Pushpa, Thyaga, BhOga ...

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Dear All,

 

Out of 108 Divya Desams, 3 are considered to be very important in our

sampradAyam. They are Koil, Thirumalai and PerumAl Koil. One interesting and

common trend in all these three Divya Desams is the kaimkaryams done by great

BhaktAs and the great souls who followed each one of them. This has been told by

NayanAr in his AchArya Hridayam as:

 

'Pushpa, ThyAGA, BhOga Mandapangalil Panippoovum, Alavattamum, Veenaiyam

KaiyumAna Antharangarai Mudi Mannavarum, VaidigOttamarum, MahAmuniyum anuvartita

kramam'

 

Thirumalai is known as Pushpa mandapam. KAnchi is known as ThyAga mandapam and

Srirangam is known as BhOga mandapam. Following is the order of the Divya

Desams, the BhaktAs who performed kaimkaryam and the great souls who followed

each of them.

 

Mandapam Kaimkaryam by Kaimkaryam Follower

 

Pushpa Kurumbarutha Nambi Pushpa Kaimkaryam ThondamAn King

 

Thyaga Thirukkachi Nambigal ThiruAlavattam Swami

RAmAnujar

 

BhOga ThiruppAnAzhwar Singing

LokaSAranga muni

 

There is one common feature among the people who did kaimkaryam and the people

who followed them.

 

The people who followed the BhaktAs were born in either Kshtria kulam or Brahmin

kulam, where as the people who performed kaimkaryams were born in so called

lower class of the society. People who followed the BhaktAs exactly followed

NammAzhwar's pasuram in the NedumArku adimai seydhu pathikam of ThiruvAymozhi.

 

There is an interesting aspect about why these Divya Desams are called like this

and what is the reason for the king and two Brahmins to follow those great

BhaktAs.

 

aDiyEn plans to write about these aspects based on what aDiyEn has heard from

upanyAsams from present day scholars in our sampradAyam.

 

Any mistake committed here is purely aDiyEn's and not anyone else's. You all are

most welcome to correct and suggest changes.

 

aDiyEn,

 

ramanan

 

 

 

 

 

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