Periyalvar

Periyalvar

One of the alvars, he was born in a brahmin family in Srivilliputhur, near madurai in the 6th to 9th century CE and was named vishnuchittar meaning "one who has vishnu in his mind". Legend says he rejected the vedic philosophical debates of his upbringing to focus bhakti especially on doing simple tasks for God. He would make garlands of flowers for the deity of the temple.One day the pallava king of the land had a competition between scholars to find one who would explain philosophical principles. vishnuchittar won the competition by explaining that the path to moksha is by service to God. Legend goes that the king honored vishnuchittar and God himself came down to earth to see this. Vishnuchittar composed a couplet called "pallandu" (also called "thirup-palandu" out of respect) translating to "Long live for many years, Long live for many years for Hundreds of thousands of years!" to God. This is a very important prayer in Srivaishnava liturgy today. vishnuchittar composed some pasurams in the 4000 Divya Prabhandham called perialvar tirumozhi where he explores a devotee's love for God through the metaphor of yasoda's motherly love for krishna. He was the adopted father of Kodhai or Andal, the only woman alvar.

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* [http://www.divyadesamonline.com/alwars/periy-alwar.asp Periyalwar Alvar]


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