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Perumal (Tamil: பெருமாள், romanized: Perumāl) [2] or Tirumal (Tamil: திருமால், romanized: Tirumāl pronunciation ⓘ) is a Hindu deity. [3] Perumal is worshipped mainly among Tamil Hindus in South India and the Tamil diaspora , who consider Perumal to be a form of Vishnu .
The Perumal Tirumoli notably contain five decads on the holy town of Srirangam, and five each on Rama [4] and Krishna, the latter considered to be of great poetic merit. [5] The first pasuram, or hymn, of this work is as follows: [6] When is the day that my pair of eyes shall rejoice, beholding the dark Sapphire, the delicate One, who sleeps
Thirumal Perumai tells three spell-binding stories about how far you can get with Lord Vishnu's grace, and how he can solve problems. Andal. Goddess Lakshmi reincarnated as the daughter of Periyalvar in Srivilliputhur. She was named Andal or Kodhai. As she grew up, she learned about Krishna and loved him.
The Adikesava Perumal Temple is a Perumal temple located in Thiruvattar, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India and is one of the 108 Divya desams, the holy sites of Hindu Vaishnavism in existing Tamil hymns from the seventh and eighth centuries C.E. The temple is one of the historic thirteen Divya Desams of Malai Nadu.
Thirumangai sings as a woman threatening Lord to finish her life if He can not reciprocate her love. He assumes the role of a gopika (milkmaid) who threatens Krishna (a form of Vishnu) with madal. He defends the gopika's actions of performing the prohibited madal, by saying that he follows the Sanskrit literary tradition who permits madal for ...
The name of the ceremony was derived from the names of two Tamil Hindu chants: Thiruvempavai (a Shaivite hymn by Manikkavacakar) and Tiruppavai. It is known that Tamil verses from Thiruvempavai — poet pratu sivalai ("opening the portals of Shiva's home") — were recited at this ceremony, as well as the coronation ceremony of the Thai king. [13]
Depiction of "Cherman Perumal" Nayanar in Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur. Perumal (the 'Great One' [1]) is the name of a Hindu deity. It was also generally used as a synonym for the king or ruler in south India during medieval period. [1] Western Ganga dynasty [2] Sripurusha; Rajamalla; Nitimarga; Pandya dynasty [2] Maran Chadayan; Chola ...
A poem of Periyalvar names the ruling Pandya king as Netumaran, and states that the king extolled the lord of Thirumalirumsolai (that is, Vishnu). The Pandyan kings were generally staunch Shaivites: the only king described as a parama-vaishnava ("Great Vaishnavite") in the Pandyan inscriptions was Jatila Parantaka (r. c. 765-815), who was also known as Netun-jataiyan.