Thread by @TempleTrails

🕉 #Thread Today is Divine #Marghazhi 1- Most famous thing about Margazhi is Thiruppavai - Goddess Andal’s 30 verses for 30 days of this holy month, in worship& praise of Bhagwan Vishnu.Sri Andal was found as baby by her foster father Periazhwar in his garden Srivilliputhur,TN 🚩

🕉 2. Goddess Andal grew up with intense devotion to the Lord & was so fond of Lord Krishna that she pictured herself as one of the Gopikas & aspired to wed the Lord. Her father used to make a garland for the Lord everyday & take it to the temple and adorn the God🚩

🕉 3. Andal used to take that garland &wear it herself and picture the scene of the Lord putting the garland on her (in marriage) & then admire the beauty & glow as she wore Lord’s garland. 1 day, like every other day she had worn the garland before her father took it to temple🚩

🕉 4. But on that day the priest noticed strand of hair on the garland & refused to put it on the Lord saying this is not pure & that someone had already worn it. Periazhwar was very sad at this very inauspicious happening & came home dejected and scolded Sri Andal severely🚩

🕉 5. In some time, the Lord appears in the mind of the priest and orders him to bring the garland back saying that is the garland that He likes, The priest & Periazhwar, realise the true nature of Andal’s intense devotion & appreciation of the same by Lord & wore the garland 🚩

🕉 6. Goddess Andal continued to celebrate her Lord & sing his praises in many a verse & does her penance to attain him. The Thiruppavai is one such work in which her worship manifests. Eventually the Lord one fine day comes and marries her and takes her into His fold🚩#Narayana

🕉7. Anna-vayal puduvai Andal arangarku
Pannu thiruppavai palpadiyam – innisai yaal
Paadi koduthall nar-paamalai poomalai
Soodi koduthalai sollu
Soodi kodutha chuddar kodiaye !
tholpavai🚩

🕉 8. Paadi arula valla palvalaiyaai – Naadi nee
Vengadavark kennai vidhi endra immatram
Naam Kadava Vanname Nalgu 🙏🚩 Sri Andal Thiruvadiye Sharanam🙏 @almightykarthik @twt_Sonam @DharmoRakshathi @SriRamya21 @SriramKannan77 @yogi_arwind @ethicalstep 🚩