INTRODUCTION
There
is a famous Andal temple in Srivilliputhur, and in this famous
Temple, Andal-Rengamannar Tirukkalyanam festival event would be
grandly celebrated during the Tamil month Panguni. The Utsava
deity of Andal and Rengamannar, would be carried in a chariot
during the time of festival days in the streets of Srivilliputhur,
and people living in the nearby streets used to participate
personally.
While witnessing the holy marriage ceremony, devotees
used to chant the names of Lord Vishnu, such as, "Govinda,
Gopala, Achuta, Ananta, Bhumata, Bhudevi, Andal Thayaar".
Devotees used to offer various types of things as a gift to the
divine couple, and they used to gather in the Tirukkalyana Mandapam
to witness the divine marriage ceremony. Devotees from various
parts of India used to participate in this noble event, in order to
get some unusual happiness, since they couldn’t get it from
anywhere else. Tight security arrangements would be there at the
temple, in order to avoid any sort of unfortunate incidents, during
the time of the marriage function.
Before some centuries ago, Andal has incarnated in this earth as an aspect of Ma Bhudevi, and she was brought up Sri Periazhwar. She kept staunch bhakti on Lord Renga Mannar, a form of Lord Vishnu, and decided to marry the Lord itself. After she attained teenage, Lord Renga Mannar also has accepted her offer, ordered the then king of Srivilliputtur to make necessary arrangements for the marriage function. The king has also made proper arrangements for the divine marriage ceremony, and when Andal arrived at the present place of Srivilliputhur Temple, Lord Renga Mannar has appeared before her and also gave his appearance to those, who were present at the marriage hall, and then, with shyness on her face, Ma Andal has merged with Lord Renga Mannar. This wonderful incident took place on an auspicious PANGUNI UTTHIRAM, Festival day. Reading and writing about divine marriage events would give great spiritual satisfaction, and it is our duty also, to share these kinds of spiritual writings with others. But most of people used to interestingly watch only the marriage Videos of the V.I.P’s like Cinema Actors, political personalities and Sports personalities. Some people used to tell that reading and watching these kind of spiritual Videos would make them to get bored! Some of them even used to tell that the marriages take place only to the idols, and not to the real deities!
Whatever may be, at least, those who consider themselves as the devotees of Lord Vishnu could watch the spiritual videos of the divine marriages, and also, they can read it from the spiritual websites.
“OM SRI ANDAL SAMEDHA SRI RENGAMANNAR NAMAHA”
Sent By
R.HARISHANKAR
