Thiruchinnamaalai composed by Sri Thoopul Vedantha Desikan

Thiruchinnamaalai composed by

                           Sri Thoopul Vedantha Desikan


Thiruchinnam is an auspicious musical instrument used in Kanchi Varadaraja Perumal kovil deity processions through the streets of Kanchi. The Thiruchinnam announced that Lord has left his sanctum and alerted the devotees to be ready to receive Lord inf front of their homes on the route of the procession. Sri Thoopul Vedantha desikan got attracted to the musical sounds emanating from Thiruchinnam. Later in his life he won a debate and establishes the supremacy of Azhwar's Divyaprabhandham and ensured it was chanted during procession of the deity. Lord Vardaraja pleased with this, ordered one his archakas to present a Thiruchinnam to This Acharya..

Thiruchinnamalai composed by Sri Thoopul Vedantha Desikan comprises of 11 verses. The first six verses bring out the essence of Thirumanthiram, the seventh brings out essesnce of Dhvayam and the 8th and the 9th bring out the essence of Charama slOkam.