Granthams
dhivyadhESams, uthsavams etc
srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: aruLALa perumAL emperumAnAr is a dear sishya of emperumAnAr himself.emperumAnAr personally taught him dhivya prabhanadham and all the essential principles of our glorious sampradhAyam. He was also given the responsibility by emperumAnAr of taking care of emperumAnAr‘s personal thiruvArAdhana deities. emperumAnAr (srIperumbUthUr) – … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: srImAn vENkatanAthArya: kavithArkika kEsarI vedhAntAchAryavaryo mE sannidhaththAm sadhA hrudhi May vEnkatanAtha who is filled with kainkarya srI (divine wealth of servitorship, knowledge, devotion, etc) and a lion among poets/philosophers and who is famously known as vEdhAnthAchAryar reside in my heart eternally. Adhi … Read more
srI: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: periya perumAL – srIrangam AzhwAr, emperumAnAr, piLLai lOkAchAryar, jIyar bhagavath vishayam generally means any subject matter relating to srIman nArAyaNan. But, in our sath sampradhAyam bhagavath vishayam specifically means thiruvAimozhi and its meanings. srIman nArAyaNan, out of his causeless mercy, blessed … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: kaNNan emperumAn is an expert in mesmerizing others and explaining philosophical principles. His mastery was revealed by him in vrundhAvanam amidst the gopas and gOpis (cowherd boys and girls) and kurukshEthram (in the battle field) amidst the soldiers from kaurava side and pANdava … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: It was a great fortune to visit vAnamAmalai and AzhwAr thirunagari dhivya dhEsams during during 2013 chithrai thiruvAdhirai thirunakshathra mahOthsavam of emperumAnAr. Here is a quick view of emperumAnAr uthsavam and various other wonderful events. May 9th (chithrai – bharaNi) emperumAnAr uthsavam in vAnamAmalai … Read more
srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: panguni uthram is a very special day for srIvaishNavas for many reasons. It is the thirunakshathram (appearance) day of periya pirAttiyAr (srI ranganAyaki). On this day, namperumAL (srI ranganAthan) visits thAyAr sannidhi and enjoys a wonderful (and lengthy) thirumanjanam with thAyAr. … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: kulasEkara AzhwAr is fondly called kulasEkara perumAL. It was his great attachment towards perumAL (srI rAman) and many similarities with srI rAman (being born in kshathriya vamsam, thirunakshathram being punarpUsam, being most righteous, etc) which earned him the name kulasEkara perumAL. perumAL thirumozhi is … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: In the previous article (https://granthams.koyil.org/2013/02/dhivya-prabhandha-pramanya-samarthanam-1/) we saw the first part of this beautiful section in 6000 padi guru paramparA prabhAvam. Now we will see the continuation of that section. AzhwArs identify that whatever explained previously in case of other dhEvathas is also applicable for … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: This article is based on the section that is available in 6000 padi guru paramparA prabhAvam immediately after AzhwArs‘ charithram, where the following principles are established: srIman nArAyaNan‘s supremacy and his relationship with other dhEvathas Validtity of dhivya prabhandhams based on their glorification of … Read more
sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: thirumazhisai AzhwAr – thirumazhisai thirumazhisai AzhwAr is popularly known as bhakthi sArar. AzhwAr was honoured with this title/name by none other than rudhran after understanding AzhwAr’s full potential. As narrated in guru paramparA prabhAvam, when rudhran was travelling along with his wife pArvathi on … Read more