A Peep into Periya ThiruMozhi 152

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nAmath-thiraL mA-mALigai sUzhndha

 

Several hundred years back, imagining a stroll in and around the SriRangam

temple, would have made us stop in front of every thiru-mALigai and stand with

awe and inspiration, reverence and regard. This is bhaTTar's thirumALigai, this

is Sri rAmAnujar's, this is nanjEyar's, this urangAvilli DAsar's would have gone

on the list.

 

This is what Sri thirumangai AzhwAr talks about when talking of thirunaRaiyUr

residences. These houses are all very famed and popular and are densely flocked

next and next.These srEvaishNavites are famous in their own respects and this

quality is one of the great aspects of thirunaRaiyiUr celebrated by kaliyan

 

This is said in the final pAsuram of the fifth thirumozhi in the sixth ten

'..nAmath thiraL mA-mALigai sUzhndha naRaiyUr mEal'

 

Apparently, the emphasis is more on the inmates than on the edifices.

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan