Dear All,
aDiyEn apologises for wrongly spelling the word of Poigai. It is called as
'karandam Adu Poigai' by Azhwars. This also has got great vaibhavam, which we
will discuss in one of the next few postings.
aDiyEn,
ramanan
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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 ?Karandam 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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