Today, 29th October, 2001 - Srimath Thirutthuraippoondi Andavan Thirunakshatram

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Today , the 29th of October, 2001 (Aippasi – Utthirattaadi) is

the

thirunakshatram day of Srimath Thirutthuraippoondi Andavan, one of

the illustrious Acharyas of Srirangam Srimath Andavan PeriAsramam.

Let us recite His dhanian on this auspicious occasion.

 

Srimath gOpAla soorEr niravadhi karuNAvAptha sathsampradAyam

Srimath vEdhAntha rAmAnuja yathinrupathis sarvatha: sTHApayithvA

Yasmin sathsampradAyam sakalamupadhishan amsathO nupravishTa:

Srimath sreevasa rAmAnuja munimanagham tham BHajE dEsikEndhram

 

Thirutthuraippoondi Andavan also known as vilakkudi andavan hails

from vilakkudi, a small hamlet near Rajamannargudi and belonged to

EYUNNI vamsam and Bharadwaja gothram .

 

He learnt all sampradaya granthas from Srirangam swamy, H.H.

Vedantha Ramanuja Maha Desikan also known as Vazhuthur Andavan. He

had prapatti done at lotus feet of almighty by H.H.Srimath Vazhuthur

Andavan. He was also initiated into the sanyasa asramam by H.H.

vazhuthur andavan and was given the title "Srinivasa Ramanuja

Maha

Desikan".

 

Many erudite scholars learnt the sampradaic granthas from Srimath

Thirutthuraippoondi Andavan , most notable among them being Sri

Raghavachariar Swamy(who later became the famous Srimath PeriAndavan)

who was initiated into sanyasasramam by Srimath Thirutthuraippoondi

Andavan.

 

Please also refer to a beautiful posting done by Sri. C.G. Balaji

Swamin today on the same topic in bhakti lists.

 

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,

Dasan,

Venkatanathan