International Journal of Tamil Language and Literary Studies (Nov 2022)
பேராசிரியர் நா. சுப்புரெட்டியாரும் மலைநாட்டுத் திருப்பதிகளும் / Professor Subbu Reddiar and the Mount Thirupathis
Abstract
Professor Na. Subbu Reddiar was born in a farming family in Perakambi, Trichy District. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Soosaipar College, Trichy, a Masters degree from the University of Chennai and a PhD from Tirupathi Thiruvenkatavan University. He is very fond of Tamil. He is the author of 130 books in the fields of teaching, Tamil literature, religion, philosophy, performance, history, biography, science and research. He belonged to the Veera Saiva Sect yet he is very devoted to Vaishnavism. They have devised several strategies at each time to interact with the reality. The worship strategies devised by the Vaishnava sages are unique. Devotion opens like a veil when the Vainava idols are not merely symbolic, but each is an Avatar and is associated with reality as an Archavatara taken by the Lord Vishnu. He has written revisions so that those who read such a fact will also realize it. His travel books include “Malai Nattu Tiruppathis”, Thondai Nattu Tirupatis, Pandinatu Tirupatis, Northern Tirupatis and Cholanattu Tirupatis. With information on the location of temples in hill station Tirupatis, one can find not only Vaishnava philosophies, devotional positions, traditions, rituals, historical evidence but also the specialties of the Lord Vishnu and Subbu reddiar’s devotion on HIM. There are thirteen Mount Tirupathis that have been categorized by the Alvars into four divisions. They are Thiruvanparicharam, Thiruvattar and Thiruvananthapuram as three divisions; Thiruvittuvakodu and Thirunavaya are the fourth. Thirumangai Alwar is the one who excelled in the above three categories. Kulasekara Perumal was the only to excel in one category. Thsu, the article will decode the first section of these four sections.
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