Thiru maal irum sOlai - part 8 - Fulfillment of Sri ANDAL's desire

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Thiru maal irum sOlai - part 9 - Fulfillment of Sri

ANDAL's desire

 

As explained in part 1 (refer part 1 of these series)

for the vyaakyaaNam of "chinthura sempoo" pAsuram from

naachchiyAr thiru mozhi of ANDAL, she came here with a

garland in HER hands and wondered as to why those butter

flies are covering this azhagar malai like a red blanket

(hiding) as she was comparing this malai to the "thiN

thOL" (strong shoulder) of Lord sri koorma during koorma

avatharam when HE supported the mEru malai with this

shoulders and churned the ocean (vangak kadal kadaintha

mAdhavani, kEsavanai - thirup paavai). as SHE arrived

here, SHE was looking for that shoulder to garland ! SHE

saw this azhagar malai itself similar to such shoulders

and felt disappointed that the butterflies denied her a

darshan of such shoulders. When Lord azhagar rides in

HIS kudirai vaahanam ie horse carrier, (Lord azhagar is

popularly known as parimEl azhagar due to this festival,

ie pari -horse mEl azhagar ie azhagar who is siting on

the horse vahanam) HE accepts the garland or "maalai"

that comes from srivillippuththoor Sri ANDAL sannithi.

This is the best part of the whole festival that

everyone want to witness and have darshan of. Everyone

throngs onto one another and jumps up to take a look at

this most auspicious moment in history. Holy Union and

fulfillment of ANDAL's desire by Lord Azhagar takes

place during this holiest minute. Every year the "mAlai"

also comes in a procession from srivillippuththoor Sri

ANDAL sannithi with sahala mariyaadhai (protocol with

complete respects) for this Lord and the Lord with

overwhelming joy, gladly accepts Sri ANDAL's garland

and wears it in HIS shoulders just prior to stepping

down to the river vaigai and wears it on HIS shoulders

as HE steps down into the river vaigai. For many

locallers the moment that Lord ahazgar steps into the

river vaigai with ANDAL's "maalai" mark the holiest moment.

 

 

 

Sri ANDAL samEtha Sri KaLLazhagar thiruvadikaLE charaNam

Sampath Rengarajan