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Vaanamaamalai Yaatrai – travelogue

August 1, 2024July 29, 2012 by Sarathy Thothathri

sri: srimathe ramanujaya nama: srimad varavaramunaye name: srimad vaanaachala mahamunaye nama:adiyen (along with family) reached vanamamalai on 25th April. It was 2nd day of chitthirai (perumal utsavam) and 8th day of emperumaanar avathaara utsavam. In the morning, after finishing nithyaanushtanangal we first participated in the thiruveedhi purappadu of Srivaramanga samEtha Deivanagan emperumaan in thOzhukku iniyaan … Read more

Pronunciation Guide

A is used for “aa” sound – example: emperumAnAr, rAmAnuja

E is used for “yay” sound – example: EkAdhasi

I is used for “ee” sound – example: Iswara

O is used for “Oh” sound – example: Om

U is used for “oo” sound – example: Urdhva pundram

zh is used for very strong “l” sound – example: AzhwAr

L is used for strong “l” sound – example: muL (thorn)

N is used for strong “n” sound – example: nArAyaNa

R is used for strong "r" sound - example: puRappAdu (procession); its also used for "tr" sound in thamizh when there is double "R" - example: uRRAr (utRAr - relative)

d is used strong “d” sound – example: garuda

dh is used for meek “d” sound – example: gOvindha

t is used for strong “t” sound – example: ganta

th is used for meek “t” sound – example: vratham

sa, sha, ksha are typed as it is – examples: samskritham, shashti and kshamA

: is used for ha sound in samskritham words – examples: nama: to be said as namaha

Terminologies listing at Reader's Guide