ThiruninRavUr Dhivya dEsam : Part I

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Sriman Balaji of Banglaore asked for some information on

ThiruninRavUr dhivya desam.Thirumangai Mannan has performed

MangaLAsAsanam for the EmperumAn of this dhivya dEsam

with two paasurams in Periya Thirumozhi (2.5.2 and 7.10.5).

These passurams are housed in the decads praising

the EmperumAns of ThirukkaNNamangai and Kadal Mallai

(MahABalipuram of today ). At these two dhivya dEsams ,

ThiruninRvoor PerumAl crowded in to give the darsanam

for Thirumangai . It is customary for Thirumangai to

stand before the EmperumAn of One dhivya dEsam , when

he is reminded of the similarities in the anga soundharyam

of other dhivya dEsa PerumALs , which leads him to perform

mangaLAsAsanam for the PerumALs of more than One dhivya

dEsam in the set of ten paasurams (decad).

 

Thirumangai came form ThiruvEnkatam , stopped at

ThiruveLLUr before arriving at ThiruninRavoor

to perform his mangaLAsAsanam.

 

ThiruninRavoor is one mile away from the railway

station of Thinnanoor . The PerumAl's name is

Bhakthavathsalan giving us His sevai in the standing

posture facing east . ThAyAr's thirunAmam is ,

" YennaippeRRa ThAyAr ". The vimAnam is SrinivAsa

VimAnam. The river is Vruddha Ksheera nathi.

The PushkaraiNi's name is VaruNa PushkaraNi.

The Lord is visible ( prathyaksham ) always to

VaruNan .

 

In 1992, adiyEn composed a monograph entitled

" the 108 Sri VaishNavite Dhivya dEsams " .

This monograph swelled to 426 pages . Selected

material from this monograph will be included in

the new CD ROM under design on " The 12 AzhwArs and

the 108 dhivya desams that sung about" .adiyEn is

taking some excerpts from this monograph and elaborating

on it to enjoy the two paasurams of Thirumangai

AzhwAr on Bhaktha vathsala PerumAL of ThiruninRavoor.

 

Thirumangai Mannan ThiruvdigaLE saraNam ,

Oppiliaapn Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

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Dear Sadagopan

Adiyen would like to add a few to this Dhivya dEsam, this is based on the

info what I heard thru poorvachariars, pl correct me ..

 

For this Dhivya dEsam , Alwar did not visit and Thayaar has urged perumal to

appear before Thirumangai and demanding pasuram for him, Thayaar was so

inspired with Thirumangai's Kainkaryam and hence this urge. As you mentioned

Baktavasala perumal appeared before Thirumangai in Thirukannamangai

divyadesam..

 

Let me request the bhagavadas to correct me if my understanding is not

correct..

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

Gunaseelan

 

 

Sadagopan [sgopan]

Wednesday, April 19, 2000 5:06 PM

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ThiruninRavUr Dhivya dEsam : Part I

 

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

Sriman Balaji of Banglaore asked for some information on

ThiruninRavUr dhivya desam.Thirumangai Mannan has performed

MangaLAsAsanam for the EmperumAn of this dhivya dEsam

with two paasurams in Periya Thirumozhi (2.5.2 and 7.10.5).

These passurams are housed in the decads praising

the EmperumAns of ThirukkaNNamangai and Kadal Mallai

(MahABalipuram of today ). At these two dhivya dEsams ,

ThiruninRvoor PerumAl crowded in to give the darsanam

for Thirumangai . It is customary for Thirumangai to

stand before the EmperumAn of One dhivya dEsam , when

he is reminded of the similarities in the anga soundharyam

of other dhivya dEsa PerumALs , which leads him to perform

mangaLAsAsanam for the PerumALs of more than One dhivya

dEsam in the set of ten paasurams (decad).

 

Thirumangai came form ThiruvEnkatam , stopped at

ThiruveLLUr before arriving at ThiruninRavoor

to perform his mangaLAsAsanam.

 

ThiruninRavoor is one mile away from the railway

station of Thinnanoor . The PerumAl's name is

Bhakthavathsalan giving us His sevai in the standing

posture facing east . ThAyAr's thirunAmam is ,

" YennaippeRRa ThAyAr ". The vimAnam is SrinivAsa

VimAnam. The river is Vruddha Ksheera nathi.

The PushkaraiNi's name is VaruNa PushkaraNi.

The Lord is visible ( prathyaksham ) always to

VaruNan .

 

In 1992, adiyEn composed a monograph entitled

" the 108 Sri VaishNavite Dhivya dEsams " .

This monograph swelled to 426 pages . Selected

material from this monograph will be included in

the new CD ROM under design on " The 12 AzhwArs and

the 108 dhivya desams that sung about" .adiyEn is

taking some excerpts from this monograph and elaborating

on it to enjoy the two paasurams of Thirumangai

AzhwAr on Bhaktha vathsala PerumAL of ThiruninRavoor.

