Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan Centenary Uthsavam Today in Srirangam - A Brief look at His Life History -Part IV

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SrImathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha SrImathE SrinivAsa rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha SrImathE vEdAntha rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namahaSrI ranganAtha Divya maNi pAdhukAbhyAm namaha Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan's Thanian Srimath vEdhAntha rAmAnuja munikarunAlabdha vEdhAntha yugmamSrimath SrivAsa yogeeswara gurupadhayOrarpitha swAthma bhAramSrimath Sri ranganAthAhvaya munikrupayA prAptha mOkshasramam thamSrimath VEdhAntha rAmAnuja munimaparam samsrayE dEsikEndram***************************************************************************************************** Dear Bhagavathas,Today (Mar 28th 2007) , centenary (Sathamaana) Thirunakshatra Mahotsavam of Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan was held in a grand manner in Srirangam. Thousands of sevarthis attended the mahotsavam and got the blessings of Acharyas. Recording of the uthsavam is available in http:/www.chennaistream.com. Pls. visit the site for more details. This is the Continuation of Posting on Life History ofSrimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan. This is the fourthVolume in the series.*******************************************************SwAmi’s lowkikA skillsEven though swAmi very much lived a life of a paramavaidhikA, swAmi had great skills in lowkikA as well.Since the time swAmi started rendering upanyAsams, Hewould never attend others’ upanyAsams. Wherever swAmihad to go for rendering upanyAsams, He would see to itthat he will be there just in time. He would never goearly and wait for people to come. He would always goto

these places by car. The other great aspect ofswAmi’s quality is that he would never disperse Hisradiant brilliance in front of disparaging people. Alot of crowd used to throng swAmi’s upanyAsams.SwAmi’s thiruppAvai upanyAsams in particular had widefollowing equally amongst men and women folks. SwAmireceived invitations to render upanyAsams in varioussabhAs and He generously obliged to quench thespiritual thirst of Asthika prapannAs by havingupanyAsams in all the places where He was called.Without fail, swAmi’s upanyAsam would happen everydayin the morning at Basullah road samAj. On Sundayevenings( from 4 pm onwards), swAmi used to givelectures in sabhAs located in Mowbrays road andAmbatthur. For travel convenience, swAmi procured acar. Comforts grew as the time passed by.With the help of Kumkumam VaradAchAr swAmi, swAmibought a house (located in Baroda street) andperformed gruha pravEsam. In

1950, swAmi’s wholefamily relocated from Thirukkudanthai to chennai.SwAmi’s rahasya thraya sAram lectures used to be heldregularly at Egmore sAkEthanilayam,ChindhadhirippEttai,lakshmipuram eithereveryday or on Sundays. In between, swAmi used toregularly visit Srirangam and perform kainkaryam atthe periAsramam.Whenever swAmi went out of town (away from chennai),He would always adhere to His austere nithyAnushtAnamsand wherever He travelled across length and breadth ofthe country, He spread our vishishtAdvaita siddhantAand earned a lot of goodwill and wide followers of ourfaith. During those times, ‘Veecumsee” Sri.P.V.RajagopAlAchAr swAmi was immensely helpful to Hisfamily and took care of them to great extent.As a parent, SwAmi performed his duties very well bygiving good education to his children and led hisgruhAstAsrama in a blessed manner. SwAmi bought a newhouse in Unnamalai Amman

street ( in kOdambAkkam). ButswAmi got so much attached to his house in Barodastreet that it became very diffucult for Him to makeup his mind and move to His new house as swAmi alwaysused to say that yamA wouldn’t dare to enter hishouse.His Acharya Bhakti which was so deep rooted in hisheart prompted him to visit Srirangam several times toseek the blessings of Srimath Thembarai Andavan.Srimath Thembarai Andavan seeing his Acharya bhakthinot only ordained him to look after the administrationaffairs of the Asramam ( by appointing him as SrikAryam of the Asramam) but also commanded Him to staypermanently in Srirangam. Kannan swAmi organized the160th mahOstavam of Srimath periAndavan in a grandmanner and carried out holy orders of SrimathThembarai Andavan as per His wishes. Sri. ChitrakootamVijayarAghavAchAriar swAmi was with swAmi and helpedhim a lot in performing his

responsibilities.=======================================================(To be continued....)Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,dAsan,venkat Sreenivasan

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