Tirumālai
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Religion | Hinduism |
Author | Tondaradippodi Alvar |
Language | Tamil |
Period | 9th–10th century CE |
Verses | 45 |
The Tirumālai (Tamil: திருமாலை, lit. 'sacred garland') is a work of Tamil Hindu literature written by Tondaradippodi Alvar, comprising 45 verses.[1][2] Each of these verses is regarded in popular tradition to be a flower, woven together to produce a garland for Ranganatha, a form of the deity Vishnu. It is part of the compendium of the hymns of the Alvars, the Nalayira Divya Prabandham.[3] The verses of this work are often existential and indicative of regret, reflecting the sorrow of the author for not having spent more of time in the veneration of his deity, wondering if salvation lies ahead of him.[4][5]
Hymns
The first two hymns of this work extol the deity and his abode of Srirangam:[6]
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