A note on the 500 years old Thenkalai Vadakalai wars of Southern India A Substack blog post on “Amaruvi Aphorisms“ is copied here below ⬇️ Sudarshan Madabushi https://mylapore.substack.com/p/tamil-iyengarss-quixotic-squabbles AMARUVI DEVANATHAN MAY 23, 2026 Subscriber Note Let me begin with a personal note. I belong to the Vadakalai school of thought. When I had sought toContinue reading “Tamil Iyengars’s Quixotic squabbles “
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September 30, 2025: An Evening to remember forever at Kanchipuram, all due to “Sri Perundevi Thaayaar’s” Grace!
பச்சைமா மலை போல் மேனிபவளவாய் கமலச் செங்கண்அச்சுதா அமரரேறேஆயர்தம் கொழுந்தே என்னும்இச்சுவை தவிர யான் போய்இந்திரலோகம் ஆளும் அச்சுவை பெறினும் வேண்டேன்அரங்கமா நகருளானே O Achyuta! With a body like a great green mountain, a mouth like coral, with eyes shaped like a red lotus—O Lord of the celestials! O tender sprig of the cowherds! Apart from the pleasure of uttering theseContinue reading “September 30, 2025: An Evening to remember forever at Kanchipuram, all due to “Sri Perundevi Thaayaar’s” Grace!”
A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” – Tiru Sirupuliyur (Part-8)
In the minds of many Sri Vaishnavas exists still a very deep-rooted conception or consciousness of the Dravidian origins of their ageold history which broadly is imagined to be divided into (a) the Azhwar Era and (b) the post-Ramanuja era. In the Azhwar era, again it is believed by them, that Vaishnavism took roots inContinue reading “A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” – Tiru Sirupuliyur (Part-8)”
A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” (Part-1)
Last year in 2024, around the same time as end-April 2025, I undertook my customary annual pilgrimage of the Divya Desam temples, offering worship in the 9 famous temples in and around the town of Tirunelveli, and known popularly as “Nava Tirupati Divya Desa kshetrams“, besides at two other temples in Tirukurungudi and Vanamamalai. AndContinue reading “A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” (Part-1)”
குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: Part-3: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra”
A pilgrim’s jottings on a 3-day whirlwind pilgrimage, May 4th, 2024 (Tirunelveli/Tuticorin) of Nava Tirupati temples *************** After I had had Darshan at Sri Vaikuntam, Rajah, my car-rental driver from Tirunelveli, reminded me that the temple there was also regarded as a temple for the first and foremost of the “navagraha devatas”…. Surya bhagavan inContinue reading “குயில் நின்றார் பொழில் சூழ் குருகூர்: Part-3: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Azhwar Tirunagari Kshetra””
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-56
The animus that has been existing between the two Sri Vaishnava sects for more than half a century shows little sign of abating even today i.e. in the first two decades of the 21st century CE… and most certainly not at all in the principal Tenkalai and Vadakalai temples of Tamil Nadu viz. Sri RangamContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-56″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54
Failing to effectively repel hostile calumny and criticisms by other schools of Hindu religion against Sri Vaishnavism. In this section of Doraiswamy Iyengar’s pamphlet titled “Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas”, another facet of “ubaya-vedanta” in the post-Indian Independence era gets critically examined. Lest the passages written by Doraiswamy Iyengar are misunderstood or misinterpreted, I offer belowContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54″
“TiruppaanAzhwaar’s”Tamizh hymn: “amalan Adi piraan”: The famous writer, “Sujatha’s” appreciation supplemented by mine own
தஞ்சைப் பகுதியில் நிலைச் சொந்தக்காரர்களையும் குத்தகைக்காரர்களையும் மேல்வாரம், குடிவாரம் என்று இன்றும் சொல்கிறார்கள். திருப்பாணாழ்வாரின் இந்தப் பாடலில் வாரம் வருகிறது. பாராமாய பழவினை பற்று அறுத்து என்னைத் தன் வாரம் ஆக்கி வைத்தான் வைத்தது அன்றி என் உள் புகுந்தான் கோர மாதவம் செய்தனன் கொல் அ றியேன் அரங்கத்தம்மான் திரு ஆரமார்பதன்றோ அடியேனை ஆட்கொண்டதே.சுமையாக நின்ற பழைய பாவங்களின் சம்பந்தத்தைத் தொலைத்து என்னைத் தன்னிடத்தில் அன்புடையவனாகப் பண்ணிவைத்தான். அதுமட்டுமல்லாமல் என் இதயத்துக்குள் நுழைந்துவிட்டான். உக்ரமான தவம் ஏதாவது நான் முற்பிறவியில் செய்திருக்க வேண்டும்,Continue reading ““TiruppaanAzhwaar’s”Tamizh hymn: “amalan Adi piraan”: The famous writer, “Sujatha’s” appreciation supplemented by mine own”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 13
“SrIranga-mangaLa-nidhim karuNAnivAsam SrIvenkaTAdri-SikharAlaya-kAlamegham | SrIhastiSaila-Sikharojjvala-pArijAtam SrISam-namAmi SirasA yaduSaila-dIpam || It is an observable fact of history that at three of the above four great capital temple-towns of Sri Vaishnavas the above shloka names — viz. Tirumala, Sri Rangam and Melkote –Sri Ramanujacharya, personally undertook the responsibility for reforming the then prevailing and later institutionalizing aContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 13″