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SrI:

Dear SrIvaishnavas,
this is the conlcuding post
http://www.pbase.com/svami/april-2006-visit

Thirukkurunkudi

On the last day of adiyens trip, me and Ramanujam
swami, started to thirukkurunkudi, luckly we got a
direct bus going to velliyur, passing through
vanamamalai and thirukkurunkudi, since we know we
could either make up only one of the both temples,
some how the choice went to thitukkurunkudi.
Thirukkurunkudi is a wonderful temple. Its
architecture is marvelous. perumAl is in 5 forms,
nintra nambi, iruntha nambi and kidantha nambi are
inside the temple itself, thiruparkadal nambi is bit
far away. And malai nambi needs another day to reach.
Only access is with a jeep. Thayar: kurunkudi valli
nacchiyar. Thirukkunkudi has close association with
emperumAnar. The Lord here is in three separate
shrines, standing in one, seated in another and
reclining on the third. The images are of stucco
beautifully painted. Bhoomi Devi was in a mellow
green, Sri Devi in a golden yellow. True to his name
of Sundaraparipoornan or Vadivazhagiyanambi (one of
matchless beauty) the Lord was of breathtaking beauty.
(no wonder nammAzwAr said ?nambiyai then kurunkudi
nintra a chembonEthikazhum thirumUrthiyai??encholli
marappanO??) Flanked by Brigu and Markandeya, the
archakar told how the Lord blessed Kari and
Udayanangai with their progeny Nammazhwar. Since
perumAl is in varnakalapam, thirumanjanam is not
performed to the moolavar. Nintra nambi is also known
as srI vaishnava nambi, as he is considerd as the
sishya of emperumanar. The place where perumAl
received thiruman from emperumanar, is known as
thiruparivatta parai is also preserved. Emerumanar
both moolavar and uthsavar has upadESa mudrai instead
of anjali hastham. Uthsavar is kept inside azhwar
shrine in the temple. The same shrine holds the
uthsavar of thirumangai azhwar as well. Thirumangai
azhwar spent his last days in a paddy field near to
the temple, that place is considered as his
thiruvarasu (place from which he peacefully ascended
to paramapadam). He speaks as Parakala Naayaki,
kurunkuTikkE ennai uytthidumin (9.5.1 perirya
thirumohi). There is a small shrine for thirumankai
azhwar. The whole area full of coconut tress, banana
plantations and paddy. We met thirukkurunkudi jIyar
and thirunAraNan swami (who is looking after the SrI
mutt). Who offered us with prasadam as a lunch.
thirunAraNan swami spoke to us for a while, which in
turn, became a short of upanyasam.  He wonderfully
explained the importance of thirunedunthANdakam,
SrIvachanabhUshanam and AchArya hridayam as SAsthrAs,
in the SrIvaishNava sampradAyam. During his talk he
quoted from kambarAmAyanam and SrIrAmAyaNam, several
times and in the end he told, ?look such a nice day it
is, only chakravarthi thirumagans words comes in my
mouth? and the day indeed was SrIrAmanavami.
Thirukkurunkudi hosts kaISika nATakam, on the kaiSika
EkadaSi day, as it narrates a wonderful story, in
varahapuranam, happened between nambAduvAn, the
brahmarAkshas, and nambi kizhavan (thirukkurunkudi
nambi). swAmi parASarabhattar has explained the
details of kaiSika mahAthmyam, in a wonderful
commentary in manipravaLa. 
Tips: vanamamalai and thirukkurunkudi closes at 12.
And it is impossible to make all 5 nambi shrines in
one day at thirukkurunkudi. If you go by car, one can
cover vanamamalai and thirukkurunkudi together, but we
took the local bus, and also we did not prefer a
running trip. Every place, we spent, at least 1-2
hours, meeting the people and talking to them. At
thirukkurunkudi, if you can catch an Autorikshaw,
(around 100 Rs) one can cover thiruparivatta parai,
thirumangai azhwar, and thiruparkadal nambi. Malai
nambi, needs a day of up and down in jeep. 


And now,aDiyEn is concluding this series...my heart is
still in navathirupathi. adiyen and SrI rAmAnujam
swami departed at the valliyur busstand, he went back
to azhwar thirunagari, and adiyen back home to
kottayam thru thirunelveli-trivandrum.
adieyn once again express heartfelt thanks to
ramanujam swami, for the wondeful hosting, and besides
is old age, he came with me to all places, explaining
manythings stringed with pillai lokachars and
thiruvaymozhi quottings. 
dAsan
Sreekanth

adiyEn once again requests the devotees to pay a visit
to the bhavishyad AchAryan sannidhi, which needs our
attention urgently. 

http://www.vedics.net/appeals/azhvartn/ 

http://www.vedics.net/appeals/azhvartn/expenses.html


Azhwar emperumAnAr jIyer thiruvaDikaLE SaraNam


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