But as the song mentioned the name and place of the azhwar (Kurugoor Satakopan), Nathamuni proceeded to Thirukurugoor and asked the people there about Nammazhwar's 1,000 verses. When Nathamuni enquired about the remaining 990, the people who sang the 10 did not know anything about the other verses. One of the verses also mentioned Aayiraththul Ippaththu ( Tamil: these 10 out of the 1000). Captivated by these pasurams (hymns), he wanted to know more about them. Legend has it that once Nathamuni heard some people reciting the decad of Aaraavamude of Nammaazhvaar at Kumbakonam. In this dark period, nobody knew what happened to the 4,000 verses of the text. There is a long time gap between Thirumangai Alvar (the last alvar) and Nathamuni. Nathamuni was born in Veera Naarayanapuram (Veeranam) or present-day Kaattu Mannaar Koil. The collection, once thought to have been lost, was organized in the form of an anthology by Nathamuni. Nammalvar self-identifies as a lovelorn gopi pining for Krishna. Prominent among its 4,000 verses are the over 1,100 verses known as the Tiruvaymoli or Thiruvaaymozhi ("words of the sacred mouth"), composed by Nammalvar (Kaari Maaran, Sadagopan of Alwarthirunagari Temple) and which forms the third portion of the overall Divya Prabandham. In many temples - Srirangam, for example - the chanting of the Divya Prabhandham forms a major part of the daily service. The Tamil Vaishnavites are also known as Ubhaya Vedanti (those that follow both Vedas, i.e., the Sanskrit Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda, as well as the Tamil-language Tiruvaymoli, a work which many South Indian devotees regard as the Tamil Veda). The Alvars sang these songs at various sacred shrines known as the Divya Desams. The Divya Prabandham sings the praise of Narayana (or Vishnu) and his many forms. The works were lost before they were collected and organized in the form of an anthology by Nathamuni. The work, an important liturgical compilation of the Tamil Alvars, marks the beginning of the canonization of 12 Vaishnava poet saints, and these hymns are still sung extensively today. The Nalayira Divya Prabandham ( Tamil: நாலாயிரத் திவ்வியப் பிரபந்தம், romanized: nālāyira divya prabandham) is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses (Naalayiram in Tamil means 'four thousand') composed by the 12 Alvars, and was compiled in its present form by Nathamuni during the 9th – 10th centuries.
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