Thiru mAl irum chOlai - Part 1 - AdisEshan's abode

[Guest guest]

This temple thalapurAnAm and the 121 pAsurams (4 th largest

no. of pAsurams on any single temple) is being narrated and compiled by

me from variuos sources and personal experiences, with my limited knowledge in

many (approx 24) parts and I felt I can share the same to many bAgawathALs in

this forum. As I write this I seek aNdAL's blessings and kaLLazhagar's aruL. I

also seek forgiveness from the Lord and fellow bAgawathALs for omission (of any

major aspect of this kshethram) from my part on this wonderful kshEthram.

 

AdisEshan has "1000" heads and it is believed that

adisEshan literally "lives" here. Aazhwar pAsuram

confirms this belief. In an unique fashion this

hill also houses "1000" other things along with

"1000" headed adisEshan. These other contents of the

hill is also covered by aazhwar in his pAsuram.

Azhagar malai or Azhagar hills is 10 miles wide

in east west direction and is about "1000" feet

high. This hill is also having numerous sunai's

or mini water fillets and hosts countless varieties

of botanical specimens and flowers. Besides the hills

has rare herbal plants (In South India few of the

hills have rare herbal plants that "chiththars" use for

their miracle cures. I would request you all to

recall the recent demo of Ramar pillai during 2 nd week

of sept 1996, in IIT Madras in presence of several

scientists and Indian Govt Rep for transportaion and

alternate fuel. He burnt certian herbs collected from some

of these undientified hills in south TN, and made some type of

(similar to gasoline) fuel from it using some additives.

The fuel was tested to be more economical and rich in contents

when tested in several labs.). This hill is also considered

to be cool as similar to kodaikaNal and other popular

hill stations in Tamil Nadu. Since "1000" headed adisEshan

is considered to live here, it seems this hill also hosts

"1000" varieties of such botanical specimen and 1000

varieties of flowers and 1000 such water fillets or sunais.

periAzhwar describes in his pasuram as

 

aayiram thOL parapppi mudiyaayiram minnil

aga aayiram painthalaiya anatha sayanan aaLum malai

aayiram yaarugaLun chunaikaL palavaairamum

aayiram poompozhilumudai maalirunchOlaiyatheE

 

"aayiram thOL parapppi mudiyaayiram minnil"

- with "1000" shoulders spread out and thousand crowns glittering

(ie. a crown on each head of adiseshan glitters)

 

aga aayiram painthalaiya anatha sayanan aaLum malai

- this malai or hills is ruled by "1000" head anathasayanan

 

aayiram yaarugaLun chunaikaL palavaairamum

- with "1000" rivers and several "1000" sunai's or water fillets

 

aayiram poompozhilumudai maalirunchOlaiyatheE

- with 1000 variety of flowers this thirumAlirunchOlai is filled with.

 

*Incidentally* this is also the same kshEthram Sri RamAnujar (the avathAram of

Sri AdisEshan) visited and fulfilled Sri AndAL's prayers on "akkAra vadisal".

 

ayiramthalai anathasayanan samEthara Sri Sundaravallli Sriparama swami

thiruvadikaLE saranam

 

Sampath Rengarajan