More about a Rare photo

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The photo attached in Sri Venkatanathan Sreenivasan's mail this morning

in a Posting about Srimath Thembirai Andavan on the occasion of Hi Thirunakshatram

is a rare one. Just to highlight.. you could see Sri Srinivasa Raghavachariar

also known as Sri Kannan Swami (later to become known as Srimath Thirukkudanthai

Andavan, the Andavan to succeed Srimath Thembarai Andavan) [highlighted

in top left] and Sri Gopalachariar (later to become known as Srimath Mysore

Andavan to succeed Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan) in the same photo in

their Poorvashramam [highlighted in top right].

To the right of Srimath Thembarai Andavan [highlighted in bottom left],

you could see a sanyasi standing with a tridandam. He is Sri. VK Srinivasachariar

known as Pattnam Mama who was the Srikaryam & at the same time became

a sanyasi. He was blessed and initiated into the sanyasramam by Thembirai

Andavan in recognition and appreciation of Pattnam mama's vairagyam, anushtanam

and asraamam administration. It was unique that in an Asramam with a yateeswara

in the peetam, another sanyasi acted as a Srikaryam; there are/have been

junior pontiffs at the same time, but not the Srikaryam also as a sanyasi.

There were difficulties for Pattnam Mama in maintaining sanyasa dharmam

while still taking the busy responsibilities of a Srikaryam. So he got

relieved from the post of Srikaryam and Sri Kannan swami become the Srikaryam

of Andavan Ashramam before He himself took up Sanyasa Ashramam to become

Thirukkudandhai Andavan on April 5th 1963, just few Hours before Thembarai

Andavan attained Thirunaadu.

 

dasan

Shyamsundar Sreenivasan

 

 

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