Tirumala: TTD plans massive programme of reciting Pasuras tomorrow

Tirumala: The fourth edition of Nalayar Divya Prabandam Parayanam will be conducted on Sunday on the auspicious Pournami day on February 9. Over 230 Nalayira Divya Prabandha Parayanadars will render Prabandha Ghoshti reciting the pasurams in front of Garuda Vahanam. According to Acharya Rajagopalan, Secretary of HDPP and Special Officer of TTDs Alwar Divya Prabandam Project, the Nalayira Divya Prabandam is also popular as "Dravida Vedam" comprising of 4,000 pasuras composed by 12 Alwars (Vaishnavite seers) in the Eighth century. The Parayanam of this Prabandam is still practised in Srirangam and other Vaishnavite temples across the country.

TTD launched the Nalayar Divya Prabandam Project in 2010 to preserve the ancient Dravida Veda and from 2016 onwards, the holy Parayana Mahotsavam is being observed. In the fourth edition of Nalayara Divya Prabanda Parayana Mahotsavam on Sunday, nearly 230 parayanadars from various Vaishnava Divya Desams will present Prabandha Parayanam thrice on Sunday, in the morning and evening at Asthana Mandapam and also in front of Garuda Vahanam seva between 7pm and 9pm in the presence of Sri Pedda Jiyar Swamy and Sri Chinna Jiyar Swamy of Tirumala.