TIRUMALAMMA
INTRODUCTION
Tirumalamma also called as Timmakka was a popular Telugu devotional poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam in Telugu language. She was the wife of the famous singer-poet Annamacharya. Mata Timmakka is considered as a divine incarnation of Mata Lakshmi’s favourite Padmam(Lotus Flower).
Timmakka was born in a Brahmin’s family, and she is considered as the first Telugu woman poet. After she had married with Sri Annamacharya, she served as a dutiful wife to her husband, and behaved kindly with everyone. Even though, she was an expert in writing poems, she didn’t showed pride among others. She was a noble woman, who was liked by everyone, due to her good nature. She has sung lot of songs in praise of Vishnu and Lakshmi, and she was appreciated for her good works.
Timmakka’s main work, Subhadra Kalyanam contains the details about the marriage of Arjuna and Subhadra, and their love and affection. Apart from that, she also wrote several bhakti poems in praise of Vishnu and Lakshmi. She was a chaste woman, who contains very good qualities, and lived a pious life. After her death, she reached the abode of Lord Vishnu, the Vaikunta, and it is believed that she is still serving Mata Lakshmi in the Vaikunta in a pleasing manner.
Let us worship the holy woman and be blessed.
“OM MATA TIRUMALAMMA NAMAHA”
“OM SRI ANNAMAYYA NAMAHA”
“OM SRI LAKSHMI NARAYANAYA NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR
