Srimath Andavan Ashramam Acharya Guru Parampara - 5

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Sri:

 

Srimathe Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha:

 

 

 

Acharya parampara (rahasya parampara) of Srimath Andavan Ashramam continues in

this posting starting with Srimath Thiruthuraippondi Andavan.

 

 

 

Thiruthuraipoondy Andavan (vilakkudi Andavan)

 

 

 

Birth Star- Aippasi Uthirattadhi

 

 

 

Thanian

 

 

 

Srimath gOpAla soorEr niravadhi karuNAvAptha sathsampradAyam

Srimath vEdhAntha rAmAnuja yathinrupathis sarvatha: sTHApayithvA

Yasmin sathsampradAyam sakalamupadhishan amsathO nupravishTa:

Srimath sreevasa raamAnuja munimanagham tham BHajE dEsikEndhram

 

 

 

He was born in the month of Aippasi with Uthirattadhi as his birth star and was

named srinivasachar..He belonged to Eyunni vamsam and Bharadwaja gothram. He

learnt sampradhaya granthas fromVazhuthur Andavan and . became an erudite

scholar and authentic exponent of Srivaishnava philosophy. ,, .He had prapatti

done at the feet of almighty and was initiated into Dureeyasraman by Vazhuthur

Andavan and was named “, Srinivasa ramanuja Maha Desikan, one of the

illustrious Acharyas of Srirangam Srimath Andavan PeriAsramam. .

Thirutthuraippoondi Andavan was also known as vilakkudi andavan as he hailed

from vilakkudi, a small hamlet near Rajamannargudi .

 

 

 

Srimath Periandavan

 

 

 

Thirunakshatram: Masi – Pushyam

 

 

 

Thanian

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan gave sanyasam 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.

 

 

 

SrinivasaRaghavan was born on 25.2.1801 in the year Roudri (Masi-pushyam) in a

village called Piliyaranai near Kanchipuram. At a tender age of 10, he mastered

rendering of Sama Veda learnt from his father, Sri Krishnamachariar which was

considered to be an invaluable wealth in his family traditions.

 

 

 

Sri Krishnamachariar was extremely pleased with his son’s progress and took the

young boy back to Kanchi . There, SrinivasaRaghavan learnt Nyaya – Meemamsa-

Vyakarana Sastras under the tutelage of great scholars. Thereafter he went to

Srirangam to see Srirangam Swami (Srimath Vazhutoor Andavan) and prayed for

Saranagathi. Srimath Andavan , performed Atma samarpanam ( saranagathi) to him

in front of Lord Sri Ranganatha’s sannidhi.

 

 

 

He went to Srirangam Swami and prayed to him that Swami perform kalakshepams to

him on sampradayic granthams.. Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan took Agnya from Swami

in carrying out this holy task and performed kalakshepams to Srinivasaraghavan

on Grantha chatushtayam,Rahasyams and Rahasyarthas.

 

 

 

SrinivasaRaghavan gained exemplary knowledge in all that learnt from his

Acharya. After some time, he prayed to Srimath Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan for

the Dureeyasramam. As his near and dear objected to this, Srimath Andavan also

felt that SrinivasaRaghavan be a gruhasta for some more time before taking up

sanyAs and blessed him to go back to Kanchi.

 

 

 

In His gruhastasrama, SrinivasaraghavswAmi was blessed with a girl and He

immediately felt that He had fulfilled his duties as a gruhasta. When

Srinivasaraghavan swami went to Srirangam and prayed with thirutthuraipoondi

Andavan for sanyasa, Swami tested Him in various ways to see whether He was

ready to take up sanyasa . After getting convinced, Swami granted sanyasam

to Srimath Periandavan and he was given the title “Srinivasa maha desikan”.

 

 

 

Since this mahan was so popular among his sishyas and admirers alike, he was

fondly called as periandavan. For a long time he was residing in Srirangam . In

a month, He would go to devout and pious Srivaishnava bhagavathas’ thiru maligai

on selected seven to eight days for unccha Vritthi . He would take the grains to

the banks of Coleroon river, wash them in the river water, cook them and eat the

bhagavath prasadham along with thulasi leaves. On other days, he used to powder

the dry leaves fallen from the Holy Fig tree and consume the same. Such was his

Vairaghyam.

 

 

 

Sishya paramapara:- He remained deeply dedicated to the sampradayam and placed

Srimad Andavan sampradayam on a firm footing and as a beacon light to thirsty

aspirants. Upon Lord Ranganatha’s command to take disciples, and disseminate and

propagate the Philosophy, several persons became His Disciples, and became

erudite scholars and preceptors. Some of them were

 

 

 

1) Thirupputkuzhi Appa 2) Mannargudi Gopalanna 3) Vyakaranam Rangachariar 4)

Meemisal Narasimhachariar 5) Chinnamu Rangachariar 6) Thirunelveli

Gopalasamudram Narayanachariar 7) Shamala Chakravarthi and 8) Purisai Nadathur

Rangachariar.

 

Sri Srinivasa Raghavachariar's (Periandavan's) asrama sweekaram took place

around 1828. He observed Chathurmasyams for 55 years and he adorned

thirunadu in subhanu varusham thai masam - krishna thrayodhasi

thithi(1884-Jan-Feb)

 

 

 

In the next posting, adiyEn will cover the history of achAryAs starting with

Srimath Chinnandavan.

 

 

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi

 

Perungadambanur Parthasarathy Sreenivasan

 

(of Besant Nagar)