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Swami Thiru-kachchi Nambi occupies a very unique position, both as an Acharyar, and as an advanced devotee in srivaishnava guru parampara. Swamy Nambi is one of the very few devotees with whom the Lord Himself conversed regularly. Swami Thirukkachchi nambi appeared in a place called poo irunda valli (poonamallee, Chennai) in Maasi Mrigasira Nakshatra. Swamy moved to kAnchIpuram, and started performing devotional service to LORD Varadaraja at Kancheepuram temple.
His unique service was to fan the Lord of Kanchi, Swami Varadaraja everyday. While doing the fanning service (thiru-Ala-vatta Kainkaryam), Lord Varadaraja used to converse with nambi. This was due to his supreme devotion to Lord Varadaraja, his being devoid of any ego, and his being a true servant of the Lord, wanting no other thing but service to the Lord.
One incident in his life is used to show how much Lord cared for him. One morning, after the morning holy rituals were completed in the temple, everyone left as usual. Lord Varadaraja & nambi were immersed on some interesting topic and time passed without both of them noticing. Suddenly , It began to rain very heavily. The time for nambi to go home arrived, and Lord seemed to be resting. Nambi took leave from Lord, and went outside the Mantapam. It was raining very heavily and he could not move out. Suddenly, an aged Sri Vaishnava person appeared with an umbrella, and told nambi that Lord Varadaraja had instructed him to accompany him to his home with the umbrella, and bring him back.
Thirukkachi nambi was very moved with this kindness, and thanked the Sri Vaishnava & the Lord for the great help. Evening came, and nambi was delayed a little bit in starting for the temple. The Sri Vaishnava was still there, waiting for him, so that he could accompany him back to the temple. Meanwhile, in the temple, the priests arrived to start performing the evening rituals. When they entered the sanctum sanctum, they were shocked as the Lord was not there in the temple! They were much worried, and were waiting for nambi to come back so that they can ask him if he knew where the Lord went, or if the Lord was upset with some mistake that might have happened.
After sometime, nambi came along with the Sri Vaishnava. Nambi started shedding tears after knowing that the lord is missing. Offering prayers silently he attempted to check all the places inside the temple, like how a father would search for his lovable child. Finally, he went to the usual place of the Lord & behold, the Lord was there, smiling and with a very satisfied look on His lotus face! When the priests went near the Lord to start performing the services, they saw water droplets on Him! Everyone now realized what had happened. The Lord Himself, unable to bear the thought of Thirukkachi nambi getting wet by the rain, had accompanied him to his home.
Later during his last days , once Swamy Thirukachi nambhigal while continuing his fanning service to Lord Sri Varadaraja Perumal his aalavattam (fan) slipped and fell down. Thirukachi Nambh was sad. He realized that the time for him to leave this materialistic world had come as the body was not serving its purpose of serving the Supreme Lord. Nambhi offers obeisances and submits to LORD and requests Perumal to grant him liberation as he is not able to be of any use to Lord with his physical body .
Lord Varadaraja Perumal smiles and replies My dear Nambi !! granting Moksham needs “Bhaagavatha Sambhandham”. Nambi decides to “earn” some Bhaagavatha Abhimaanam by serving pure devotees. He takes permission from Lord Varadaraja and proceeds to the home of the great Acharya Thirukostiyur Nambhi (Swami Ramanuja’s acharya) at Thirukoshtiyur a place near to Madurai. He realises that Thirukostiyur Nambhi would not accept as a domestic help someone whom Lord Varadaraja himself had conversed with. So Thirukachi Nambhigal under the guise of a common peasant meets some of his disciples and introduces himself as Gajendra Dasan and requests for some small work at their ashram. Unaware that he was Tirukkachi Nambi, Thirukostiyur Nambi asks his disciples to engage him to take care of his cows and bullocks in the Goshala. Always in the mood of serving Lord Varadaraja he takes up the new service of go seva Thirukachi Nambhigal was relieved and happy that he has had got an opportunity to serve a great Acharya.
One rainy day, Thirukostiyur Nambhi observed that Gajendra dasa has covered the cows with his own clothes for protection. He identified, Thirukachi Nambi was serving him in disguise. That's how Thirukachi nambi got "Bhagavatha Sambandham" as advised by the Lord.
