Introduction

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Srimathe rAmAnujAya namaH:

 

Name :- Aravinda lochana ramanuja dasan

Thiruvadi sambandham :- Swayamacharayan/Sri Koil Komandur Elayavalli.

Poorvigam : Kanchipuram, Vaikunta natha perumal sannidhi.

 

Current location :-

53/6 Soundarya colony,

Anna nagar west extn,

Chennai - 600 101

Phone - (91)-44-626-4793, (91)-44-628-6288

Personal Email - srikaliyen

 

25 years old, working for a software company in Chennai. The

following people/incidents influenced me towards our ramanuja

samradayam - upadesa margam

 

i) Father's side grandmother, Rukmani pati brought me up as a child.

Her grasp of sampradayam was well acknowledged by our Kanchi

Annangrachar swami.

 

ii) Mother's side grandfather, Kooram Krishnaswamy thata(Mudaliandan

thiruvadi sampandham), deeply involved with Azhwan. His lineage

performed achaka kaikaryam for Koorathazhwan sannidhi, Kooram.

 

iii) Obtained Acharya sambandham(Samasrayanam), at Sriperumpudhur

from father's elder brother.

 

iv) Reading of Alkondavalli Govindachar swami's works,

particularly, "Life of Ramanuja" and "Divine wisdom of Dravida

saints", and Madurai Rangarajan's swami's "Andimoupaya

nishtnai"((Putthur swami publication)

 

v) Cassette upanyasams of Sriman Velukkudi Varadachar swami, "Sri

kaliyen perumai" in particular.

 

vi) Special Anugraham of Sri Govardhan Rangachar swami, Brindavanam.

Blessed with the oppurtunity of staying for about a week each at

swami's thirumaligai in Brindavanam on two occasions, during

Bramoutsavam in March'98 and Emberumanar utsavam in May'98

 

vii) Most importantly listening to upanyasams of scholars like,

Thirupathi Sri TA Krishnamachar swami,

Srirangam Sri Narasimhachar swami,

Alwar Thirunagari Sri Elayavalli Bhuvarahachar swami,

Srirangam Sri Gomatham swami,

Thiruvallikeni Sri MA Venkatakrishan swami

Velukuddi Sri V Krishnan swami and

Kazhiyur Sri KB Devarajan swami (Asthana vidwan for Sri Mudaliyandan

swami thirumaligai)

and many others.

 

My father, Sri KEB Narasimhan swami is one of Trustee's of Swami

Nammazhwar(India) Foundation, Sri Velukkudi Krishnan swami being the

Chairman.

 

My chitappa, Sri KEB Rangarajan swami is well known in Sri Vaishnava

circles and is a close friend of Thiruvallikeni Sri MA Venkatakrishan

swami.

 

List Moderators, TV Venkatesh is related to me thru my fathers side

and TA Varadhan thru my mothers side, so taking the liberty of

writing/spinning lot of personal story.

 

adiyen RAMANUJA dasan.

 

PS- Devotees to correct me of my mistakes/typos, by-product of my

ignorance.