ツ Heavenly happiness enjoyed in our pilgrimage tour from Adhi ranga, Madhya ranga & Antya ranga in southern India by the grace of Almighty ツ

♥  To & fro journey with my lovely family members created happiness on earth for four days by forgetting the busy life which enriched all of us with full of sentimental joy by seeing temples, natural sightseeing in & around Trichy created joy, full to our brim of happiness by enjoying the dharshanam of temples in the temple city by the grace of God  ♥

December 21 to December 25

Visited Srirangapatnam, Madhyarangam, Madyarangam Ranganatha Swamy Temple, Erode, Dhimbam, Namakkal district, Trichy Tamilnadu, Srirangam, Trichy., Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, Hosur Road - Bangalore Expressway and Srirangam

First at 5:10am, on 20th-12-2015, all our family members really enjoyed the dharshanam of Sri Ranganathar by seeing Lord’s paadam first & his full dharshan later in Srirangapattanam called as Adhiranga, after taking sacred bath in the river Kaveri.
We enjoyed the dharshan of Lord Madya Ranga in Shivana samudra at 07:45am. After having the dharshan of Varadharaja perumal in satyagala, we travelled through Erode, Dhimbam, Satti, Gobi, Namakal & arrived by 7-45pm in Srirangam, where all of us had a good stay in Yathri nivas. We touched the devotional feet of Lord Sriranganathar. We enjoyed the Heavenly Happiness by seeing dharshan of All the Alwars.
21-12-2015:- Next day, all of us had the dharshan of Goddess Ranganayaki Thayar. We had the grace in getting the sweet prasadam of Sakkara pongal & puliyogare at 9Am. Later, we stood in the queue to have the dharshan of Lord Sri Ranganathar at 12pm. We have to remember how the people who built these temples have took strain & shed their sweat to build the temple for Sri Ranganatha. The stone carving on these pillars carry the staunch devotion of the sculptors, who lived in those years. Even an inch of the carving on the stones in the holy ancient Temples speak about the devotion & faithfulness of our sculptors, who took keen interest in building temples for God & Goddesses.  We have to remain in peace to have the dharshan of God. Meditation of God gives Mukthi. I saw Sri Ranganathar & felt really blessed. The priest gave me thulasi & a white lotus. All of us had the dharshan of Lord Sriranganathar. We passed through the swargadha bhaagilu (Paramapadha vaasal) to attain Mukthi. Later all of us had the dharshan of Lord sudharshana sannidhi & Sri Ramanujar Sannidhi. We had the good occasion of seeing the “Thousand Pillars of Lord Sannidhi”.
Next day, we saw Sesha shayi mandapapam, Chandra pushkarani, Sannidhis of All Alwars, Rangavilasam, Methu Alagia singer, Garuda mandapam, kamba ramayayana, sri manavala mamunigal sannidhi, sena mudhaliyar sannidhi, all the sannidhis inside the Srirangam temple have been seen for nearly three days.

All of us arrived our sweet home safely at 2Am on 25th December 2015.
Really all our family members had the good opportunity of enjoying the “HEAVENLY HAPPINESS” in having the dharshan of ADHI, MADYA & ANTYA RANGA to enjoy the happiness of THEERTHA KSHETHRAMS of SOUTH INDIA by the blessings of GOD.

Feeling Dasara festive :-)

ツ Famous Navarathri arrangement decorated fantastically in a house in ‪Ramanuja Road‬ was not only very nice to look at but also made me enthusiastic to stay there only for hours together to enjoy in seeing the golu arrangement ツ

How can I explain the powers of the Prmie Minister Vs. The President of India to a 10-year-old?

I will let you know the way my father explained it to me:
President is Papa

• Official head of the Family
• No internal powers but all internal actions are taken in the name of Papa
• He is to maintain Foreign Affairs
• Papa can only act on aid and advise of mummy
• Mostly act as a Stamp
• Have discretionary powers as he can hold decision or delay any particular topic.
• All the children file mercy petitions to PAPA

Mummy is Prime Minister

• Actual head of the family.
• All finance related matters are approved by mummy.
• All the family related matters are planned and approved by Mummy.

Hope it helps. :)
Cheers!

Sri Andal Thiruvadipuram 2015 (A Devotee who attained God – ‘Andal’)

‘Andal’ or ‘Godha’ is one of the most extraordinary personalities, who was devotion (bhakti or pure love) personified.   She was born to  a devout person named ‘Vishnuchittar’ who lived in Villiputtur, a town near Madurai in South India.  The name ‘Vishnuchittar’ means one who has the Lord Vishnu in his mind (chitta) always. His daily duties included procuring flowers for the worship of the Lord at the local temple.
One morning when he was in the garden, he hears the melodious cry of a baby. He discovered a baby girl lying under a tulasi plant in his flower garden. Having no family of his own, Vishnuchitta felt it was God’s grace that gave him this child.  Since she was a ‘gift of mother Earth’, he named her ‘Godha’.
Godai grew up in an atmosphere of love and devotion. Vishnuchitta doted on her in every respect, singing songs to her about his Beloved Lord Krishna, teaching her all the stories and philosophy he knew.  From a very young age, Godha was passionately in love with Lord Krishna. Even as a child, she made up her mind to marry none other than Lord of Vrindavan, Sri Krishna and refused to think of any human being in similar terms.
She dreams of being Krishna’s wife & thinks about Him in every breath of hers.  She imagined what it would be like to be His bride, playing the role of His beloved, enjoying His presence. She writes “ Oh water filled clouds! instead of taking the water from the sea, please take my tears & when you rain down Lord Krishna tell Him that the pain of separation (viraha tapa) unable to bear the pangs of His separation.”
She did know how to bridge the gap between herself (Jeevathma) & the Lord (Paramathma). So she adorned herself daily with the flower garland her father prepared for the Lord at the temple, without his knowledge. After admiring her reflection and thinking of herself as His ideal bride, she would put the garland back for her father to take to the temple and offer to the Lord. This to her would signify exchange of garlands, a gesture of acceptance of one another.
One day, Vishnuchitta noticed a strand of Godai’s hair on one of the garlands. Shocked and saddened by this desecration of what was meant only for the Lord, he gets angry with Godha for her misuse of the garland and discarded it. He carefully prepared a new one and offered it to the Lord, begging His pardon all the while.  The Lord appeared in Vishnuchitta’s dream that night & says He wants the very garland worn by Godha, His favorite devotee. Vishnuchitta awoke and cried tears of both joy and remorse. It dawned on him that his daughter was someone whose love of God was so intense and pure that even he had not comprehended its extent. Her spiritual greatness was such that the Lord Himself wished to share her presence. From this day on, she became known as “Andal“, the girl who “ruled” over the Lord.
When Andal hears about her dad’s dream, she is ecstatic knowing that she has been accepted by the Lord, she waits for Him day after day.
The Lord Narayana appeared before the priests at Srirangam temple and asked them to prepare for the coming of Andal. Simultaneously, the Lord appears in Vishnuchitta’s dream & asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage.  Vishnuchitta once again was filled with both joy and sadness; joy that his beloved daughter would attain her goal, but sadness at losing her at the same time. He made all the wedding preparations and arranged for Andal’s journey in a palanquin to Srirangam.
Andal waited with excited anticipation as the wedding party approached Lord’s shrine. As they entered the temple, she jumped out of the palanquin, unable to restrain herself any longer. Running into the temple sanctum, she embraced the Lord (Ranganatha) and disappeared in a blaze of glory, united  with her beloved Lord forever.

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