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Ganeshanjali
(Om Gajamukha)
Ragam: Ganamurthi
Thalam: Adi
Composer: N.G. Ravi


Ganeshanjali
(Om Gajamukha)
Ragam: Ganamurthi
Thalam: Adi
Composer: N.G. Ravi

Thevaram
(Thodudaiya cheviyan)
Thevaram or they and haram, a garland that the dancer offers to Lord Shiva. Thevaram denotes the first seven volumes of the Tirumurai, collection of Tamizh Saiva devotional poetry dedicated to the works of the three most prominent tamizh poets of the 7th century, the Nayanars, Sambandhar, Thirunavukkarasar and Sundarar.
Jatiswaram


Jatiswaram

Varnam
(Swami Nee Manam Irangi)
Nachiyar Thirumozhi
(Vaaranam Aayiram)
Nachiyar Thirumozhi is a set of 143 verses composed by Andal, one of the twelve alwars in Sri Vaishnava tradition. In this famous decad of ten verses, commonly referred as “Vaaranam Aayiram”, Andal describes her dream wedding with Shriman Narayana according to the scriptures (vedic tradition).
The ten steps described here are the major portion of any Indian wedding.
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- Reception of the bride groom (mapillai azhaippu, janavasam)
- Announcement of wedding ceremony (nichayatartham)
- Elders’ consent and Sister-in-law (nathanar kodi uduttal) to dressup the bride
- Tying the holy string on hand (kappu kattal)
- Removing the obstacles (pidi surrudal)
- Holding the hands together (panigrahanam)
- Walking seven steps together, wedding vows (agni pradakshina saptapati)
- Stepping on the stone (shilarohanam, ammi midittal)
- Offering of puffed rice (laja homam, pori idudal)
- Sprinkling yellow holy water (manjal neerattal)


Nachiyar Thirumozhi
(Vaaranam Aayiram)
Nachiyar Thirumozhi is a set of 143 verses composed by Andal, one of the twelve alwars in Sri Vaishnava tradition. In this famous decad of ten verses, commonly referred as “Vaaranam Aayiram”, Andal describes her dream wedding with Shriman Narayana according to the scriptures (vedic tradition).
The ten steps described here are the major portion of any Indian wedding.
-
- Reception of the bride groom (mapillai azhaippu, janavasam)
- Announcement of wedding ceremony (nichayatartham)
- Elders’ consent and Sister-in-law (nathanar kodi uduttal) to dressup the bride
- Tying the holy string on hand (kappu kattal)
- Removing the obstacles (pidi surrudal)
- Holding the hands together (panigrahanam)
- Walking seven steps together, wedding vows (agni pradakshina, saptapati)
- Stepping on the stone (shilarohanam, ammi midittal)
- Offering of puffed rice (laja homam, pori idudal)
- Sprinkling yellow holy water (manjal neerattal)

Keerthanam
(Sundara Natarajam)
Padam
(Om Namo Narayana)


Padam
(Om Namo Narayana)
