TTT - part - 3 - Golden Statue

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Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiru vadikaLE saraNam

 

TTT - part - 3 - Golden Statue

(TTT - Thiru Mangai Thiru Aranga Thirup PaNi)

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Dear bAgawathAs,

 

Sri kumuthavalli samEtha Sri thirumangai AzhwAr thiruvadikaLE

saraNam

 

It was periya perumAL thiru uLLam that thiru mangai had to

do the thirup paNi or construction of madhiL (peripheral wall) for

periya kOil. It required lot of resources. The mindset of some of

the of " dhanavALargaL " (wealthier people) of those days were also

similar to those in the present days. The contributions were

coming from great souls and many were yet to do so. The mathiL

work couldnot pause for want of resources. Unlike the current days,

those days (several centuries ago) were little different in terms

of the rule of the law governing a state. It is said that though

strict laws were very much in place, a collective wisdom was also

applied in dealing law and order situation.

 

thirumangai was set to mobilize all the resources using all his

" Might " and if required he was ready to use his shear strength as

the " padai thalaivan " (captain of the army) as well. However,

there were not many resources available even for one to take

it by brutal force, those days. Besides, even for snatching a wealth

from someone, certain " dharma " was followed. Such was done

only from those who had abundant money (than what one usually

needs for a wealthy life) and one who possess abused money that

they amassed by illegal means or from poor and would not donate

to charity or from a property or vasthu of great monetary value

that was kept by someone for propagating false values and

non-vedic religion and philosophies.

 

It is said that it was justified those days for robbers to steal

from these and pass it onto good causes or to the poor. Mediocre

and Poor people were not exploited or robbed of their resources.

" KaLavu seyvathilum Or dharmam pin paRRap pattathu " . Unfortunately

some of the later day historians may term thiru mangai and his

friends as those who resorted to robbery, and may say so without

telling the principles they followed and without underlining the

situation that drove them to do so. " Porul ULLavargaL thanthu

irunthAL " he would not have resorted to these practices after all.

 

When the going got so tough for his kainkaryam, the lack of available

resources were in fact posing a great challenge to his

kainkaryam. It was then that in " nagap pattinam " known as thiru

nAgai, there was a buddha temple that had a golden buddhA statue. The

amount of gold used to make the statue was enormous and so it

was believed that the statue was worth a great amount of money.

The vigraha was also having some tantric powers vested in it.

Thirumangai mannan came to know of it. Thirumangai's friends

suggested to him that if they can have that vigrahA then the

temple construction can be completed with much ease. However, that

temple was secured and monitored with strict vigil.

 

Sri boomA dEvith thAyAr samEtha Sri oppiliappan thirivadikaLE

saraNam

adiyEn irAmAnusa dAsan

thiruk kudanthai Sampath Rengarajan

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