1. Thondaradippodi Alvar's works are the Tiruppallieluchi having ten verses, and Tirumalai having forty verses, both of which are counted among the 4000 stanzas in the Naalayira Divya Prabandam.
11 Facts About Thondaradippodi Alvar
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Thondaradippodi Alvar was born in a small village by name Thirumandangudi Chola region in Prabhava year, Margazhi month, Krishna chaturthi, Tuesday in Kettai Nakshatram.
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Thondaradippodi Alvar became a staunch devotee of Ranganatha of Sriranganathaswamy temple.
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Thondaradippodi Alvar constructed a big Nandhavanam in Srirangam, where various beautiful and fragrance flower plants are grown.
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Thondaradippodi Alvar worshipped all the bhaktas of Sri Vishnu and sang songs in praise of Sri Ranganathar.
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Thondaradippodi Alvar composed Tirumalai, comprising 45 verses and Tirupalliyeluchi comprising 10 verses.
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Thondaradippodi Alvar believed that Ranganatha is none other than Krishna himself and he has captured his soul.
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Thondaradippodi Alvar uses the phrase "Prospering indolents" in his 38th verse meaning the devotees of Vishnu who left their corporal body in earth, but merged their soul to god.
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Thondaradippodi Alvar's verse starting with "Pachaimamalai pol meni" is the most popular verse and commonly chanted in all Vishnu temples during day-to-day worship and during festivals.
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The verses of Tirupalliyeluchi was first sung in the Srirangam temple and the Thondaradippodi Alvar gives Ranganatha a wake-up call describing how the inmates of earth come here to watch Ranganatha rise at dawn.
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The birthday of the Thondaradippodi Alvar is celebrated twice in a year in the Srirangam temple during the birth star in the Tamil month of Margazhi.