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<BR>Subject: [agathiyar] Re: 5100th Anniversary of nammAlzhwAr
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<BR>At 02:41 PM 5/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
<BR>>I read the following article on "5100th anniversary" with interest. I know
<BR>>nothing of the religious traditions that assign these numbers or of the
<BR>>myths and legends that grow around the saints. The AlzhwAr pAcurams are
<BR>>clearly post-Sangam origin to a generic reader, and we cannot even get
<BR>>people to agree on 5th Century BC date for the Sangam literature. And yet,
<BR>>the Vaishanavaite tradition assigns a 5100 year age to these pAcurams (and
<BR>>presumably the vEdas or even older or concidered eternal). The story of
<BR>>nammAlzhwAr itself is typical of a religious legend that is pretty much
<BR>>useless to any historian (amateur or professional). Are there ANY
<BR>>historical records of a real person called mAran who composed these poems?
<BR>>If so, what king ruled over the pAndiya country at his time? While the
<BR>>legend talks about the poRRAmaraikkuLam test, it does not identify the
<BR>>contemporary poets. Can Dr. JB, our foremost authority on Tamil History and
<BR>>Dr. Loganathan, a former
<BR>>vaishnavaite throw some light on these issues?
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<BR>>Thanks,
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<BR>>Regards,
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<BR>>Mani M. Manivannan
<BR>>Fremont, CA, USA.
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<BR>Dear Manivannan,
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<BR>The Alzhvaars have been assigned great antiquity
<BR>according to their traditions. 
<BR>I am trying to get some solid facts about your query.
<BR>Otherwise I have to get in touch with Indra Parthasarathi
<BR>who is a contemporary authority on SriVaishnavism.
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<BR>Regards
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<BR>Jayabarathi
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