Thiru maal irum sOlai - part 20 - Srivaishnava Mutts & Prominance of Azhagar as accepted by other faiths

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Part 20 - History of Srivaishnava Mutts and

Prominance of Azhagar as accepted by other faiths

 

As similar to Srirangam and Kancheepuram this place

was also strongly populated with mutts in the olden

days. There was a Sri Ramanuja mutt here. One of the

disciples of Sri Ramanuja was the jeer for this mutt

and it was under his control. After Sri Ramanuja's

period this mutt was occupied by HIS holiness Sri

MaNavALa mAmunigaL The temple was said to be visited

by almost acharYas of both the vadakalai and

thenkalai faith all the time. This temple was also

served by kulasEkara mutt, and vaanaathi Raayan

mutts. In due course of time, there was many

rumors that floated around here as similar to

counter claims on thiruppathi. The rumors were such

that Gods of Other faiths were in this hills as this

the most attractive hills with so many "magical

powers" in south India. This plague of rumors were

all removed as everyone accepted that it is Lord

Azhgar who is living in nityAvasam in this hills.

This is squarely stated by Thirumangai's pasuram

 

1826:

punNdhiyil chamaNar puththareNn RivargaL

oththaNna pEchavum uganNdhittu,

enNdhaipem maaNnaar imaiyavar thalaivar

eNNimuNn idaNGgoNda kOyil,

chanNdhaNnap pozhiliNn thaazhchiNnai nNIzhal

thaazhvarai magaLirgaL nNaaLum,

manNdhirath thiRainchum maaliruNY chOlai

vaNaNGguthum vaamada nNenchE! 9.8.9

 

- periya thiru mozhi - thiru mangai

 

Sri SridEvith thaayaar Sri ANDAL samEtha Sri

kaLLazhagar paramswami sundara raaja perumaal

thriuvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan