Learn Urdhva puNdra dhAraNam (ஊர்த்வ புண்ட்ர தாரணம்)

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:

One should apply SrIvaishNava thilak (Urdhva puNdram) in the proper manner.

upanyAsam
- thamizh – https://youtu.be/PE7RAdIDtV0
- English – https://youtu.be/Ycr3guDvcL4
Live demo (video)
- thamizh – https://youtu.be/ijdVVDG7BZI
- English – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU9oeT0ZicU

Pronunciation Guide

A is used for “aa” sound – example: emperumAnAr, rAmAnuja

E is used for “yay” sound – example: EkAdhasi

I is used for “ee” sound – example: Iswara

O is used for “Oh” sound – example: Om

U is used for “oo” sound – example: Urdhva pundram

zh is used for very strong “l” sound – example: AzhwAr

L is used for strong “l” sound – example: muL (thorn)

N is used for strong “n” sound – example: nArAyaNa

R is used for strong "r" sound - example: puRappAdu (procession); its also used for "tr" sound in thamizh when there is double "R" - example: uRRAr (utRAr - relative)

d is used strong “d” sound – example: garuda

dh is used for meek “d” sound – example: gOvindha

t is used for strong “t” sound – example: ganta

th is used for meek “t” sound – example: vratham

sa, sha, ksha are typed as it is – examples: samskritham, shashti and kshamA

: is used for ha sound in samskritham words – examples: nama: to be said as namaha

Terminologies listing at Reader's Guide