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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

?Sriranga mangala nidhim karunAnivAsam
Sri VenkadAdhri shikarAlaya kAlamEgam
Sri hasti saila sikarOjvala pArijAtham
Srisam namAmi sirasA yethu saila deepam?

Pranams,

  

Among the 108-divya desams, chOzha nAdu is the richest, both in greenery and 
also in the count of having the maximum number of divya desams (40) to its 
credit. The construction style in almost all these 40 dd?s is similar.Chozha 
nAdu dd?s have their sannadhis only one level unlike the pandiyanAdu dds, which 
are constructed with sannadhi?s in various levels (perumal is seen in different 
forms in the sannadhis in various levels like in thirukkOshtiyur, thirukoodal 
etc).

In other regions the dd?s may be present in the banks of various rivers, sea 
etc but in chOzha nAdu almost all dd?s are in the banks of the river kAveri 
only. ChOzha nAdu not only hosts the supreme divya desam of we Srivaishnavas, 
the head quarters, Srirangam. It also houses the birthplaces ofthree alwars 
namely thondaradipodi alwar-mandangudi, ThiruppAnAzhvAr-uraiyoor and 
Thirumangai alwar ? kuraiyaloor. 

Each one of the 40 dds included in chOzha nAdu has its own speciality. To 
identify the boundary of chOzha nAdu, an age-old song of our ancestors comes to 
rescue. The song goes as follows:
?kadal kizakku therkku karai poru vellAru
kudadhisai kOttaikaraiyAm- vadadhisai
vAnnAttu pannai erupadhu nArkadhu ach
chOnattukku ellai endru seppu?

So which are the dd?s included into this boundary?
They are:
1. Srirangam or Thiruvarangam
2. Uraiyoor or ThirukkOzhi
3. Thirukkarambanoor or Uttamar kOil
4. Thiruvellarai
5. Thiruanbil
6. Koviladi or ThiruppEr nagar
7. Thirukkandiyur
8. Thirukkoodaloor ?Aduthurai perumAl kOil
9. Thirukaviththalam
10. Thiruppullam bhoothangudi
11. ThiruAdhanoor
12. Thirukkudandhai
13. Thiruvinnagar-oppiliappan sannadhi
14. Thirunaraiyur ? NachiyAr kOil
15. ThiruchchErai
16. Thirukkannamangai
17. Thirukkannapuram
18. Thirukkannangkudi
19. ThirunAgai ?nAgapattinam
20. Thiru thanjai mAmani kOil
21. Thirunandhi pura vinnagaram ? Nadhan kOil
22. Thiruvelliyangudi
23. Thiruvazhundoor or thErazhundoor
24. Thirusirupuliyoor
25. Thiruthalaichanga nAnmadhiyam (thalichangAdu)
26. Thiruindhaloor ? Mayavaram

ThirunAngoor 11 dd?s

27. ThirukkAvalampAdi
28. kAzhiseerAma vinnagaram ? seerghAzhi
29. ThiruarimEya vinnagaram
30. ThiruvanpurudhOthamam
31. ThirusemponseikOil
32. ThirumanimAda kOil
33. Thiruvaikundha vinnagaram
34. ThiruvAli-Thirunagari
35. ThirudEvanAr thogai
36. Thiruterriyambhalam
37. Thirumanikkoodam
38. Thiruvellakkulam (annan kOil)
39. ThirupArthanpalli
40. Thiruchittrakoodam ? Chidambaram

>From the next posting we will see each one of these dd?s in detail (Perumal, 
>thAyAr, stala puranam, alwar mangalasasanam, history of the dd and its 
>importance, the kings who have done kainkaryams and the stone inscriptions and 
>finally also the present state of affairs of the dd?s) starting with the 
>bhooloka vaikundan ? Srirangam.

(To be continued)

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan
Varadarajan

P.S.: Though each one of the dds has its own speciality still due to our lack 
of knowledge and lack of regard many dds are in a very bad state today.It is 
our prime duty to take care of them and keep them in a good state so that all 
our divya desa perumals will be pleased. If you can, help us out in physical 
kainkaryam if not if you are away from the holy land then atleast contribute 
for the welfare of these divya desams. To get more detailshow to contribute 
please send a mail showing your willingness to ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 
visit http://radioramanuja.com/dhivya.htm

 



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