Bhashyakara Utsavam / Bhashyakara Jayantotsavams / Bhashyakara Arudranakshatrotsavams
The celebrations of Bhashyakara are being organized grandly, especially ten days before Arudra star during Mesha masa i.e., Vaisakhamasa every year. During these ten days, after completing Lord Sahasra Venkateswara’s deepalankarana Seva, Bhagavad Ramanuja on his own ‘Peetham’ moves along the mada streets of Tirumala facing Sri Malayappa Swami in a procession. After the procession, ‘Asthanam’ will be held in the presence of ‘Sannidhi Bhashyakarulu.’
Later, Naivedyam’ will be offered. After ‘Nalvedyam’ the garlands worn by Srivaru will be offered to Bhashyakarulu. Later, Srivari ‘Harati’ will be given to Sri Ramanuja. This ‘Harati’ is called ‘Sesha Harati’. After the routine rituals L.e., ‘Sethaarl Maryadalu’, done to Ramanuja Moola Murti and Utsava Murties, prasadam will be distributed among the devotees. The Arudra nakshatrotsavam or Bhasha kara jayantyutsavam will come to an end when Srivaru enters the Anandanilayam.
Based on the Vishistadwaita theory, Bhagavadramanujacharya wrote a remarkable commentary on Mimamsa titled ‘Sri Bhashyam’. So he became famous as ‘Sri Bhashyakara‘. He was born in the Telugu year ‘Pingala’ in the month of ‘Vaisakha’ in ‘Arudra’ star, a thousand years back i.e., in 1017 as an incarnation of Adisesha in Perumbudur.
He regulated the procedures of worship as per the ‘Agama shastra’ which were in utter chaos and confusion in the past and established a systematic procedure of worship in temples. It is a known fact that Sri Ramanuja visited Tirumala thrice during his long lifetime of one hundred and twenty years between 1017 and 1137.
Sannidhi Bhashyakarulu
He appointed great spiritual personalities like Tirumalanambi and Ananthalvar to conduct more privileged services and utsavams of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala. He offered his stone idol to his dear disciple Ananthalvar. That stone idol in the Tirumala temple is called “Sannidhi Bhashyakarulu”. From that time, utsavams are being conducted to Bhagavadramanuja at Tirumala.
Since the birth star of Bhagavadramanuja is Arudra, every month on the day of Arudra star Masotsavam and in the Vaisakha month of every year Bhashyakara utsavams are being performed. Every month in Arudra star, Sri Malayappa Swami participates along with Sri Devi and Bhu Devi in Sahasradeepalankarana Seva at Tirumala.
Meanwhile Bhagavadramanuja on his own ‘peetham’ move in the Mada streets of Tirumala in a procession facing Sri Malayappa Swami. This is ‘Bhashyakara Utsavam’ which is held during Arudra Star every month. These utsavams are called ‘Bhashyakara Arudranakshatrotsavams’ or ‘Bhashyakara Jayantotsavams’.
