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ThAmarai -The Flower
 
Having commenced with a notional comparison let us talk a bit about the flower.
 
The ThAmarai flower is filled in the pond. A person goes and take bath in it and gets all his pains and agoines relieved. No, we are not talking of medicinal properties. This reminds me of ThirunedunthANdakam pAsuram
 
" poRRAmarai-k kayam nErADap pOnAL'  .Tamilians kalavaiyai nErADal enbargaL.The acnient tamil literature mentions bath in the context of mingling with EmperumAn also. The immersion in ganges if it cleanses all the sins, the immersion in the thAmarai pond is analogous to the embracement with EmperumAn.
 
'mannu mudhu nEr aravindha malar mEal vari vandisai pAda" narrates sri kaliyan enjoying the natural beauty of SiRu puliyUr witnessing the beetle whining around the lotus.
 
Here comes the description of the flower
 
"nURRidhazh koL aravindham nuzhaindha paLLathu " 4-4-1 of Periya ThiruMozhi.
 
One of the names of lotus is sadhathram - hundred petalled flower.
 
It is said that the lotus has one hundred petals. I have not counted in  a full blossomed lotus.
 
 
'..nayappudai nA En thodaik kiLavi vuL podhivOam
nar pUvaip pU EnRa vaNNan pugazh ' Periya ThriuvandhAdhi 1.
 
(concluded)
dAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan
 


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