Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan Centenary Uthsavam on Mar 28th 2007 in Srirangam - A Brief look at His Life History -Part I

March 21, 2007

SrImathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha SrImathE SrinivAsa rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha SrImathE vEdAntha rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namahaSrI ranganAtha Divya maNi pAdhukAbhyAm namahaDear Bhagavathas,Wednesday Mar. 28th, 2007(Panguni- Pushyam) is the 100thThirunakshtram day (Sathamaana Uthsavam) of one of the greatest luminary anddistinguished AchAryA of Srirangam Srimath AndavanPeriAsramam, Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan – SrivEdAntha rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan,who took SrirangamSrimath Andavan periAsramam to dizzy heights of growthspreading it literally across length and breadth ofthe country.Adiyen is reproducing my earlier postings done a few years ago on the life history of this mahAn commencing with the first volume today. This has

beencompiled from Panguni Pushyam malar(1981) during 74thbirthday celebrations of H.H. Srimath ThirukkudanthaiAndavan(Kannan swamigal) and Andavan Asramam varalarupublished in 1967 by Srirangam pEriAsramam.======================================================Let us all recite this mahan's thaniyan on Histhirunakshatram day.Srimath vEdhAntha rAmAnuja munikarunAlabdha vEdhAnthayugmamSrimath SrivAsa yogeeswara gurupadhayOrarpithaswAthmabhAramSrimath Sri ranganAthAhvaya munikrupayA prApthamOkshasramam thamSrimath VEdhAntha rAmAnuja munimaparam samsrayEdEsikEndram======================================================Among all the Alwars, Thirumangai Alwar also known asKaliyan is the one who has sung praises on most of thearchAvatArAs of the 108 Divya dEsams. All of his“AruLicheyalgaLs” are considered to be a treasure oftamil literature and also as the essence of

vEda.Such a great AlwAr when experiencing thirukkudanthaiemperumAn, is trying to sing praise of the beauty, theimportance and the significance of emperumAn’spadukas. But he is not able to do it. The AlwAr whoperformed “sarvAttha grahaNam” at the feet ofemperumAn feels very despondent at his inability todo so and surrenders at the feet of the Lord. In oneof his pAsurams, kaliyan describes both emperumAn’sgreat virtues and his inadequacy to experience suchvirtues..“ Moovaril mudhalvanAya oruvanai ulagam kondaKOvinai kudanthai mEya kurumaNith thiraLaiInbap pAvainai pachchaith thEnai paimponnai amararSennipPoovinai pughazhum thondar ensollip pugazhvarthAmE….”Kaliyan is awe struck to find words and sing praise ofArAvamudhan. As AzhwAr says, “PonnAr sArngamudaiyaadigaLai innArenru ariyEn”, it wasn’t surprising atall seeing the towering stature of Amudhan, kaliyangot totally mesmerised

admiring emperumAn’s thiruuruvam. Kaliyan feels very helpless not able to drinkmAdhuryAmrutham of emperumAn that flowed from kudamooku.In the same vein, it is impossible for one to singpraise of Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan’s divyacharitham because of his immeasurable greatness. Itprompts one to think that Thirukkudanthai SrimathAndavan was a manifestation of emperumAn’s mAdhuryamand all His kalyanA gunAs and hence took birth in thesannidhi of Amudhan to protect loka bhagavathas.AvatAramSrimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan was in the born in asmall hamlet called “ kArukudi”( situated next toThirukkandiyur in Tanjore district) in the banks ofriver KavEri in the year 1908 to Sri. U.Ve.PadmanAbhachAriar and Sri. Komalavalli dEvi. He wasborn on the auspicious day of pushyam in the month ofPanguni. The signs were very auspicious at the time ofHis birth.His father was a parama EkAnthi

and had full belssingsof his AchAryA. He used to visit Srirangam periAsramamregularly to participate in the pArAyana ghoshti ofAchArya Thirunakshtra mAhOtsavams . At that time,Srimath kAdandEthi Andavan was adorning the AchAryapeetam of the periAsramam. He was a great mahAn whowas an exponent of yogic sAstrAs, and posessed all thedivine mAntric powers. A mahAn who had the full anddirect blessings of Lord Sri HayagreevA.It was in the year 1907 during the mAsi-pushyamthirunakshatram celebrations of Srimath periAndavan,Sri. U.Ve. padmanAbhAchAriAr and Sri. U.Ve. EyunnivaradAchAr swAmi( who later became SrimathNammAndavan) had visited periAsramam. After thecompletion of vaibhavam, they had stayed for a coupleof more days to take part in the nithya kainkarayam.One of those days during the evening time, SrimathkAdanthEthi Andavan called for both of them and toldSri. PadmanAbhAchAr swAmi that he will have

a son whowill be born on a pushyam day and told Sri.VaradAchAr swAmi that he will also have a son who willbe born on a hastham day. As predicted by swAmi, bothof them had sons born on the same janma nakshatrams.(To be continued....)

