Thothadri Mutt shisyas join hands with other srivaishanvas to celebrate Nammazhvar and HH Vanamamalai chinna kaliyan Ramanuja Jeeyar swamy Thirunakshatrams-May 2007

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Detroit celebrations

Note from Sri Alwar Srinivasan, an elderly vanamamalai mutt shisya and a resident of USA.

Srimathe ramanujaya namaha
azhvar emperumanar thiruvadigale sharanam

We have started the day with the usual thiruaradhanam with thirumanjanam to KUTTY KANNAN by reciting purusha suktham and neerattam pasurams ON alankaram we did dhoopa dheeparadhanai and mantrthrapushpam. The ghoshti recited dhivyaprabandham commencing from Thiruppallandu, Thirupalliyezhuchi, Thiruppavai, Amalanadhipiran, Kanninunchiruthambu and selected pasurams from koil thirvaimozhi.

Dr. Nagarajan gave a small upanyasam on the Avathara rahasyam of swamy nammalwar Adiyen continued with the related connection with Vanamamalai Emperuman and concluded with the history of Sri Chinna Kaliyan vanamamalai ramanuja jeeyar swamy along with his kainkaryams and divyadesa yathra a small music programme on thiruppavai and perialwarthirumozhi by children

After usual sattrumurai we recited the Vazhithirnamam for Swamy nammalwar and 1, 25,27, 28 and varthamana swamy of Vanamamalai matam The programme concluded with acharya sambavanai by bhagavathas. In all about 25 bhagavathas and 8 children participated. Lastly We had thadheeyaradhanam with prasadams brought by various bhagavathas.

I believe I have narrated in full since I couldnot give it in a concised form.

vachkadhosham ksamikkaprarthikkiren

adiyen ramanuja dAsan
srinivasan (vanamamalai mutt shisya)