Background: Sri VenakatanAthan asked an interesting question in the MalOlan Net . This might be of interest to members of other groups as well : Question: Are the Dhivya Prabhandha Paasurams of 108 dhivysa desa EmperumAns on Uthsavars or Moolavars ? Here is an attempt to answer that question : Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Srimathe Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Nama: Dear Sri Venakatanathan: Among the Prabhandhams on the 108 dhivya Desams (DD), two ( Parama Padham and ThiruppArkkadal ) CAN have only Moolavar . It is also beyond the perception by our eyes . They are beyond prakruthi mandalam. Among the remaining 106 DD , AzhwArs have performed MangaLAsAsanam on Uthsavars AND Moolavars in number of dhivya Desams . For instance at Oppiliappan Koil , Ponnappan is the name for Uthsavar. ThiruviNNagarappan is the name for Moolavar. Swamy NammAzhwAr has performed MangalAsAsanam for both. There are in total 5 Murthys at ThiruviNNagar sung by Swamy NammAzhwAr . The other three are Mutthappan , MaNiyappan and Yennappan . Among the three, one is only in the form of Uthsavar , standing next to Uthsavar , Ponnappan. .The other two have both Moolavar and Uthsavar at separate sannidhis outside the main garbhagraham . Thus there is a mixed MangaLAsAsanam in the Famous Paasuram on ThiruviNNagar : "YennapanekkAyihuLaai" ThiruvAi Mozhi 6.3.9 Some time , the MangaLAsAsanam is for the KshEthram. In most of SiRiya Thirumadal and Periya Thirmadal , the MangaLAsAsanams are for KshEthrams: (Examples) : kArAr Kudanthai Kadihai Kadanmallai yErAr pozhil Soozh Idaventhai Neermalai seerArum MaalirumchOlai ThirumOhUr pArOr puhazhum vathari Vadamathurai --Kaliyan SiRiya Thirumadal : 2673( 72-74) Here MangaLAsAsanam is for 9 Dhivya Desams . Same situation is met with in PeRiya Thirumadal. Some times the uthsavar and Moolavar are saluted as DasAvathAra /Vibhava Moorthys like Raama and KrishNA. Some of the Paasurams are UpadEsams and wont have anything to do with the dhivya Desams at all. In Thirukkuruhoor , The Uhtsavar and Moolavar's naamams are AdhippirAn and Polinthu NinRa PirAn respectively. Swamy NammAzhwAr performs individaul MangaLAsAasanams to each of them . In Thirukkudanathai , Sawmy NammazhwAr will refer to AarAvamudhan as " Kudanthai kidanthAi" . He is therefore referring to Mooavar only , since the ArchA moorthy is in standing posture. In a similar vein, Swamy NammAzhwAr refers to the seated posture of Moorthy at SrIvaramangai ( SrIvaramangala nahar yERi VeeRRirunthAi Unnai--) . At KaazhicchIrAma ViNnagaram , the MangaLAsAsanam is for Moolavar since He gives sEvai as Thrivikraman (ThADALan). In general , one can relate the MangaLAsAasanam to Moolavar . At SrIrangam , according to IthIhyam , Mooavar is KrishNan and Uthsavar is Raaman . One can identify the Paasurams for KrishNan and Raaman in Sriranga paasurams as a plesant exercise. It will be a dhivya anubhavam . The safest bet for us would be to say that all the Paasurams of AzhwArs are For SRIMAN NAARAAYANAN . V.Sadagopan >Adiyaen have a doubt. Pls clarify me even if it is >very silly. > >The Divine "Nalayiru Divya Prabhandha" sung by >Azhwars is on Moolavar or Uthsavar of the 108 >DivyaDesams? > > >Adiyaen Ramanuja Dasan >Venkata Nathan >
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