The framework – before we commence the study of the 30 verses let us see the framework of the Thiruppavai. I claim no correctness or completeness of my understanding – my merit is that it is my interpretation (perhaps influenced partly by what I have heard or read ) written by me, my admiration for the work is sincere and my devotion to the Lord in whose name it is written is total and has no ulterior motive. Let me take you through my simplistic, simplified sometimes trivialized explanation of how I understand the Thiruppavai. Understanding the structure of Thiruppavai Eventually the Lord one fine day comes and marries her and takes her into His fold. The Thiruppavai is one such work in which her worship manifests. Andal trying out the flower garland meant for GodĪndal continues to celebrate her Lord and sing His praises in many a verse and does her penance to attain Him. In some time, the Lord appears in the mind of the priest and orders him to bring the garland back saying that is the garland that He likes, The priest and andal’s father Periazhwar, realise the true nature of Andal’s intense devotion and the appreciation of the same by the Lord and wear the garland on the Lord to everyone’s joy. Periazhwar was totally crestfallen at this very inauspicious happening and came home dejected and scolded the child severely. But on that day the priest notices a strand of hair on the garland and refused to put it on the Lord saying this is not pure and that someone had already worn it. Legend has it that one day, like every other day she had worn the garland before her father took it to the temple. Andal used to take that garland and wear it herself and picture the scene of the Lord putting the garland on her (symbolic of the marriage) and then admire the enhancement of her beauty and glow as she wore the Lord’s garland.
Her father used to make a garland for the Lord everyday and take it to the temple and adorn the God. Sri Andal’s story very briefly is as follows.Īndal was discovered as a baby by her foster father Periazhwar in his garden at a town called Srivilliputhur in Tamilnadu India.Īndal grew up with intense devotion to the Lord and was so fond of Lord Krishna that she pictured herself as one of the Gopikas and aspired to wed the Lord. Sri Andal’s thirty verses for the thirty days of this holy month, dedicated to the worship and praise of the Lord to the exclusion of all other celebrations and earthly events. The most famous thing about Margazhi is Thiruppavai. We may not be able to do many of the physical acts (rituals ?) but that is okay Today because of the pandemic we are unable to visit temples with the fervour that we had earlier, but we can pray to God amidst all the hustle and bustle that our lives today are, right ? Here we go !. What does this mean for us all in 2020-21 as we prepare to exit this terrible year 2020 and enter the next one of this decade with much promise and hope, living in cities across this wide world ? We are not going to bathe in a river, wake up very very early morning, draw a Kolam (rangoli) in front of our doors and keep a nice yellow pumpkin flower stuck on a blob of cowdung (gobar) in the center of that kolam (rangoli) et al. The Month of Margazhi is here, for simpler understanding it is the period approximately mid Dec to mid Jan.
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