GhAnam ketta Perumal-4

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Let us look at the sambandham of Azhwars with Thirukkurungudi Nambi. Unlike most

of the other Divya Desams, this Kshetram has strong links to the life of

Azhwars. Nammazhwar’s parents, Kari and Udayanangayar prayed to this Perumal for

putra bhagyam. When Nambi asked about the kind of child they wanted, the parents

replied that they wanted a child like Nambi. This ofcourse is not possible

logically. He is known ‘otthAr, mikkAr…’ by Azhwar. None can be found equal to

Nambi. In order to answer the prayers of Kari and Udayanangayar, Nambi Himself

was born as Nammazhwar. This is the first strong link to the Azhwar Goshti for

Nambi. Parankusan is known as the ‘Prapanna Jana kootasthan’ in our sampradayam.

He is the head of the prapanna jathi. Hence, our sampradayam logically starts

here. Parakalan is known as the kadai kutty Azhwar, meaning the last in terms of

history. After singing loads of pasurams, Parakalan asked for moksham to

Srirangam Perumal. Srirangam Perumal asked him to go to

His southern house (Therkku Veedu) and perform kaimkaryam. Kaliyan went to

Thirukkurungudi and performed kaimkaryam before getting to SriVaikuntam. Hence,

if we logically look at the goshti we can conclude that Thirukkurngudi Nambi is

directly linked to Azhwar Goshti.

 

Since Nambi Himself was born as Nammazhwar, here is another way of looking at

the sambandham with Azhwar Goshti and also the Acharya Goshti. All the Azhwars

form a part of Nammazhwar’s Thirumeni.

 

Head - BhootathAzhwar

 

Eyes - Poigai and PeyAzhwar

 

Face - PeriyAzhwar

 

Neck - Thirumazhisai Azhwar

 

Shoulders - Kulasekar Azhwar

 

Chest - ThiruppAnAzhwar

 

Womb - Thirumangai Azhwar

 

Feet (Thiruvadigal) – Madhurakavi Azhwar and Ramanujar

 

Specifically, in Azhwar Thirunagari (Thiukkurugur), Swami Ramanujar is the

Thiruvadi of Nammazhwar. There is no separate vigraham for Nammazhwar in the

area around Nava Thiruppathi other than Azhwar Thirunagari. One can find a small

vigraham of Nammazhwar in the satAri of Vaanamaamalai Divya Desam.

 

Here is the third case scenario where we can draw a strong link between

Thirukkurungudi Nambi and Azhwar Goshti.

 

With the fact that Nammazhwar is none but Thirukkurungudi Nambi, He sung 4 Divya

Prabandham works, with each one as the sAram (juice) of each vedam. Parakalan,

who lived his last days here was the one who did 6 works representing the angAs

of that Tamizh vedam. Since both these Azhwars had strong ties to this

Perumal(not just by mangalAsAsanam, but in thier lives), it can be concluded

that Thirukkurungudi Nambi has sambandham with complete Azhwar Goshti.

 

All the above are just the sambandham of Azhwars to Perumal. Azhwars are

considered to be small stones (Koozhang kal) when compared to our Acharya Goshti

(Parvatham).

 

It is well known that sambandham of Azhwar fetches the sambandham of Acharyan.

This was what happened to Thirukkurungudi Nambi. Let us see how Nambi became a

SriVaishnvan in the next posting,

 

aDiyEn,

 

ramanan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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