Her praise of Lord Vishnu, Krishna in Thirty Songs is the famous Thiruppavai, which id recited by the Vaishnavaites in South India. She is classified as one of the Azhwars of Vaishnavism. In the poem number 20, there is a reference to Nappinnai, whom she says as the beloved of Krishna.
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In the Sanatana Dharma, Vedic practice, there are 16 Upachaaras or ways of offering Obeisance to the Lord. These were originally 64 . I will be posting on this in detail. A special practice in Tamil Nadu of offering Obeisance to Lord Vishnu has been in practice from the 10th Century AD. One, a male, from a designated Family, performs Dance Drama with a special dress, singing poems from the Devotional text of the Sri Vaishnavas,The Naalayira Divya Prabhandam. Though many a Vishnu Temple in Tamil Nadu follow this, SriRanagam, Srivilliputtur and Alwar Thirunagari are the three places which are traditionally following this custom and they are famous. The right to perform belongs one family in Srirangam, two each in Srivillipuutur and Alwarthirunagari. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VIFAQiyxEU The Right is Hereditary. The Pagal Pathu(10 day time) and Ra Pathu(10 day night time) festival is celebrated in the month of Margazhi(December–January) for twenty days. The first ten days are referred as Pagal-Pathu (10 day day time festival) and the second half as Ra Pathu(10 day night-time festival). The first day of Ra pathu is Vaikunta Ekadashi.[31] The eleventh day of each fortnight in Tamil calendar is called ekadesi and the holiest of all ekadesis as pervaishnavite tradition is the Vaikunta Ekadashi. Nammazhwar, one of the 12 azhwars. During this period this Dance Drama is enacted. This is called the 'Arayar Sevai'
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