Thuppul PiLLai- 13- Swamy Desikan Dhivya mangaLa vigraha dhyAnam

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SrI:

Dear sri Vasudevan Swamin.

thanks for your email.

It is a Srivaishnava lakshaNam that one wears a maalai (garland) of thuLasi

beads... This thuLasi bead and lotus bead maalias were meant and referred to

by Sri NainAchArya.

It is not garland of thuLasi leaves...which are meant only for Sriman

Narayanan.

Perhaps, I did not specify the same correctly and completely-[ as is usual

with me...].

Aplogies for misleading.

 

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

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Vasudevan VK <vasuchak

Madhavakkannan V <srivaishnavan,

, acharya,

, nama-singapore,

Oppiliappan, Srivenugopala

Re: Thuppul PiLLai- 13- Swamy Desikan Dhivya mangaLa

vigraha dhyAnam

Sun, 5 Oct 2003 21:19:33 -0700 (PDT)

 

Shrimathey Nigamaantha Mahaa Deshikaaya Namaha

 

Kindly pardon me for saying this but it is a known fact that the thulasi

garland is fit for wearing only by the Lord, Shriman Narayanan. Human beings

can consume it as prasadam or for medical reasons, or have it placed on the

inside of the ear lobes so that it does not come in contact with the hair on

the head. No other devatantarams are eligible to wear the thulasi garland

either. Swami Desikar and his Thirukkumaarar were certainly aware of this no

doubt. Under such circumstances, it is difficult to believe that Swami's

Thirukkumaarar has composed a poem on his Thiruththagappanaar which states

so many times that the latter wears a thulasi garland.

 

I request learned scholars to throw light on this.

 

Once again kshamaapanams if I have said something wrong.

 

Shrimathey Nigamaantha Mahaa Deshikaaya Namaha.

 

Madhavakkannan V <srivaishnavan wrote:

SrI:

SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namah:

SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |

vedAntAcArya-varyo me sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

 

May the glorious Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and the

lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.

 

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srI:

 

Is it correct that Sri Vaishnavas should not wear tulasi malai even after

the same is worn by the Lord. Periazhwar in his TirupallAndu "thodutha

thuzhAi malar soodik kalaindhu, soodum ithondargalOm". Kindly clarify.

 

namO nArAyanA

 

G.Sundarrajan