Fw: GhAnam ketta Perumal-2

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'KAlathizhikulathu chandAlanAnAlum mEladhavar adhanin mEnmaithE

KOlakkurungudivAzh mAyan kuraikazharkku AlAvar perumkudiyil vAzhvar pirappu'

The above verse was written by Pillai Perumal Iyengar in his 108

Thirupathi Andhadhi about the beautiful Perumal in archAvatAram. The

following is the meaning of the above verse,

‘If a person has been blessed by the Perumal in Thirukkurungudi, even

if he is born in chandala kulam (so called lower caste), he still

will be leading a life of very high cadre, even higher than that of

Maharishis.’

Known as Thirukkurungudi, this beautiful (aDiyEn needs to use this

word agaian and again over this series. The beauty of this place and

Perumal is very inherent) pandiya nattu Divya Desam is located about

27 miles from Tirunelveli, and about 8 miles from Swayamvyakta

Kshetram, Vaanamaamalai. It is also called as Vamana Kshetram,

Dakshina Badri, Siddhashramam and Kurundhapuri. The Perumal here is

known as Sundara Paripooranan (now we can realise why aDiyEn is very

particular in using the words beauty and completeness), Vadivazhagiya

Nambi, Thirukkurungudi Nambi, and more than anything else as

SriVaishnava Nambi. His name shows that He is the One with sakala

kalyAna Gunam. The unique beauty of this Perumal is the varna kalApam

(colours, unlike other Perumals). Thayar ThirunAmam is Kurungudivalli

NachiyAr. Utsava Moorthy of Thayar is always with Perumal, unlike

most of the other Divya Desams. The Divya Desam is located on the

hill side of Mahendragiri.

In this Divya Desam, Perumal resides in standing, sitting and

reclining posture. There are 5 sannidhis for Perumal. Other than the

above 3 sannidhis, Perumal also resides as ThiruppArkadal Nambi and

Malai Nambi. Here is the representation of Perumal for each of His 5

states:

Nindra Nambi - Vibhavam

Irutha Nambi - Param

Kidantha Nambi - Archai

ThiruppArkadal -Nambi vyUham

Malai Nambi - AntaryAmin

The name of the vimAnam is ‘Pancha Ketaka vimAnam’. It represents two

facts. One is it houses all the five states of Perumal in this Divya

Desam, the second fact is that it houses the Perumal who helps us

control our 5 indriyas. The pushkarani is called as Nambi aaru,

ThiruppArkadal, Sindhu nadhi. More than any other name it is called

as ‘Karam Adu Poigai’ by Azhwars.

This Perumal used to listen to the ghAnam of a great bhkatA called

NampAduvAn. He was born in chandala kulam. He used to play veenai and

sing on Perumal every day. The entire episode of his kaimkaryam to

Perumal was told by Perumal Himself to BhoomiDEvi ThAyar in varAha

purAnam.

What is the name of this episode and how did it influence our

sampradAyam? We will enjoy the answers to these questions followed by

the strong links to Azhwars and AchAryAs and the vaibhavam of this

Kshetram in the next few postings.

Before we go to next posting, here is another important fact about

this Divya Desam that has links to purAnas. Other than the links to

Azhwars, AchAryAs and the bhaktA (NampAduvAn), this Perumal was also

worshipped by dEvatAs Brahma and Shivan.

aDiyEn,

ramanan

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