THIRUMANN

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

There was a question in the other net

as to why PerumAL wears ThirumaN and why

some times three lines and at other times

one line ( a Tilakam ). My response might be of

interst to you.

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

V.Sadagopan

 

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Here is a possible answer to the question on

PerumAL wearing " one line " instead of " the three

lines " on His forehead .

 

Our Lord Representing AchArya Paramparai:

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Our Lord is the PrathamAchAryan as indicated

in the GuruparamparA Taniyan:

 

LakshminAtha SamArambhAm NaaTha Yaamuna MadhyamAm

asmathAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm

 

LakshminAthan or Sriya: pathi is the first

in our lineage of our AchAryAs . Therefore ,

He has no choice except to adorn the VaishNava

Chinnam (symbol) : ThirumaNN .

 

To remind us of the importance of our AchAryAs ,

some times the Lord Himself appeared in front of

our AchAryAs ( Before AchArya RaamAnujA at

Thirukkurungudi for manthra UpadEsam and got

the ThirunAmAm of Sri VaishNava Nampi, Sri RenganAthan

as a small boy to bless us with the taniyan for

Sri MaNavALa Maamuni: Sri SailEsa DayApAthram -).

Hence , it is understandable that He has to adorn

the most important VaishNava Chinnam , PuNDram or

ThirumaNN .He si reminding us to wear the ThirumaNN.

 

 

The Sevai of our ArchA Moorthys at their dhivya Desams

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When you take a survey of the 106 dhivya dEsa

EmperumAns , You will find an interesting trend

and some variations to it .

 

Moolavar has the Three line ThirumaNN

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The commonly observed trend is that the Moolavar

wears ThirumaNN with " three lines " . The Uthsavar

wears either a trainagular diamond or gem as Tilakam

in place of the ThriumaNN .

 

Uthsavar some times has the three liner

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In the case of Thiruppathi Uthsavar (Malayappa Swami),

He wears a " three line " ThirumaNN ;The Ubhaya

NaachiyArs of Uthsavar at Thiruppathi also wear

disctinct ThirumaNN with " Three lines " . This is

to reflect their VaishNava Sri.

 

Other dhivya dEsa Uthsavars having three line ThirumaNN

are : KrupAsamudhra PerumAL of SirupuliyUr ,SaaranAtha PerumAL

of ThirucchErai,ThiruvAli-Thirunagari perumAL,

GovindarAjan of Thillai Thirucchitthira Kootam ,

many EmperumAns of ThirunAngUr dhivya desams

with the exception of the PerumAL of ThiruvaNN

PurushOtthamam , ThirukkUdal Azhagar ,RangamannAr

of SrivillipputthUr , ThiruppuLingudi Kaacchina VEndhan,

ThirukkOvalUr and others.

 

Some times three liners and other times gem traingles

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Oppiliappan (Ponnappan ) Uthsavar on special occasions

wears a three line ThirumaNN and on other occsasions

wears a diamond inverted triangle to represent

the ThirumaNN. This is a situation of either Three lines

or the inverted gem traingle adorning the foreheads

of the Uthsavars .

 

Inverted Gem Triangles symbolizing ThirumaNN(Uthsavars)

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Sri Kasthuri Rangan's ( Uthsavar at Srirangam) huge

single gem on His forehead is an ancient one standing in

for the ThirumaNN .ThirukkaNNapuram's SourirAja

PerumAL, ThirunaRayUr SrinivAsan,ThirukkaNnangudi

DaamOdhara NaarayaNan , KaLLazhagar of ThirumAlirumchOlai,

AzhwAr Thirunagari's AadhinAthan , ThiruvallikkENi's

ParthasArathy PerumAL, Sri Moorthy of SaaLagrAmam ,

Thirukkudnthai AarAvamudhan, Thiruanbil PerumAL ,

Kaanchi VaradarAjan and others.

 

Just a red line representing Sri Devi

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ThiruvaraguNamangai VijayAsanap PerumAL uthsavar

has a huge ruby on His forehead as ThirumaNN .

This is Just Sri ChUrnam ! Most of the MalayALa Naattu

Thiruppathis have gOpi chnadanam and vermillion

(Kumkumam ) at the center.

 

Summary

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The Supreme ViashNava Sri of the Lord as our

AchAryan is represented in many ways , when

they wear the symbol of Sri VaishNavaa. Our Uthsavar's

consorts (Ubhaya NaacchiyArs) at Thirumalai

wear clear three lined ThirumaNN as the second

in line of AchAryAs .

 

NamO NaarAyaNAYa ,

V.SadagOpan

 

 

At 09:55 AM 6/19/00 -0700, you wrote:

 

>>dear Bhagavatas,

>>

>>namaskar.

>>

>>Why does Perumal keep Thirumann on His forehead? one of

>>my colleagues, a Srivaishnava, says that we do not have all the three

lines on the forehead of the image of Perumal in many temples and have only

the middle line. is it true?

>>

>>dasan

>>vishnu