Our Kolu has two parts this year II Gems who contributed Stotra Rathnas
(This great KOlu was set up by my daughter Smt Meera Venkatesan. She feels that it will be apt for us because in our own way we are drowned in stotras written by the Gems of great writers)
Bhaktha Lahari
Adhi Sankara
Adhi Sankara who poured stotras after stotras,
Praising almost all Gods of India with extreme devotion,
Poonthanam
Poonthanam , the great devotee poet in Malayalam,
Descibing his Guruvayurappan in words shining in simplicity,
Mepathur
The great mepathur, who gave his health to his guru,
And got it back due to his selfless devotion,
Avvayar
The grandma of ancient Tamil Nadu ,
Who taught her people devotion drenched in simplicity,
Naha Kavi Bharathi
The roaring lion Maha Kavi Bharathi,
Who loved his country and his God more than himself,
Andal
Aandal the Simple girl found by a saint in a garden,
Who fell in love with her God and Married him,
Sage Agasthya
The ancient saint Agasthya who brought water to south,
And victory to his lord Rama, by teaching him a prayer,
Aruna giri Nathar
The saint of the purple mountain who with a melting heart,
Drowned us all in unalloyed devotion to Muruga,
Ravana
The ten headed Ravana who roared a prayer,
To his lord Shiva, which resembled an earthern tremor,
Kalidasa
Kalidasa the great wood cutter who married a princess ,
And churned the heart of his goddess with a gem of prayer,
Vedantha Desigar
The Vaishnavite Gem called Desigar , who preferred to be poor,
And sing prayers similar to emerald, gems and Diamonds,
Thulasidas
The humble Peasant THulasidas who wrote story of Rama ,
In Language of common man and gave us a great prayer to Hanuman,
DEva Raya Swamigal
The saint poet of Lord Muruga who makes all our heart light,
By giving us a prayer that makes the Lord Skanda take care of us,
BHeeshma Pithamaha
The grand father Bheeshma who gave up his happiness to make his father happy,
And taught Yudishtra , the gem of of all prayers of thousand names of Vishnu,
Prathivadhi Bhayankaram Annagaracharya
That great poet Annangaracharyar who composed a song,
To wake up the lord of us all and each of us , daily in the morn,
Abhirama Bhattar
The great devotee Abhirama Bhattar who made Goddess Abhirami,
To make the new moon day in to a full moon day, to defend his innocent lie,
Hayagreeva
And the horse face saint who gave us all , thousand diamond names,
To pray our mother goddess with a melted heard and a deep wet eye,
Adhi Sankara who poured stotras after stotras,
Praising almost all Gods of India with extreme devotion,
Poonthanam
Poonthanam , the great devotee poet in Malayalam,
Descibing his Guruvayurappan in words shining in simplicity,
Mepathur
The great mepathur, who gave his health to his guru,
And got it back due to his selfless devotion,
Avvayar
The grandma of ancient Tamil Nadu ,
Who taught her people devotion drenched in simplicity,
Naha Kavi Bharathi
The roaring lion Maha Kavi Bharathi,
Who loved his country and his God more than himself,
Andal
Aandal the Simple girl found by a saint in a garden,
Who fell in love with her God and Married him,
Sage Agasthya
The ancient saint Agasthya who brought water to south,
And victory to his lord Rama, by teaching him a prayer,
Aruna giri Nathar
The saint of the purple mountain who with a melting heart,
Drowned us all in unalloyed devotion to Muruga,
Ravana
The ten headed Ravana who roared a prayer,
To his lord Shiva, which resembled an earthern tremor,
Kalidasa
Kalidasa the great wood cutter who married a princess ,
And churned the heart of his goddess with a gem of prayer,
Vedantha Desigar
The Vaishnavite Gem called Desigar , who preferred to be poor,
And sing prayers similar to emerald, gems and Diamonds,
Thulasidas
The humble Peasant THulasidas who wrote story of Rama ,
In Language of common man and gave us a great prayer to Hanuman,
DEva Raya Swamigal
The saint poet of Lord Muruga who makes all our heart light,
By giving us a prayer that makes the Lord Skanda take care of us,
BHeeshma Pithamaha
The grand father Bheeshma who gave up his happiness to make his father happy,
And taught Yudishtra , the gem of of all prayers of thousand names of Vishnu,
Prathivadhi Bhayankaram Annagaracharya
That great poet Annangaracharyar who composed a song,
To wake up the lord of us all and each of us , daily in the morn,
Abhirama Bhattar
The great devotee Abhirama Bhattar who made Goddess Abhirami,
To make the new moon day in to a full moon day, to defend his innocent lie,
Hayagreeva
And the horse face saint who gave us all , thousand diamond names,
To pray our mother goddess with a melted heard and a deep wet eye,
Are all here in this Kolu created by my darling daughter Meera ,
As her song of devotion to all of us specially we two.
As her song of devotion to all of us specially we two.
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