Dear Esteemed Members, I do not want to get too much into matters of history, but I certainly do find it conceivable that the following took place. After the ransacking of Periya Perumal's tirukkOyil Malik Kafur and his hordes, the great temple was without worship for a period of thirty to forty years. During this time many acharyas and other bhagavatas attained parama-padam, and we know anecdotally that many of the traditional practices of the great temple were forgotten and had to be remembered with great difficulty. It is also well established that Swami Desika was one of the few people alive during the reestablishment of the great temple who was also old and scholarly enough to remember the practices from before the invasion. There are two slokas by Swami Desika inscribed on the temple prAkAra which document his presence at the resuming of worship there. At this time, there may have been a few people who, unaware of the ancient practices of Divya Prabandha pArAyaNa and adhyayanotsava objected to the reestablishment of these things because of the use of loka-bhAshA and because the authors were not brahmins. The story of Swami Desika's defense of Alvar paasuram recital may find its origin here. Swami Desika, no doubt a paramount authority on both Vedantas and a remarkable debater, would have had the skill to convince these objectors that this practice was indeed in consonance with the shastras. Just my opinion, With regards, aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan, Mani
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