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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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