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dear sandeep

as far as i know vaishnavisam was in a typical

condition at ramanujars time. he worked flying between

karnataka kanchipuram and srirangam. before that there

was a great sage called natha muni who complied the

nalayira divya prabantham, the sacread saying of

alwars compraising 4000 hymns. there are 12 alwars

including one woman called andal. out of them

periyazhwar, andal, madurakavi, thondaradippodi and

muthal alwarkal- pey, bhootham and poigai- were

brahmins, the great nammalwar was a vellala,

kulashekara perumal was a king of kerala,

thirumazhisai was a harijan, thirumangai was a king

come robber, and tiruppan alwar was a panar. Alwars

(in pure Tamil "AzhwAr") means "One who immerses

himself". They really, deeply immersed themselves

in their devotion and bhakti towards the Lord Sriman

Narayanan. The AzhwArs are belived to be

incarnations of NithasUris of Sri Vaikuntam,

namely, the weapons, the Vanamaali, the GarudA, etc.

their life span is a matter of debate, many scale it

from dwapara yuga to kaliyuga upto 8th century, which

is reported as a last sangham age, the books like

akananooru, purananooru, chilappathikaram, tirukkural

and thevaram hymns by saivites may be of the same age.

but by the time of 10th century all the

paasurams(hymns) were lost (may be due to the riots),

and it was nathamuni who found it back by his

meditation power by the grace of our perumal. but at

the time of ramanujar the situations had a political

image. battles began between hindus and muslims,

battle between buddists and vaishnavaits more over

battle between saivats and vaishnavaits, what a pitty,

with out knowing the deeper sense of siva and vishnu,

pepole took armour. i think you need not worry that

the other alwars are nonbrahmins. for the lord there

is no caste barrier.

you know who is a real brahmin?

have you heard that

janmana jayathe soodra*

karmana jaayathe dwija*

vedabhasethu vipra*

brahma jaanethu brahahmana* that means you must

realize the ultimate truth, there is no buddists,

saivaite, or vaishnavaite born, they are only made,

have you heard this- Communists are not born but are

made- this is a similler case. Can you find a real

brahmin.worship is as you like that is the flexibility

in hinduisam. see i am a saivaite brahmin, dont even

have a distant relation to tamil naadu and

vaishnavism. pepole of kerala are generally belivers

in both.i got intersted in tamil vaisnavism through

series articles in THE HINDU daily and now i enjoy the

sacread hymns.now a days i and the author of

www.srivaishnavam.com site Mr. VEnkat are doing a

combined work of translitrating the tamil hymns to

malayalam. i consider it as a small offering to the

lord. a i worship siva also. you have to see the story

of tiruppan alwar and tirumazhisai alwar. even

thirumazhsai was a saivaite later he was converted as

a vaishnavaite by pey alwar

he himself says in one of his paasurams as "saakiyam

katrom, saman katrom, sankaranar aakkiya aagama nool

arinthom bhakthiyal senkatkariyanai sernthom yam

thethilamaiyenkatkariya thontril means-"After my

futile efforts to know the supreme principle through

jainism, buddhism, and saivic philosophy, I am blessed

by sriman Narayana to take refuge at the Lotus feet of

Sri Devi and have escaped all problems and misfortunes

since then."

www.srivaishnavam.com

www.ramanuja.org

www.srivaishnavan.com

and the links there in gives you good referance

materials. if you want some introductory articles i

can also help you. but these sites are excellent. you

can enjoy vaishnava tradition at your level. i am also

a child, sometimes the discussions are beyond our

limits. but their importance does matter. you can find

many articles in the bhakthi list archives of

ramanuja.org. this what i understood about the history

of tamil vaishnavism. the scholors can of this group

can certainly add up

regards and a HAPPY NEW YEAR

sreekanth

 

 

 

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