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SrI:
 
Dear BhakthAs :

After the most memorable Visva Roopa Sevai of 
SrI RanganAthan , there was the whole day left still
to plan an additional trip to a dhivya dEsam not too
far from Trichy . adiyEn was thinking about a visit to
Anbil and AppakudatthAn( ThiruppEr Nagar near 
Koiladi) . My nephew , Sri V.Srikanth , the Regional
General Manager for "The Hindu " tilted the decison
scale in favor of Thiru Naagai . His observation was 
that the Soundharyam of the EmperumAn of Thiru Naagai
was matchless and that I should not miss the opportunity .
As a bonus ,  I had the opportunity to add one more dhivya
dEsam ( ThirukkaNNangudi ) during this day long trip .

Visit to Thiru Naagai celebrated by Thirumangai
***************************************************
Here came Thirumangai Mannan in search of funds 
to complete the Mathil Kaimkaryam for Lord RanganAthan .
Buddhism was strong in Naaga PattiNam in those days 
and they were rich and led a comfortable , nonascetic life  .
There was a big golden statue of Buddha at the Buddha VihAram 
at Naagai (SoodAMaNi VihAram going back to 3rd Century 
B.C/KIng AshOkA's time ) and it was well protected as well . 
Kaliyan , who raided SrIman NaarAyaNan Himself in His 
PoorvAsramam to perform TadhiyAraadhanam for  
Sri VaishNavAs did not hesitate to enter the Buddha VihAram 
at night , silence the alarms and walked away with 
the treasure . Thirumangai rushed off to Srirangam ,
melted the huge gold statue , cashed the proceeds and 
used the monies to build the PrAkArams ( MathiLkaL)
or Flag mast at  Srirangam , which we see even today .

Back at Thiru Naagai , Thirumangai was overtaken by
the extraordinary beauty of Soundarya Raajan and 
gasped for words to describe that exquisite beauty 
and ended his ten paasurams with the two words :
" acchO azhagiyavaa ". We will study the pasurams of
Thirumangai next .

Thriu Naagai Paasurams 
**************************
Thiru Naagai Paasurams follow that of
the ThirukkaNangudi Paasurams . The night
before arriving at Thiru Naagai Kaliyan had rested
under a Mahizham tree in the prAkAram of the Lord 
at ThirukkaNNangudi after his mangaLAsAsanam
of that Divya dEsa EmperumAn all day. As he rested
under the shade of PerumAL's vimAnam at
ThirukkaNNangudi , Kaliyan worked out the scheme 
to enter the Buddha VihAram at Naagai to remove 
the golden statue of BuddhA , which was well protected . 
  
Thirumangai travelled next day  from ThirukkaNNangudi to 
Thiru Naagai to accomplish His mission of removing
the golden BuddhA statue . At Naagai , He performed 
MangaLAsAsanam first  for SoundararAjan . The matchless
beauty of SoundararAjan transformed him into the mind set
of a woman( ParakAla Naayaki) to have samslEsham (union) 
with the Lord as " her " Naayakan . At the beginning , Kaliyan
in a state of being blinded by the beauty of Soundara Raajan 
is unable to identify the captivating Lord in front of him .
He wonders whether it is Thirukkudanthai AarAvamudhan 
in whose beauty he (Kaliyan ) lost his mind earlier ( punal soozh
Kudanthaik- kidantha sEdarkol yenRu terikka maattEn) .
AzhwAr as ParakAla Naayaki is unable to determine 
whether it was AarAvamudhan , who was in front of him .

In the subsequent paasurams , ParakAla Naayaki
soaks deeper into the aanandhAnubhavam of 
the unparalleled beauty of Thiru Naagai EmperumAn and 
wonders whether He is the beautiful EmperumAns , 
who have captivated him  earlier at Thirumeyyam  ,
Kaanchi (VaradarAjan) , Srirangam (RanganAthan ) ,
Neer VaNNan of Thiruneer Malai , UrayUr PerumAl , 
Tenn Madhurai EmperumAn and ThirumAlirumchOlai 
Sundara Raajan ( Aazhagar) .Lord's maayam holds sway .
Unable to identify the Lord appropriately , Kaliyan
goes onto think that the most beautiful Lord in
front of him could be either the golden Moorthy inside 
the Aaadhithya MaNDalam or VibhavAthara KaNNan
or the Kutti KaNNan in His Baala GopAla roopam as He 
floated on the banyan leaf during the time of deluge .
Finally , his confusions are gone and Kaliyan  correctly 
recognizes the Lord appearing before him as " azhahiyavan "
or Soundara Raajan of Naagai dhivya dEsam .  

