Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti is planning to take vyAsa and parAsara to mudhalAzhwArgaL<\/a> sannidhi in srIrangam and explain them their glories.<\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti: vyAsa and parAsara! Today we will go to mudhalAzhwArgaL<\/a> sannidhi in the temple.<\/p>\n vyAsa and parAsarA: Great pAtti. Let us go now.<\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti: Let me tell a little bit about them while we walk towards their sannidhi. mudhal means first. We already know the meaning of AzhwAr – one who is immersed in devotion. So, mudhalAzhwArgaL<\/a> are the first amongst the 12 AzhwArs<\/a>.<\/p>\n vyAsa: Why is there a plural in\u00a0mudhalAzhwArgaL<\/strong><\/a> pAtti? Are there more than one “first” AzhwAr?<\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti: Ha! Ha! Very nice question. Yes, amongst the AzhwArs<\/a>, the first 3 AzhwArs<\/a> are always quoted together.<\/p>\n parAsara: Why pAtti? Are they like pancha pANdavas who were always together?<\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti: Very nice example parAsara. Yes – though the\u00a0first 3 AzhwArs<\/a> were born in 3 different places, through a divine event, they came together and met at thirukkOvalUr dhivya dhEsam and worshipped\/enjoyed srIman nArAyaNan<\/a> together. After that incident, they are generally quoted together.<\/p>\n vyAsa: What is that divine event pAtti? I am so curious to know about it.<\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti: Surely, I will tell you that incident. But before that, we understand a little about the 3 AzhwArs. First AzhwAr is named poigai AzhwAr<\/a> – sarO yOgi. Second AzhwAr is bhUthaththAzhwAr<\/a> – bhUtha yOgi. Third AzhwAr is known as pEyAzhwAr<\/a> – mahathAhvaya.<\/p>\n parAsara: When and where were they born pAtti?<\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti: All 3 of them were born in the previous yuga – dhvApara yuga (the yuga when krishNAvathAram took place).\u00a0 All 3 of them appeared from flowers. poigai AzhwAr<\/a> was born on aippasi thiruvONam in a pond in thiruvekkA<\/a> in kAnchIpuram. bhUthaththAzhwAr<\/a> was born on aippasi avittam in a pond in thirukkadalmallai – now you know this place as mahAbalipuram. pEyAzhwAr<\/a> was born on aippasi sathayam in a well in thirumayilai – now you know this place as mylApUr.<\/p>\n vyAsa: Wow! They were born from flowers. So, dont they have mother and father?<\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti: Yes, they were blessed by bhagavAn<\/a> during their birth itself and they fully considered thAyAr<\/a> and perumAL<\/a> as their mother and father.<\/p>\n parAsara: Oh, that is wonderful to know. So, how did they meet and what was that divine incident?<\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti: Well, they were individually travelling to different kshEthrams and were worshipping bhagavAn<\/a> in many places. That was their life – just go to a temple, worship perumAL<\/a> and stay there for a few days and then move on to the next one.<\/p>\n vyAsa: That sounds so wonderful – no need to worry about anything else. Wish we could do that too pAtti.<\/p>\n ANdAL pAtti: Yes. Look we have arrived at mudhalAzhwArgaL<\/a> sannidhi. Let us go in and have their dharsan. We will continue with rest of their life on return.<\/p>\n Authors: sArathy rAmanuja dAsan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Previous Article Full Series ANdAL pAtti is planning to take vyAsa and parAsara to mudhalAzhwArgaL sannidhi in srIrangam and explain them their glories. poigai AzhwAr bhUthaththAzhwAr pEyAzhwAr ANdAL pAtti: vyAsa and parAsara! 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<\/a>poigai AzhwAr<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Created](\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bhuthathazhwar.jpg\")
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<\/a>pEyAzhwAr<\/a><\/p>\n