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Thirumangai Mannan

By Smt. Radha Muralidhar

Thirumangai Azhwar, the last in the line up of the Azhwar saints was an interesting, colourful personality quite different from the other Azhwars in temperament. He was a versatile person; a courageous warrior, an efficient and powerful chieftain of Thirumangai, a great poet with such proficiency in the Tamizh language that nectar like words flowed in torrents from his lips. The Azhwar is known by many names like Arulmari, Kaliyan, Parakalan and Thirumangai Mannan. He was passionate about anything he pursued, whether it was wooing a bewitching damsel or building temples. The Azhwar comes out as a rebel who threw rules to the wind when they didn’t suit him like in his Periya Thirumadal where he transforms into a lovelorn damsel the Parakala Nayaki to profess his love for the divine. When it was pointed out to him that in Tamizh culture, a Nayaki expressing her love in the form of a Madal in public was not accepted, he retorted saying “I am well aware of the Tamizh code but I choose to embrace the rules of Sanskrit which allows this freedom to women! ”

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“Maan nokkin anna nadayar alaresa aadavarmel

mannu madaloorar enbathor vasagamum

tennuraiyil kettu arivadundu adanai yam teliyom

mannum vadaneriye vendinom! ”

The Azhwar leaves a lot autobiographical information about himself in the last verse of his works as in “Irun tamizh nool pulavan mangayalan mannu thol seer vandarai taar kaliyan senkayalan sen chol malai vallavar teedilare! ” (Periya Tirumozhi 1-7-10)

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