Why is Tamil used in Tirupati tempel in pooja and in Brahmostvam instead of Telugu?

 Kugan M

1. Tirumala Tirupati belongs to Sri Vaishnavism Sect.
2. Nalayira Divya Prabandham (4000 verses on Lord Vishnu) sung by 12 Azhwar Mystics is in Tamil. This is a holy text of Sri Vaishnavites.
3. Natha Muni (9th CE) and Ramanujacharya (11th CE) who propagated Vishistathwaitham, were enlightened by reciting this holy text of Azhwars (5th-9th CE).
4. Azhwars, from various communities (of Pallar, Idaiyar, Kallar, farmer, King, Pandithas) led the Bhakti Movement to uproot the Shramanic religions and Foreign languages from our land, which were the order of the day in 3rd-7th CE.
5. Tradition assign high antiquity to the Azhwars taking them to 4200 BCE to 2700 BCE and there is no historic evidence.
6. Later on, disciples of Ramanuja, classified the temples glorified (“Mangalasasanam”) by Azhwars as Divyadesams. See Annexure below.
7. Ramanuja appointed Jeers or Seers in Divyadesams. Later in timeline, they disputed among themselves, split into Thenkalai headquarted in Nanguneri and Vadakalai headquartered in Kanchipuram.

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Annexure 1: Lord Vishnu Temples:

There are 108 Vishnu Temples in Indian Subcontinent certified as “Divya Desams” by 12 Tamil Mystics Alwars. These temples still follow “Mangalasasanam” as prescribed by Alwars and other Teachers in 5–9 th centuries and later.

These 108 Divyadesams include:

1.Tirumala Tirupati, the temple patronised by Chozha, Pandya and Vijayanagara Emperors.

2.Yes, worlds largest functioning hindu temple ThiruvaRangam (or Sri Rangam) also one among them.

3.Richest temple Tiru Anantha Puram included.

4.Worlds Tallest Temple Gopuram in 1956 and Tamil Nadu State Emblem, Thiruvilliputtur (or Srivilliputtur) Andal (who wrote Tiruppavai) temple.

5.The 106 earthly Divya Desam temples are spread over the present Indian states of

Tamil Nadu (85),

Kerala (11),

Uttar Pradesh(4),

Uttarakhand (3),

Andhra Pradesh (2),

Gujarat (1), and

Country of Nepal(1)- Muktinath.

The last two are believed to be outside earthly realms.

6.One can find the idols of Vishnu in any of these three, lying, sitting and standing positions in Divyadesams.

• Kidantha Thirukkolam ( Sleeping Position ) – 27 Divya desams
• Veetrirundha Thirukkolam ( Sitting Position ) – 21 Divya desams
• Nindra Thirukkolam ( Standing Position ) – 60 Divya desam

Annexure2; What is Tirupati mean?

Vishnu in Tamil is “PeruMal” and Lakshmi Thayar is “Tiru”

1. Mal (Peru Mal)
1. Tiru Mal (Lakshmi included)
2. Sri and Vishnu-
3. Sri and her Pati-
4. Tiru and her Pati -
5. Tirupati. and there are 108 Tirupatis.

Annexure: 3.Sri Vaishnavism

Kindly note these temples belong to Sri Vaishnavism. It is necessary to know the difference between different sects of Vaishnavism.

1. South India worship Vishnu or Narayana, called Perumal as their founder, and are followers of Mayonism or Sri Vaishnavism.
2. While North regard Vasudeva-Krsna as their founder and are followers of Brahmanic Vaishnavism.
3. The poems in praise of Vishnu in Tamil language are collectively known as Naalayira Divya Prabandham(4000 divine verses) which is considered as a sacred text.
4. Yes.There are plenty of literature available dealing with philosophical doctrines.
5. The Sanskrit Bhagavata Purana is essentially a Sanskrit "translation" of the bhakti of the Tamil Azhvars.
6. Within Sri Vaishnavism, there are two sects+ Thenkalai (Tamirabharani River) Vadakalai (Kaveri River)