Fw: GhAnam ketta Perumal-4

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Let us look at the sambandham of Azhwars with Thirukkurungudi Nambi.

Unlike most of the other Divya Desams, this Kshetram has strong links

to the life of Azhwars. Nammazhwar’s parents, Kari and Udayanangayar

prayed to this Perumal for putra bhagyam. When Nambi asked about the

kind of child they wanted, the parents replied that they wanted a

child like Nambi. This ofcourse is not possible logically. He is

known ‘otthAr, mikkAr…’ by Azhwar. None can be found equal to Nambi.

In order to answer the prayers of Kari and Udayanangayar, Nambi

Himself was born as Nammazhwar. This is the first strong link to the

Azhwar Goshti for Nambi. Parankusan is known as the ‘Prapanna Jana

kootasthan’ in our sampradayam. He is the head of the prapanna jathi.

Hence, our sampradayam logically starts here. Parakalan is known as

the kadai kutty Azhwar, meaning the last in terms of history. After

singing loads of pasurams, Parakalan asked for moksham to Srirangam

Perumal. Srirangam Perumal asked him to go to His southern house

(Therkku Veedu) and perform kaimkaryam. Kaliyan went to

Thirukkurungudi and performed kaimkaryam before getting to

SriVaikuntam. Hence, if we logically look at the goshti we can

conclude that Thirukkurngudi Nambi is directly linked to Azhwar

Goshti.

Since Nambi Himself was born as Nammazhwar, here is another way of

looking at the sambandham with Azhwar Goshti and also the Acharya

Goshti. All the Azhwars form a part of Nammazhwar’s Thirumeni.

Head - BhootathAzhwar

Eyes - Poigai and PeyAzhwar

Face - PeriyAzhwar

Neck - Thirumazhisai Azhwar

Shoulders - Kulasekar Azhwar

Chest - ThiruppAnAzhwar

Womb - Thirumangai Azhwar

Feet (Thiruvadigal) – Madhurakavi Azhwar and Ramanujar

Specifically, in Azhwar Thirunagari (Thiukkurugur), Swami Ramanujar is

the Thiruvadi of Nammazhwar. There is no separate vigraham for

Nammazhwar in the area around Nava Thiruppathi other than Azhwar

Thirunagari. One can find a small vigraham of Nammazhwar in the

satAri of Vaanamaamalai Divya Desam.

Here is the third case scenario where we can draw a strong link

between Thirukkurungudi Nambi and Azhwar Goshti.

With the fact that Nammazhwar is none but Thirukkurungudi Nambi, He

sung 4 Divya Prabandham works, with each one as the sAram (juice) of

each vedam. Parakalan, who lived his last days here was the one who

did 6 works representing the angAs of that Tamizh vedam. Since both

these Azhwars had strong ties to this Perumal(not just by

mangalAsAsanam, but in thier lives), it can be concluded that

Thirukkurungudi Nambi has sambandham with complete Azhwar Goshti.

All the above are just the sambandham of Azhwars to Perumal. Azhwars

are considered to be small stones (Koozhang kal) when compared to our

Acharya Goshti (Parvatham).

It is well known that sambandham of Azhwar fetches the sambandham of

Acharyan. This was what happened to Thirukkurungudi Nambi. Let us see

how Nambi became a SriVaishnvan in the next posting,

aDiyEn,

ramanan

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