A pilgrim’s jottings on a 3-day whirlwind pilgrimage, May 4th, 2024 (Tirunelveli-Tuticorin) of Nava Tirupati temples ************ The summer heat-wave was rising, and on my journey by road towards Azhwar Tirunagari, the mid-morning hour seemed to send torrid blasts from a furnace towards us. Thankfully, Rajah, my thoughful rental-car cab-driver, turned up the vehicle airconditioning.Continue reading “குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: Part-4: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra””
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Today’s 26th Tiruppaavai “paasuram” is about our ancestors … and how wise and kind they truly were.
Below is reproduced one Chapter from my book published (2016, 2017 and 2021) as “The Unusual Essays of an Unknown Sri Vaishnava”. https://www.amazon.in/Unusual-Essays-Sri-Vaishnava-Sudarshan/dp/1641336633 Today January 11, 2024 is an “amaavasya” day when all we Brahmins are mandated to perform the ritual of “pitru Tarpanam” to please our departed parents and ancestors. It is therefore especiallyContinue reading “Today’s 26th Tiruppaavai “paasuram” is about our ancestors … and how wise and kind they truly were.”
Neurology in Sri Andal’s Tiruppaavai “paasuram”#20
This is a very beautiful paasuram of Tiruppaavai … I find it so very fascinating! Whenever I read this Andal paasuram , I ask myself : Who are the “moopatthu moovar amarargaL” that Sri Andal has in mind ? They are the Devas, of course, the lesser gods in the Vedic pantheon … But thenContinue reading “Neurology in Sri Andal’s Tiruppaavai “paasuram”#20”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantin-s”: Part-47
In the decades after Indian Independence — and especially after the Dravidianist Movement triumphed in the 1967 State elections and captured the seat of power in Tamilnadu and held on to it continually thereafter until the present day — the small community of “ubaya-vedaantins”, along with the entire Brahmin populace in the state, suffered traumaticContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantin-s”: Part-47″