parijatam that stays with Swamy at his nijavasa bhavanam and comes to the sannidhi every
day during bhagavadaradhanam. Submitting an anjalibaddha prarthana, Swamy begins with
twelve sashtanga deergha dandams to the Asthana muladhanams. He then receives the
murthys on his crown one after the other before placing them back on the sheshapeetham
or the dolasanam as the occasion may be.
In addition to Sri Lakshmi Hayavadana, Sri Lakshmi Narayana and Sri Venugopala murthis,
the rajata-mantapam also comprises of rarest of rare salagrama murthis, several pracheena
vishesha-lakshana-yukta thiruvaradhanams worshipped by Purvacharyas [Sridevi-bhudevi
sameta Srinivasa, Varadaraja, Sriranganatha, Srisampathkumara murthis, Sri Sita-RamaLakshmana-hanumanta murthi-s, Srivaraha, Sri Rukmini-Satyabhama sameta Sri Krishna
murthis, Sri Lakshmi Nrsimha murthis, Sudarshana-Narasimha, Godadevi, SudarshanaNarasimha-Srichakra yantrams and many more], and also includes prachina murthys of all
Pradhana-kutastha Acharyas, Azhwars and Asthana Purvacharyas.
From here begins the very detailed and precisely composed saanga bhagavadaradhanam
comprising of abhigamanam and ijyaa. Our matham follows the authentic in-house texts of
Sri Panchakalaprakasha along with complementing addendums from Sri Parakalaahnikam
and Sri Ahnikaratnam of AsthAna purvacharyas. These are in-turn based on Pracheena
Acharya ahnika anushthana granthams and in-turn on the Pancharatra agama texts.
Shadaasana-samarpanayukta shodashopacharams are presented to all the murthis and a
detailed prakriya follows thereafter complete with pancharatragama vidhis. Multiple
ghantanada samarpanams are a sight to behold and experience.
It will be seen that not a single miniscule change or dilution will be accepted by Swamy with
regards to the daily observances. He has said several times “There is a reason as to why our
Acharyas have defined these practices and anushtanams. Our responsibility is to follow
them with no dilution or omissions”. Old age has not made him compromise with his
anushtaanams even to the slightest extent. Similar to the saying “என் அமுதிநை கண்ட
கண்கள்
மற்றறொன்றிநை
கொணொவே”
Swamy’s
aabhimukhyam
towards
bhagavatsanidhyam may be seen and realized during the thiruvaradhanam. He would have
withdrawn himself from everything that is not related to the Supreme soul. His intellectual
and physical faculties would all be focused towards the Supreme soul alone. Such a level of
concentration is rare to come by.
It may be noted here that Swamy alone is entitled to touch the pradhana murthys. It is an
observed rule that the pradhana murthys are to be touched and held by the parivrajaka
lineage only. As such Swamy performs all the upacharams like Vastra dharanam, Pundra
dharanam, Abharana dharanam, Kasturi-Tilaka-Pushpa-Tulasi-Chandanadi samarpanam. As
Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva is also the yaduvamsha-rajakula-daivam, He further enjoys a very
detailed string of upacharams and several varieties of bhakshya-bhoga nivedanam. A
detailed nivedana procedure along with phalatambuladi samarpanam is regularly followed.
During the abhigamanam, Swamy is very much in favor of having of chaturvedadravidavedadi parayanams daily. A distinct glow of happiness may be seen in Swamy’s face
when the air is filled with the sweet reverberations of parayanams. On special days of
shravana nakshatram, punarvasu nakshatram ityadi, Swamy performs deergha
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