Hebbar Srivaishnava?

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Sri Bhagavathare,

I am basically from Bangalore,Karnataka and belong to a Srivaishnava subsect

called Hebbar Srivaishnava or Hebbar Iyengar.

 

The Hebbar Srivaishnavites are mainly residing in Karnataka and we have our

Kuladaivam in different parts of Karnataka.

 

My Kuladaivam(Haath Perumal) is Sri. Srinivasa Perumal at Sampige (Meaning

Land of Champak Flowers, Champakapuri in ancient times) which is a small

place in Tumkur District of Karnataka. Every year we attend the annual

BrahmaRathotsavam there without fail. According to sthala puranam the

presiding deity was worshiped by King Sudhanva in Treta yuga and Sri Narada

Muni had installed the deity there.

 

We have lots of Hebbar Srivaishnavites in Karnataka who have there Kula

Perumal like in Melukote(Tirunarayanapuram) Narasimhaswamy, MaLur

Aprameyaswamy, Bindiganavile Vainatheyar, Biligiri(Shwethadri) Rangaswamy,

Srirangapattanam Ranganathar and the list is so long that I cannot mention

each.

 

There are so many exclusive Srivaishnavite temples in Karnatak with there

Sthala Pruanams dating back to Vedic era, that to in the southern part and I

suggest it is worth a visit for every Srivaishnavite, even though these are

not considered under the 108 Srivaishnava Divya Deshams.

 

Even though our mother tongue is Tamil our style of tamil is greatly

influenced by Kannada and also the Food is Very much Different.

 

We have an exclusively Srivaishnavite Restuarant, in Bangalore called

"Kadambam" where you get specifically Iyengar Cusine.

 

So If any one who visits Bangalore can please taste the Variety of Iyengar

Cusine starting from Mouth Watering Puliogre, Kadambam,Pongal, Nalagari,

Pachhe Kolambu..........

 

We normally Read the Srivaishnavam works translated to Kannada from

Sanskrit/Tamil.

 

My Question is, can anyone tell me the origin of the word Hebbar and the

history about this. According to my knowledge Srivaishnavism came to

Karnataka when Sri.Ramanuja Came to Karnataka in the 12th Century at

Melukote(Yadushail Deepam) which is One of Sri. Ramanuja's Favourite places

as he has mentioned in the following slokam which we recite daily,

 

SriRanga Mangalamanim Karuna Nivasam (SriRangam)

SriVenkatadri Shikaralaya Kalamegham (Tirumala)

SriHasthi Shaila Shikarojvala Parijatam ( Sri KanchiPuram)

SriShannamami Shirasa Yadushaila Deepam (Melukote/Tirunarayanapuram)

 

 

Sarvadeva Namaskaram Keshavam Prathigachathi

 

Namaskara

Srinivasa Iyengar

 

 

 

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