Vikrama samvathsara Nrusimha Jayanthi

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>> the Prakrutham Azhagiya Singar at whose sacred feet Mukkur/

>> Mattapalli Swamy performed Bhara NyAsam during October (?) 2000

 

What a memorable Day It was!!! It was September 19th 2000. Prakrutham

Azhagiya Singar in His upanyAsam on that day said that MalOlan is

very happy on that day because a jIva rathnam has performed Bhara

NyAsam. HH The Jeeyar went on to crown Sri Mukkur Swamy Mattapalli

Chakravarthy. What a befitting title!!!. Just a month before this

when Sri DesikachAr of Sri Ahobila Mutt came over to Sri Mattapalli

there were discussions on where Acharyan would stay during His visit.

Sri Swamy assured that steps would be taken to accommodate the

Acharyan as close as possible to Sri MalOlan. He fulfilled that by

constructing a pucca 900 sq ft. well equipped permanent building on a

pre-existing foundation. Considering the remoteness of Sri Mattapalli

and the prevailing floods at that time only a Chakravarthy could have

managed to meet the promise.

 

Its very hard to note that The Vadoola Thilakam has left us. He is

survived by a LARGE family - his own family members who have

the same gunAs that made Swamy a MahAn and the much larger and

equally affectionate Yagna kudumbam. His presence worked wonders on

each of them and ,with all due respects, HE would be hardpressed to

explain HIS rationale.

 

Over and above the erudition and devotion of Swamy about which many

people have talked about there are certain qualities he possessed -

the qualities innate in very few men of his stature.

 

- AchArya Bhakti: There was hardly a upanyAsam in which He forgot to

mention about the greatness of His Acharyan and His matam. No words

can describe the aparimidha magizhchi He got when HH Acharyan agreed

to visit Sri Mattapalli. Whereever He went and whenever He got a

chance He mentioned about this great event and invited everybody to

partake in the festive occassion. The result was thousands of

Nrusimha bhaktAs who had the rarest ONE-STOP darshan of PANCHA

SIMHAMS (Sri Mattapalli Nadhan, Sri MalOlan, Sri Yagna Murthy, HH

Acharyan and Sri Swamy).

 

The mangalAsAsanam of AchAryan was preceeded by the last Maha Yagnam

that Sri Swamy performed in Sri Mattapalli. AdiyOngal had the bhAgyam

of partaking in that once-in-a-janma event. Looking at the

photographs of the event He resembles none other than the SIMHAM.

Such was His dedication and concentration on each and every aspect of

the Yagnam. The Maha Yagnam concluded on Sep 17th. In the photos

taken during the AchAryan's varugai He very much resembles His

innocent 1.5 year old grandson. Such was His AchArya Bhakti.

 

- Availability: Anybody could talk to Him anytime. His family members

were MORE THAN HELPFUL in helping anybody who wants to meet Him.

AdiyOngal literally disturbed Him frequently whether He was in

Kakinada, Matappali, Madras or Bombay. There were times when He was

mounam and even then would patiently listen to what we had to say.

He would then write down His reply and His family members would read

out over the phone. If theres only a telephone line to Thiru

Paramapadam.... He was extremely kind to people like me who is

alarmingly blunt and could never use paribAshai. He accepted me for

what I am and Not What I should be.

 

- Non-discrimination: He practised what He preached. His followers

included people of all class, colour, creed and race. His treatment

of the Haves and Havenots (monetary and mental) was the same. He

never questioned anybody of his income though He was particular that

the source of one's income should be a right one. He did not have to

bend ANY of his anushtAnams to accommodate these things. If there is

one thing We have to learn from Him it should be His Humility and EO

(equal opportunity). Let us Not defend our Kalai and our Leaders by

denigrating others. Let us not worry about the blandness in our

emails and spew Hatred.

 

adiyOngal's heartfelt condolonces to All in the Yagna Kudumbam. Our

thoughts are with All including Sri Swamy's family, Srimans

Sridharachar, Aravamudhan, Muralidharan, Rajagopal, Govindachar,

Lakshmanachar, Seshadri, Jagannathan, E.R.Narasimhan, Dharma Rao,

Rangaswamy, Chennuri, Sudhakar Rao, Kaanthaiyah, Anjayah, Balakrishna

Dass, Krishnaswamy, Chakravarthi, Saranathan, Bashyam, Sundar,

Rangarajan, Bhadrinarayanan, Vayasya, the animate and inanimate of

Sri Mattapalli and others who have cherished the shade of this great

MahAn.

 

- Mala Srinivasan

and

Rajagopalan Srinivasan

 

 

 

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