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'KAlathizhikulathu chandAlanAnAlum mEladhavar adhanin mEnmaithE

KOlakkurungudivAzh mAyan kuraikazharkku AlAvar perumkudiyil vAzhvar pirappu'

The above verse was written by Pillai Perumal Iyengar in his 108 Thirupathi Andhadhi about the beautiful Perumal in archAvatAram. The following is the meaning of the above verse,

?If a person has been blessed by the Perumal in Thirukkurungudi, even if he is born in chandala kulam (so called lower caste), he still will be leading a life of very high cadre, even higher than that of Maharishis.?

Known as Thirukkurungudi, this beautiful (aDiyEn needs to use this word agaian and again over this series. The beauty of this place and Perumal is very inherent) pandiya nattu Divya Desam is located about 27 miles from Tirunelveli, and about 8 miles from Swayamvyakta Kshetram, Vaanamaamalai. It is also called as Vamana Kshetram, Dakshina Badri, Siddhashramam and Kurundhapuri. The Perumal here is known as Sundara Paripooranan (now we can realise why aDiyEn is very particular in using the words beauty and completeness), Vadivazhagiya Nambi, Thirukkurungudi Nambi, and more than anything else as SriVaishnava Nambi. His name shows that He is the One with sakala kalyAna Gunam. The unique beauty of this Perumal is the varna kalApam (colours, unlike other Perumals). Thayar ThirunAmam is Kurungudivalli NachiyAr. Utsava Moorthy of Thayar is always with Perumal, unlike most of the other Divya Desams. The Divya Desam is located on the hill side of Mahendragiri.

In this Divya Desam, Perumal resides in standing, sitting and reclining posture. There are 5 sannidhis for Perumal. Other than the above 3 sannidhis, Perumal also resides as ThiruppArkadal Nambi and Malai Nambi. Here is the representation of Perumal for each of His 5 states:

Nindra Nambi      - Vibhavam

Irutha Nambi       - Param

Kidantha Nambi - Archai

ThiruppArkadal   -Nambi vyUham

Malai Nambi      - AntaryAmin

The name of the vimAnam is ?Pancha Ketaka vimAnam?. It represents two facts. One is it houses all the five states of Perumal in this Divya Desam, the second fact is that it houses the Perumal who helps us control our 5 indriyas. The pushkarani is called as Nambi aaru, ThiruppArkadal, Sindhu nadhi. More than any other name it is called as ?Karam Adu Poigai? by Azhwars.

This Perumal used to listen to the ghAnam of a great bhkatA called NampAduvAn. He was born in chandala kulam. He used to play veenai and sing on Perumal every day. The entire episode of his kaimkaryam to Perumal was told by Perumal Himself to BhoomiDEvi ThAyar in varAha purAnam.

What is the name of this episode and how did it influence our sampradAyam? We will enjoy the answers to these questions followed by the strong links to Azhwars and AchAryAs and the vaibhavam of this Kshetram in the next few postings.

Before we go to next posting, here is another important fact about this Divya Desam that has links to purAnas. Other than the links to Azhwars, AchAryAs and the bhaktA (NampAduvAn), this Perumal was also worshipped by dEvatAs Brahma and Shivan.

aDiyEn,

ramanan


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