Tiruvacakam Muttrodal Celebrations
Truvacakam Muttrodal (parayana) is a Gnana Yajna, organized at the Satsang Mandap at Sri Gnanananda Niketan. It charges the atmosphere with the finest and exalted spiritual vibrations.
Tiruvacakam is one of the profound works of Tamil devotional literature. There are 658 poems in the work called Tiruvacakam and is included in the 8th Volume of Thirumurai-the sacred anthology of Saiva Sidhanta in Tamil.
Tiruvacakam Muttrodal (parayana) is a Gnana Yajna, organized at the Satsang Mandap at Sri Gnanananda Niketan. It charges the atmosphere with the finest and exalted spiritual vibrations. It has, therefore, become a regular annual feature which all the devotees of ashram and the public of Tirukovilur eagerly look forward to! The annual festival of Tiruvacakam Muttrodol is celebrated in the Tamil month of Kartigai (November-December) every year.
Every year, around 150 Sivan Adiyars (devotees of Lord Siva) from East Tambaram, Kandachipuram, Trichy, South Arcot and other places participate in the parayana. Groups of Sivan Adiyars (devotees of Lord Siva), men and women, young and old, recite Tiruvacakam with great fervor, charging the atmosphere and it moves all those present who follow the text.
Sandana-kaappu 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 Manikkavachakar is exquisite. The Puja is usually performed by the Vedic Pundits from Sri Bhuvaneswari Peetham at Pudukottai,
The Tiruvacakam Muttrodal is coordinated by Sri Ambalavanan of Tiruchi under the guidance of Swami Nityananda Giri, Swami Omkarananda Saraswati and Swami Samananda Saraswati of Tatvananda Ashram, Madurai. Swami Sadasiva Giri, Swamini Prabhavananda Saraswati, Swamini Atmatatvananda Saraswati and Trustees of Sri Gnanananda Niketan are present throughout the recital, Special arrangements for food are made in the Kalyana mandapam nearby.