Depicting of 'tirumaN-kAppu'.

[Guest guest]

Friends,

 

May I add my own to Sri PB Sampatkumar's appreciation of Sri Madhava

Kannan's gesture.

 

I had a recent occasion to address a friend separately on this very

issue (a little before Sri PBS wrote) and he had been gracious enough to

take note of it. I paraphrase what I wrote ~~

>I appreciate that the present publication carries on the cover >and (on the

line-drawing of nam-AzhvAr on the inner cover) the >'vaDa-kalai tirumaN-kAppu'

which has been adopted for the >'sabha'. The sabha has issued the publication

with much effort >and as religious service.

>

>I am, however, distressed that in the *photo* of the sacred icon >of Sri

Ramanuja ('tamar-ukanda tiru-mEni') worshipped at >Sri-perum-pudUr (appearing on

the back cover), the 'ten-kalai >tirumaN-kAppu' marking the forehead has been

erased.

>The 'AkAram' (graphic form) of the tirumaN-kAppu is important for >its place in

the 'Agamam/purANam/history' and the symbolism of >philosophical message.

>My submission is that on an UN-identified and original graphic, >one may depict

the tirumaN-kAppu of one's choice. But, to alter

>or erase the established tiruman-kAppu of an IDENTIFIED image

>(as with the Sriperumpudur image)or structure would not be >appropriate, and

it would be a distinct disservice to our >humanistic 'sampradAyam' issuing from

the vEda.<

>

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan

Sundara Rajan at Srirangam.

 

pbsampathkumar wrote Fri, 07 Sep 2001:

Couple of weeks back I posted a message in the list saying that the site

http://members.tripod.com/~sriramanujar/ has an image of srIperumbUdUr

emperumAnAr with Thiruman kAppu changed as Vadagalai. In response to the

same, Sri Madhava Kannan had taken steps to change the image.

He has handled the situation efficiently and has also clearly indicated

that

more than any thing else he believes in the union of both kalais. I take

this

opportunity to thank him and other team members.

adiyen srivaishnava dasan, sampathkumar.