Some clarifications

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On Mon, 24 May 1999 17:45:19, Sampath Rengarajan wrote:

 

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>Other notable places are:

>1. brahman kOil

>2. Sri RagavEndrar's (of Sri mAdhvAchArya sampradAyam) guru

> Sri Suchindrar's brindA vanam.

 

The brindAvanam at Kudanthai (sOlaiyappan street) is

the mUla brindavanam of srI VijayIndra thIrtha,

parama guru (Guru's guru) of srI RAgavEndhra thIrtha.

 

srI SudhIndhra thIrtha's (srI RAghavEndrar's guru)

brindAvanam is in 'Nava BrindAvanam', on the banks of TungA.

 

>4. Sri Sankara mutt (used to be the head quarters for Sri kAnchi

> sankara mutt untill 60's when Sri paramAcharyA of Sri kAnchi

> mutt moved back to Sri kAnchi).

 

Not exactly. srI MahA pEriyavA moved to kAnchi even during mid 40s.

Infact, sanyasa initiation of srI JayEndra saraswathi swAmi took

place at kAnchi itself in 1952.

 

>Several brindAvans for previous

>peetAthipathis of kanchi mutt are here in this complex.

 

Only three. The brindavanams of srI ChandrasEkarar (62nd AchArya),

srI MahAdEvar (63rd) and srI ChandrasEkarar (64th).

 

>Some old disputes say that this mutt comples originally belonged

>to Sri SingEri mutt.

 

Definitely not. During the Arcot wars, the math moved from kAnchi,

and the jamIns of UdayAr-pAlayam were playing the hosts to the math.

The marAtha kings invited the math to be present at Tanjore but

based on the advice of the then AcharyA, this math complex had

been constructed on the banks of river Cauvery in Kudanthai. Only,

the 'bangAru Kamakshi', brought from kAnchi has been consecrated

at Tanjore.

 

The available stone inscriptions, copper plates and other relevant

documents relating to new additions to / renovations in this math

premises, clearly establish that the kudanthai sankara math

complex belongs to kAnchi math, right from its begining.

 

 

Regards,

 

Sudhakar