Thiru maal irum sOlai - Part 18 - Pandiyan's paRRu or devotion for Lord Azhagar

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Part 18 - Pandiyan's paRRu or devotion for Lord Azhagar

 

Many Pandya Kings have rendered sincere service to

this Lord Azhagar. It is believed that during

rAmAyanA period, pandyAs had "kabAdapuram" as their

capital and during mahabharatha period "maNaloor" as

their capital. Since sanga kAlam and until lately

Madurai was their capital. PAndyas are generally

vishnu bhakthaaLs unlike some chOla kings. It is

believed that pAndyAs adorned their country flag in

respect of lord Vishnu's very first avathAram that

is "matsauya" (in tamil meen kodi) avatharam. Recall

that it was pAndya king "vallabha dEvan"'s rule when

our own periyazhwaar delivered "pallaandu pallaandu"

that we all sing today. I would like to recall this

from periazhwaar's periya thorumozhi verses

"pAndiyan kondAda pattar " in

 

paaNdiyan_koNdaadap pattar_piraanvandhaanenRu

eeNdiyasangametuththoodha - vENdiya

vEdhangaLOdhi viraindhukizhiyaRuththaan

paathangaLyaamudaiyapaRRu.

 

ie pandyas were not only loyal but were celebrating the

Lord and azwaar.

 

Pandyan clan of kings with the family name vAnar or

vAnAthi rAyar (similar to Raja raja cholan, Raja

Rajendra cholan) ruled this kingdom for

approximately 500 years. Most important of them were

"thiru maal irum sOlai ninrAn, mahaabali, vaanaathi

raayan, uRangaa villi thaasan. Their names itself is

enough a proof to validate the claim that these

were very pious srivaishnava kings. They also acted

very seriously to suit the titles and names awarded

to them those days. Some of them were ruling thiru

maal irum sOlai as their capital. Periyazhawar in

his pasuram " koorvEl kon nedumaaran"

 

confirms that pAndiya kings were rendering a great

service to Lord Azhagar.

 

mannarmaRuka maiththunanmaarkku_oruthErinmEl

munnangun^inRu mOzhaiyezhuviththavanmalai

konnavil"koorvERkOn nedumaaRan"_then_koodaRkOn

thennan_koNdaadum then_thirumaalirunchOlaiyE. 7.

 

Our salute to the pAndya kings those who served the Lord

of thiru maal irum sOlai !

 

 

Sri SridEvith thaayaar Sri ANDAL samEtha Sri

kaLLazhagar paramswami sudara raaja perumaal

thriuvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan