thirumaisai alwar

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sampath rengarajan writes:

 

In another sthalam he was not allowed inside the temple as he was late {Nadai

saathaap pattathu} I will get the name of the sthalam soon from India. Allwaar

went aroud the temple and it seems the moolavar perumaal also made"about turn"

as the alwaar

 

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I think the name of that place is : Perumpuliyoor

 

The story goes that thirumaizai alwar was walking near that place and

there were a set of veda reciters reciting vedas : it seems that they

forgot the hymn they were reciting as they stared at the face of this

old man "thirumaisai alwar" who was assumed to be of the lower caste.

then ignoring him they asked their guru where to continue the veda hymn.

even he did not know the verse. so thirumaisai alwar took a wild black rice

seed from the ground and broke it with his nails -

 

then they got the hint and continued with the verse _ "

krishna vreehi naksha nirbinnam - which means " wild seed cut by nails"

 

then all the people there were awestruck at this old man - thirumaisai alwar.

 

but some said only that it was just a coincidence that old man does not know

any hymns he must have just broken the black rice just with no purpose.

 

then ignoring these events thirumaisai went to near the murthi of perumbuliyoor

there the face of that idol of narayana started tracking this thirumaisai

alwar turning around wherever thirumaisai alwar went. then the archaka or

priest - bhattar was astonished and fell at the feet of this yogi - thirumaisai

alwar to bless him and asked him to partake the main offerings -

agra pooja for the big yajna which was being conducted that very day with

100s of bramhins in that temple. those bramhmins objected and said when

great vedic pundits are here assembled that out caste thirumaisai should not

be honored. When the priest begged thirumaisai alwar to help - he revealed

in his own frail old bodya the existence of the divine effulgent diety

Sriman Narayana and blessed everyone assembled there to witness that

divine sight. THen everyone was astounded and meekly apologized to that

great yogi thirumaisai alwar.

 

This is a small excerpt from (my recollection) of the book the story of

alwars - by Alkondavilli acharya - Ananthacharya indological book house,

bombay.

 

I think this book is excellent and it contains the story of all alwars.

giving excellent citations from vedas and naalayiram.

 

If anyone has the book - Divya Soori Charitham - a text apparently a

sanskrit book on the life of alwars, please let me know where I can get

a copy of it. I have started teaching couple of kids the story of our

alwars and stories from srimad bhagawatham. this is one way I am trying to

inculcate some hinduism to my kids and other friends in the block.

 

Krishna