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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
Srimad Vara Vara Munaye nama:

Only Madhurakavi AzhvAr has not sung mangaLAshAsanams for the Lord. 
Instead he had sung a decad on NammAzhvAr considering NammAzhvAr as 
his "everything(vERonRum nAn aRiyEn vEdham thamizh seidha mARan)". 
The count of number of dhivya dhEshas on which AzhvArs have sung 
mangaLAshAsanams is given below.

1. poikaiAzhvAr - 6
2. pEyAzhvAr - 13
3. bhUthathAzhvAr - 15
4. thirumazhisaiAzhvAr - 17
5. nammAzhvAr - 37
6. kulashEkharAzhvAr - 9
7. periyAzhvAr - 18
8. ANdAL - 11
9. thoNdaradippodiAzhvAr - 1
10. thiruppANAzhvAr - 3
11. thirumangaiAzhvAr - 86

And following is the count of number of AzhvArs who have sung
(mangaLAshAsanams) on "this many" dhivya dhEshas.

1. Srirangam - 11 AzhvArs
2. Tirumalai & TiruppARkadal - 10 ,,
3. Paramapadham - 8 ,,
4. Tirukkudandhai(kumbakONam) - 7 ,,
5. TirumAlirumsOlai(kallazhagar) - 6 ,,
6. six dhivya dhEshas - 5 ,,
7. three ,, - 4 ,,
8. five ,, - 3 ,,
9. twenty-one ,, - 2 ,,
10. sixty-seven ,, - 1 AzhvAr

The Lord,residing in these dhivya sthalas, gives sevai/ 
dharshan in three different postures namely standing(ninRa),
sitting(irundha) and reclining(kidandha). There is one more posture 
called "udhDhAna shAyana" which is very rare and it is a state of 
getting up from sleep/lying posture. The five different prathiShTas/
consecrations of the God as explained in pAncarAthra pAdhma is given 
below:

1. sThApana - God is consecrated in standing posture
2. asThApana - ,, sitting posture 
3. samasThApana - ,, lying posture
4. parasThApana - ,, on vAhanAs in different forms(rUpa)
5. prathiShTAna - ,, with sanmArcai 

God, in one of these postures in the temple,assumes the form of
yOga,bhOga,vIra or AbhicArika. The yOgis worship yOga mUrThis, 
grhasthas worship bhOga mUrThis,kshathriyAs(warrior class)worship 
vIra mUrThis and those who wan to avenge their enemies worship 
AbhicArika mUrThis. Only the yOga and bhOga mUrThis are still in 
existence,vIra mUrThis are rare and the AbhicArika mUrThis are 
extinct. In majority of the dhivya dhEshas,God is in standing posture 
only and this count is 67. In this,

east-faced standing posture - 39
west-faced ,, - 12
south-faced ,, - 14
north-faced ,, - 2

In 17 dhivya dhEshas,the God is in sitting posture. In this,

east-faced sitting posture - 13
west-faced ,, - 3
south-faced ,, - none
north-faced ,, - 1

In 24 dhivya dhEshas,Gos is in lying posture. In this,

east-faced lying posure - 18
west-faced ,, - 3
souith-faced ,, - 3
north-faced ,, - none 

There are ten types of lying(shayana) postures.

1. jala 2. sThala 3. bhujanga 4. udhyOga 5. vIra
6. bhOga 7. dharppa 8. pathra 9. mANikya 10. udhDhAna

In some dhivya dhEshas,all the three postures(standing,sitting and 
lying)of the God can be seen. Examples are ThirunIrmalai,Madhurai,
ThirukkoShtiyUr,kUdalazhagar,and ThiruvallikkENi. If the Lord's hand
posture is upwards(like a stop sign for vehicles),it is called 
abhayahastham. The beautiful "nAlAyirap poruLAm" NamperumAL is 
protecting us in that posture only. With this the introduction is 
over and we go straight to the individual dhivya dhEshas in the order 
Tiruvaranagam,Tirumalai,TirumAlirumsOlai and so on and so forth.

Let the Divine Couple bless everybody with RAmAnujAcArya sambandham.
samastha lOkA DhAraka rAm
sakala jIva samrakshaka rAm

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam
NC Nappinnai 





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