 

Thirumangai Mannan ThiruvdigaLE saraNam ,

Oppiliaapn Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

 

 

 

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Dear Sri Gunaseelan Venkatachary:

 

Thanks very much your note. AdiyEn did not write about

this aspect of what happened to Thirumangai

or did not happen to Thirumangai at ThiruninRavoor

for the following reasons .

 

Some of the poorvAchAyAls have indeed said that

PerumAl was busy enjoying the company of ThAyAr

that He did not pay attention to Thirumangai,

when he arrived for MangaLAsAsanam .It is said

that the unhappy AzhwAr left ThiruninRavoor and

the Lord of ThiruninRavoor gave His darsanam

to the AzhwAr later at Thirukkadanmallai .

 

Many commentators have felt that the dhivya dampathis

will not ignore a Bhakthan , who has arrived at their

dhivya dEsam . They have pointed out the the perumAL

with the name of Bhaktha Vathsalan and a ThAyAr with

the thirunAmam of "YennaippeRRa ThAyAr" will not

warmly welcome their dear Bhakthan and child ,

Thriumangai AzhwAr.

 

This group of commentators have pointed out

that it was Thirumangai's custom to pay tribute

to the other dhivya desa EmperumAns and also

VibhavAvathaara moorthys in his pasasurams

composed for one dhivya dEsa EmperumAn.

 

In the subsequent paasurams on Thirukkadanmallai ,

Thirumangai says that he saw the Kalki avthAran and

TanjaikkOil PerumAL at the Thirukkadanmallai

dhivya dEsam. These commentators have explained

that Thirumangai usually gets reminded of the jaadai ,

chaayal and aabharaNams of other dhivya desa

moorthys , when he enjoys one PerumAl.

 

What happened to Thirumangai at IndaLoor is however

some thing specific.AzhwAr did not have the darsanam

of the perumAL of this dhivya dEsam and got furious

and has recorded his (aazhwAr's ) annoyance very

clearly in his Paasurams ( nindhA sthuthi paasurams).

It is not clear from AzhwAr's two paasurams linked

with ThiruninRavoor that there was any such hard feelings

experienced by AzhwAr at ThiruninRavoor.

 

At Thirurneermalai, Azhwar had to wait for 6 months

for the flood waters to recede before he could

have the darsanam of the Lord of that dhivya dEsam.

AzhwAr does not give up quickly .He would have waited

at ThiruninRavoor to fulfil the purpose of his visit .

With all these reasons in mind , commentatros

have indicated that Thirumangai had the darsanam

of Bhaktha Vathsala PerumAL at ThiruninRavoor.

 

 

In one Paasuram relating to ThiruninRavoor, AzhwAr says:

 

"NinRavoor nitthilatthai --kanDathu naan Kadanmallai

TalasayanatthE "..Periya Thirumozhi(PTM) : 2.5.2

 

In the other Paasuram , Thirumangai acknowledges

that he sought and saw the Lord of ThiruninRavoor

at ThirukkaNNamangai:

 

" NinRavoor ninRa nitthila thotthinai --

senRu naadik KaNNamangayutk kanDu-konDEnE " .. PTM 7.10.5

 

The thorough enjoyment of the beauty of the Lord

of ThriuninRavoor does not seem to leave AzhwAr's

mind at ThirukkaNNamangai and Thirukkadanmallai.

Thus he refers to having seen the Lord of

ThiruninRavoor at these two sthalams .

 

The first paasuram on ThiruninRavoor ( poonDavattham--)

is a profound condemnation of Veda Baahya mathams

and Kudhrushti mathams . AzhwAr pities those , who

follow these mathams and get deluded and performs

upadEsam to these misguided souls and instructs them

that the archai of Sriman NaarAyaNan at Thiruninravoor

is the only true Lord , who can grant them Moksham .

 

In his second paasuram ( yERRinai -- PTM: 7.10.5), AzhwAr

points out that the Lord of ThiruninRavoor is the One,

who grants auspicious boons in this world and Moksha sukham

in the other world ( Parama Padham )and that He is the One ,

who incarnates in many roopams ( Vibhavam) for

dharma samsthApanam , Saadhu ParipAlanam and

Dhushta Niugraham.

 

adiyEn, Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sdaagopan

 

 

At 05:57 PM 4/19/00 -0700, you wrote:

>Dear Sadagopan

>Adiyen would like to add a few to this Dhivya dEsam, this is based on the

>info what I heard thru poorvachariars, pl correct me ..

>

>For this Dhivya dEsam , Alwar did not visit and Thayaar has urged perumal to

>appear before Thirumangai and demanding pasuram for him, Thayaar was so

>inspired with Thirumangai's Kainkaryam and hence this urge. As you mentioned

>Baktavasala perumal appeared before Thirumangai in Thirukannamangai

>divyadesam..

>

>Let me request the bhagavadas to correct me if my understanding is not

>correct..

>

>Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

>Gunaseelan

>

>