Devasthanams Board contributed to the attractiveness of the publication and laid us under a deep debt of gratitude. By their generous gift of coloured prints, exuding spiritual glow and charm, the T.T. With the blessings of elders and the indefatigable efforts of Sri Devi Satsangha, the Tiruppavai saw the light of day in 1975 in a sumptuous volume of about 550 pages. Applying the shears in a merciless way, I managed to prune it into reasonable shape and size and held my hand when further elimination would disturb the structure and content thereof.

I was asked to review and recast it for the purpose of publication. Sithamma got the tapes transcribed in full and the material covered about 2000 pages. Miss C.V Ramani, the then Superintendent of the Government Head Quarters Hospital, undertook the task of publication of the lectures. The Sri Devi Satsangha, a women's organization formed under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Friends who were enthusiastic about dissemination of the spiritual truths expounded in this Divya Prabhandha were particular that the discourses should be recorded on tapes and thus preserved for publication at a congenial time.

As larger numbers of citizens evinced interest, the venue had to be shifted to more spacious centres in Kakinada in the succeeding years and the demand for these discourses went on increasing year after year. It was thus that the discourses started with a few participants showing keen interest in the contents of this Tamil Divya Prabandha. Venkateswara Sarma, the owner of our residence, expressed a wish that the significance of each Pasuram might be explained in the evening to a few friends interested in it. Sri Andal, whose intense devotion found spontaneous expression in this garland of hymns, has enshrined in them a way of spiritual discipline which leads the aspirants to their highest end.ĭuring the course of our observance of the rite in 1968-69 Sri A. It is incumbent on the participants to recite the Tiruppavai consisting of thirty Pasurams or hymns, every day and understand and implement in Practice the spititual truths garnered therein. Dhanurmasa vrata (known also as Margasira Snana vrata) is a sacred ritual observe by Sri Vaishnavites from the hoary past.

Thiruppavai with meaning