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kIzh vAnam veLLenRu erumai siRu vIdu
	mEyvAn parandhana kAN mikkuLLa piLLaigaLum
pOvAn pOginRAraip pOgAmal kAththu unnaik
	kUvuvAn vandhu ninROm kOdhukalamudaiya
pAvAy! ezhundhirAy pAdip paRai koNdu
	mAvAy piLandhAnai mallarai mAttiya
dhEvAdhi dhEvanaich senRu nAm sEviththAl
	AvA enRu ArAyndhu aruLElOr empAvAy

Pasuram: Keezhvanam Divyadesam: Thiruvaththiyur

The divyadesam of Thiruvaththiyur is Sri Hastishailam - that is, Kanchipuram Varadaraja Perumal Kovil. In this pasuram, the key phrase is "dhEvAdhi dhEvanaich senRu nAm sEviththAl". "dhEvAdi dhEvan" is Lord Varadaraja, who is also known as Deva Perumal. In Thiruppavai, in the ten pasurams starting with Pullum Silambinakan, Andal wakes up the ten Azhvars. In that, it is Swami Nammazhvar who is woken up in this pasuram. Nammazhvar when starting his first prabandham Thiriviruththam calls to Deva Perumal as "imaiyOr thalaivA" and speaks of Him again at the beginning of his last prabandham Thiruvaymozhi as "ayarvaRum amarargaL athipathi".

Thus, the divyadesam of Thiruvaththiyur is experienced by Andal in this pasuram.

Andal Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

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