Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Sri Andal
was found by Periyalwar in his Tulsi Garden; he used to pick flowers from this
garden to make beautiful garlands for Lord Vatapatrasayee. Sri Andal was born
in 9th century – Adi Month – with the birth star Pooram – An
incarnation of Sri Boodevi Thayar. Periyalwar was an ardent
devotee of Lord Ragamannar and a self-less devotee of Lord
Vatapatrasayee. He makes beautiful garlands for Lord on daily basis and
present before Him. One day, while plucking flowers from his garden, he
happened to listens the cries of a baby. He rushed towards the Tulsi
shrubs. There he found a stunningly beautiful baby girl. Periyalwar
took the baby affectionately and brought up her. He named her ‘Andal’
(Godha). The baby girl assisted her father in plucking flowers and making
garlands for Vatapatrasayee. Andal grew up listening to the glories of
Lord Krishna. She attentively listens to His childhood pranks and she
imagined herself as one of the gopis – childhood friends of Lord Krishna.
Slowly and steadily Andal’s undivided devotion towards Lord turned into desire
to attain him as her husband. She imagined herself as Gopi,
Srivilliputhur as Gokulam and the villagers as Gopis. Her yearning for
Lord Krishna had no bounds. She composed ‘Nachiyar Thirumozhi’ and
‘Thiruppavai’ out of her longing for Lord Krishna.
Once, there
arrived an orator to give speech about Lord Krishna and happened to describe
the ‘Markazhi Nombu’ (fasting) to attain Lord Krishna’s grace. The little
girl Andal earnestly paid attention to the rules for fasting should be followed
and assembled her friends encouraged them to observe Markazhi
Nombu. During the Month of Markazhi , Andal raise in the early morning and
enthusiastically knock at the doors of her friends to take bath in the
river. Her ‘Thiruppavi’ beautiful and divine compositions are
exciting and it grabs the attentions of everyone. The thirty songs under
the title ‘Thiruppavai’ is totally mesmerizing and enthralling. Witnessing the vivacious acts of Andal, her
father started to worry about the girl. Whenever Periyalwar remind her
about her marriage, she replies with innocent remarks ‘I want to marry only
Lord Krishna’. It added Periyalwar’s worries about his dearest daughter,
eventually people started criticizing at her devotion to
Lord.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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