[RamanujaMission] Today(June 02,2003) - Thirunakshatram of Prakrutham Srimath Srimushnam Andavan

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AN APPEAL TO ALL ANDAVAN SISHYAS AND ABHIMANIS LIVING OUTSIDE INDIA

 

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regards,

Shyamsundar Sreenivasan

 

Venkat Sreenivasan wrote:

 

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> Dear BhAgavathAs,

>

> Today (June 02, 2003 – VaikAsi ArudrA) is the

> auspicious thirunakshatram day of Prakrutham Srimath

> Andavan, His Holiness Sri Ranga RamAnuja mahA

> dEsikan. Let us all recite this mahAn’s thanian in

> this day and receive his full blessings and anugraham on this holy

> occasion.

>

> VEdhAntha lakshmana muneendra krupAtthabOdham

> ThadpAdha yugmasaraseeruha brungha rAjam

> Thraiyantha yugma kruthaboori parisramamtham

> Sriranga lakshmana munim saranam prabhadyE

> -----

> Adiyen is reposting the life history of Srimath Srimushnam Andavan

> that appeared in various groups last year.

> =======================================================

>

> Prakrutham Srimath Andavan was born in Srimushnam , a swamyam vyakta

> KshetrA, in South Arcot district to Sri U.Ve. SrinivAsAchAriAr and Sri

> Kumudavalli belonging to the illustrious lineage of swayamAchArya

> purushAs. He was born on a vaikAsi –ArudrA day in yuva varsham

> (3.6.1935). His parents named him as VarAhan. UpanayAthi samskArams

> were performed at the right age to him.

>

> VarAhan swAmi became well qualified in vEda and divyaprabhandha

> adhyayanams at a young age. His periappA,Sri. U.Ve. Srimushnam purAnam

> NarAyanAchariar taught him kAvyA and nAtaka alankArA granthAs. SwAmi

> went to kAkumAni charity pAtasAla (affiliated to Madras University) in

> Chennai for his initial education in sAstrAs.

>

> In a quest to learn more about sAmAnya sAstrAs, swAmi came to Sri

> perumbudur and learnt fully the nyAya and tharka sAstrAs and got duly

> qualified in “Sironmani” from Sri Perumbudur Sanskrit College. Seeing

> swAmi’s remarkable knowledge and extreme brilliance, learned wise men

> who had interacted with swami at that time predicted that swami would

> become a mahA vidwAn and a sampradAya pravarthakA.

>

> For some time swami went to Andhra pradesh and taught Sanskrit in

> Sanskrit colleges located in Jeetikal and AlwAl , close to Hyderabad.

> Swami came back to Sri Perumbudur and passed meritoriously in ‘Tamil

> VidwAn’ exam. It could be said that there are no literature left out

> in Tamil that swami is unaware of. Its swAmi’s special quality to

> quote Thiruvalluvan,Kamban, IlangO and bharathi in His anugraha

> bhAshanams as and when required. Swami underwent grantha chathushtya

> kAlakshEpams under His Holiness Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan.

>

> Upon Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan’s holy command,

> Sri varAchAr swami accepted to take up sanyAsa and

> took ascetic order on 1-6-1989 ( sukla varsham –

> vaikAsi 19th) as Sri Ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan.

>

> Srimushnam Srimath Andavan is an versatile exponent in various many

> other sAstrAs suc! h as scu l pture,

> sangeetham, alankAra sAstrA, Astrology(Jyothisham),politics,

> construction, AyurvEda

> to name a few. Swami’s anirasAdhArana pAndhithyam in

> keervAna bhashA ,vEdanthA and vyAkarana sAstrA is

> well known. It is also very well known that His

> Holiness Srimath Andavan talks with slEhA(sleshA) in

> appropriate moments with amazing timing and

> precision.

>

> Swami once beautifully sculpted a sALagrAmA perumAL

> (which was a little broken ) to Lakshmi Hayagreeva

> PerumAL. So many have wondered about His Holiness’s

> amazing knowledge in a wide variety of subjects, be in science or

> other specific specialty areas.

>

> Srimath Andavan is well versed in Telugu and Kannada

> also and gives anugraha bhAshanams in telugu itself to sishyAs and

> abhimAnis whenever an opportunity arises.

