When God Rushes Across The River Chithirai Festival Madurai

Ever heard of God rushing across the River to provide Salvation?

Lord Vishnu Does.

Every year Lord Vishnu,Kallazhakar from  Azahkar Koil, near Madurai,Tamil  Nadu,India, on the Pradhamai(the next Day after Full Moon in the month  of Chiththirai-April end) after adorning himself with the Garland prepared for him by Andal(Srivilliputhur, 48 Km from Madurai) who pined for him  eventually married Him) rushes to Madurai from Azhagar Koil, visits  Suthapas , a Rishi, who was cursed by Sage Dhurvasa for having failed to respect him.

Suthapas was born as a Frog(Mandukam) and was in penance in Madurai.

Dhurvasa had decreed that Suthapas shall obtain salvation  by Lord Vishnu when He crosses the River Vedavathi,Vaigai now.

True to Dharma Lord Vishnu gets down the river  on a horse and enters Madurai.

Lord Vishnu gets down the River, riding a Horse.

Being the elder brother of Goddess Uma, He is being accorded all the respects due to a brother by Goddess Uma,Meenakshiamman, Madurai.

Temple priests offer the Obeisance on behalf of Goddess Uma.

The festival coincides with Meenakshiamman Thirukkalyanam in Madurai.

Legend has it , as the elder brother of Uma, Lord Vishnu , gave Her away to Lord Siva, Chokkanathar(Godenhued) on this day.

Earlier the marriage was celebrated in Madurai in Maasi (about two months earlier)

King Tirumalai Naicker, to build unity among Saivite and Vaishnavas , merged these two festivals into one and had it celebrated in Chithirai.

Madurai will be brimming with Devotees from the day Lord Vishnu enters the River(அழகர் ஆற்றில் இறங்குதல் ).

Live telecast of this Fesival On Vasanth TV on 24 April 2013 ,17 hours IST

Related;

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மூலவர்	:	பரமஸ்வாமி
	உற்சவர்	:	சுந்தர்ராஜப் பெருமாள் ( ரிஷபத்ரிநாதர்), கல்யாணசுந்தர வல்லி
	அம்மன்/தாயார்	:	ஸ்ரீதேவி, பூதேவி
	தல விருட்சம்	:	ஜோதி விருட்சம், சந்தனமரம்.
	தீர்த்தம்	:	நூபுர கங்கை
	ஆகமம்/பூஜை	:	-
	பழமை	:	1000-2000 வருடங்களுக்கு முன்
	புராண பெயர்	:	திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை
	ஊர்	:	அழகர்கோவில்
	மாவட்டம்	:	மதுரை
	மாநிலம்	:	தமிழ்நா

 

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Chariots Of Gods,Temple Cars Of India

Hinduism identifies Gods with   Human Life so much that Gods have Parents,Brothers, Sisters,Children and Family Life.

 

The Vedas declare that the Reality is Nameless Formless.

 

However Hinduism encourages worship Gods in Idol for, and attribution of Human properties are allowed as they are a tool to Realize God or Self.

 

For details please read my post ‘Gods have name and Form, Yes and No’

 

Birthdays of God , like Janmastami for Lord Krishna, Arudra Darisanam of Lord Siva, Pooram Nakshatra For Andal, Marriages Uthiram  Nakshatra for Lord Siva and Parvati are all celebrated with grandeur.

 

On such special occasions the Deity is bedecked with jewellery,  Flowers,  and taken around in a Chariot around the city on a fixed Route.

 

They are fixed with lighting arrangements, Music troupe leads with veda Mantras recital.

 

 

“Temple cars are chariots used to carry representations of Hindu gods. The car is usually used on festival days called Ther Thiruvizha (தேர் திருவிழா) usually happens once in a year, where many people gathered around the temple and pull the cart.

Thiruvarur, Srivilliputhur, Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and Puri, in Odisha, host some of the largest annual temple car festivals.

One of the very old and ancient festivals that often mentioned in the devotional hymns of saints like ( Tirugnanasambandar and Sundarar) and many Tamil literature, usually held during the summer between March and April months of every year, lasts more than 25 days. The main attraction of the festival is the procession of the great temple car of Thiruvarur (in Tamil: ஆழித் தேர்). This great chariot is said to the biggest one of its type in size and height. It is 96 feet (29 m) tall and weights more than 300 tons.^[1] The size of the largest temple cars inspired the Anglo-Indian term Juggernaut (fromJagganath), signifying a tremendous, virtually unstoppable force or phenomenon.

As of 2004, Tamil Nadu had 515 wooden carts of which 79 need repairs. Annamalaiyar Temple, Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram Natarajar Temple are some of the temples that possess huge wooden chariots for procession each. In particular, Natarajar temple celebrates the chariot festival twice in a year one at summer (Aani Thirumanjanam (June- July)) and another at winter (Marghazhi Thiruvaadhirai (in December – January )). Lord Krishna of Udupi has five temple cars, namely Brahma ratha (biggest), Madya ratha (medium), kinyo (small), and silver and gold rathas.(wiki)

 

Some famous Temple Cars.

