Sri KKC PeriyappankAr svAmi - Small correction

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Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

 

The address in India is K.S.Naryanaan,

 

36, Amudha Sarathy, Car Street

Triplicane Chennai 600001.

 

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Adiyen ramanuja dAsan

Varadarajan

 

ps: In the previous mail street name was not mentioned in the

contact address ( " Car Street " )

 

 

ramanuja , " Sumithra Varadarajan "

<sumivaradan wrote:

>

> *Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha*

> *Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha*

>

> *Dear Bhagavathas,*

> * *

> *Swami Doddacharya (a term implying Senior-most Priest) is the main

> architect responsible for the development of Sholingur.

Doddacharya was born

> as the son of Periyappan, a descendant of Mudaliandan. He was born

on the

> 10th of February, 1543 and departed from this world on the 3rd of

October,

> 1607.The Doddacharyas have the initials KKC short form of , " Kovil

Kandadai

> Chandamaruthan " .

>

> Kovil stand for the Srirangam temple, since they are related to

Saint

> Ramanuja.

>

> Kandadai** relates to the traditional services the family does for

the

> Srirangam temple of managing the maintenance of ornaments,

clothes, to the

> deities.

>

> The title of Chandamaruthan has an interesting anecdote. The

Doddacharya was

> engaged in a debate with Appaya Dikshitar in the court of the

ruler of

> Chidambaram. He won the contest with his expose of SadhuDeshini, a

part of

> Desika Prabhandam. The Chidambaram court were traditional

followers of Lord

> Nataraja (Lord Siva). Upon the Doddacharya reciting his verses,

the people

> in the auditorium saw Govindaraja perumal (Lord Vishnu)

manifesting in the

> court. Upon this miracle sevai (miraculous Darshan) the king

bestowed the

> title of Chandamaruthan to the Doddacharya*

> **

> *Sri PeriyappankAr svAmi who is from this illustrious lineage has

been doing

> great service to the Lord of kaDikAchalam for years.*

> **

> *His saulabyam knows no bounds. He mixes freely with his disciples

and non

> disciples. **He voluntarily reaches out to his disciples and is

their

> friend, philosohper and guide. *

> **

> *His administration capacity on controlling the day to day affairs

of the

> temple, the relationship with the priests and the local

authorities is par

> excellent. His knowledge of temple procedures and the history

keeps him a

> class apart.*

> **

> *He gives lectures on aruLcich cheyal and other related topics.

**His

> sishyAs are spread across the globe.*

> **

> *More details on the DoddAchArya clan can be seen from the web **

> doddacharya.org under " **The role of doddacharya " *

> **

> *svAmi met with an accident about 15 days back while travelling

from Madurai

> to Sri Villiputhur. To avoid an oncoming lorry the car in which

svami was

> travelling swerved on the left side of the road and fell into a

ditch. **Svami

> fell between the seats of the vehicle and he sustained head injury

and his

> thighs/bones got crusehd in the mishap. After initial treatment

did not

> yield any results, svami was shifted to Sri Ramachandra hospital

and after

> 15 days regained consciousness and* *is now able to open the eyes.

He is

> neither able to talk or move. His thighs have to be operated upon.*

> **

> *The disciples of svami have decided to collect funds to a. Meet

his

> hospitalisation expenses and b. To form a corpus fund.*

> **

> *Disciples and others who are desirous of contributing to this

cause are

> requested to please do so. *

> **

> * So far a Sum of Rs 200000/- has been spent and estimated medical

> expenditure would be around Rs. 500000/-*

> **

> *Cheque/DD may be made in favor of

> KOIL KANDHADAI CHANDAMARUDHAM PERIYAPPANGAR SISHYAS ASSOCIATION

>

> ( " SRI KKCP SHISHYA'S ASSOCIATION)

> ACOUNT NO.052 601 00000 317

> Bank of Baroda EC Street.

> Chennai 600 001.

>

> to the address

>

> K.S.Naryanaan,

>

> 36, Amudha Sarathy,

> Triplicane Chennai 600001.

>

> telephone no. 94440 54236 *

> **

> *For those in US please contact email id vedicsfoundation

Vedics

> will route the funds collected in US to the association.*

> *

> contact person in India--Shri.K.S.Varada rajan, tel.No; +91

9867982022

> (Mumbai)

> Shri.K.S.Narayanan,

tel no:

> +91 9444054236.(Chennai)*

> **

> *Adiyen ramanuja dAsan*

> *Varadarajan*

> **

>