Its Uniqueness - Chapter 2

Nalaiyira divya prabhamdam is unique in many ways; first hymns that were written way back in Tamil, the 3 Alzwars are believed to be part of Dwapara Yuga and it also proves that Tamil has been in existence since then.

Above all, there is a famous verse which says " Perumal follows Tamizh" this is because in any vaisnava temple events, during thiruveethi ula, first the elephants will go, followed by musical instruments, then Divya prabhandam and then Perumal comes, which means Tamizh comes first followed by Perumal, this the importance of the hymns;

Brings back my Vishnu kanchi days where this event will happen for 10 - 11 days in a year across temples and each day there will be a vahana (carrier) on which Lord Perumal appears and comes through the major streets of the city and the ritual is same day after day with just the Vahana changes, the major event would be on Garuda vahana and the last one is Theru; this will be so tall that the city power lines will be switched off and the main prasadam would be brown sugar

coming back, the word Azhwar means 'the one who immerses himself in pure bakthi' and all of them are beleived to be coming from some part of Lord Vishnu; like Poigai Azhwar comes from counch ( Sangu );

List of Azhwars and the belief of their incarnation from Vishnu

Poigai Azhwar is from Sangu;
Bhoothath Azhwar is from Vishnu's gada;
Pei Azhwar is from Vishnu's sword;
Thirumalisai Azhwar is from Sudarshanam;
Nammazhwar is from Vishnu's commander;
Madhurakavi Azhwar is from Garuda;
Kulasekhara Azhwar is from Lord's necklace;
Periyazhwar is from Garuda;
Andal of Bhoodevi is from Lakshmi in her form as Bhudevi;
Thondaradippodi Azhwar is from Vishnu's garland;
Thiruppaan Azhwar is from the mark on Vishnu's chest;
Thirumangai Azhwar is from Rama's bow;

Verses to continue...