Nammazhwar's Achievements

Nammazhwar's Achievements

Nammazhwar had the unique distinction of   Lords of the Different Divya Desams granting darshan at the Tamarind tree where he was positioned and got mangalasasanam from Nammazhwar. The List of such Divaya Desams may be found in the slide below.

Nammazhwar composed and sung Thiruviruththam, Thiruvasirium, Peria Thiruvandhadhi and Thiruvoimozhi which are considered as the essence of Rig, Yajua, Atharvana and Sama Vedam. Nammazhwar's works are in Tamil and are called Dravida Veda Sagaram

Nammazhwar's parents named him as Maran but Nammazhwar earned several names from different great people of his time. The List of names are shown in the slide below.

Nammazhwar had the distiction of having as many as six Thanians sung by Nathamuni, Eswara Muni, Sottai Nambi, Anandhazwan and Bhattar(2). 

Last but not the least, Lord Ranaganatha wanted to know if Kamban had composed a poem on on Satakopan. Kamban had gone to Srirangam to present Kamaba Ramayanam to in front of Namperumal. 

Kamaban, it is believed overnight created a Satakopa Andhadhi  on Nammazhwar.  This can be found in Kambar's Andhadhi " நம் சடகோபனைப் பாடினையோ? என்று நம்பெருமாள் 

விஞ்சிய ஆதாரத்தால் கேட்பக் கம்பன் விரைந்து உரைத்த  செஞ்சொல் அந்தாதி"

One has to read the entire Satakopa Andhadhi to understand the depth of knowledge of Kamban about Nammazhwar, His works, His greatness, His Bakthi and devotion to Lord Krishna. All Archavathars appeared as Lord Krishna to Nammzhwar.

Here is a presentation on Thanians on Namaamzhwar.