Answer to Quiz # 7 and Question of Quiz # 8

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Quiz # 7

Why Andal is considered the “Younger sister” of Bhagavad Ramanuja? (maa munikku pinn anaaL vaazhiyE) Is she not chronologically far senior to Bhagavad Ramanuja?

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Kumar Ramabhadran (kumar_nttours)

 

 

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I am going through your archives and the answer is in your own writing in “” List Archive: Message 00283 Jan 2008' Quote "How come, she is depicted as the younger sister of Ramanuja? Is she not chronologically senior to Ramanuja being the daughter of Periyaazhwar in an earlier age? The answer to this riddle is that during her days, she vowed to present 100 taDa of akkaara aDisl (A sweet porridge) to PerumaaL. Somehow, she could not fulfill that promise. Once Ramanuja offered this to the Lord and when he visited Srivilliputtur to pay his obeisance to Andal, it would appear that a female voice (a-sareeri) was heard from the sanctum saying “Oh! My aNNaavO”- which means: “Oh! My Elder brother! From that time onwards Bhagavad Ramanuja is deemed to be Andal’s elder brother and Andal as his younger sister"".

 

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Quiz # 8

What is the significance of our doing “Abhivadanam” even to those who already know our background?

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