Srimath pEriAndavan Life History - Part I

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SrImathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya nama:

SrI ranganAtha Divya maNi pAdhukAbhyAm nama:

 

Dear Bhagavathas,

 

Monday Feb. 25, 2002( Masi-Pushyam) is the

Thirunakshtram day of the kula maNi ratnA among all

the illustrous acharyas of Srirangam

Srimath Andavan PeriAsramam, Srimath pEriAndavan –

Sri SrinivAsa mahA dEsikan.

 

Adiyen has made an attempt to bring out the life

history of Srimath pEriAndavan in a series of posting

commencing with the first volume today.

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Let us recite this mahAn's danian on his

thirunakshatram day.

 

Sri rangEsha padhe samarpitha Bharam sruthyantha

rAmAnuja

Sri yogeendra guruththamEna yaminash sruththyantha

vidhyAthmana:

PrAptha sruthya vathamsa yughma hrudhayam SrivAsa

rAmAnujAth

Sri SrivAsa muneendra dEsika maNim srEyO nidhim

samsrayE

 

Munitraya sampradaya has been serving as the beacon

light of sri vaishanavism since the time of great

acharya of this siddhAnta, Sri Gopalarya Maha Desikan

also known as Thirukkudandhai Desikan about 300 years

ago. This illustrious lineage was started by one of

Thirukkudandhai Desikan’s disciples by the name of

Srimath Vazhutoor Andavan Sri Vedanta Ramanuja Maha

Desikan also known as Srirangam Swami.

 

The second Acharya to adorn the peetam of this

illustrious Asramam was Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha

Desikan also called as Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan who

took the dureeyasramam from Srirangam Swami.. He

hailed from a small village called ViLakkudi next to

Mannargudi in Tanjore District. This Acharya belonged

to bharadwaja gothra and Eyunni parampara. He stayed

in Srirangam throughout his sanyasAsramam.

 

Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan gave sanyas to Sri

SrinivasaRaghavachariar Swami who went on to become

one of illustrious Acharyas of Munitraya Sampradayam,

and unparalled among His contemporaries. This mahAn

later came to be known as the famous Srimath

Periandavan.

 

Younger Days of Srimath Periandavan

 

SrinivasaRaghavan was born in the year 1801 in the

holy place of ThirukKacchi on the auspicious

thirunakshatram day of Pushyam in the month of Masi.

At a tender age of 10, he mastered rendering Sama Veda

learnt from his father, Sri Krishnamachariar which was

considered to be an invaluable wealth in his family

traditions. Sri Krishnamachariar took his 10 year old

son to Thirukkudandhai where they stayed in

Navalpakkam Sri. Raghavachariar’s thirumaligai. Sri

Raghavachariar did not fail to notice the young boy’s

prowess and very much enjoyed the melodious rendering

of his sama ganam. He realized the boy was a genius

and shared his awe very much with his father.

 

Education

 

When the time came for Sri Krishnamachariar to leave

Thirukkudandhai with his son, Sri. Raghavachariar

requested him to leave the boy in his place where he

offered to teach him SAstrAs. Sri. Krishnamachariar

also decided to do it that way and went ahead with his

yatra alone. When he came back to Thirukkudandhai

after three months, the SrinivasaRaghavan by then had

finished learning KAvyAs in that short time span .As

Azhwar proudly says “ Enna Nonbu NOrrAL kolO ivanAip

perra vayirudaiyAL” Sri Krishnamachariar made all

efforts to make his son learn and become an authority

in all that he learnt at such an young age.

 

(To be Continued....)

 

dAsan

vEnkatanAthan SreenivAsan

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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