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Dear Shree Vaishnavas,

 

With reference to the answers given by various scholars regarding why

Bhagavan also wears " Tiruman " , I would like to add few points.

 

First of all the " Tiruman " as per the scripture is representation of

the divine foot (Charanam (1) and not Charanow (2)) of Narayanan with the

central line " Shree Haridra Shree Choornam " representing " Shree " . It

is a mark made to show that the Jeevatman is " Seshsa " , " Daasa " and

" Paratantra " of Shree and Vishnu. It shows that we have Shree Vaishnava

Kainkarya Shree.

 

But in the case of Bhagavan,

when he wears it, it is not in this meaning but just for beauty and

to teach us that we Jeevaatmans should wear it. Also it can be said

that he wears it because he thinks " Jgnaani twaatmaiva me matham " and

" Sa mahatmaa sudurlabhaha " . The presence of Tiruman in the forehead

of the Lord shows that he has the " Shree " of Bhatka-Paraadeenatvam and

Saranaagata Vaatsalyam. The Lord considers himself as " Paraadeena "

(controlled by) his Bhaktha. This is only to show his divine mercy and

love that he has on the Jeevatmans. There is no doubt as per the Veda

that the Brahman is the only supreme self.

 

Regards & Thanks

M.S.HARI Ramanuja Dasan.

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Sadagopan <sgopan wrote:

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

 

>

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

 

 

 

 

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

 

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