 

Srivilliputtur Temple Car

Temple Car Festival ,Srivilliputtur

Temple Car Festival ,Tiruvarur.

Temple Car,Thiruvannamalai

 

Temple Car Festival,Puri

Some information on Temple Cars.

 

‘Among the various types floats may be set as the god bearing or the area where it is built. Usually all consist of a very strong base, arranged on four huge wheels, between 1 and 2 m in diameter, solid wood with axes large section through them. This base has a height ranging from the smallest 2m (counting the wheel height) to the highest 5m, consists of several bands in which various figures are carved religious. Based on a large structure standing whose height will vary according to the type of the float, the largest reach 29m. The structure, also of wood to save weight, a network is usually heavily braced to prevent lateral bumps or break the piece swings. On it is placed around the casing, which is incredibly varied in color and shape, the decor is very dense: the structure is painted in many colors, it will hang cloth banners, pompoms straw, ties, etc. Also depending on the procession can be seen figures or decorations of gold and silver. The image of the god who is carried in procession included within the carriage and is adorned with flowers, and more items. In total the weight of a float often reach 300 tons.”

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Man’s Penis Stolen, While Asleep

Fei Lin whose Penis was Stolen

Really Strange.

I will narrate one real-life incident.

This has happened in my native city, Srivilliputhur.

I was around 15 then.

In a prominent locality a man had cut his balls off by himself and was seen shouting at his wife ‘is this what you…..?’

Later we came to know that he caught his wife with a man in Bed and this was his reaction!

Normal Men would have cut the other man’s.

It takes all kinds of people to make up the world.

Story:

Thieves stole a man’s penis while he slept, according to police.

Fei Lin, 41, of the Niqiao village near Wenling City, in east China’s Zhejiang province, told police he was asleep when the thieves burst into his room and put a bag over his head, according to CEN/EUROPICS and as reported in the Daily Star.

“They put something over my head and pulled down my trousers and then they ran off,” Lin said. “I was so shocked I didn’t feel a thing – then I saw I was bleeding and my penis was gone.”

Police believe the attackers were jealous lovers of several local women whom Lin was having affairs with, the Austrian Times reported. Lin denied taking part in any infidelity.

Emergency workers and police searched for Lin’s anatomy but turned up nothing, according to TNT Magazine. The penis thieves are nowhere to be found, but police said they’re looking for the jealous lovers.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/fei-lin-penis_n_1699017.html

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Tamil Nadu CM Removes Offensive Remarks on Andal

I had blogged on this this morning.

English: , the Chief Minister of , India. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A Great Saint and a Poetess who enriched the Tamil  Language by her Tiruppavai and other literary works is the presiding Deity of Srivilliputhur.

The Gopuram (Temple Tower) of the Temple is the emblem of The Government of Tamil Nadu.

Well, you can not expect respect and regard from the people who married widow,called Tamil as a language of the Barbarians , who decried Idol worships but worshipped in idol form as a ritual and whose birth day is celebrated after his death!

His disciple(when it suits him) is a man who has illegal relationship and an offspring, which and whom whom he flaunts publicly.

Here is man who ran away from a prostitute’s house without paying money, after enjoying her services by the back door.(Vana Vasam-by Kannadasan).

What can you expect from them?”

“http://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/saint-andal-devadasi-illegal-child-of-periyaazhvar/

Where is Vaiko who raised a hue and cry over insult to Tamil language and Tamils over a cartoon on Anti Hindi agitation in a NCERT text Book?”

Thanks to the efforts of dedicated Sri Vaishnavaites, the CM of Tamil Nadu J.Jayalalithaa had ordered the removal of the offensive portions from the text book insulting th Saint Andal.

Thank you, Madam.

That’s Jayalalithaa, Action    ”எடுத்தது கண்டார் ,இற்றது கேட்டார் ‘

This information was forwarded to me by Mr. Venkatakrishnan Chellappa.

Message.

“Dear Swamis,

Further to our requests, Adiyen Understand that TamilNadu CM has responded to our plea by removing the controversial syllabus from chapter.

The news came through other yahoo groups.

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

Rajagopalan

—-Original Message—–
From: muktha
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:03 AM
To: mailto:Oppiliappan%40yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Re: Let us all raise our voices! – TN CM Cell’s Email
Id and Online Petition LinkToday I Met Cho Sir at his office. Explained him the “Manonmaniam issue
about Defaming Goddess Andal( with Sri Ranga Sri, Divyadesam and oppiliiian
messages)…. Surprised to hear. It has gone to CM Jayalalitha’s attention..
And needful action was taken…. Thanks CM Jayalalitha! Now they have
assured to remove all the nonsense
http://www.kalakendra.com/wp-images/artist/ChoRamaswamy.jpg
Thanks CM J.Jayalitha
Muktha Ravi
S/o Muktha Srinivasan
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Saint Andal ‘Devadasi, Illegal Child of Periyaazhvar’

Manonmaniyam Sundaranar University has included a portion in its Syllabus for Students of Degree which states  that the Great Tamil Saint Andal was a Deavadasi and Periyaazvar begot her by Illicit liaison.

