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

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Dear BhAgavathAs,Today (June 02, 2003 – VaikAsi ArudrA) is theauspicious thirunakshatram day of Prakrutham SrimathAndavan, His Holiness Sri Ranga RamAnuja mahAdEsikan. Let us all recite this mahAn’s thanian inthis day and receive his full blessings and anugraham on this holy occasion.VEdhAntha lakshmana muneendra krupAtthabOdhamThadpAdha yugmasaraseeruha brungha rAjamThraiyantha yugma kruthaboori parisramamthamSriranga 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 andtook 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 such as sculpture,sangeetham, alankAra sAstrA, Astrology(Jyothisham),politics, construction, AyurvEdato name a few. Swami’s anirasAdhArana pAndhithyam inkeervAna bhashA ,vEdanthA and vyAkarana sAstrA iswell known. It is also very well known that HisHoliness Srimath Andavan talks with slEhA(sleshA) inappropriate moments with amazing timing andprecision.Swami once beautifully sculpted a sALagrAmA perumAL(which was a little broken ) to Lakshmi HayagreevaPerumAL. So many have wondered about His Holiness’samazing knowledge in a wide variety of subjects, be in science or other specific specialty areas.Srimath Andavan is well versed in Telugu and Kannadaalso 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 ScienceCollege in 1996 and managed by Sri Ranganatha PadukaVidyalaya trust.

2. Construction of SakshAth swami Mani Mandapam atVaduvur and a vEda pAtasAlA which was inaugurated in2001. Now it has about 20 vidhyArthis (including 3 whogoing on gAnam – salakshana GanapAtis)3. A building (abt 3600 sq.feet) construction is inprogress in Thiruvaheendrapuram to facilitateconducting classes in prabhandhams and vEdas. Plan is underway to have this completed latest by AvaniAvittam.4. Construction of Sri Balaji Mandir(at about 27000sq. 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 inBangalore at the cost of Rs. 7. 50 lakhs.6. A silver lined wooden simhAsanam costingapproximately Rs. 3.50 lakhs was offered by HisHoliness to Thuppul dEsikan during purattAsi –thiruvOnam in 2001.7. Construction of Sanidhi for Gopalarya Mahadiskan(1700-1783 -Munithraya Sidhantha SthApakachAryan) onhis 301st Birthday at his birth place Royampettai at a cost of 5 lakhs in sep 2000.8. Construction Of Kalyana Mandapam at Asramampremises in Kanchipuram for the convenience ofdevotees.9. Installation of new utsava murthis costing aboutRs. 1 lakh at our Sri Vaikuntanathji Mandir in NewDelhi.10. Starting of a corpus fund for the maintenance ofAsramam 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 IndiaAnd so on.The philosophy of visishtAdvaitA is very ancient onehaving come down to us through ages as an unbrokentradition.It has the authority of eternal vEdas, Upanishads inSanskrit 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 ofnoble deeds worship me, the seeker after worldlypossession, the afflicted, the seeker of knowledge and man of wisdom. O, best of bharatha""Of these the best is man of wisdom(Jnani) everestablished in identity with me and possesssedexclusive devotion for I'm extremely dear to wise man and he is extremely dear to me."AchAryAs are JnAnis who are dearer to God. AchAryAsdispel the darkness of mind and enlighten withknowledge for which even God cannot find substitute as repayment, as quoted by Desikaa "Yetri manatthu" in Adhikara sangraham.Praising AchAryA’s glory, Retaining AchAryA’steachings in mind and spreading AchAryA’s greatnessetc., are only very very small when compared to whatan 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 ourAchAryA, His Holiness Srimath Srimushnam Andavan – Sri Ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan for Longevity with Goodhealth to guide us all in the years to come.=======================================================Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,dAsan,Venkat Sreenivasan

 

 

 

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