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Re: Agamas in malainATu divyadesams?

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sreekanth • November 19, 2002 


Dear members
i am a keralite, especially an iyer, who is a member
of this group for 2.5 years. this is the first time i
am reading such an interesting problem raised. kerala
has the largest no of divya desams after tamlil nadu.
13, infact, 12 becoz, thiruvattar is in tamil nadu
now. in many of these temples, there are inscriptions
of the alwars, who sung about the deity. but few of us
are aware of these. unlike in tamil nadu. there are no
strict vaishnavism at kerala, but most of the people
has adopted the worship insisted by ADISANKARA, that
is a five folded worship of siva, vishnu,
suryanarayana, ganapathi and durga. there are strict
text books known as THANTHRASAMUCHCHAYAM- KRIYABHAGAM
and KUZHIKKAATTU PACCHA,  and SAPARIVARAM POOJA which
elaborates the procedures of worship. this is followed
by the nampoodiries, the official archakas of the
temples. i think it is the duty of the fellow
vaishnavaites of tamil nadu, who can do something in
this respect. they can come here, and perform
recitation festivals at these temples to make
awareness and spread the divine fragrance of
divyaprabantham, indeed the same is done by saivates
of tamilnadu, who comes to the temple of
THIRUVANCHIKKULAM, near, KODUNGALLOR,  where SAINT
SUNDARAMOORTHY NAYANAR and CHERAMAN PERUMAL, an
ancestor of KULASHEKHARA AZHWAR, attained salvation.
they comes on the malayalam month KADAKA, that is
month of july-august and perform the recitation
festival at both THIRUVANCHIKKULAM, and the death
place of KANNGI,Kodungalloor. even namamalval has left
a passing remark of srivaikuntham, he has sung 10
poems each on triukkatkarai, thirumoozhikkalam,
etc....
with the help of the webmaster of
www.srivaishnavam.com sri. Venkat. i made a humble
attempt to translitrate the verses of divyaprabantham
and desikaprabantham in to malayalam and the scripts
are now available in the site. i think regarding the
absence of pure vaishnavaites, some historians...in
the group may pour some light.
with regards
SREEKANTH


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