Description of Sri maTham AchArya TN celebrations 2001 - I

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Dear bhaktas:

 

adiyEn was among the ones fortunate to attend and

participate in the two-day AchArya thirunakshatram

celebrations held in Centerville VA on September

01 and 02, 2001. About 60+ people joined in these

commemorations on both the days and it was a truly

joyous occasion for everyone.

 

Under the organization of Sri Ahobila maTham USA,

devotees celebrated the thirunakshathrams of the

following mahAchAryas:

 

- swAmi vedAnta deSikan

Undisputed master of ubhaya vedAnta, most brilliant

of polemical minds, and the greatest SriVaishnava

AchAryan ever in the order of bhagavad rAmAnuja.

 

- SrImad AdivaNN SatakOpa yatIndra mahAdeSikan

Founding AchAryan of Sri Ahobila maTham, "rescuer"

of swAmi nammAzhwAr himself, and an exemplary

scholar, saint and visionary; blessed with sanyAsam

by narasimhar perumAL in the ahobila divya kshetram.

 

- SrImad InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar

42nd Ahobila maThAdipathi, an erudite scholar during

whose reign Sri maTham enjoyed its "golden era" of

the last century, developing many branches across

India and fostering numerous SrI bhAshya vidvAns.

 

- SrImad devanarvilagam Azhagiya Singar

43rd Jeeyar, former principal of the MadhurAntakam

vedic college, extremely rigorous in anushTAnam and

sanchAram; the only Azhagiyasingar to ascend to SrI

vaikunTham from NaimishAraNyam - the abode of rishis.

 

- Srimad mukkoor Azhagiya Singar

44th Jeeyar, initiated as peeThAdipathi at NaimiSAraNyam,

reigned for 32 years, and under divine commandment from

periya perumAL, successfully brought about construction

of a thirteen tier rAjagopuram in SriRangam during the

period 1979 through 1987.

 

- prakrtham Srimad Villivalam Azhagiya Singar

45th (present) Jeeyar, who has had shishya sambandham

and kAlakshepam under each of the previous three Azhagiya

Singars, author of the authoritative "Anhika" grantham,

whose continuing upanyAsams over telephone are a boon to

shishyas and abhimaanis living outside India.

 

adiyEn has the privilege of not only participanting in

these celebrations, but also of being able to write about

them in a fair amount of detail. Bhaktas may kindly bear

with me while I attempt to complete these descriptions

in a short, 2-3 part sequence.

 

To be continued...

 

rAmAnuja dayA pAtram gnyAna vairAgya bhUshaNam

SrImad vEnkata nAthAryam vande vedAnta deSikam

 

punaH punar-namaskrtAya venkateSa sooraye

thooppul thiruvEnkatam udayAn thiruvadigaLe SaraNam

Srimad Azhagiya Singar thiruvadigaLe SaraNam

 

Truly

-Srinath C.