The Story of Thirupaanalwar

There is a Sri Ranganaathar temple in Sri Rangam. Long ago no devotee could come, only archagars. One day Thirupaanalwar came to pray. He prayed on the edge of the the tiny bridge in Cauvery river in the morning. One of the archagar came after a bath and told thirupaanalwar to move. but thirupaanalwar did not listen because he was in big concentration. So the archagar threw a stone. thirrupaanalwar got hurt and noticed and moved. When the archagar went inside the temple, Lord Ranganaathar's forehead was bleeding. Lord Ranganaathar told him that he hit his devotee with a stone, and also told him that only if he told sorry to thirupaanalwar, took him by shoulder and got him here his blood will stop. Then the archagar went and lifted thirupaanalwar by the shoulder and brought him to the temple. When thirupanalwar saw Lord Ranganaathar for the very... very... very first time he began to sing Amalanaathipiraan. Each paasuram of Amalanadhipiran describes Lord Ranganatha's body parts from feet to head. After seeing Lord Ranganaathaar, thirupaanalwar said " Aranganai kanda kangal matronrinai kaanaave" which means I Will Not Look At Anything Else" and fell in the lotus feet of Lord Ranganaathar and went to Vaikuntam.

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