18 Jan 2025 – Sri Goda Ranganatha Kalyanam @ Manchester

To celebrate this great occasion of Thirukalyanam which marks the end of Dhanur masam JETUK-Manchester humbly invites all the devotees to please come along and take blessings of the divine couple Sri Goda Ranganatha.

It is a unique opportunity to cherish and relish our tradition by passing it on to the next generations.

Here are the sponsorship opportunities:

Maha Yajaman – Will get full Puja plate, Panchaloha Deities of Sri Goda Ranganatha and Sesha Vasthrams of Sri Goda Ranganatha swami.

Visesha Yajaman – Will get full Puja plate, Silver Goda Deity, Silver Bowl of 25gms.

Yajaman – Will get full Puja plate, Silver Goda Deity.

Venue:
Abbotsford prep school,
211 Flixton Road, Urmston ,
Manchester M41 5PR

 

Event Agenda – 18th Jan 2025 (Saturday)
09:00 am to 09:30 am – Pallaki Seva
09:30 am to 10:00 am – Prajna Kids Cultural Performances
10:00 am to 12:30 pm – Divine wedding of Sri Goda Devi and Ranganatha
12:30 pm to 03:00 pm – Theertha Prasada Vitharana and Cultural Performances

About Sri Go:da: Rangana:tha Kalyanam:

Our beloved Mother Sri Go:da: De:vi (A:nda:l) performed a vratham in the devotional service to Lord Sri Rangana;tha of Srirangam.  On behalf of all of us she prayed to Lord Rangana:tha to bless us to fulfill all our desires. These prayers were sung in the form of 30 ecstatic pasurams called “Thiruppa:vai”.

Appearing in a Thulasi garden to Her father Vishnu Chitta (Periya:lwa:r) in Sra:vana ma:sam, pu:rva phalguni nakshathram, more than 5000 years ago in Srivilliputthur. She is an incarnation of Sri Bhu:de:vi (the eternal consort of Lord Na:ra:yana). Her devotion and pure love towards Lord Rangana:tha knew no bounds. It was Go:da: de:vi’s pure desire to get married to Lord Rangana:tha. She always felt that she belonged to none other than Sri Rangana:tha. To the extent that she wore the garlands that Periya:lwar used to prepare to be taken for Lord Rangana:tha.  To fulfill this pure desire of our mother, Lord Rangana:tha asked Periyalwar to bring Go:da: de:v:i to Srirangam from Srivilliputtur. Once she entered the sanctum where Sri Rangana:tha resides, due to his mercy she attained mo:ksham in front of all the devotees. Periya:lwa:r pleaded Sri Rangana:tha for his daughter. To this Lord Rangana:tha asked Periya:lwa:r to go back to Srivilliputthur to find her.

When Periya:lwa:r arrived back home to Srivilliputthur he saw Sri:manna:ra:yana on His Garuda along with Go:da: De:vi. To this day we can have their divine darshan in this holy place of Srivilliputthur.