TIRUPALLIYEZHUCHCHI TANIYANS

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*TIRUPALLIYEZHUCHCHI TANIYANS*

*TANIYAN - 1*
By Shri TirumAlai ANDAn

tamEva matvA paravAsudEvam
rangEshayam rAjavadarhaNeeyam |
prabhOdhikeem yOkRuta sookthimAlAm
bhakthAngrirENum bhagavantameeDE ||
 
I stand saluting TONDARADIPODI AZHVAR  possessing great qualities and abundant wisdom, who has graciously given us the garland of songs attributing to the waking up of lord Sri RanganAtha who is the King of kings, celebrated and worshipped even by King rAma (Chakravarthi tirumahan), reclining on the serpent bed Adhiseshan, personifying him as the paravAsudEvan .

*TANIYAN - 2*
By Shri tiruvaranga perumAL araiyar.

maNDangkuDi yenbar maamaRaiyOr manniyacheerth
toNDaraDippoDi tonnagaram vaNDu
tiNarttavayal tennaragattammAnai paLLi
uNarttum pirAn udhittavoor. 

The well revered Vedic scholars agree that, this greatly revered tondaraDipoDi AzhvAr, who engaged himself in waking up Periya Perumal who reclines in tiruvarangam surrounded by fields flocked with swarming bees, is the native of the wealthy ancient city called Mandangudi.

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