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Have
Swathi Thirunal & Muthuswami Deekshithar ever met? There are no
historical records to answer this. But, the popular belief is that
Deekshithar has met Swathi in Thiruvananthapuram and the inconclusive
proof is the existence of a Deekshithar Kriti on Sree Padmanabha Swamy
temple at Thiruvananthapuram. |
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Swathi
Thirunal |
Dikshthar |
[There
are also Deekshithar kritis on other Kerala deities: Sree Krishnam - Thodi
: Guruvayoor, Hariharaputhram - Vasantha - Sabarimala, Rakthaganapthim :
Mohanam : unidentified Ganapathi Temple in Kerala]. Here is the account
given by Sri.C.V. Vadhyar :
The popular belief is that during the closing years of his life. Deekshithar,
after his trip to Ettiyapuram desired to meet his disciples Vadivelu, the
famous violinist and his brother, who were in the court of Swathi Thirunal
. Deekshthar was received as a guest of Swathi Thirunal. The saint was the
adored guest of Sri Swathi Thirunal. Vadivelu and his brother took Deekshithar
around the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple, and gave a full fledged description
of the deity. Sri Muthuswamy Dikshidar sat on the monolith Mandapam in front
of the deity and sang the famous keerthanam in Madhyamaavathy ragam, with
the pallavi-'Pannaga Sayana' . In the Charana, there is refrence to important
aspect of the deity, the Palpayasa Nivedyam, which is the highly relished
offering of the Lord Padmanabha, offered every morning even today. There
is also the reference of Narasimha and Sree Krishna in the Krithy.
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