Significance of Panguni Uthiram toTamilians

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Panguni Uthiram also known as Meena Uttara-Phalguni in Sanskrit an auspicious day for Tamilians.


It falls on the day the moon transits Uttara Phalguni nakshatram or star in the twelfth month of the Tamil solar calendar i.e. Panguni (March–April). It is the full moon of the month of Panguni.

This day is very auspicious and sacred for both the Saivaites and Vaishnavites of Tamil Nadu.

For Vaishnavites, it marks the day of Andal’s marriage to Rangamanar. It is also the thirunakshtram or birthday of Sri Ranganayaki Thaayar-Periya Pirrati of SriRangam. On Panguni Uthiram, Narayana marries Sri Ranganayaki Thaayar-Periya Pirrati and gives his Kalyana Kola Seva to his Bhaktas.

It is the strong belief that when Pirati Mahalaskhmi (Sri Ranganayaki Thayaar) is along with Perumal (Sri Ranganatha)then all the mistakes or papam done by the jeevatham are excused. Aa a mother always pardons and also gives a chance to overcome mistakes. She also protects her children from harsh punishment which is for sure when Perumal is all alone.

Therefore, Sri Vaishnava philosophy always stresses prostrating Perumal along with Thayaar- Sri Lakshmi Narayana, Sri Ranganayika Sametha Sri Ranganathan Perumal, Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan, Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva Prapaate...Perumal is “Rakshakan-protector’, while Piraati-Thayaar is Sikshakan’.

According to Vamiki’s Ramayana, it is the wedding day of Sri Rama and mother Sita at Janakpuri. From Brahmanda Puranam we learn that on Panguni Uthiram every holy water joins Thumburu teertha one of seven sacred tanks in Tirumala.

For Saivaites this day this full moon signifies the marriage of Mother Parvati as Gowri and Parameswara (Eshwara-Shiva) in Kanchipuram. Sri Muruga Perumal-Kumaraswamy and Deivanai also known as Devasena. Devotees flock in hundreds to the Murugan temples on Panguni Uthiram day.

Yet another story from Puranas mentions that on this day Goddess Mahalakshmi incarnated on earth from the ocean of milk (after the ocean was churned by the Gods and the demons) and hence it is celebrated as Mahalakshmi Jayanti.

In “Arula Perumal-Sri Varadaraja Perumal kovil in Kanchipuram, the Panguni Pallava Utsavam is celebrated for seven days. During when the sacred text of Hastigiri Mahatmyam, i.e., the sthala Purana of the temple is read before the deity in the 100 pillared mandapam.

An epigraph of 1582 A.D., of Vijayanagara, mentions that king Sriranga Raya made an endowment of offerings to be made to the Serakulavalli Nachiyar on Panguni Uthiram Sathumurai.

The festival is extraordinarily celebrated at Kapaleeswarar temple. All the 63 Nayanmars during the eighth day of the Panguni festival.

To a common man, Panguni Uthiram is the day that teaches to respect a relationship –a strong bondage of husband and wife relationship, family, and progeny. In total it is the initiation into the Grihastha ashram that is meant to sanctify the growth of progeny and welfare.

This Phalgun Poornima day is also Holi in the Braj region, which includes locations traditionally connected to Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, Barsana, and Kumaoni (Uttarakhand). The day that Holika the sister of Hiranyakashibu was destroyed. It is celebrated as Basatotsav (Bengal), Phagwah (Bihar), Doḷajātra (Oriya), Ganga Mela (UP), Dol Purnima (Bengal), Śigmo (Konkani), Rangapanchami (MP), Yaosang (Manipur), Basnata Panchami (AP), Phakuwa (Assam), Shimga (Maharashtra), Manjal Kuli (Kerala), Fagu Poornima (Nepal), Panguni Uthram Vasanthotsavam (TN). The playful throwing of natural coloured powders has a medicinal significance: the colours are traditionally made of Neem, Kumkum, Haldi, Bilva, and other medicinal herbs prescribed by Āyurvedic doctors. A very auspicious day for all Hindus. (Source: Wikipedia).













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