The Divya Prabandham is called the Dravida Veda and given the status of shruti inside Srivaishnavism, which is a striking thing for a Sanskrit-literate brahmin tradition to have conceded to Tamil. The compilation story has Nathamuni recovering the lost verses by repeating a fragment ten thousand times until the poet appeared and gave him the rest. Andal is the tradition's single female poet and its most beloved: she is said to have worn the garland meant for the deity before offering it, been caught, and been accepted anyway, and to have finally married Ranganatha and disappeared into his image. Her Tiruppavai, thirty verses on a girls' winter vow, is recited every dawn through the Tamil month of Margazhi, broadcast from temple loudspeakers, and known by people who have no other devotional habit. The 108 Divya Desams — 105 in India, one in Nepal at Muktinath, and two beyond the world — remain a live pilgrimage circuit, and completing all of them is a recognised achievement.