Thirumangai Aazhwaar.

Thirumangai Aazhwaar was in all probability the contemporary of Thondaradipodi aazhwaar.[8-9th centAD].
He has written more than a 1000 verses andhymns,10 each on the deity of all the 108 Divyadesams in the length and breadth of this country ,he had visited in his lifetime.They also include Himalayan shrines like Badrinath and temples in the western part of our country like Dwaraka.

Like Thondaradi podi aazhwaar he is very candid and forthright. He confesses to all his misdeeds,faults and limitations without glossing over them and admits to the great struggles he underwent to overcome them.

All Aazhwaars were extremely well versed in our ancient scriptures and intensely spiritual. Their verses are the flowering of the rare combination of high intellect and deep emotions.
The fact that neither Thondaradipodi aazhwaar nor Thirumangai aazhwaar don the holier than thou attitude ,in their amazingly insightful and spiritual poetries , is very refreshing.And that which, each of us can identify ourselves with and would encourage one to take and trod the path shown by them.

I have translated few hymns of Thirumangai aazhwaars Peria Thirumozhi.
The very first hymn of his is as follows---next post