It was on completion of the construction of
Satsang Mandap at Sri Gnanananda
Niketan, the first group singing of Tiruvacakam
“Tiruvacakam Muttrodal”, a Gnana Yajna was organized on 12th
December 2011. It was a great success and made many people in and around
Tapovanam, and also devotees from outside get interested in it. It charges the
atmosphere with exalted spiritual vibrations by the soul-stirring content of
the devotional hymns. It has, therefore, become a regular annual feature which
all the devotees of ashram and the public of Tirukovilur eagerly look forward
to.
The seventh annual festival of Tiruvacakam Muttrodal was celebrated on
Sunday, 10th December, 2017. The following groups of Sivan-adiyars
(devotees of Lord Siva) from Trichy Ayyappa Nagar Sekkizhar Manram, Trichy
Thiruvathavurar Tiruvacakam Muttrodal kuzhu, Manapparai Tiruvacakam
Anbar Kuzhu, East Tambaram Karpaga Vinayakar Thiruneri Manram, Keezh Visharam
Appar Swamigal MadamTevaaram students, Kandachipuram Tamil Veda Vara
Vazhipattu Sabhai participated in the Mutrodal.
Besides 188 Sivan-adiyars of the
above mentioned groups, about one hundred devotees in and around Tirukovilur
participated in the group singing.
Sri Nityananda Giri Swamigal welcomed all the devotees for the seventh annual festival of Tiruvacakam Mutrodal. Tiruvacakam, in the tenth Tirumurai was Sadguru Gnanananda Swamigal’s favorite. When the famous Dr.Guruswami Mudaliar of Madras came to him for his darsan, Swamiji turned the conversation towards the life of the foetus in the womb. The physician was surprised when the Sage began to quote “Pottri Thiru Agaval” of Tiruvacakam. In that passage, descriptions are given vividly about the growth of the foetus month by month amidst various risks till the birth in the tenth month. The sage was very fond of Sivapuranam which used to be chanted every day at the ashram.
Singing of Tiruvacakam with great
fervor is indeed a Gnana Yajna. When it is performed with the knowledge
of the content, it leads to Sivagnana and God-realization, thereby to
the liberation from the cycle of birth and death. Hence, it is very essential
that we grow spiritually also with increasing Antarmukhatva
(interiority), detachment and Vairagya.
Swami Samananda expressed his great
happiness that the festival was being celebrated over six years with increasing
vigour and having very good response from the devotees at Tirukovilur and other
places.
The Muttrodal
was very well coordinated by Sri Ambalavanan of Trichy under the guidance
of Sri Swami Samananda Saraswati of Tattvananda Ashram, Madurai. Swami Nityananda Giri, Swami Sadasiva Giri,
Swamini Prabhavananda Saraswati, Swamini Atmatatvananda Saraswati and Swami
Amruteswarananda Saraswati. Sri V.Parameswaran, Sri A.S.Krishnamurthy and Sri
Venkatesh Narayanan, Trustees of Sri Gnanananda Niketan were present throughout
the recital.
As usual, Sandana-kappu Alankara (decoration with sandalwood paste covering)
of the Moorties of Somaskanda- Lord Siva, Sri Parvati and Sri
Subramanya and also of the four Saivaite saints – Appar, Sambandar, Sundarar
and Manikkavacakar was exquisite. The Puja was performed by Sri Venkatraman of
Tirunelveli with Sri Venkatasubramaniam assisting him.
Special arrangements for accommodation and food
were made in the nearby Kalyana Mandapam
as in the past years. More than three hundred devotees were served with food on
the occasion.
Sri Ambalavanan recalled that it was in
2011 he came to Muttrodal as invited by Swami Omkarananda Saraswati. He
was deeply moved by the interest showed by devotees here. Every year the number
of participants is increasing.
On behalf of Sri Nityananda Giri Swamigal,
Swami Samananda thanked all for assisting and participating in the festival.
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