Srivilliputtur as Then Indiya Aayarpadi

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Srimate Godaya Namaha

 

Thiruayarpadi is about 12 kms from the city of Mathura,with the

Vrinda forest (vrindaban) nearby.Srimad Bhagavatham also mentions

the forest being filled with the sweet fragrance of flowers growing

around the forest(SB 10.33.24)

 

Srivilliputtur is 72 kms(6*12) from the city of madurai

(madura) and the Shenbagaranyam(shenbaga forest ) is around 5 kms

from srivilliputtur which is filled with the fragrance of shenbaga

flowers

 

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In the days of Sri Krishnavataram gokulam(aayarpadi) was a rich

and a prosperous village with the cowherds supplying large

quantities of milk and milk products to mathura .Sri Andal also

mentions about the "girls of aayapadi adorning precious jewels"

in the first paasuram of Thiruppavai.

 

In Srivilliputtur the diary business is prosperous even

today.The town produces milk far in excess of its requirement and

the excess milk is used for making the famous "palgova".The quality

of milk available at srivilliputtur is also excellent( it seems

even the cows of gokul took rebirth at srivilliputtur during sri

Andal's period).As for the jeweleries in srivilliputtur one can find

a whole block of jewellery shops adjacent to the car street in

srivilliputtur which might appear highly disproportionate for a

small pilgrim town.There are indications that Srivilliputtur

might have been a rich and prosperous town in the earlier days during

the period of Sri Andal with some of the references such as "sodhi manimaadam

thonrum oor" and "minnar thadamadilchule villiputtur".

 

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Sri Andal incarnated in the town of Srivilliputtur where aayarpadi

kannan was already present in the form of archavataram as vata-patra-sayee

(child krishna in a leaf).

In her poetic work sri Andal imagines herself to be a cowherd

girl at aayarpadi during the incarnation of lord krishna and exhorts

her friends (whom she considers as her mates at aayarpadi) at srivilliputtur

for the Pavai Nonbu to attain union with the lord.In srimad Bhagavatham

we find the cowherd girls observing the vow of worshipping goddess

katyayani in the first month of the winter season to unite with sri

Krishna (SB-10.22.1) which is similar to the pavai nonbu suggested

by andal to her friends at srivilliputtur in the month of margazhi.

 

As Sri Krishna gladly accepted the flowers and kumkumam from Sri Radhe

at aayarpadi,so did sri Vatapatrasayi eagerly accept the garlands

worn and presented by Sri Andal at Srivilliputtur

 

As these views of mine are based on physical similarities and

well known facts i request Bhagavathas to correct me and also add their

own inputs if they feel necessary to bring the deeper significance

of sri Andal's Anubhavam.

 

adiyen

Venkat S iyengar