AzhwAr thirunagari vaibhavam – uthsavams

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Every day, water is brought from thAmirabaraNi river and thirumanjanam (divine bath) for AzhwAr is carried out with that. perumAL, thAyArs, AzhwAr and AchAryas enjoy many uthsavams through the year. Let us learn more about these, in the following passages:

Processions carried out every month

1. amAvAsyai (new moon day)– perumAL
2. EkAdhaSi (11^th day after new moon or full moon)– perumAL and thAyar
3. dhwAdhaSi (12^th day after new moon or full moon) – AzhwAr
4. paurNami (full moon day)– AzhwAr
5. Fridays – perumAL and thAyArs
6. rOhiNi – kaNNan
7. punarpUsam – SrI rAmar
8. uthram – perumAL and AzhwAr
9. thiruvisAgam (viSAkam) – perumAL and AzhwAr
10. thiruvONam (SravaNam) – perumAL

kramam (method) of reciting 4000 dhivya prabandham

During every month, 4000 dhivya prabandham sEvAkAla kramam (the method of reciting 4000 dhivya prabandham) is arranged in such a way that the sARRumaRai (reciting of the final two or three pAsurams) of any AzhwAr is carried out on the day of divine star of that AzhwAr.

• rOhiNi – amalan Adhi pirAn
• mrugasIrsham – no additional recitation
• thiruvAdhirai – irAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi
• punarpUsam – perumAL thirumozhi , thiruvAimozhi 1^st centum
• pUsam – thiruvAimozhi 2^nd centum
• Ayilyam – nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi, thiruvAimozhi 3^rd centum
• makam – thiruchchandha viruththam, thiruvAimozhi 4^th centum
• pUram – nAchchiyAr thirumozhi, thiruvAimozhi 5^th centum
• uthram – thiruppallANdu, periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 1^st centum, thiruvAimozhi 6^th  centum
• hastham – periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 2^nd centum, thiruvAimozhi 7^th centum
• chiththirai – periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 3^rd centum, thiruvAimozhi 8^th  centum
• swAthi – periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 4^th centum and 5^th centum, thiruvAimozhi 9^th centum
• thiruvisAgam – thiruviruththam, thiruvAsiriyam, periya thiruvandhAdhi, thiruvAimozhi 10^th  centum
• anusham – no additional recitation
• kEttai –  thirumAlai, thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi
• thirumUlam – upadhEsa raththinamAlai, thiruvAimozhi nURRandhAdhi
• pUrAdam – periya thirumozhi 1^st centum
• uthrAdam – periya thirumozhi 2^nd centum
• thiruvONam – periya thirumozhi 3^rd centum, mudhal thiruvandhAdhi
• avittam – periya thirumozhi 4th centum, iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi
• sadhayam – periya thirumozhi 5^th centum, mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi
• pUrattAdhi – periya thirumozhi 6^th centum
• uthrattAdhi – periya thirumozhi 7^th centum
• rEvathi – periya thirumozhi  8^th centum
• aswini – periya thirumozhi 9^th centum, thiruvezhukURRirukkai, siRiya thirumadal
• bharaNi – periya thirumozhi 10^th centum, periya thirumadal
• kArththigai – periya thirumozhi 11^th  centum, thirukkuRundhANdagam, thirunedundhANdagam

Notes

Daily sEvAkAlam

• at perumAL sannidhi – night – thiruppallANdu, senniyOngu (periyAzhwAr thirumozhi 5.4)
• at AzhwAr sannidhi – morning – kaNNinuN siRuththAmbu, thiruppAvai will be recited first. Then, pAsurams as listed previously, based on the divine star of that day.
• at AzhwAr sannidhi – night – kaNNinuN siRuththAmbu, Ezhai Edhalan (periya thirumozhi 5.8), Azhiyezha (thiruvAimozhi 7.4)

anadhyayana kAlam (when nAlAyiram is not recited) – daily sEvAkAlam

• perumAL sannidhi – 4000 thaniyans (special hymns)
• AzhwAr sannidhi – morning – upadhEsa raththinamAlai; night – irAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi

dhanur mAsam (month of mArgazhi) – at perumAL and AzhwAr sannidhis, thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi and thiruppAvai.