>

> Srimath Andavan has undertaken many key projects, only a few of which

> are very briefly mentioned here such as,

>

> 1. Establishment of Srimath Andavan Arts and Science

> College in 1996 and managed by Sri Ranganatha Paduka

> Vidyalaya trust.

> 2. Construction of SakshAth swami Mani Mandapam at

> Vaduvur and a vEda pAtasAlA which was inaugurated in

> 2001. Now it has about 20 vidhyArthis (including 3 whogoing on gAnam –

> salakshana GanapAtis)

>

> 3. A building (abt 3600 sq.feet) construction is in

> progress in Thiruvaheendrapuram to facilitate

> conducting classes in prabhandhams and vEdas. Plan is underway to have

> this completed latest by Avani

> Avittam.

>

> 4. Construction of Sri Balaji Mandir(at about 27000

> sq. feet), located in Dombivili, the samprokshanam of which was

> performed in August 2001. The project costed around Rs. 1.35 crores

> and ran for over 3 years.

>

> 5. Vajra kavacham for perumAL at Sripuram Temple in

> Bangalore at the cost of Rs. 7. 50 lakhs.

>

> 6. A silver lined wooden simhAsanam costing

> approximately Rs. 3.50 lakhs was offered by His

> Holiness to Thuppul dEsikan during purattAsi –

> thiruvOnam in 2001.

>

> 7. Construction of Sanidhi for Gopalarya Mahadiskan

> (1700-1783 -Munithraya Sidhantha SthApakachAryan) on

> his 301st Birthday at his birth place Royampettai at a cost of 5 lakhs

> in sep 2000.

>

> 8. Construction Of Kalyana Mandapam at Asramam

> premises in Kanchipuram for the convenience of

> devotees.

>

> 9. Installation of new utsava murthis costing about

> Rs. 1 lakh at our Sri Vaikuntanathji Mandir in New

> Delhi.

>

> 10. Starting of a corpus fund for the maintenance of

> Asramam establishment that includes emoluments for the kainkaryaparas,

> life insurances for them and their family etc.

>

> 11. Starting of a fund for offering thatheeyArAdhanam to the devotees

> visiting the Andavan Asramam at Kanchipuram during BrahmOtsavam. 12.

> Starting Veda Patasalas across various parts of South India

>

> And so on.

>

> The philosophy of visishtAdvaitA is very ancient one

> having come down to us through ages as an unbroken

> tradition.

>

> It has the authority of eternal vEdas, Upanishads in

> Sanskrit and Divya Prabandhams in Tamil, as well as of the Lord's own

> words the "PAncharAtrA". It is the true Philosophy of religion

> unassailable, dear to Divya Dhampathis, dear to sages and seers, dear

> to AlwArs and AchAryAs who have verified it in their spiritual

> experiences.

>

> In Geetha 7-17, Lord says, "Four type of devotees of

> noble deeds worship me, the seeker after worldly

> possession, the afflicted, the seeker of knowledge and man of wisdom.

> O, best of bharatha"

>

> "Of these the best is man of wisdom(Jnani) ever

> established in identity with me and possesssed

> exclusive devotion for I'm extremely dear to wise man and he is

> extremely dear to me."

>

> AchAryAs are JnAnis who are dearer to God. AchAryAs

> dispel the darkness of mind and enlighten with

> knowledge for which even God cannot find substitute as repayment, as

> quoted by Desikaa "Yetri manatthu" in Adhikara sangraham.

>

> Praising AchAryA’s glory, Retaining AchAryA’s

> teachings in mind and spreading AchAryA’s greatness

> etc., are only very very small when compared to what

> an AchAryA has done to the sishyas.

>

> It is our purva janma punyam that we have our AchAryAs to guide us in

> the righteous path and spread the fragrance of Arulicheyal and Divya

> sukthi of Alwars and PurvAcharyas and the philosophy of

> VishistAdvaitA, traveling far and wide throughout the country.

>

> As periAzhwAr says “pallAndu pallAndu” to perumAL,

> let us pray to the Divya Dhampathis for blessing our

> AchAryA, His Holiness Srimath Srimushnam Andavan – Sri Ranga rAmAnuja

> mahA dEsikan for Longevity with Good

 

> health to guide us all in the years to come.

>

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> Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,

> dAsan,!

> Venk a t Sreenivasan

> -----

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