திருப்பாவை

Thiruppāvai

ஆண்டாள் · Āṇṭāḷ · c. 9th century CE · Śrī Vaiṣṇava · Āḻvār

Thirty divine pāsurams sung at dawn during the month of Mārgaḻi — Āṇṭāḷ, the lotus-born saint of Śrīvilliputtūr, leads the gopikās of Āyarpāṭi in a morning vigil of devotion, longing, and surrender to Tirumāl. Sung daily at sunrise in Vaiṣṇava temples across Tamil Nadu for twelve centuries.

Mārgaḻi (mid-December to mid-January) — the sacred month when dawn is divine, the earth is cool, and the call to the Lord is purest. Each pāsuram marks one day of the thirty-day vigil.
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The Thirty Pāsurams · முப்பது பாசுரங்கள்

Each pāsuram is presented in five layers — original Tamil, romanized transliteration, English translation, Tamil prose commentary (urai), and an alternative rendering — together with the verse's spiritual theme and a devotional or literary note.

The Thiruppāvai is recited in full every morning during Mārgaḻi at the Śrīraṅgam and Śrīvilliputtūr temples and at Vaiṣṇava households across the world. Āṇṭāḷ remains the only woman among the twelve Āḻvār saints.