Thiru maal irum sOlai - part 20 - Srivaishnava Mutts & Prominance of Azhagar as accepted by other faiths
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• February 23, 1997
Part 20 - History of Srivaishnava Mutts and Prominance of Azhagar as accepted by other faiths As similar to Srirangam and Kancheepuram this place was also strongly populated with mutts in the olden days. There was a Sri Ramanuja mutt here. One of the disciples of Sri Ramanuja was the jeer for this mutt and it was under his control. After Sri Ramanuja's period this mutt was occupied by HIS holiness Sri MaNavALa mAmunigaL The temple was said to be visited by almost acharYas of both the vadakalai and thenkalai faith all the time. This temple was also served by kulasEkara mutt, and vaanaathi Raayan mutts. In due course of time, there was many rumors that floated around here as similar to counter claims on thiruppathi. The rumors were such that Gods of Other faiths were in this hills as this the most attractive hills with so many "magical powers" in south India. This plague of rumors were all removed as everyone accepted that it is Lord Azhgar who is living in nityAvasam in this hills. This is squarely stated by Thirumangai's pasuram 1826: punNdhiyil chamaNar puththareNn RivargaL oththaNna pEchavum uganNdhittu, enNdhaipem maaNnaar imaiyavar thalaivar eNNimuNn idaNGgoNda kOyil, chanNdhaNnap pozhiliNn thaazhchiNnai nNIzhal thaazhvarai magaLirgaL nNaaLum, manNdhirath thiRainchum maaliruNY chOlai vaNaNGguthum vaamada nNenchE! 9.8.9 - periya thiru mozhi - thiru mangai Sri SridEvith thaayaar Sri ANDAL samEtha Sri kaLLazhagar paramswami sundara raaja perumaal thriuvadikaLE saraNam Sampath Rengarajan
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