Vaikasi Vishakam – Nammazhwar Thirunakshatram
on Wednesday the 22nd May 2024
Nammazhwar , one of the twelve azhwars is well known for his many hyms on devotion to Vishnu. He was born on the 42nd day of the beginning of Kali Yuga in the Vishakam star in the month of Vaikasi. NammAzhwAr is hailed as Vaishnava Kula Pathi – the leader of the Vaishnava fold.
NammAzhwAr was born in ThirukkurugUr (AzhwAr Thirunagari). Throughout his life (which only lasted 32 years in this samsAram), he stayed under the tamarind tree (thirupuLiy AzhwAr) and was always in yOgam (meditation) thinking about Sriman Narayanan.
NammAzhwar has sung 4 divya prabhandhams namely,
· thiruviruththam (rig vEdha sAram)
· thiruvAsiriyam (yajur vEdha sAram)
· periya thiruvandhAdhi (atharvaNa vEdha sAram)
· thiruvAimozhi (sAma vEdha sAram)
NammAzhwAr’s prabhandhams are cosidered parallel to the 4 vEdhas. He is also known as “vEdham thamizh cheitha mAran” – one who gave the essence of samskrita vEdhas through his thamizh prabandhams.
ThiruvAimozhi is glorified as the essence of all the 4000 divya prabandhams sung by AzhwArs.
AT SVT we celebrate His Holiness’s Thirunakshtram on the 22nd May 2024.
As a lead up to this, divya prabhandam (Tiruvoimozh -1102 verses) will be chanted every evening commencing on the 19th May and culminating on the 22nd May morning.
Programme
09.00am: Abhishekams for Sri Mahalakshmi Thayar, Sri Ramar, Sri Seetha and Sri Lakshmanar and other Deities of Sri Venkateswara Shrine.
10.30am: Thirumanjanam(abishekam) for Swami Nammazwar
Followed by Alankaram, Maha Deeparadhanai and Sattrumurai.
Ritual Donations:
Abhishekam (for each Deity) – $101
Abhishekam for Sri Nammazhwar – $101
Archanai – $20
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