uthsavams (thamizh month-wise)

chiththirai

• perumAL brahmOthsavam – 10 days – on thiruvAdhirai nakshathram day of chiththirai  month, during night procession, AzhwAr will go with perumAL, facing perumAL. On chiththirai punarpUsam day, during night, SrI rAmar will go in procession through the mAda streets. 9^th day – chiththirai thiruththEr (divine chariot). 10^th day – chiththirai uthram – thIrththavAri (divine immersion in thAmirabaraNi) for mikka AdhippirAn.
• madhurakavi AzhwAr divine star – chiththirai  in the month of chiththirai
• emperumAnAr thiru avathAra (divine incarnation) uthsavam – 11 days. On the 10^th day, thiruvAdhirai  (bhavishyadhAchAryan sannidhi), udayavar will go to AdhinAthar AzhwAr divine temple and carry out mangaLASAsanam.
• chithrA paurNami – 2 days – On paurNami day – perumAL will go in procession. On prathamai day (1^st day after paurNami) AzhwAr will go in procession to boundary stone.
• SrI vaikuNtam perumAL brahmOthsavam 5^th day – polindhu ninRa pirAn, AzhwAr will go in procession to SrI  vaikuNtam (dhivya dhESam near AzhwAr thirunagari)

vaikAsi

• nammAzhwAr thiru avathAra uthsavam – 10 days; 5^th day garuda sEvai of navathiruppadhi (nine divine abodes) perumALs; nammAzhwAr in hamsa (swan) vAhanam; madhurakavi AzhwAr  in cane chair. 7^th day – AzhwAr and emperumAnAr will be together in the same seat and have thirumanjanam (at bhavaishyadhAchAryan sannidhi); 8^th day – at appan kOyil (place where AzhwAr was born) – divine decoration in krishNa’s form in crawling posture; 9^th day – vaikAsi thiruththEr.
• vaikAsi uthrattAdhi – varushAbhishEkam (once in  the year, day when samprOkshaNam happened)

Ani

• first day of Ani – muppazham (three types of  fruits offered, signalling end of  summer)
• vasanthOthsavam – 10 days, sARRumaRai on Ani uthram
• Ani  anusham – SrIman nAthamunigaL
• Ani Kettai – jyEshtAbhishEkam – will be done with seven curtains
• Ani thirumUlam – divine star of thiruppuLi AzhwAr (divine tamarind tree)

Adi

• thiru Adip pUram – kurugUr nAchchiyAr will go in procession to udaiyavar temple
• pakshi rAjar (garudan) uthsavam – 10 days – sARRumaRai on Adi swAthi
• Adi uthrAdam – azhagar

AvaNi

• thiruppavithrOthsavam (divine, purifying festivity) – 9 days – starts on AvaNi Suklapaksham EkAdhaSi (11^th  day after new moon). 9^th day – mikka Adhip pirAn thIrththavAri.
• SrI pAncharAthra SrIjayanthi – purANa patanam (reading from purANam), kaNNan procession inside the temple; next day – uRiyadi (a game played by devotees) – perumAL, thAyAr, AzhwAr, kaNNan procession in the streets
• thirukkOLUr vaiththa mAnidhip perumAL brahmOthsavam – 9^th day – AzhwAr procession to thirukkOLUr – divine glance on thiruththEr (divine chariot)

purattAsi

• navarAthri  uthsavam – 9 days
• vijaya dhaSami – proceeding on a hunt
• purattAsith thiruvONam – gyAnappirAn, thiruvEngadamudaiyAn
• purattAsith thiruvONam – vEdhAnthAchAryar – going  on a procession to AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple and carrying out mangaLASAsanam

aippasi

• first day of  aippasi – starting of vennIrkkAppu (protection with warm water)
• Unjal uthsavam – 10 days – sARRumaRai on aippasi uthram
• maNavALa mAmunigaL uthsavam – 12 days – on thirumUlam day, mAmunigaL will go in procession to AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple, in AzhwAr’s palanquin and carry out mangaLASAsanam
• pUrAdam – sEnai mudhaliyAr [vishvaksEnar]
• thiruvONam –poygai AzhwAr
• thiruvONam – piLLai lOkAchAryar – 11 days – on thiruvONam day, piLLai lOkAchAryar will go in procession to AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple and carry out mangaLASAsanam
• avittam – bhUdhaththAzhwAr
• sadhayam – pEyAzhwAr
• dhIpAvaLi – AzhwArs and AchAryars will go in procession to AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple.

