Srivaishnava Urdhva Pundra - Form - The Full Form

The Full Form

The two Iyengar subsects, Thenkalai and Vadakalai, wear the Thiruman Srichurnam in slightly different ways. The Thiruman in the case of the Thenkalai extends to the bridge of the nose, forming a Y shape.

Priests traditionally wear the Thiruman Srichurnam at 12 places on their body (dvadasa pundram). See: Samashrayanam.

Full forms of the Urdhva Pundara are shown in the gallery.

  • Thenkalai thiruman
  • |As an emblem.

  • Iyengar Vedic students in Tanjore, sporting the thenkalai srIcharaNaM. Source:The National Geographic Magazine, Nov 1909

  • Alasinga Perumal, a famous supporter of Swami Vivekanandawearing the thenkalai srIcharaNaM.

  • Vadakalai thiruman
  • |The Vadakalai As an emblem.

  • BKS Iyengar wearing the sricharaNaM in its more casual, abbreviated form.

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