Sreemathe Ramanujaya Namaha: This is the version we have all heard from even our grandparents. The Vigraham is known to be that of Emberumaanaar. What is new now? Also I would like to know why the subject matter is referred to as "terror in Thirumala"? Adiyen, dasan, ramanujam Alwar Emberumaanaar Jeeyar Tiruvadigale Saranam. >From: "vedaramansriraman" <vedaramansriraman@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [ramanuja] Re: terror in thirumala >Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:19:55 -0000 > > >Dear Sriman Vijayasarathy, > The following may also (in addition to Sri >Varadhan's post) shed some light on your query. > > During Swami Emberumanar's time there was a dispute as to whether the >archa tirumeni in Tirumalai was that of Emberuman or Siva or Shakti >etc. Despite Swami Emberumanar's attempts to present multiple evidence >to the fact that it was Emberuman who was the presiding deity, the >turmoil continued as Swami's words fell on deaf ears. Finally, it was >decided that the sanctom sanctorum would be filled with ayudhams of >different deities and the doors secured for the night. In the morning >when the doors were opened, it was reasoned that those ayudhams that >were typical of the presiding deity would be taken up. Lo and behold! > Emberuman took up the Tiruvazhi and Tiruchakaram which all of us >behold today at Tirumalai. > >As to the question of why the deity had no wepaons prior to this >incident, is the fact that Lord Srinivasan lent his Tiruchakram and >Tiruvazhi to his devotee Tondaman Chakravarti for assistance in the >latter's armed conflicts. Thus, at the point of Swami Emberumanar's >intervention, Emberuman's tirumeni at Tirumalai was without the >traditional conch and discuss. This situation encouraged rival sects >to advance arguments that the deity at Tirumalai was Shiva, Shakti >etc. Swami Emberumanar's intervention helped to secure these ayudhams >for Emberuman. Sampradayam holds that the individual who invests >people with "changka - chakra laanchanam" is the acharyan. Swami >Emberumanar invested Tiruvengadamudaiyan with changkam and chakaram >and may thus be regarded as HIS acharyan. Therefore the upadesha >mudra. This is not adiyen's thesis. Adiyen became aware of this angle >based on a traditional upanyasam. Unfortunately, adiyen is not able to >recall the scholar and is wary of hazarding a guess. > >Additionally based on traditional accounts, books published by TTD >etc. no other acharyan is mentioned in this connection. Considering >Swami Emberumanar's monumental contribuition (without which this >glorious divya desam and Emberuman who was hailed by Azhvar as >"alarmel mangai urai marbha" may not have continued as a Sri >Vaishnava Tirutalam!!!) in regard to Tirumalai it hardly surprising >that this one and only one acharya has sannidhi inside the temple. > >regards > >rAmAnuja dAsan, >Vedaraman Sriraman > > > azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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