kArththigai

• kArththigai – thirumangai AzhwAr
• rOhiNi – thiruppANAzhwAr
• SrI pAncharAthra thirukkArththigai  dhIpam – sorkkappanai, applying oil to divine throat, anadhyayana kAlam (when nAlAyiram recitation is stopped) starts on the next day.
• Sukla paksha EkAdhaSi (11^th day after new moon) – kaiSika EkAdhaSi – AzhwArs and AchAryars will go in procession to AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple.
• kaisika dhwAdhaSi – reading of kaisika purANam (reading of purANam), aNNAviyAr brahmaratham (carrying descendant of madhurakari AzhwAr on a palanquin), perumAL garuda sEvai, AzhwAr on hamsa vAhanam

mArgazhi

• first day of the month – starting of thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi, dhanur  mAsa kramam
• thiru adhyayanam starts on the  first day after amAvAsyai (will start even if only a fraction of the day remains); 21 days – pagal paththu (10 days uthsavam in day time) will be for 9 or 10 or 11 days. During pagal paththu, every day, two divine decorations for AzhwAr. On dhaSami (10^th day) – AzhwAr Sayanam (lying posture), nAchchiyAr divine decoration for emperumAn
• Sukla paksha EkAdhaSi (11^th day) – vaikuNta EkAdhaSi. polindhu ninRa pirAn – Sayanam. perumAL will hear about the arrangement for starting of thiruvAimozhi  recitation.
• During irAppaththu (ten days uthsavam in night) – every day thirumudi sEvai (emperumAn will keep his divine feet atop AzhwAr’s divine head as mark of showering his mercy). On thiruvAdhirai  day, joint thirumanjanam (divine bath) for AzhwAr and emperumAnAr. 8^th day – thiruvEdupaRi (thirumangai AzhwAr will go around emperumAn, who is on horse, in circum-ambulatory manner). 10^th day – nammAzhwAr mOksham (liberation). 11^th day – vIdu vidai thirumanjanam (divine bath on returning from mOksham)
• Subsequent thiruvisAkam – end of anadhyayana kAlam
• kEttai – thoNdaradippodi AzhwAr

thai

• SankrAnthi – vangakkadal (last pAsuram of  thiruppAvai); sARRumaRai for thiruppalLLiyezhuchchi
• kanu – thIrththavAri for thAyArs
• magam – thirumazhisai AzhwAr
• hastham – kUraththAzhwAn goes in procession to AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple for mangaLASAsanam

mAsi

• mAsi uthsavam first day – end of vennIrkkAppu (protection with warm water)
• plavOthsam (theppOthsam – float festival) – prathishtOthsavam (day of installation) of AzhwAr’s divine form – 13 days. 7^th day – AzhwAr emperumAnAr sErththi (joint) thirumanjanam (in bhavaishyadhAchAryan sannidhi), 9^th day – thiruththEr. 10^th day – perumAL theppOthsavam. 11^th day – AzhwAr and AchAryars theppOsthsavam. 12^th day – mAsi visAkam – AzhwAr thIrththavAri in his divine form. 13^th day – sARRumaRai after AzhwAr goes in procession to thiruththolaivilli mangalam (divine abode). thiruththolaivilli mangalam adhyayana uthsavam sARRumaRai
• punarpUsam – kulasEkaraAzhwAr
• mrugSIrsham – thirukkachchi nambi. nambi (from bhavishyadhAchAryar sannidhi) will go in procession to AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple for mangaLASAsanam.

panguni

• perumAL brahmOthsavam – 10 days. 9^th day – thiruththEr. 10^th day – panguni uthram – mikka AdhippirAn thIrththavAri
• uthram – Adhi nAchchiyAr will go in procession to udaiyavar kOyil
• ugAdhi – AzhwArs and AchAryars will go in procession to AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple. Reading of new almanac.

Notes

• Generally, on the 5^th day of uthsavam here, perumAL will go in procession in garuda sEvai, AzhwAr in hamsa vAganam.
• In all the four uthsavams, there will be hoisting of garuda/hamsa flag (indicating starting of uthsavam)
• In all the four uthsavams, there will  be thiruththEr (procession inside divine chariot)
• There will be thirumaNkAppu (applying of  divine mark on forehead) in  bhavishyadhAchAryar sannidhi whenever there is thIrththavAri in AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple

Basis – kArimARan kalaikkAppagam – nAtkuRippu

adiyEn krishNan rAmAnuja dhAsan

Source – https://granthams.koyil.org/2021/12/15/azhwarthirunagari-vaibhavam-6-tamil/

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