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Dear Sri Sandeep IyengAr :

Sri GuruvAyUrappan is a Vara PrasAdhi
( KaNN KaNDa dhaivam ) . It is striking that
AzhwArs have not performed MangaLAsAsanam
to this and many other temples , which are well known .

There have been all kinds of explanations given:
.
(1) This is a Temple for the Bachelor KrishNa and
Sri Devi is missing . AzhwArs wont visit a temple
without Sri Devi etc . The answer to that question is :
Sri Devi never leaves the Lord's body .

(2) There is a big sannidhi for Bhagavathi . AzhwArs wont go
to a temple , where there is  anya dhaivams other than the Lord .
The answer ot that question is : There are  specific temples , where
VishNu Dhurgai is present , which have been acknowledged by
the AzhwArs during MangaLAsAsanam to make it a Dhivya DEsam .
This example is provided by ThirukkovalUr . Modern day AchAryAs
have visited however GuruvAyUr Temple . We do not when specific
sannidhi for MalayALa Bhagavathi was established there .

(3) Tantric worship is performed there . VaishNavite Aagama
worship is not performed there and other Dhivya dEsams
with AzhwAr MangaLAsAsanams  . These temples might have had
PaancharAthra or VaikAnasa worship in AzhwAr's times .

(4) Only two of the 12 AzhwArs have performed MangaLAsAsanam
of the 13 MalainAttu ( Keralaa /ParasurAma KshEthra) dhivya dEsams .
One is Swamy NammAzhwAr , whose mother came from one of
the Kerala Dhivya dEsams . The other is the peripatetic Thiruumangai
AzhwAr , who performed MangaLAsAsanam on 80 plus dhivya dEsams  .
One  AzhwAr performed MangalAsAsanam for Lord RanganathA alone .

(5) The fact that the AzhwArs performed MangaLAsAsanam or not
does not connect with the history of the temples being today's major 
center's of worship or not .  Cases in point : Nilaa ThingaL ThuNDatthu 
EmperumAn inside EkAmrEswarar Temple (?) in Kaanchi ; Talaicchanga
NaaNmathiyam in the middle of rice fields of ChOLa Naadu etc .

One can cite many dhivya dEsams , where geo proximity , accidents of
time and place ( IndhaLUr)  led to the building up of the list of 108
dhivya dEsams .Some dhivyadEsams recieved more than 100 Paasurams
from one AzhwAr . Others recieved one Paasuram or are mentioned in
Passing . Ancient temples like Srirangam and ThiruvEngaDam recieved
a lot of attention form AzhwArs . The purpose of AzhwArs' avathArams
are to be seen in the context of protecting VisishtAdhvaitham from
the onslaughts of avaidhika Mathams and their Bhagavath anubhavam
during that process took the form of the immortal Paasurams on
specific temples that they visited physically or otherwise .

The summary is that the list of 106 dhivya dEsams that we
can visit today  as  a result of AzhwAr MangalAsAsanams is
a subset of many  temples about which the AzhwArs  knew about
but did not compose paasurams to qualify them to join the list of
Dhivya Desam .

Finally and on a personal note , I have had a divine encounter at
GuruvAyUr that established in my mind about the power of
GuruvAyUrappan as a Vara PrasAdhi .

The note got long but there is a lot to  reflect on dhivya dEsams
and pertinent AzhwAr MangaLAsAsanams .

V.Sadagopan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rsandeep82" <rsandeep82@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] kerala divya desams


> Dear members,
> id like to know why guruvayoor is not part of the kerala divya
> desams,considering the fact that it is the most famous vishnu temple
> there?
>                      Thanks
>                  Sandeep.S.Iyengar



 
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