This Attavanai is shaped up by me, at the instance of some of my very close Bhajan friends, to provide amateur Bhaagavathaas/Bhaktas with a systematic method of doing Saturday Bhajans with time constraint, so that this will lead to proper co-ordination and time management by all Bhagavathaas attending the Bhajans. The attavanais are based on the padhathi krama followed invariably by most of the Bhajanists.  There may be slight variations in the order in which they are taken up according to certain schools.  I do not claim that this is the only way in which the padhathis are to be handled.   For instance, Ayyappa is taken up after Murugan in Kerala whereas Tamil Nadu Bhagavathas have now added this but at the end. Pudukkottai Padhathi has an additional Narasimha and Lakshmi Dhyanams before Rama.  Marutha Nallur, Thiruvidamaruthur, Thiruvisanallur, Madathu  Padhathi etc. may take up Guru Keerthans very elaborately by adding Dakshina Murthy, Sankaracharya, Daththreya and so on.  Time permitting, any additions can be done. The attavanai aims at providing the minimum necessary songs and the order in which they should be taken up particularly with a time constraint.  I appeal to all Bhagavathas to advise me  if they find any need to improve upon this, so that other Bhajan groups can take this as a guide.

Links to four Attavanais view and downloads given below.  Attavanai download is in PDF format (ZIP). Click the View link to see or click Download link to directly download the attavanais.  Even from the the attvanai itself while on view, you can download it . Then click on the downloaded file to open it.   You need an Acrobat Reader Version 5 or above and Winzip software for reading the Attavanai files.  No separate attvanai is given for Poorna Ashtapathi as it is to be taken up in full.  Refer the book for the order.  No separate attavanai is given for Gopika Geetham as it is part of Deepa Pradakshinam and covered in DS attvanai.

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