmallai is one among such Dhivyadesam on the banks of Bay of Bengal and the name itself contains ("Thirukadal") the sea because the sea water was touched by the divine hands of Emperuman to help a sage known PundarIka maharishi. The sea here is known as "artha sEthu". Hence taking a holy dip in this sea during this theerthavAri is great bhAgyam and auspicious for everyone to get His blessings. It is said that, taking holy dip during theerthavAri is great bhAgyam, that too theerthavAri at sea is more auspicious. Hence adiyEn requests all bhAgavathAs to attend this theerthavAri mahOtsavam at Thirukadalmallai on 3rd - March - 07.

Sri Devi, BhooDevi sametha Ulaguiyya Ninran

Sri Devi , Bhoo Devi sametha Ulaguiyya Ninran during Margazhi 11, 26-Dec-06.

Udamburuvil mUnRonRAi mUrthivErAi Ulaguiyya ninRAnai
andRupEichchi idamparugu viththaganaik kandRumEiththu vilaiyAda vallAnai varaimeekAnil
thadamparugu karumugilaith thanjaikkOyil thavaneRikku Oor peruneRiyai vaiyyamkAkkum
kadumparimEl kaRkiyai nAnkandukondEn kadipozhilsoozh kadalmallaith thalasayanaththE -- Periya Thirumozhi , 2.5.3

Sri Nilamangai Thayar

Sri Nilamangai Thayar during Margazhi 11th (26-12-2006) at Thirukadalmallai.

yAnE thavamudaiyEn

GhOsti infront of BhoodhathAzhwar reciting pAsurams. AdiyEn wants to mention here that, Thirumangai Azhwar had dedicated 10 pAsurams, describing about the thirukadalmallai adiyArs' in Periya Thirumozhi (2.6). All the pAsurams explains the concept of "carama parva nilai" in prapatti.

"....thalasayanaththuraivArai eNNAthE iruppArai iRaipozhuthum eNNOmE" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.1
"....kadalmallai thalasayanam, AreNNum nenjudaiAr avar emmai AlwarE" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.2
"....thalasayanathuraiginra gnAnaththin oliyuruvai ninaivAren nAyagarE" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.3
"....thalasayanathuraivArai kondAdum nenjudaiyAr avarengal kuladheivamE" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.4
"....thalasayanam nachchi thozhuvArai nachchu enran nannenjE" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.5
"....thalasayanam valangol manaththAravarai valangol en madanenjE" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.6
"....thalasayanam nenjil thozhuvArai thozhuvAi en thooinenjE" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.7
"....thalasayanam thozhuneer manaththavarai thozhuvAi en thooinenjE" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.8
"....thalasayanam vanangum manaththAravarai vanangu enthan madanenjE" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.9
"....thalasayanaththu adigaladiyE ninaiyum adiyavargal thammadiyAn" -Periya Thirumozhi-2.6.10

Is there any bhAgyam greater than, being an adiyAr of Kadalmallai Sthalasayana Perumal ?
Thats why BhoodhathAzhwar celebrates himself as "yAnE thavamudaiyEn". IrandAm thiruvandhAthi -74.

Azhwars' Birthplace

The above is the BhoodhathAzhwar birthplace, where Azhwar took birth in Kurukkaththi flower as Gathai amsam of emperumAn in Aiypassi, Avittam nakshatram. This place is inside the nandavanam which is just opposite to the temple and under the control of Archealogy Survey of India (Central Govt.). Publics were not allowed generally inside this area. Near to this place, there is a tank (called Azhwar Tank) and also a mandapam in dilapitated state. From the roadside, Azhwars birthplace can not be seen. This place is inside the nandavanam area near the Azhwar tank.
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PoigaiAzhwar, PeyAzhwar along with BhoodhathAzhwar

Poigai Azhwar along with BhoodhathAzhwar during PoigaiAzhwar Sattrumarai at thirukadalmallai.
Poigai Azhwar enjoys emperumAn along with BhoodhathAzhwar by reciting "vaiyam thagaliyA.."

After both the Azhwars performed mangalAsAsanam to emperumAn, now it's the turn for PeyAzhwar to perform mangalAsAsanam: As both the outside and inside darkness were ridden by PoigaiAzhwar and BhoodhathAzhwar respectively, PeyAzhwar could now visualize emperumAn with pirAttiyAr first.

"thirukkandEn ponmEni kandEn thigazhum
arukkan aniniramum kandEn - serukkilarum
ponnAzhi kandEn puri sangam kaikkandEn
ennAzhi vaNNanpAl inRu " - moonRAm thiruvandhAthi . 1
PeyAzhwar during his saatrumarai along with BhoodhathAzhwar at Thirukadalmallai.

nArananai kandEn

The next day, thirumanjanam to Sri Nilamangai Thayar sametha Sri Ulaguiyya NinrAn during PeyAzhwar sattrumarai.
"pagalkandEn nArananai kandEn - kanavil
migakkandEn meendavanai meiYE migakkandEn
oonthigazhum nEmi olithigazhum sEvadiyAn
vAnthigazhum sOthi vadivu" - IrandAm thiruvandhAthi - 81.

Enjoy the beauty of Divya dampathis during thirumanjanam !!

Unanswerable Question (?)

Sri Perumal and Azhwar purappAdu. Azhwar stood opposite to Perumal which adiyEn didnt covered up.
"adimoonRil ivvulagam anRalanthAi pOlum
adimoonRu iranthu avani kondAi - padininRa
neerOdha mEni nedumAlE ninnadiayi
yarOtha vallAr arinthu?" - IrandAm ThiruvandhAthi -5.

BhoodhathAzhwar ends that pAsuram with a question mark and still it remains unanswerable.