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This is in reply to the following comments.

""Tamil. The 63 Nayanmars (many of them from the fouth varna) praised Lord

Shiva

and most of their songs were in centamizh. There were other buddhist

and Jaina works. Fortunately, Sri Nathamuni, Sri Alavandar, Sri Ramanja

and other

acharyas recognized the beauty, essence and importance of 4000 and

incorporated

them into our sampradhaya. This did not happen to other works."

 

 

 

In many Saiva Agama temples, like those in Chidambharam,

Tanjore,Madurai, and Myuram, the tamil poems are routinely

recited during all the pujas and utsavams. There is a

whole set of people called "OduvArs", who recite these hymns,

in fact sing them in a particular way, during almost any utsavam

even today. Saivite temples in Tinnevely district employ "Oduvars"

for reciting Nayanmaar's hymns and in fact there are many utsavams dedicated

to Nayanmaars. Tiruppugazh is being popularized by

Tiruppugazh anbargals not only in India but also in this country, which are

set to beautiful music.

 

In Sri Venkateswara temple, for the last 3 years, Tiruppugazh is sung

very beautiffully, during Mahaskanda Shasti.

 

Unfortunately due to lack of familiarity of "Odhuvaar's Tamil", to many

priests employed in Temples in this country, who are essentially

purohits or Adhvaitins trained in household puja, this part of the

temple worship is unfamiliar or unknown to even many devotees attending

to Siva Puja in this country.

 

Raghavan

 

 

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Raghavans wrote:

>

> In many Saiva Agama temples, like those in Chidambharam,

> Tanjore,Madurai, and Myuram, the tamil poems are routinely

> recited during all the pujas and utsavams. There is a

> whole set of people called "OduvArs", who recite these hymns,

> in fact sing them in a particular way, during almost any utsavam

> even today. Saivite temples in Tinnevely district employ "Oduvars"

> for reciting Nayanmaar's hymns and in fact there are many utsavams dedicated

> to Nayanmaars. Tiruppugazh is being popularized by

> Tiruppugazh anbargals not only in India but also in this country, which are

> set to beautiful music.

>

> In Sri Venkateswara temple, for the last 3 years, Tiruppugazh is sung

> very beautiffully, during Mahaskanda Shasti.

>

> Unfortunately due to lack of familiarity of "Odhuvaar's Tamil", to many

> priests employed in Temples in this country, who are essentially

> purohits or Adhvaitins trained in household puja, this part of the

> temple worship is unfamiliar or unknown to even many devotees attending

> to Siva Puja in this country.

>

> Raghavan

>

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I do not contest the above view. However, what i ment, in conjunction

with my earlier posts, was that their works did not get assimilated

as part of vedanta system. Most of the Saivite followers are Advaitins

who still (to the best of my knowledge) do not consider the hymns

of Nayanmaars as equivalent to the Vedas.

 

On the other hand, every acharya of our sampradhayam emphasize

that the Tiruvaymozhi and the Vedas communicate the same.

 

 

 

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