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• Fri Sep 22 1995 - 06:29:18 PDT
Okay, so I made a spelling goof =) It is Tiruman Kaappu in the subject line.
I vaguely remember that there is a tradition, that Sriman Narayana himself
came down and accepted initiation into SriVaishnavism from one of the acharyas
( presumably Udayavar) and took the name Sri Vaishnava Nambi from him.
Maybe the tirumaN kaappu was saathi-fied on Sriman narayana at this initiation,
and we reflect that in our temple iconography ? =)
- Sundar