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Vaaranam aayiram andal pasuram tamil3/17/2024 The Alwars lived supposedly between the 6-9th centuries. The beauty of this poetry and music spurred me into looking deeper at the Alwars and their music which forms the crux of my cherished presentation called Music of the Mystics. The first one I learnt was the august Mayanai in Sriragam from my mother. In my child’s mind I would always wonder how this lovely woman befriended the parrot! Since then I have been listening to Andal’s musical poetry. There was so much to see, admire, dream about, in that painting. It was a tableau with much detail that conjured up a vision of perfect synergy and harmony in all creation. My first tryst with Andal was as a child when at the temple I would stand mesmerised in front of the painting of Andal bedecked, beautiful, a magnificent hair-do, parrot on her shoulder, surrounded by the adoring faithful, animals, birds and a benign, smiling Krishna. When I contemplate on the Andal phenomenon, it is amazing how this iconic figure has survived the test of time and lived on. One of the twelve Alwars or saint-poet-philosophers of Tamil Nadu, Andal was the only woman amongst them. Recently the festival of Aadi pooram was celebrated in South Indian Vaishnava temples over the globe, to commemorate the birthday of Andal.
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