Sri.U.Ve Karapankadu Swami Part 5 : BIRTH OF OUR SWAMI

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BIRTH OF OUR SWAMI

Rajamannarkudi, in the land of Cholas, is situated in the banks of river

Cauvery, which is holier than Ganges. Sri Rajagopalan resides here. In

this area, there were five villages known as ‘Panchagramam’, very

famous for Srivaishnavas. Like Arjuna shining amidst Pandavas,

“Kar-apan-kadu” is famous out of the five villages. Many

Srivaishnavas moved from Kanchipuram to live in Karapankadu. Perarulalan

also followed the bhagavathas and stayed in Karapankadu. Perarulalan

Himself gave an Acharya Rathnam to the Geethacharyan sannidhi in

Karapankadu and stayed there as Varadhan.

Since

Karapankadu was the dwelling place for great prapannas and thapasvis, it

remained as a grand fortress of knowledge and meditation. When we talk of

fortress, it is but natural to think of the king. One such king of

knowledge was our Singaperumal Swami. His fame and eminence was known all

over the south. He was born in a great lineage of scholars. He excelled

in gnana, bhakthi and vairagyam and as his name suggests lived like a

king among great pundits.

Singaperumal Swami was an outstanding scholar who understood the past,

present and future. He was an eminent vedhantha scholar with absolute

clarity of our sampradhayam. He used to visit Chennai out of his own

interest and expense to teach the asthikas all aspects of our

sampradhayam and worked hard to remove the ignorance of one and all. He

learnt SriBhashya grantham from Sri.U.Ve. Ramanuja Jeeyar. With absolute

knowledge of vedas, vedhanthas and shasthras, Singaperumal Swami rode

like a majestic lion, spreading his fame in all directions.

Singaperumal Swami’s youngest daughter was Lakshmi Ammanga, wedded to

Sri. Thiruvenkatam Iyengar. Due to Perarulalan’s grace and the great

delight of Singaperumal Swami, in the year 1906 in the month of Pankuni

under the star Punarvasu, Lakshmi Ammanga gave birth to a beautiful male

child. Our Karapankadu Swami was born like Chakravarthi

Thirumakan.

Azhwar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Adiyen

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