KANDADAI RAMANUJA IYENGAR

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On Tue, 4 May 1999 Smt Lakshmi Srinivas wrote:

>

> Iyengar is a caste appellation of recent times (16th century or so). For

> example, KandADai RAmAnuja AyyangAr who figures in a major way in the

> history of Tirumala was not even a Brahmin. Likewise PeriyavAccAnpiLLai,

> the prince among commentators, was a purvasikha brAhmana, not a piLLai as

> your friend might think ;-)))

 

Om SrI krishNAya namah.

 

Dear bhAgavatas,

 

namO namah.

 

Thanks to Smt Lakshmi Srinivas for mentioning the name of Sri

K R Iyengar who did a lot of bhagavad bhAgavata kainkaryam at

TiruvEngadam.

 

I am very sure that both SrImat kandAdai and kOil kandAdai

families are of brahmin orgin, as these two fall in my relatives' circle

(and also those of Sri Mohan Sagar, Sri P B Anand et al., if I am right).

In fact on my father's side, my great grandmother, grandma and two of her

daughters-in-law are from S K vamSam only. So is Smt Lakshmi Srinivas

referrng to some other kandAdai family of non-brahmin origin?

 

Also is there any place called VinjamUr in T N? If there wass,

does it have the same name today? I am both curious and interested to

know. If anybody has some info, he can mail me personally without replying

in the list. There is one VinjamUru in Nellore Dist. of A P but

has nothing to do with the origins of our family. Forgive me for writing

something irrelevant to the ongoing satsang.

 

SrI vEnkatESa charaNau SaraNam prapadyE

your servant

V.Srimahavishnu

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Dear Sri Mahavishnu,

 

Many praNAmams to you. I hope to clear the confusion that I might have

caused by refering to this name.

 

The Kandadai Ramanuja Ayyangar, I am refering to, lived between 1430-1496.

He was not from Tirumala but was a desantari i.e., stranger. He enjoyed

the confidence of the Raja Vira Narasimha of the Saluva dynasty and there

is evidence to show that he took the name of his spiritual preceptor, one

Sri KandaDai Annan. Apparently he took the dasya nama of KandAdai

Ramanuja dAsa but in time he came to be called kandADai Ramanuja AyyangAr.

 

 

He is extensively documented in the TTD Inscriptions, Vol II. He is known

to be a SAttAda Srivaishnava. Btw, I think he is also documented in the

Koil Olugu.

 

This gentleman has, as far as I know, apart from the surname, nothing

whatsoever to do with the distinguished KandADai Annan and Appan families

of SriRangam in terms of lineage. We can if you like take the discussion

off-line and discuss this at length.

 

I hope this clears the confusion.

 

Thanks and Warm Regards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On Thu, 6 May 1999, Lakshmi Srinivas wrote:

> Dear Sri Mahavishnu,

>

> Many praNAmams to you. I hope to clear the confusion that I might have

> caused by refering to this name.

 

Dear Sri Lakshmi Srinivas,

 

Thanks for the info.Kindly do not use words like "many

praNAmams" as they are not at all appropriate towards me from any point

of view.

>

> He is extensively documented in the TTD Inscriptions, Vol II. He is known

> to be a SAttAda Srivaishnava. Btw, I think he is also documented in the

> Koil Olugu.

 

Yes, he is documented in kOil oLugu. But it is not written

there that he was a disciple of Sri kOil kandAdai aNNan, a disciple of SrI

maNavALa mAmunigaL (one among the "ashta diggaja"s).

dAsan

V.Srimahavishnu