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What is Anadhyayanam During 2 months period starting with the full moon day in karthika month (October~November), up until Hastha star constellation in Pushya month (~January), the 4000 songs of Divya Prabandams are not recited. All the Divya Prabanda recitation service in all Divya Desams (holy lands) will also be stalled during this period.

Sri Thirumangai A:zhwa:r the last of the A:zhwa:rs gosti was the first A:zhwa:r to start this Adhyayana Utsavam. He requested Sri Namperumal of Thiru aRangam Periya Koyil, to hear the thousand verses of Sri Namma:zhwa:r. Thus Sri Namperumal made a sasanam (divine order), asking to bring Sri Namma:zhwa:r from a:zhwa:r Thirunagari for attending Thiruvadhyanothsavam (the Festival of chanting the 1000 Thiruvaimozhi). Kaliyan went to A:zhwa:r Thirunagari (Thirukurugur) and brought A:zhwa:r from there to Srirangam and celebrated the adhyayana Utsavam. Namperumal gave His festival of "manjakuli" to A:zhwa:r as a reward for fulfilling his divine Order of attending Adhyayana Utsavam.

It was only during the Nathamunigal period again the Thiru Adhyayana Utsavam resumed. Nathamunigal made arrangements to bring kaliyan from Thirunagari to Srirangam for adhyayana Utsavam. After Kaliyan's Thirunakshathram is celebrated at Thirunagari, the sasanam (divine order) of Namperumal is announced for all, and all the SriVaishnavas in Thiruvali Thirunagari (the birth place of kaliyan) bring Thirumangai A:zhwa:r to Srirangam. From thereupon, along with Namperumal’s ‘tholukiniyan’ (palanquin), they go to A:zhwa:r Thirunagari and bring Namma:zhwa:r to Srirangam on the palanquin of Namperumal.

After 10 day Thiruvaimozhi Thirunal (Adyayanothsavam), A:zhwa:r is escorted back to A:zhwa:r Thirunagari. On the way, A:zhwa:r stops at ThiruTholaivillimangalam divyadesam for his Masi Utsavam and reach his native place later. Kaliyan enjoys the ‘manjakuli’ Utsavam in Cauvery and leaves to his native place too. This Utsavam is considered as a combining festival of south and North SriVaishnavas.

The distance between Srirangam and A:zhwa:r Thirunagari became a very big problem for the Utsavam and also the fear of thieves became a great treat to SriVaishnavas to do the Utsavam. So, Swami Emperumanar installed Namma:zhwa:r with ANJALI HASTAM (the posture with folded hands) inside the Srirangam temple itself and restarted the Utsavam in the presence of Thirumangai A:zhwa:r of Srirangam.

Namperumal’s desire is to make divya prabandams of A:zhwa:r’s equal in status to Sanskrit Vedas. He wanted the (to recite and not to recite) adhyayanam and anadhyayanam periods to be implemented for dravida Vedam also as for Sanskrit Vedam. Even after emperumanar’s period when there is no need to actually stop chanting divya prabandams, the successive Preceptors decided to observe the that (supposed to be) travel time(roughly 2 months) as anadhyayanam. Hence, no festivals or Thirumanjanams (holy shower) are offered to Peruma:l during this period.

Even today, we are supposed to honor the same custom of our Previous Preceptors and act according to Namperumal’s Divine Desire. But this does not affect pasurams in Jeeyar padi (worship procedure graced by Sri Manava:la mahamuni) thiruvaradhanam. Only sevakalam is prohibited. But, in mantra pushpam we drop "sendral kudaiyam" pasuram and add "emperumanar darisanam yendre idharku" pasuram from Upadesarathnamalai. Each Divyadesam has its own date to restart the divyaprabhandhams. But in all houses and aacharyan’s divine mansions, prabandham recitation is resumed only after koorathazhwan’s sathumurai. (Thai (Pushya month)- hastam (hastha star)).