Udupi Paryaya 2020 - My visit experience

I have been to Udupi to have darshan of Little krishna many times before. In the last one year itself, had the blessing to do Tulasi seva there for total 10 days. But never been to a Paryaya event. So decided to go for the same this time. 

It is believed that Thirupathi Thimmappa has to call us for his darshan. But our Udupi Sri Krishna is a small child. Who will not want to see a child again & again!. Usually when I go to see my Ishta deiva Parthasarathy at Triplicane, Chennai - I will not be able to see Him clearly. because there will be immediate tears as I see his majestic face & white moustache. But Little Chinni Krishna with his kadekolu, is always a pleasure for our eyes to watch. So will try to watch Him from all the 9 openings in the Navagraha Dwara with eyes wide open & get as much darshan as I could get in that few seconds. No wonder the great Sri Vadirajaru sang the beautiful - Ee Muddu Krishnana ee kshanadha sukhave saaku.

For a moment, if you think it is the same place where :

* Sri Madhwacharya stood, 

* Sri Sripadaraja, Sri Vyasaraja, Sri Vijayeendra got darshan of Sri Krishna, 

* Sri Vadiraja did puja to Him & installed Mukhyaprana & Garuda 

* Sri Raghavendra did his Paata & Puja

* Sri Purandaradasa, Sri Kanakadasa, Sri Vijayadasa, Sri Jagannathadasa all recited numerous songs on Sri Krishna with Bhakthi.

* and almost all of the Madhwa yathis & Haridasas got His darshan

then goosebumps are assured. Nothing to ask to Him. Just keep watching Him is enough - Naa Ninagenu Beduvudilla, Hrudaya MantapadhoLu nelesiru hariye (Sri Sripadarajaru).

OK. Now the paryaya event. 

It was said that the pura-pravesha (parade like our Republic day parades in cities) will start at 1am (at midnight!!). Having gone that much distance, I thought I want to sleep & not watch that.. But at 2.30am the parade entered the Ratha beedhi with a huge bang. Crackers & Musical instruments of all sorts teared the silence of the night. Obviously it woke me up & watched the entire procession from 2.30 to 5am. 

So many teams, departments even like ISRO had a cavalcade in the procession. People standing across the streets were seen encouraging for the dance, musician teams. Atlast at around 5am, all the Mutt heads were seen. 

Later at around 5.30am, the main event of handing over the Akshayapathra to the next paryaya seer happened. We all were watching at the big LED screen installed near Pejawar Mutt. Thunderous claps & huge shouts of 'Krishna Krishna' reverberated in the air. Such a great moment for which I went there was witnessed. Jai Sri Krishna. 

With all these celebrations, one could not help remembering all the time the one & only, the great, Sri Viswesha theertharu. This was mentioned by almost all the celebrities speaking in the Darbar event that day at 2.30pm. Usually the Darbar was at the morning itself it seems. But the Adamar seer Sri Eeshapriya theertharu, changed this to the afternoon saying the Puja programs for Sri Krishna gets affected. This change was welcomed by the other seers.

So the Darbar started at 2.30pm at Rajangana. Union FM Smt.Nirmala Seetharaman, Mysore Maharaja Sri Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, Ex CM Veerappa Moily & many others were present. Awards & honours were given by the seers to the people who are serving to the Mutts, Udupi, Society for a long period of time. 

Adamar Paryaya Swamiji Sri Eeshapriya theertharu said that the theme for his paryaya period is 'Swachcha Udupi'. It is so beautiful to know he has so many plans for that. Right from distributing seeds with the ID Cards, cleaning the environment, nearby rivers are there in the plan it seems. Wonderful that our mutts are also contributing to the Swachh Bharat Scheme of our PM. 

There were many other programs also arranged, Musical, Dance, Drama etc which was duly watched & enjoyed by the bhakthas. Apart from all this, I like the tastier Krishna prasadha. It is said that we have to assume that Bhima himself cooks the food there & Sri Madhwaru does the naivedhya to Sri Krishna. When this assumption is done, the food becomes pure & amrutha. What else we want.

With the extraordinary crowd, roadside shops & eateries during the weekend the Town police did a wonderful job. Continuous announcements, managing the crowd etc. was going on. 1-2 ambulances were always there for any help required. 

With so many darshans through Navagraha dwara in 3 days & continuous darshan through CCTVs, the ever-beautiful Krishna is always in the eyes. It is just as Sri Purandaradasaru sang - Krishnamurthi kaNNa mundhe ninthidanthide.

Just wanted to record these, so that I dont forget. Photos anyways were all over Social media. You can also see them here. shorturl.at/rtwyK

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