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SrI: 
Dear Srivaishnavas,   

This is part-5 of this picture series. 

http://www.pbase.com/svami/navatirupati

(Pictures from all these divyadesams are put together
for ease of
viewing... Later these will be organised in proper
galleries)

AdiyEn and srI M. R. rAmAnujam swAmi together started
around 8.30 AM in the morning, in an Auto rikshaw to
all other 8 temples of the nava thiruppathi. Not all
the temples permitted photography. 
Adiyen found this slokam saluting all the
navathiruppathi temples, in the internet, but do not
know the source, the page says it is by manavala
mamunikal.
?vaikuNThanaathha vijayaasana bhoomipaala
dEvESa pankajavilOchana chOranATyaan
nikshEpavittha makarayakarNapASou
nAthham namaami vakuLAbharaNEna saarthham?

The first destination was thirukkOLur, vAitha mAnidhi.
perumaL is reclining on adiSEshan, with his left hand
he is looking for treasures (in mashi nOTTam) for the
sake of giving to kuberan (adiyen was told by the
sannidhi archakar swamin). nammAzhwAr gives the name
?vaithamAnidhi? or in sanskrit ?NikshEpa vitthan?.
Thayars: kumudvavalli and kOLUr valli nAchiyar. Azhwar
explains 6.7.1. TVM unnum chORu parukunIr thinnum
vettilayum EllAm kaNNAn??.thiNNam en ILamAn pukumUr
thirukkOLUrE. Only paramAthma is poshakam, dhArakam
and bhOgyam. The place is the birth place of
madhurakavi AzhwAr.  The  place is also associated
with thirukOLUr ammAL rahasyam during the emperumAnArs
time. 

Then from thirukkolur we went to thenthirupperai.
perumAl in vIttriuntha thirukkolam known as makara
nedum kuzhai kAthar (vellai churiSankhodu azhiyEnthi
7.3.1 TVM). The garudAzhwan and dwaja sthambam, is
shifted away from perumals front as he wanted to see
the children playing in the street (vEda oliyum,
piLLai kuzhA viLayATToliyum). Thayar: Kuzhalkadhuvalli
Natchiyar, Thirupperai Natchiyar. 

>From there we crossed thramraparni river, and went to
perunkuLAm. The divyadESam is called ThirukkuLandhai.
The perumAl uthsavar called mAyakUththan. The temple
was closed, and we were surprised why? Then a local
passed by and told don?t look for perumAl here, go to
the thamraparni river. He is there for
thIrthavAri.(there are two pictures of perumal on
pallakku) We rushed to the thramraparni, there he
comes back from thirthavari on a palanquin. We just
missed the thirthavari by an hour or so, the Archakars
were kind enough to stop the palanquin and gave us a
wonderful sevai, with SrIsadagopam and prasadam.
thAyar: Alamelumangai Tayar, Kulandaivalli Nachiyaar

>From there we went to Irattai thiruppathi. It is
counted as two divya desam, in nava thirupathi,
aravinda lOcanar and dEvapirAn. First temple hosts
dEvapirAn, and the second temple, right on the banks
of the river hosts aravinda lOcanar and
karunthaDakaNNI thAyAr. In the 108 divyadEsams, they
are counted as one. thirutholai villimangalam is the
mukkOTTai which nammAzhwAr pour out the thamizh marai.
nammAzhwar still comes to this temple during the end
of margazhi uthsavam for one week even though the
practice to go to SrIrangam was stopped almost 1000
years ago. Such is the relation with
thulaivillimangalam and AzhwAr (thuvalil mAmani
mAdamongu thulaivilli mangalam thozhum ivALAi)
Azhwar says ?sinthayinAlum chollalum seykayinAlum
thEvapiranayE thanthai thAy entradaintha
vankurukUravar SadagOpan.
 
>From there we went to thirupulinkudi. Such a beautiful
Sayana thirukkOlam, perumAl is called kAychinavEndan.
perumAL thiruvadi (vadivaNaiyillA malarmakaL mattu
nilamakaL pidikkum melladi) is not visible directly
one has to go around the temple and should have the
sevai from a small window, since the thAyars hide the
thiruvadi in the front of the temple. There is a
sannidhi for emperumAnar and kUratthAzhwAn. Thayar is
puUmagal nAchiyAr. Azhwar here ask the perumAL un
thAmarai kaNkaLAl nOkkAy?. (panda nALALE 9.2.1 TVM).
While emperumanar on the way to thiruppulinkudi asked
a lady how far is thirpulinkudi, she replied, don?t
you know azhwar pasuram, pulinkudi is in ?kooppidu
dUram? (?koovuthal varuthal seyyay?)
>From thiruppulinkudi we went to varagunamankai known
as natham. peurmAl is called vijayasanar. Referring to
Azhwar, ?puLinkudi kiDanthu varaguNamangai nintru
SrIvakunthathuL nintru?. kaaychinavEnthan is the
thirunamam for perumal. varaguNavalli thAyar is the
thayars name. 
Sri vaikuntham was the last place to visit, where
perumAL gives darsan in the ninthra thirukkOlam.
Archakar swami told, every day navakalasa
thirumanjanam is performed to the moolavar. Thayar is
vaikuNdavalli and bhu devi. Uthsavar is called kaLLAr
pirAn. Our trip ended by 12.00 noon. For the entire
navathiruppathi there is only one AzhwAr. nammAzhwAr
at AzhwArthirunagari. 
nammAzhwAr thiruvaDikaLE SaraNam
rishim jushAmahE krshNa thrshNA thathwamivOthitham
sahasra SAkhAm yOdrAkshIth drAvidIm brahma samhithAm

Tips: For the people who visit nava thiruppathi.
Azhwar thirunagari is the excellent base camp, and
Auto rikshaw is very convenient for small groups of
1-3 people, only costs Rs.275 for the entire trip.
Please keep this order and timing. Since adiyen stayed
in Azhwar thirunagari for 3 days adiyen was not in a
rush to go to AdipirAn-Azhwar temples, since the rest
of the evening adiyen spent with Azhwar and AdipirAn
sevai. For the visitors in a hurry, please start
around 7 AM from Adipiran and then follow this order.
And please keep the time before 12 noon. All temples
closes at 12.00. Srivaikuntham is so perfect in timing
12 o clock closed is closed. 


adieyn ramanuja dasan
Sreekanth

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