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БнЁёВЎЗэ БэЫ ¦ѕЎшєЈч ЕсјЁИѕЎчмёДўВэ ¦єнЁёВЎЗэ ¦єп¦єЎшБЎЁД ЕшДЕч ѕЈѕўД§Г (¦АЎўВѕўХ¦БЎЖў 1-7-10)

There is an amusing anecdote about this tendency of this Azhwar to speak a lot about his own achievements while singing the praise of the Lord. There lived in the temple of Srirangam a devotee who was employed for cleaning lamps known as Vilakku Pichchai. This guy used to keep talking to himself while working. Lord Ranganatha reclining in the Sanctum sanctorum started conversing with this man out of sheer boredom. He in turn used to report to the Lord all that was going on in the temple. Not that the Lord didn’t know the news but he chose to amuse himself with this diversion. Villakku Pichai soon grew a little proud and pompous with this special attention he received. Once he heard the chanters in the temple reciting the Periya Tirumozhi verse “Senkamala” wherein the Azhwar speaks about his various titles a bit more than usual. Pichai brought this to the attention of the Lord and said “Your devotee starts by singing your praise and ends up singing more about himself! ” Lord Ranganatha got annoyed with this piece of impertinence and remarked “So what is wrong with that? All the fame of Kaliyan is due to my grace, his devotion to me and is my praise indirectly! ” After this interlude, the Lord withdrew into his Archa code of not speaking to anyone. The above episode mentioned in the commentary reveals that the Peria Perumal loved Kaliyan and his verses so much that he would not tolerate any criticism of them.

Thirumangai Azhwar was the most prolific writer among the Azhwar saints with six Prabandhas to his credit. They are in a variety of verses Aasu kavi, Vistara kavi, Madhura kavi and Chithra kavi. The verses presented in a wide range of poetic meters reveal his command over the Tamizh language and earned him the title of Naalu kavi perumal. It is said that in a confrontation with a Nayanmar the Azhwar entered a poetic contest and won the duel hands down. The opponent gave away his spear (Vel) as a token of submission. To mark this, the Azhwar is always seen in Archa form with the Vel held in his hand. It is also customary to install the Archa form of his consort Kumudavalli Naachiyar along with the Azhwar as she was instrumental in bringing him into the fold of devotion to the Lord and Bhagavatas. The bewitching form of the Azhwar with his consort at his Avatara Kshetra of Thiruvali Thirunagari captures the hearts of all and devotees who live around the place cannot stay away without a darshan of their Azhwar for long.

Among the Nalayiram, Kaliyan’s Thirumadals and Thiruvezhukootrirrukkai, a Chithirakkavi, which forms a chariot in words, are very special. Aaravamudha Azhwan, the Lord of Thirukkudandai who is held to be very enchanted with the Arulicheyal and Azhwar saints has this unique privilege to be adored by Kaliyan with this remarkable work which is displayed prominently as a painting in the front corridor of the huge temple. Thirukkudandai also was the

first Kshetra to receive this Azhwar’s Mangalasasanam in the very first decad of Peria Thirumozhi. “Soozh punal kudandaye thozhudu”

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