Reflections of an Ekadasi Friday at ThiruveLLUr : Part 2

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

The Anandaanubhavams of the sevai of Sri Kanakavalli

(Vasumathi)Sametha Sri Veeraraghavan of ThiruveLLUr during

their Thirumanjana Uthsavam fill my heart with great joy .

 

The sampradhAyic way of performing Thirumanjanam for

the divya dampathis here with the recitation of Thirumanjana

Kattiyam has been preserved meticulously by the Azhagiyasnghars ,

Paramaparai dharma karthAs of this ancient temple .

 

The sacred feet of many Azhagiya Singhars have adorned

the Thiruveethis of ThiruveLLUr .Many were born here ,

Many carried this divya desa EmperumAn's name or have

their BrindhAvanams here at ThiruveLLUr .It is no wonder

therfore that the Vaidhika Sri is shining brightly today

at this divya desam .

 

As one reflects on these illustrious Acharya paramaparai

with 45 simhaasanAdhipathis todate , we can not fail to

be impressed by the fact that NINE out of the 45 chose

the name of Sri VaNN SatakOpa VEERARAGHAVA YATHEENDHRA

MAHAA DESIKAN out of reverence for the Archaa mUrthy

of THIRUVELLUR DIVYA DESAM .The 32nd , 33rd , 34th , 35th

and the 42nd AchAryAs have their BrindhAvanams at this

divya desam , which I had the BhAgyam to visit this time .

 

The first Azhagiya Singar to carry ThiruveLLUr EmperumAn's

ThirunAmam was H.H. the 13th Jeeyar , who was crowned

as the peetAdhipathi in September , 1632 . He served

MaalOlan for 44 years and one month . His reign was exceeded

only by Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar , who founded the Ahobila

Matam and performed AarAdhanam for MaalOlan for 59 years

and seven months .The 13th jeeyar was born at ThiruveLLUr and

belonged to the Vangipuram vamsam that gave us additional

illustrious AchAryAs later .

 

The other Azhagiya Singhars who carried with reverence

the name of the ThiruveLLUr EmperumAn and adorned the peetam

of Ahobila Matam are :

 

(2) Fifteenth Pattam (3) Seventeenth Pattam (4) Twentieth

Pattam (5) Twenty Third pattam (6)Twenty Seventh pattam

(7) Thirty Second pattam (8)Thirty Seventh Pattam and

(9) Fourty Third pattam .

 

Many other Azhagiya Singhars , who adorned the peetam

of Ahobila Matam were born in or around the divya desam

of ThiruveLLUr and as such had great reverence for

Sri Veeraraghavan of VeekshAraNya KshEthram .For instance ,

the Sixth Azhagiya Singhar , H.H. Shashta ParAnkusa

Yatheendhra Mahaa Desikan was born in Karalapaakkam ,

a famous agrahAram close to ThiruveLLUr . This is

the great AchAryA , who settled new agrahaarams

like Injimedu , ThayyAr , Purisai near ThiruveLLUr

with Ubhaya VedAntha Simhams .These villages housed

stalwarts of Sri Bahgavadh RaamAnuja SiddhAntham .

Some of their descendants adorned the AchArya Peetam

later .

 

The Eleventh PeetAdhipathi was born at ThiruveLLUr

and ascended the Acharya Peetam of Ahobila Matam

during July 1559. He reigned for nearly 39 years

and blessed his sishya paramparai .

 

The twelfth pattam Azhagiya singhar belonged to

the same ThiruveLLUr Vangipuram Vamsam and ruled

for 34 years .

 

The other Ahobila Matam Azhagiya Singhars , who were

born in villages around ThiruveLLUr are :

 

H.H.the 15 th Jeeyar ( YesanUr Tattai )

My grandfather belongs to the Tattai Vamsam

and settled later at Poundarikapuram and moved on

to Oppiliappan Koil afterwards .

 

H.H. the 17th Jeeyar born at SohatthUr

H.H. the 18th Jeeyar born at ThiruveLLUr (Veeravalli Vamsam )

H.H. the 20th Jeeyar at PiLLaippAkkam of Tattai Vamsam

H.H. the 21st Jeeyar at ThyaaRu of Vangipuram Vamsam

H.H. the 34th Jeeyar ( Atthipattu Azhagiya Singhar)

H.H. the 37th Jeeyar ( PiLLaippAkkam Azhagiya Singhar)

H.H. the 42nd Jeeyar ( Injimedu Azhagiya Singhar)

 

Other villages that blessed us with other Azhagiya Singhars

like ParanthUr , KaLatthUr , Parutthippattu also are not

too far from ThiruveLLUr-Kanchipuram arc .

 

It was a blessing to spend the EkAdasi-Friday ( Oct 16)

of BhaudhAnya PurattAsi at the sacred feet of the Divya

Dampathis of ThiruveLLUr , witness their Thirumanjanam

and have their MahA prasadhams .

 

It is a blessing for many of us to have taken part

in the Mahaa SamprOkshaNam of the Divya Dampathis

during July of this Year and contribute towards the

growth of the principal for the Ubhaya Vedanthaa

Trust set up by Sri K.G.K. Swamy to continue without

interruption the Veda PaarAyaNam and divya Prabhamdham

recitations during the two BrahmOthsavams at ThriuveLLUr .

 

Sri Vaumathi sametha Sri Veeraraaghava ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Oppilaippan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan