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About Swami MudaliAndan from http://srivaishnava.org/

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Sri Mudali AndAn was born in 1027 A.D. at Varadaraja puram near Madras. His

parents, Anantha dIkshitar and Naachchiyaar (Sri Raamaanuja's sister), named him

as Daasarathi. Since he was one of the foremost disciples of Sri Raamaanuja, he

came to be known as Mudaliaandaan.

 

When Sri Raamaanuja went to Triukottiyur Nambi for upadesam on Tiru mantram, he

was asked the reason for bringing Daasarathi and Kuresa with him, inspite of his

instruction to come alone. To this, Sir Raamaanuja replied, saying, he had come

with his Staff (tiru danda referring to Daasarthi) and Pennant (pavithram

referring to Kuresa). Tirukkottiyur Nambi took all three of them and instructed

them on the secrets of Tiru Mantram.

 

Latter, when Sri Raamaanuja was instructing Kuresa on the Charama-Slokam,

Daasarathi too wanted to know the meaning of the sloka, and therefore approached

Sri Raamaanuja. Due to Tirukkottiyur Nambi's instructions, Sir Raamaanuja, asked

Daasarathi to go the him and ask for upadesam on the sloka. Daasarathi went to

tirukkottiyur and submitted himself to Nambi, who never gave him contenance.

This continued for about Six months and Daasarathi never gave up his resolve. At

this point Tirukkottiyur Nambi inquired about his reason for being there. When

Daasarathi requested to be taught the meaning of Charama Sloka, he said "Let

every trace in thee cease, of the three fold egotism which troubles the mankind,

that of talent, wealth and ancestry. Raamaanuja will be the best judge of thee

in these matters. Go to him and wait on him and his will and pleasure. He will

bless thee". Daasarathi returned to Srirangam, fell to Sri Raamaanuja's feet and

related all that happened at Tirukkottiyur. Pleased with Daasarathi, Sri

Raamaanuja lauded the change in Daasarathi and started his upadesam on the

Charama slokam.

 

Sri Raamaanuja, latter, started to depend on Daasarathi a lot. While going to

kaveri for his daily bath. He used to lean on Daasarathi for support. One day,

while on his way to the river, he was asked why, when he donned the robes of a

Sannyaasins (ascetic) he did not give up Daasarathi, as that order demanded that

all kith and kin should be renounced. To this Raamaanuja replied that Daasarathi

was an exception as he was his triplestaff (tirudanda) (the same reason he gave

to Tirukkottiyur Nambi) and added "If it is possible for me an ascetic to give

up my staff only then can Daasarathi leave me. He, though a bodily relation, is

yet a kin to my soul."

 

When Raamaanuja went to North India to collect the work of Brahma Sutra, he left

the Srirangam temple activties in the hand of Daasarathi. Daasarathi composed

the taniyan to be sung before Mutal Tiruvantati. He was very well educated in

both the Sanskrit and Tamil Vedas and instructed many such as Embar and other on

the meaning of Tiruvaimozhi and other paasurams of the 4000 Divya Prabandham.

 

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Message From Sri Vijayan Ramaswamy (MudaliAndan Swami Sishya)

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Please accept my humble namaskarams. My name is Vijayan Ramasamy,

currently based out of USA and I belong to the Thirumaligai of Swami

MudaliAndan. I am looking to collect all MudaliAndan swami sishyas so we can

collectively serve our Acharya.

 

You may be aware that our Vartamana Swami is actively involved in many

Thirumaligai Kainkaryams.

One of the problems we are facing is that all Shishyas are not able to join

hands in support of

our Thirumaligai and also participate in many activities.

I have had the "bhagyam" of talking to Swami a few times.

 

There are two reasons for my sending this email to you:

==> 1. In the past we have been trying to collect the details of Shishyas who

may be dispersed across the world.

I am told that you may have family members spread across many countries.

If you do not mind and if you think your family members will not mind,

I will greatly appreciate if you will kindly send me the contact info to them

(including email addresses)

and a small introduction to them;

==> 2. An urgent need of the Thirumaligai is that our Swami is trying to

re-acquire

the Avatara Stalam of our first MudaliAndan in Pettai, near the outskirts of

Chennai.

It is imperative that we do not let this opportunity slip away and it is also a

great opportunity

for all of us to participate in this kainkaryam. It is unfortunate that our own

Swami has to

openly ask our help in this regard. Any help that you can provide directly or in

the form

of directing me to others from whom I can seek help will be greatly appreciated

and I am sure

Swami's blessings will help us and guide us in this act.

 

It will be of great help and I beg you to please respond at your earliest

convenience.

 

Sincerely,

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

 

Vijayan Ramasamy Cell: 001-510-714-4525

Sridhar Srinivasan: 281-556-1723

 

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