Deemed dhivya-dhEsam When AzhwAr-s sing in praise of the Lord of any place the place becomes divine and becomes a -dhivya-dhEsam. The name of the dhivya-dhEsam is genrally spelt out clearly in the AzhwAr-s thiruppAsuangaL and the identification is easy. Even if one of the pAsuram-s are not so transaprent, pAsuram by some other AzhwAr-s can be resorted to. What happens when there is only one pAsuram but does not spell out the name of the place in a categorical manner? The commentaries which reflect the inner thought of AzhwArs have to be resorted to. The An-mugan thiruvandhAdhip pAsuram -50 spells out : "..ARRam karaik kidakkum kaNNan kadal kidakkum..." and the vyAkyAnam by sri periyavAchAn piLLai which is the reflection of the thoughts of pUrvAchAryA-s and the inner thought of thiru-mazhisai AzhwAr, attributes and deems this to the dhivya-dhESam -kavithalam. Is it not then a dhivya-dhEsam -not just attributed but deemed dhivya-dhEsam-though not openly mentioned in the pAsuram. Some pAsuram-s have been dedicated on certain places like mannArgudi -thERpArai- oru-nAyakam. However, these are not a part of 108 (mannArgudi, thiru-nArAyaNapuram) . This dhivya-dhEsam is a deemed one and is a part of 108. vanamamalai padmanabhan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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