Fw: Saranagathi Fw: [SriParakalaMatham] RE: Origin of Hebbar iyengars

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Friday, August 12, 2005 6:36 AM

Re: Saranagathi Fw: [sriParakalaMatham] RE: Origin of Hebbar iyengars

Respected Sri Sadagopan AvargaL.

 

 

Truth seeking - Origin of Hebbar Iyengars.

Srivaishnavite of Andhra Desa.

 

The article on Karnataka Srivaishnavites made adiyen to write about

something on Andhra desa Srivaishnavites too for the SaraNagathi

list. Adiyen had the greatest opportunity of having darshan and

discussing with Srimaan Sribhaashyam Applacharyulu swamy

(Vaikuntavaasi) in the year 2002-2003, at Visakhapatnam. During one

such time swamy told me…

 

“What is there in the origin of caste? If any one called me as

‘Srivashnavite’ that was the greatest gift and most satisfying in the

earth”

 

Srimaan Sribhaashyam swamy had immense knowledge in Dhivyaprabhandam

and Vaalmiki Ramayana. Especially for Tiruppaavai, the swamy had done

excellent service and he spread Godha Devi’s pugazh everywhere in

Andhra Desa, that too among common people by giving regular

discourses. His profound knowledge in Tiruppavai, though he is a

telugu and do not speak in Tamil, somewhat incomparable and his

writings on Godha Devi’s paamalai was even today very popular among

telugu devotees. Apart from Tiruppaavai his 9 days discourse in

Ramayana during Sri Raama navami draws very huge crowds in open air

auditorium at Visakhapatnam. His Sanskrit knowledge got him the

‘Mahamahopadhyaya’ from Benarus University. Swamy attained the Lotus

feet of Lord in the year 2003 and just before that the swamy had

completed his 9 days Annual Ramayana lecture and his devotees also

celebrated his 82nd birthday as Aayiram PiRai KaNda Vizaa. Swamy was

born on Ramanavami day.

 

His legacy is still continuing through his son Srimaan Sribaashyam

Srinivaasacharyulu and his daughter Srimati Triguvengalamma. As a

daughter Srimati Tiruvengalamma inherited her father’s wisdom,

translated Nammazwar’s Thiruvaaimozi in Telugu with explanations. She

also, like father, explains and propagates Tiruppaavai among Telugu

devotees. Her one such explanation on Aandal’s ‘UngaL Puzaikkadai

Thottatthu vaaviyuL Sengazuniir vAy negizndu Aambal vaay kuumbina

kaaN’ was exceptionally excellent where she compares Andaal eyes to

aambal and Lord’s eye to Sengazuniir flower. It is a marvel on

Andal’s crown.

 

But unlike Karnataka, Andhra desa has history of Srivaishnavites

before the arrival of Udaiyavar Sri Ramanuja. According to Historian

Prof B.S.L. Hanumantha Rao who wrote ‘ social mobility in medieval

Andhra’ mention that a large number of villages had tamil migrated

srivaishnavite families such as Satlur, Vangiparru, Karambichedu,

Puthur, Urputtur, Viravalli, Kundur, etc. in Karma Raashtra (present

Guntur-Vijayawada area) settled during 8th and 9th centuries

spreading vedism and Azwaar based Vishnu’s paratatvam. It was also

likely that the presence of Sri Ramanuja during 11th century was

largely responsible for the emergence of Srivaishnavism in different

format that as a rapprochement between vedism and devotionalism of

Tamil prabandha’s. One such staunch srivaishnavite Sriman Satluru

Gopalakrishnacharya still preaching Tamil Dhivya prabhandham at

Simhachalam temple here at Visakhapatnam.

 

Sri Ramanuja ‘s visit to coastal Andhra desa was very significant.

Udaiyavar was staying at Simhachalam Sri Lakshmi Varaha Narasimha

Swamy hill Temple for more than six months and scores of people had

come forward to follow the footsteps of Sri Ramanuja.

 

There was a folklore still famous among rural Andhra people that

there was an interesting conflict between Kavi Krishnamachari and

the Lord Varaha Narasimha Himself on Sri Ramanuja. Kavi

Krishnamachari who did not like the popularity of Sri Ramnuja but as

a staunch devotee of Lord he was blessed to speak directly to Lord as

one to one. In one such occasion, Kavi has sung beautiful song on Lord

for which the Lord Himself appeared before him and danced to his

tunes. On completion of song Kavi had asked the Perumaal to bless him

with MUKTHI. But Lord asked the Kavi to go to Sri Raamanuja who only

has the light to show the way towards Mukthi.

 

But that is another story that Kavi did not like Lord’s response and

cursed the God to have a fire on his temple and got back the curse on

him instead. Kavi Krishnamachari songs, it was told, highly beautiful,

devoted, would have been most famous for the future, but the curse he

attained, did not bring it outside world.

 

The Simhachalam Tamil srivaishnavites were migrated from Tamilnadu

during Sri Ramanuja’s time though forgot the speaking of Tamil

language but not Dhivya Prabhandam. The same thing continued with

Srikurmam ksEthram (in Srikakulam District, the north east corner of

Andhra desa) where Sri Ramanuja stayed for many days after returning

from Jagannathapuri (the present Puri) and prayed the Lord Sri

Kurmanatha Swamy.

 

NAMMAAZWAAR TIRUVADIGALE SARANAM.

Dhivakar.