Elyavalli, Vagipuram

[Guest guest]

I have some connection to thedescendants of the above two families at

Kumbakonam.

1.My family was a tenant , when I attended high school at Kumbakonam in the

House of Elayavalli Srinivasa Goplachar, the araadhakar at the Desikan Sannidhi

at the Sarangapani(Araavamudhan) temple. The house is at 34, Karnakollai

Agraharam at Kumbakonam. Elayavalli Swami married into the Tatachar family of

Iyengar street . I think the Famous intrepreter of Vedas and the authority on

the conductance of the Yagnas, Agnihotram Ramanuja Tatachar is the brother in

law of Elayavalli Swami, our Landlord at that ime. The descendants of the

Elayavalli swami still live there or can be traced. The name of the sons are

Jagannathan and Uppili.

 

2.My next door Neighbor at my place of Birth(Oppiliappan Koil) was Vangipuram

Navaneetham Krishnamachar Swami, a great Scholar and Acharya. His two sons were

Vangipuram Navaneetham Sri Rama Desikacchar and Seshadriacchar. V.N Sri Rama

desikaachar's scholarship on Swami Desikan's works is well known. His son is my

classmate and he is now offering Thiruvai Mozhi Kainkaryam to Sri Oppiliappan

after retiring as an officer of the Indian Railway service. His name is V.N.

Gopala Desikan.

 

3. With our collective recollections, we can hopefiully trace back some of the

Descendants of the 74 Simhasanathipatis , who are still In India and are

continuing the traditions.

 

Sadagopan

 

P.S: Many of you in the West Coast might have known DR.Y.T and his wife Mathuri.

YI worked at Stanford in the Material Scienc e Dept. He is a descendant of

Yamunaacharya and his house in Srirangam is known as the Mudal(First)

Thirumaalikai out of revenrence to that Family's illustrious contributions to

Srivaishnavism. YT Passed away few years ago.