Excerpts from the Paasurams attest to the exalted
enjoyment of the soundharyam of the Lord of Thiru Naagai
by Kaliyan :

" pal maNi mutthodu ilangu sOthi, aadaham pooNDa 
  oru naanku thOLum acchovoru azhahiyavaa " ---  --- Paasuram 2 .

(Meaning): He shines with many kinds of gems and pearls
as a Param jyOthi with four beautiful shoulders 
as Soundarya Raajan .

"-- -- perithum iLayar , sempavaLam ivar vaayin vaNNam 
 dEvar ivarathu uruvam sollil , ampavaLat-tiraLEyum oppar
acchovoru azhahiyavaa " -- -- Paasuram 4 

(Meaning ): He is very young , nithya yuvA . His lips are
most  beautiful and resemble a ripe , red coral . If one 
wishes to describe the beautiful form of this divine person , 
it is like that of the soundaryam of a red coral bunch .

Kaliyan repeatedly states that he does not recall seeing
this beautiful Lord anywhere before ( " ivar tammai paNDu
kaNDaRiyOm ) . Kaliyan describes the ThirunAgai PerumAL as 
" kaNDAr vaNangum anjana maamalai" ( the great mountain
of coleryum before whom every one prostrates in wonderment).
He describes the Lord's lotus-soft ThirumEni as being equal to 
the dark rainy clouds (  pankayam anna mEniyum vaanatthu
aNikezhu maamuhilEyum oppar acchovoru azhahiyavaa).

In the final phala sruthi paasuram , BhagavAn of ThirunAgai
removes all identity confusions and Kaliyan recognizes and 
salutes Him as NaagapattiNatthu SoundararAjan :

annamum kEzhalum meenumAya aadhiyai NAHAI AZHAHIYAARAI
kanni nann maamathiL Mangai vEndhan kaamaruseer KalikanRi
kunrA innisaaRc-chonna senchsonnmAlai yEzhumiraNdum onrum vallaar
mannavarAi ulahu aNDu meenDum vAnavarAimahizhvu yeythuvarE 

(Meaning ): Those who master the ten paasurams of Thirumangai 
Mannan's on the Lord of ThirunAgai , who incarnated as Hamsam ,
VarAham and Mathsyam will unfailingly rule this world and thereafter
reach Parama Padham and enjoy the BrahmAnandham there .

SthaLa VisEsham 
******************
This dhivya dEsam is known as Naagai because the Lord of
this dhivya dEsam is prathyaksham to Naaga Raajan .It is a port city 
and hence it is called PattiNam . Through the reference to " Naahai
AzhahiyAr " in the 10th Paasuram , it becomes clear that all the ten 
Paasurams are about Naagai's most beautiful SoundararAjan .

The beauty of the Lord of Naagai is seen to be believed .
His beauty is indeed captivating . A family was performing
ThirukkalyANa Uthsavam for Him on the day of adiyEn's visit .
He was even more radiant during this occasion . The Bhattars are
old fashioned and their upachArams to their Lord are full of
Bhakthi bhAvam . They do not rush anything . The bhattars invited 
me to stay after the Lord's ThirukkalyANam and enjoy the KalyANa 
SaappAdu. adiyEn gladly accepted and the items were like nectar.
PerumAL's name is Soundarya Raajan . ThAyAr's name is Soundharya
Valli . The vimAnam is Soundarya VimAnam .PushkaraNee is 
Saara PushkarNee . The Lord is Prathyaksham to Thirumangai
AzhwAr and Naaga Raajan .

In the next posting , adiyEn will describe my visit 
to the dhivya dEsam of ThirukkaNNangudi, one of
the Pancha KrishNa kshEthrams of ChOLa dEsam . 
        
NamO Sri RanganAthAya ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
 
Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: 






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