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Re: Vadagalai vs Tengalai

 

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> early 1900's and went to the Privy Council It was reagrding the

> morning service- Sree Saila Dayapatram, an invocation to Desikha.

> Alos U and Y Namas were questioned. The ruling was in favor

 

While reciting the dhaniyan, the thenkalai tradition is to start it as

'Sree sailesa dayapatram' and the vadagalai tradition is to start it as

'Ramanuja dayapatram'. Most of the temples use the thenkalai tradition

while quite a few including the thiruvaLLoor temple use the latter.

 

I think, the main difference is the importance given

to manavaala maamuni

and desikar among the two schools. The thenkalais, in my opinion, give a

higher importance to manavaala maamuni and the vadagalai school gives a

higher importance to desikar.

 

I think the philosophical difference has something to do with the role

of Lakshmi as perceived by the two traditions. I do not know anything

about the exact differences though. Also, another difference that I heard

from others has to do with the interpretation of 'prapatti' by the

two schools. Maybe someone with a better knowledge can explain this.

 

Of course, there are lots of other differences in daily life which

are not important. A couple of such differences (just as an aside) :

1. While 'sEvichifying' (prostrating??- any better english word??), the

thenkalais do just once, while the vadagalis do it more than once (3 or is

it 4??).

2. while serving meals, the thenkalais serve the vegetables first and then

rice, while it is vice-versa among the vadagalais. Of course, this is not

universally true, but can be seen in orthodox families.

 

 

Varadhan

 

 

Varadhan