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00:00Pastu Deivam, Dividesam, Pastu Dividesam, Swayam Bhakta Kshetram, Pastu Dividesam, Swayam Bhakta Kshetram.
00:07So, all good things, only Srirangam is authorised place.
00:12So, that Srirangam is celebrating Vaigundayakasi, very very important, compared with the other places.
00:19Srimataya Ramanujaaya Navaha. This is Srinivasan, Trimalaya Anantanpallya Srinivasan from Srirangam.
00:25The biggest festival of Srirangam, that is Periyathiranaal, or Thiru Adhyayana Utsavam,
00:30which is happening right now in Srirangam, is a 22-day long festival.
00:34The first 10 days are Pagalpathu, or 10 days. The next 10 days are Raapathu, or 10 nights.
00:41This Utsavam started in Srirangam, which is now followed in all other Sri Vaishnava Dividesams,
00:46including Tirupati, Kanchipuram, and all of them.
00:50This was started by Thirumangai Aalvaar, the last of Aalvaars.
00:55He composed his last Prabandham, called Thirunadun Thaandakam, and presented it in front of Sri Ranganathan.
01:03Sri Ranganathan asked him for any wishes he had. At that time, Thirumangai Aalvaar said,
01:09This Perumal, that is Sri Ranganathan, has to hear Swami Namma Aalvaar's Thiruvayi Muzhi for 10 days in this Adhyayana Utsava Kaalam.
01:18Thirumangai Aalvaar presented this beautiful wish, and Sri Ranganathan approved it.
01:23Swami Namma Aalvaar, who was born in Aalvaar Trinagari, which is in Thoothukudi district,
01:28was brought from Thoothukudi to Srirangam every year before Swami Ramanujacharya's period.
01:34And this Utsavam was happening with Namma Aalvaar from Aalvaar Trinagari or Thoothukudi.
01:40After that, after Swami Ramanujacharya's period, this issue got dissolved and a new Namma Aalvaar was placed in Srirangam itself.
01:51This event, which was started by Thirumangai Aalvaar, was later dropped due to periods.
01:58At that time, Swami Nathamunikal, who is the great Acharya and a Sishya of Swami Namma Aalvaar,
02:04who came much later, restarted this Utsavam with Pagalpathu as well.
02:10In Pagalpathu, along with Thiruvayi Muzhi, Swami Sri Ranganatha hears other Rivya Prabandhams as well.
02:19Thirupallandu, Periya Aalvaar Thirumuzhi, Thirupavai, Naachiyar Thirumuzhi, Perumal Thirumuzhi,
02:24Thiruchandavirutham, Thirumalai, Thirupalliyazhichi, Kanninunsiruthambu and Amalanathipiran,
02:30alongside Thirumangai Aalvaar's Periya Thirumuzhi.
02:33After these 20 days are over, Iyerppa, the rest of the Divya Prabandhams by Aalvaars are sung in that one day.
02:40The 11th day of this festival, called Vaikunta Ekadashi, is the most important day.
02:46On that day, Sri Ranganathan, coming out of his Garbha Graha, enacts as a simple Jeevatma,
02:52who is a Muktaatma, coming out and reaching Sri Vaikuntam.
02:56He crosses Brajanathi, he enters the Paramapada Vasal and enters Thirumamani Mandapam like a samanya Jeevatma.
03:03That is what the context of Sri Paramapada Vasal.
03:08And from then on, Thiruvayimuzhi is sung by Arayars in front of Sri Ranganathan
03:13and the festival goes on as a beautiful event and ends with Namma Aalvaar reaching Sri Ranganathan's Thirupadi or lotus feet.
03:22And that is the context of this Thirudhenu Utsavam, which was started by Thirumangai Aalvaar in Srirangam
03:28and now followed all across the Divya Deshams.
03:32Ekadashis in general are very auspicious in Sri Vaishnava Sampradayam.
03:37Sri Vaishnavas used to keep fasting on Ekadashis.
03:41The most important Ekadashi of them is Sri Vaikunta Ekadashi, that is today.
03:46On this fine day, Sri Ranganathan comes out of this Paramapada Vasal, opening it only once in a year.
03:53And for these ten days, this Paramapada Vasal is kept open for Sri Vaishnavas, for Bhaktas to get over with their karmas and reach his lotus feet in Sri Vaikunta.
04:07Shri Matheya Ramayana Jaya Namaha.
04:09My name is Srinivasan, Trimalai Anantan Pillai Srinivasan. I am from Srirangam.
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