Thiru maal irum sOlai - Part 18 - Pandiyan's paRRu or devotion for Lord Azhagar
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• February 23, 1997
Part 18 - Pandiyan's paRRu or devotion for Lord Azhagar Many Pandya Kings have rendered sincere service to this Lord Azhagar. It is believed that during rAmAyanA period, pandyAs had "kabAdapuram" as their capital and during mahabharatha period "maNaloor" as their capital. Since sanga kAlam and until lately Madurai was their capital. PAndyas are generally vishnu bhakthaaLs unlike some chOla kings. It is believed that pAndyAs adorned their country flag in respect of lord Vishnu's very first avathAram that is "matsauya" (in tamil meen kodi) avatharam. Recall that it was pAndya king "vallabha dEvan"'s rule when our own periyazhwaar delivered "pallaandu pallaandu" that we all sing today. I would like to recall this from periazhwaar's periya thorumozhi verses "pAndiyan kondAda pattar " in paaNdiyan_koNdaadap pattar_piraanvandhaanenRu eeNdiyasangametuththoodha - vENdiya vEdhangaLOdhi viraindhukizhiyaRuththaan paathangaLyaamudaiyapaRRu. ie pandyas were not only loyal but were celebrating the Lord and azwaar. Pandyan clan of kings with the family name vAnar or vAnAthi rAyar (similar to Raja raja cholan, Raja Rajendra cholan) ruled this kingdom for approximately 500 years. Most important of them were "thiru maal irum sOlai ninrAn, mahaabali, vaanaathi raayan, uRangaa villi thaasan. Their names itself is enough a proof to validate the claim that these were very pious srivaishnava kings. They also acted very seriously to suit the titles and names awarded to them those days. Some of them were ruling thiru maal irum sOlai as their capital. Periyazhawar in his pasuram " koorvElkon nedumaaran" confirms that pAndiya kings were rendering a great service to Lord Azhagar. mannarmaRuka maiththunanmaarkku_oruthErinmEl munnangun^inRu mOzhaiyezhuviththavanmalai konnavil"koorvERkOn nedumaaRan"_then_koodaRkOn thennan_koNdaadum then_thirumaalirunchOlaiyE. 7. Our salute to the pAndya kings those who served the Lord of thiru maal irum sOlai ! Sri SridEvith thaayaar Sri ANDAL samEtha Sri kaLLazhagar paramswami sudara raaja perumaal thriuvadikaLE saraNam Sampath Rengarajan
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