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March 22, 2007

ajranga rajan <ajranga wrote: SirI am very much thankful to receive your narration ofThirukkudanthai Andavan Swamigal.Pl continue the samein detail.I had the opportunity to hear his lectures onRamayanam and Tiruppavai in his Poorvashram.When weinvited him for a stay at Chintadripet we could notreach his place in scheduled time at Andavan AshramMylapore. But to our surprise we saw him coming bywalk towards Royapettah High Road on his way to ourplace. He never showed any displeasure for our latecoming.Such a simplicity, humility, divine Acharya isyet to be seen in this world. He is rarest gem in ourGuruparamparai.Adiyen Rangarajan--- Venkat Sreenivasan wrote:> SrImathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha> SrImathE SrinivAsa rAmAnuja mahA

dEsikAya namaha> SrImathE vEdAntha rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha> SrI ranganAtha Divya maNi pAdhukAbhyAm namaha> > Dear Bhagavathas,> > Wednesday Mar. 28th, 2007(Panguni- Pushyam) is the> 100th> Thirunakshtram day (Sathamaana Uthsavam) of one of> the greatest luminary and> distinguished AchAryA of Srirangam Srimath Andavan> PeriAsramam, Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan – Sri> vEdAntha rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan,who took Srirangam> Srimath Andavan periAsramam to dizzy heights of> growth> spreading it literally across length and breadth of> the country.> > Adiyen is reproducing my earlier postings done a few> > years ago on the life history of this mahAn> commencing > with the first volume today. This has been> compiled from Panguni Pushyam malar(1981) during> 74th> birthday celebrations of H.H.

Srimath> Thirukkudanthai> Andavan(Kannan swamigal) and Andavan Asramam> varalaru> published in 1967 by Srirangam pEriAsramam.> >======================================================> Let us all recite this mahan's thaniyan on His> thirunakshatram day.> > Srimath vEdhAntha rAmAnuja munikarunAlabdha> vEdhAntha> yugmam> Srimath SrivAsa yogeeswara> gurupadhayOrarpithaswAthma> bhAram> Srimath Sri ranganAthAhvaya munikrupayA prAptha> mOkshasramam tham> Srimath VEdhAntha rAmAnuja munimaparam samsrayE> dEsikEndram> >======================================================> > Among all the Alwars, Thirumangai Alwar also known> as> Kaliyan is the one who has sung praises on most of> the> archAvatArAs of the 108 Divya dEsams. All of his> “AruLicheyalgaLs” are considered to be a

treasure of> tamil literature and also as the essence of vEda.> > Such a great AlwAr when experiencing thirukkudanthai> emperumAn, is trying to sing praise of the beauty,> the> importance and the significance of emperumAn’s> padukas. But he is not able to do it. The AlwAr who> performed “sarvAttha grahaNam” at the feet of> emperumAn feels very despondent at his inability to> do so and surrenders at the feet of the Lord. In one> of his pAsurams, kaliyan describes both emperumAn’s> great virtues and his inadequacy to experience such> virtues..> > “ Moovaril mudhalvanAya oruvanai ulagam konda> KOvinai kudanthai mEya kurumaNith thiraLai> Inbap pAvainai pachchaith thEnai paimponnai amarar> Sennip> Poovinai pughazhum thondar ensollip pugazhvar> thAmE….”> > Kaliyan is awe struck to find words and sing praise> of>

ArAvamudhan. As AzhwAr says, “PonnAr sArngamudaiya> adigaLai innArenru ariyEn”, it wasn’t surprising at> all seeing the towering stature of Amudhan, kaliyan> got totally mesmerised admiring emperumAn’s thiru> uruvam. Kaliyan feels very helpless not able to> drink> mAdhuryAmrutham of emperumAn that flowed from kuda> mooku.> > In the same vein, it is impossible for one to sing> praise of Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan’s divya> charitham because of his immeasurable greatness. It> prompts one to think that Thirukkudanthai Srimath> Andavan was a manifestation of emperumAn’s mAdhuryam> and all His kalyanA gunAs and hence took birth in> the> sannidhi of Amudhan to protect loka bhagavathas.> > AvatAram> > Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan was in the born in a> small hamlet called “ kArukudi”( situated next to> Thirukkandiyur in

Tanjore district) in the banks of> river KavEri in the year 1908 to Sri. U.Ve.> PadmanAbhachAriar and Sri. Komalavalli dEvi. He was> born on the auspicious day of pushyam in the month> of> Panguni. The signs were very auspicious at the time> of> His birth.> > His father was a parama EkAnthi and had full> belssings> of his AchAryA. He used to visit Srirangam> periAsramam> regularly to participate in the pArAyana ghoshti of> AchArya Thirunakshtra mAhOtsavams . At that time,> Srimath kAdandEthi Andavan was adorning the AchArya> peetam of the periAsramam. He was a great mahAn who> was an exponent of yogic sAstrAs, and posessed all> the> divine mAntric powers. A mahAn who had the full and> direct blessings of Lord Sri HayagreevA.> > It was in the year 1907 during the mAsi-pushyam> thirunakshatram celebrations of Srimath

periAndavan,> Sri. U.Ve. padmanAbhAchAriAr and Sri. U.Ve. Eyunni> varadAchAr swAmi( who later became Srimath> NammAndavan) had visited periAsramam. After the> completion of vaibhavam, they had stayed for a> couple> of more days to take part in the nithya kainkarayam.> One of those days during the evening time, Srimath> kAdanthEthi Andavan called for both of them and told> Sri. PadmanAbhAchAr swAmi that he will have a son> who> will be born on a pushyam day and told Sri.> VaradAchAr swAmi that he will also have a son who> will> be born on a hastham day. As predicted by swAmi,> both> of them had sons born on the same janma nakshatrams.> > (To be continued....)> > > > > Never miss an email again!> Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail> arrives. Check it

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