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SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n

History<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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thirupputkuzhi is one of the dhivya dhEsams in thoNdai maNdalam (kAnchIpuram-chennai region). thiru \u2013 auspicious, puL \u2013 bird (jatAyu), kuzhi \u2013 burial pit. jatAyu mahAraja (vulture king) fights with rAvaNa in attempting to rescue\u00a0sIthA pirAtti<\/a>. In the process, he gets fatal injuries, falls down and is breathing his last moments when SrI rAma<\/a> arrives there.\u00a0<\/span>SrI rAma<\/a> becomes deeply overwhelmed with with emotions on seeing jatAyu in his last moments.\u00a0<\/span>SrI rAma<\/a> considered jatAyu mahAraja as his father and at once granted him mOksha. It is a rare manifestation of supremacy by\u00a0<\/span>SrI rAma<\/a> who by and large manifested a humanly character throughout his avathAram. SrI rAma then performs jatAyu\u2019s last rites (as he would do for his own father).<\/span><\/p>\n

In this connection, a beautiful incident is narrated in the lives of our\u00a0pUrvAchAryas<\/a>. It was the times in SrIrangam when nampiLLai<\/a> was leading our SrIvaishNava sath sampradhAyam in a glorious manner. Once naduvil thiruvIdhi piLLai bhattar<\/a>\u00a0(a descendant of\u00a0kUrathAzhwAn<\/a>\u00a0and who was a little bit jealous on\u00a0nampiLLai<\/a>\u2018s glories) was going to the king\u2019s court. He meets\u00a0pinbhazhagiya perumAL jIyar<\/a>\u00a0(who is a sishya of\u00a0nampiLLai<\/a>\u00a0and was incidentally was born in this thirupputkuzhi dhivya dhEsam) and invites him along to the court. When they go to the king\u2019s court, the king asks\u00a0naduvil thiruvIdhi piLLai bhattar<\/a> to explain how SrI rAma could give mOksham to jatAyu if he was simply manifesting humanly character. bhattar was perplexed since he could not think of a reasonable explanation reconciling SrI rAma\u2019s human behaviour and benedicting jatAya mahAraja with mOksham. The king gets distracted with some administrative tasks at that time. bhattar turns around to pinbhazhagiya perumAL jIyar<\/a>\u00a0and asks him how\u00a0nampiLLai<\/a>\u00a0would explain that. jIyar says \u201cHe would explain this through \u2018sathyEna lOkAn jayathi<\/em>\u2018 slOkam\u201d. bhattar being a scholar at once understands the meaning. This slOkam explains that a truthful person will rule over all worlds \u2013 since SrI rAma being the most truthful he was able to send off jatAyu to paramapadham (which is the spiritual world). The king returns in the mean time and enquires bhattar for the explanation. bhattar explains the principle and the king is amazed by the explanation. He honors bhattar with lots of wealth. bhattar rightfully goes straight to nampiLLai<\/a>\u00a0along with jIyar, offers the same to him and tells him that the huge wealth was a reward for the few words of explanation of\u00a0nampiLLai<\/a>. He then becomes a dear sishya of\u00a0nampiLLai<\/a>\u00a0and serves him then onwards. This is a nice connection between this dhivya dhEsam and our pUrvAchAryas in-depth knowledge in sampradhAyam matters.<\/p>\n

SrI rAmAnuja<\/a>, in his early years, studied vEdhAntham (pUrvapaksham perspective) under yAdhava prakAsa (adhvaitha scholar) in this dhivya dhEsam. Subsequently, yAdhava prakAsa becomes SrI rAmAnuja<\/a>\u2018s sishya and becomes a staunch visishtAdhvaidha scholar.\u00a0 We can see a small stone etching of SrI rAmAnuja standing near yAdhavaprakAsa, near SrI ANdAL sannidhi.<\/p>\n

One interesting aspect of SrI rAmAnuja sannidhi here \u2013 when yAdhavaprakASa in his later life realized his mistake and wished to become a disciple of SrI rAmAnuja, he had to go around the world three times as a penance for removing the sacred thread etc., as a pUrvapakshi. He decided to go around SrI rAmAnuja himself three times since he considered SrI rAmAnuja as his world. Interestingly, in this temple, SrI rAmAnuja sannidhi is such that one could go around just that sannidhi, unlike in many other temples where SrI rAmAnuja sannidhi would be attached to a wall and so not possible to do so.<\/p>\n

Thirupputkuzhi is the divine birth place of\u00a0pinbazhagiya perumAL jIyar<\/a>, and also thirupputkuzhi jIyar.<\/p>\n

vEdhAnthAchAryar<\/a> has sung paramArtha sthuthi in glorification of vijaya rAghava perumAL.<\/p>\n

maNavALa mAmunigaL<\/a>\u00a0visited this dhivya dhEsam as part of thoNdai nAdu dhivya dhEsams and performed mangaLAsAsanam to this emperumAn.<\/p>\n

dhivya prabandhams<\/strong><\/p>\n

thirumangai AzhwAr<\/a>\u00a0has performed mangaLAsAsanam to this dhivya dhEsam emperumAn in his periya thirumozhi and periya thirumadal.<\/p>\n

In thiruppAvai pAsuram \u2013 kanaiththiLam \u2013 \u2018manaththukku iniyAn\u2019 being SrI rAman (vijaya rAghavan), this pAsuram is recited twice in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n

In upadhEsa raththina mAlai, the pAsuram on\u00a0pinbazhagiya perumAL jIyar<\/a>\u00a0is recited twice in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Deities\/uthsavams<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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There are several sannidhis and uthsavams that happen for the emperumAn, AzhwArs and AchAryas in this dhivya dhEsam.<\/p>\n