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SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << 1 – Birth periyAzhwAr, in the mood of mother yaSOdhA, enjoyed krishNa leelAs and presented the same to us in the form of beautiful pAsurams. In his periyAzhwAr thirumozhi, in many padhigams (decads), he enjoyed krishNa’s many leelAs … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series AzhwArs, who were divinely blessed with knowledge matured into devotion, and ANdAL nAchchiyAr, who is an incarnation of SrI bhUmip pirAtti, greatly celebrate krishNAvathAram as in “AtkoLLath thOnRiya Ayar tham kOvinai” (One who incarnated as the king of cowherds … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: SrIman nArAyaNan blessed a select few AthmAs with divine knowledge and great devotion towards him and made them AzhwArs. AzhwArs compiled many pAsurams (verses) in glorification of SrIman nArAyaNan. These pAsurams total up to 4000 verses approximately and are thus called 4000 dhivya prabandham. dhivya … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: adhyayanam means to study, to learn, to repeat/recite, etc. vEdham is studied under AchAryas by hearing from them and repeating the same. vEdha manthrams are also regularly recited as part of daily anushtAnams. anadhyayanam means to refrain from learning/reciting. There are certain times of the … Read more
SrI: SrimathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: The divine abodes of sarvESvaran SrIman nArAyaNan which were sung by AzhwArs are known as dhivyadhESams. These abodes are very dear to emperumAn and hence are known as “ugandharuLina nilangaL”. chOLa nAdu (around SrIrangam) thiruvarangam (SrIrangam) thirukkOzhi (uRaiyUr, nisuLApuri) thirukkarambanUr (uththamar kOyil) thiruveLLaRai thiru anbil thiruppErnagar (kOyiladi, … Read more
SrI: SrimathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous Every day, water is brought from thAmirabaraNi river and thirumanjanam (divine bath) for AzhwAr is carried out with that. perumAL, thAyArs, AzhwAr and AchAryas enjoy many uthsavams through the year. Let us learn more about these, in … Read more
SrI: SrimathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous We will know here about the sannidhis (sacred shrines) inside the AdhinAthar AzhwAr kOyil, in circumambulatory way, the sannidhis outside the temple, matams and thirumALigais. Sannidhis inside the AdhinAthar AzhwAr temple Other sannidhis (outside the temple) SrI … Read more
SrI: SrimathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous We had already learnt about how thiruvAimozhip piLLai had reconstructed AzhwAr thirunagari and made arrangements for daily kainkaryams (services) to AdhinAthar, AzhwAr and emperumAnAr. Staying at AzhwAr thirunagari, thiruvAimozhiip piLLai was conducting our sampradhAyam (SrIvaishNava traditions) properly. … Read more
SrI: SrimathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous In AzhwAr thirunagari and nammAzhwAr’s life history, the procession of nammAzhwAr is considered as an important event. We shall learn about it here, to an extent. In the previous part we learnt about how nammAzhwAr had indicated … Read more
SrI: SrimathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: SrI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: Full Series << Previous After the incarnation of nammAzhwAr, the abode thirukkurugUr, also known as AdhikshEthram, came to be popularly called as AzhwAr thirunagari. We shall presently enjoy the history and greatness of nammAzhwAr. emperumAn undertakes several tasks in order to … Read more