Friday, January 6, 2012

Vaikuntha Yekadashi -05-01-2012 (Thursday)

Vaikunta Yekadahsi day was celebrated in the Mandir. Thousands of devotees participated in the early morning to take darshan of the God.
Vishnu sahasranaam was chanted non-stop from 11-00 a. m. to 7.00 p.m.  and Sri B.Shree Rama murthy gave a pravachan on Tiruppavaai, the Tamil devotional poem by Sri Andal. Then the Prakara Utsav, of Sri Maharaj, as usual on every Thursday.

Sri Andal ( 1500 years back) was a devotee of Lord Vishnu, who as a  young girl wanted to marry the Lord Vishnu, and composed the poem Tiruppavai.