RE: Sri Tridandi Jeear Swamy

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Mr. Gansten writes:

>I wonder if you could tell me:

> 1) a little about the Jeeyar, as I know only his name; and

> 2) whether he (or any other other Sri Vaishnava acharya that you're

>aware of) ever visits any European countries.

 

Sri Tridandi SrimanNarayana Ramanuja Jeear hails from the State of Andhra

Pradesh, and has his permanent Ashramam in Sitanagaram, near the city of

Vijayawada. He is of the Koil Kandadai family, whose roots can be traced

back to Sri Ramanuja's direct disciple, Dasarathy. While the title of

SrimanNarayana Jeear can be traced back to the time of Manavalamamunigal,

this present Jeear is only the second one to have the title of

SrimanNarayana Ramanuja Jeear in this century.

 

The previous Jeear was this present one's paternal grandfather in his

poorvaashramam. I recently came to learn that he took sanyasam under the

tutelage of Srirangam Embaar Jeear. He developed renown among SriVaishnavas

of both schools in the 1950s and 1960s through his propogation of the

worship of the Lord as Ramavatharan. He was known to travel throughout

India arranging for the construction of large pillars outside temples that

would contain completed Ramakoti books (notebooks in which devotees write

the name of SriRama repeatedly as a form of worship.)

 

The present Jeear took sanyasam from the elder Jeear twenty years ago at the

relatively early age of 20, and was trained by a learned scholar in

Hyderabad, Sri U. Ve. Gopalachariar. In spite of having been born and

raised in Andhra, the Jeear quickly picked up the nuances of both the proper

pronunciation and esoteric meaning of the Prabhandam, and is now beginning

to be known for his expertise in the esoteric meaning of Tbiruvaymozhi.

 

His enthusiasm and dedication to the continuation of our Sampradayam has

motivated Jeear Swamy to be the first SriVaishnava Acharya to travel outside

of India. So far, all of his trips have been to North America, but I would

imagine that he would probably be willing to visit Europe if Bhagavathas

would make arrangements for him to come there.

 

The US wing of the Jeear's Educational Trust organization has very recently

established a web page on Jeear Swamy and his teachings. The address for

this site is: www..org

 

Daasanu Daasan,

 

Mohan