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Re: Murugan and thirumangai aazhvaar

 

 

> thirumangai was born on karthikai month karthikai star and is "karthikEyan"

> Murugan is also "karthikEyan".

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> thirumangai is "kaliyan", Murugan is "kali yuga varadhan".

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> Both carry vEl. I suppose one can call thirumangai as "vElan."

> Could they have been the same person?

 

No. The reason why Thirumangai aazhvaar has a vEl is as follows:

After thirumangai aazhvaar became a Vaishnavite, he undertook a pilgrimage

of the divya desams. When he came back and went through his home town area,

all the people there paid great respect to him. A naayanmaar who was in

the town was amazed by this and he challenged aazhvaar to a debate and

aazhvaar won. The naayanmaar presented the aazhvaar with a vEl on this

occasion. That is why aazhvaar carries the vEL and is called kaliyan

 

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