A King  VallabhaDevan lusted after her and sent her presents.

Sri Andal

There is no evidence to support this gem of a Find.

A Great Saint and a Poetess who enriched the Tamil  Language by her Tiruppavai and other literary works is the presiding Deity of Srivilliputhur.

The Gopuram (Temple Tower) of the Temple is the emblem of The Government of Tamil Nadu.

Well, you can not expect respect and regard from the people who married widow,called Tamil as a language of the Barbarians , who decried Idol worships but worshipped in idol form as a ritual and whose birth day is celebrated after his death!

His disciple(when it suits him) is a man who has illegal relationship and an offspring, which and whom whom he flaunts publicly.

Here is man who ran away from a prostitute’s house without paying money, after enjoying her services by the back door.(Vana Vasam-by Kannadasan).

What can you expect from them?

Where is Vaiko who raised a hue and cry over insult to Tamil language and Tamils over a cartoon on Anti Hindi agitation in a NCERT text Book?

Vaiko makes a living by lecturing about Tamil literature.

‘Ellam ore kuttailil oorina mattaikal’ as Kamarajar aptly put it.(Chips of the Same Block)

I have received a forward from my friend Sri.Srinivasan Rajan on this subject.

“Veeravalli Raghunathan <vvraghuja@hotmail.com>9 originak mail from Mr.Raghunathan)
Date: Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 3:56 PM
Subject: [SriParakalaMatham] Let us all raise our voices!”

Apettition is being addressed to Ms.J.Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister Of Tamil Nadu to take action.

Petition site. www.change.org

All Hindus  and Tamil Loving Non Hindus who are secular and rational may sign the petition.

திருநெல்வேலி, ஜூன் 25: திருநெல்வேலி மனோன்மணீயம் சுந்தரனார் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் தற்போது மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ள இளங்கலை தமிழ் புத்தகத்தில் நோன்பு என்ற தலைப்பில் கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ள கட்டுரை ஒன்று பெருத்த சர்ச்சையை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.

இதில், இளங்கலை முதலாம் பருவத்துக்கான பாடத்திட்டத்தில், தமிழ் மொழி பாடப் பிரிவில் கொடுக்கப்பட்ட புத்தகத்தில் இத்தகைய காழ்ப்புணர்வுக் கட்டுரையை பல்கலைக் கழக பாடத்திட்டக் குழுவினர் சேர்த்துள்ளனர். இதில், ஆண்டாள் தேவதாசியாகவும், அவர் பெரியாழ்வாருக்கு திருட்டுத்தனமாகப் பிறந்ததாகவும், ஆண்டாள் மீது மன்னன் வல்லபதேவன் மோகம் கொண்டு பரிசுகளை அனுப்பி வைத்தான் என்றும் ஒரு கதையை இணைத்துள்ளனர். மேலும் ஆபாச வர்ணனைகளும் இந்தப் பாடத்திட்டத்தில் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளதாகத் தெரியவருகிறது.

இந்தத் தகவலை வெளிக் கொணர்ந்துள்ள அகில பாரதீய வித்யார்த்தி பரிஷத் மாணவர் அமைப்பு, தமிழக அரசின் சின்னமாக விளங்கும் திருவில்லிபுத்தூர் கோயில் கோபுரம் தமிழகத்தின் கவுரவத்தை வெளிக்காட்டுவது. ஆண்டாள், நம் தமிழ் பண்பாட்டின் சிகரமாக தெய்வமாக விளங்குபவர். அவரை இவ்வளவுதூரம் கீழ்த்தரமாகச் சித்திரிக்கும் வகையில் பல்கலை பாடத்திட்டத்தில் சேர்த்திருப்பது, பாடத்திட்டத்தை தயார் செய்த பேராசிரியர்களின் வக்கிர புத்தியையும் கீழ்த்தரமான எண்ணத்தையும் காட்டுகிறது என்று கூறியுள்ளது. மேலும், இது குறித்த விழிப்பு உணர்வை ஏற்படுத்தும் வண்ணம் திருநெல்வேலி நகரில் சுவரொட்டிகளையும் ஒட்டியுள்ளது. இந்தப் பாடத்திட்டத்தை உடனே நீக்கி மன்னிப்பு கேட்காவிட்டால் பல்கலைக் கழகத்தை முற்றுகையிட்டு போராட்டம் நடத்துவோம் என ஏ.பி.வி.பி அமைப்பின் மண்டலச் செயலாளர் செய்தியாளர்களிடம் கூறினார். இது குறித்த அறிக்கை ஒன்றினையும் அவர் வெளியிட்டார்.

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