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Thirumalai Anandanpillai • December 28, 1995 


Subject: Re: Murugan and thirumangai aazhvaar


 
> thirumangai was born on karthikai month karthikai star and is "karthikEyan"
> Murugan is also "karthikEyan".
> 
> thirumangai is "kaliyan", Murugan is "kali yuga varadhan".
> 
> Both carry vEl. I suppose one can call thirumangai as "vElan."
 
> Could they have been the same person?
 
No. The reason why Thirumangai aazhvaar has a vEl is as follows:
After thirumangai aazhvaar became a Vaishnavite, he undertook a pilgrimage
of the divya desams. When he came back and went through his home town area,
all the people there paid great respect to him. A naayanmaar who was in 
the town was amazed by this and he challenged aazhvaar to a debate and
aazhvaar won. The naayanmaar presented the aazhvaar with a vEl on this
occasion. That is why aazhvaar carries the vEL and is called kaliyan

Varadhan