New member + question

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Hello! Everyone!!

My name is parthasarathy (Ranganathan) and I am a

graduate student at Rice University. Thanks to Mr. Mani Varadarajan for

introducing me to the mailing list. As I had indicated in my mail to him, I

dont think I am too qualified to talk about many of the topics which come

up in this mail group, however, I would love to listen to what more

knowledgeable people have to say about these and hence my joining this news

group...

 

I am from Madras, my father lived in Kancheepuram

and my mother lived in Tirupathi. I have been fortunate in that I have had

plenty of occasions to visit the temples in these places when I went to

visit my grandparents.

 

 

-->> The GPP 6000 is the oldest biography of the Alvars and Ramanuja

-->> we have, and is reckoned by some as a Thengalai version, though

-->> it predates any such split. The GPP 3000 is more a Vadagalai

-->> version, since it includes some information on Vedantadesika

-->> and emphasizes some characteristically Vadagalai philosophical

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-->> positions.

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Can someone explain what are the main ideological differences

between the vadagalai and thengalai positions. ( I have seen some petty

differences during the Kanchi Garuda sevais,...)

 

I hope it is allright if i

start another thread while the previous thread is still going on...

 

Thanks

Partha