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Historical InformationP About Our Visistaadvaita Shree Vaishnava Matham...

 

Our Visistaadvaita Shree Vaishnava Matham is an eternal one and has the origin

in the eternal vedas. No one founded it. " Bhagavat Raamaanuja Yatiraaja " who was

born as an incarnation of Aadi Sesha at Shree Perum Butur (Maha Buta Puri)

nearly 1000 years ago) once again established it that was already and eternally

existing. He re-established it after conquering & destroying the falsehood of

other sidhdantas like advaita, dvaita, dvaitaadvaita, Buddhism, Jainism,

Saankya, Saivam, Saaktam, Charvaakam etc.,. (All these sidhdantas also will be

explained in future for contrast and comparisons) This divine wealth of our

Visistaadvaita Shree Vaishnava Matam has been protected, preserved, and handed

over to us by an unbroken leneage of our acharyas.

It starts with 1. Lakshmi Naatha Naaraayana Paramaatman.

The succession of Gurus then is

2. Shree (Lakshmi),

3. The Commander-in-chief Of Vishnu’s army Shree Vishvaksena,

4. Shree Vaishnava Kula Pati - Prapanna Jana Santaana Koutasta Vakulaabharana

" Shree Satakopa " (Namaalvaar),

5. Shreeman NaathaMuni,

6. Uyiakkondaar (Shree Pundareekaakshar)

7. Manakaal Nambi (Shree Raama Misrar),

8. Yaamunaachaarya Aalavandar

9. Periya Nambi (Maha Purna)

10.Shreemat Bhagavat Raamaanuja Yateendra.

After BhagavatRaamaanuja, the Guru Parampara has spread in various branches

which each of us gets to know at the time of Pancha Samskaram (Samaastrayanam)

After Shree Raamaanuja, notable preceptors (few to name) are Shree Vedanta Maha

Desikan, Shree Pillai Lokaacharyar, Shreeman Manavala Ma Munigal.

 

 

The history goes like this. From Paramaatma Naaraayana, the parama vaidika

Shree Vaishnava matam started to spread. It reached Namaalvar through

Vishvaksena as per His wish. After him, due to the kali kalam’s evil nature, the

succession of gurus was not that prominent - but was present. Other religions

started to dominate and our matam was like the sun hidden by clouds. By the

divine grace of Lakshmi & Naaraayanan, Shreeman Naatha Muni appeared and once

happened to hear a set of 10 pasurams of Namaalvar sung by a group of Vaishnavas

at Kumbakonam Aaravamutan (Saarngapaani) temple. He was highly impressed and

requested the group to let him know all the 1000 pasurams of Alwar as per the

information in the last pasuram of the set of

pausrams sung by the group. They said they don’t know but requested him to

proceed to Alwar Tiru Nagari the birth place of Namaalvar. He reached the place

and from a person belonging to Shree Madhura Kavi Family succession (Shree

Paraangusa Daasa) obtained the upadesa of the work (Prabandham) of Shree Madura

Kavi Aalvar Called “Kanninun Ciru Tambu”. He recited it several thousand times

with devotion and dedication and a divine incident happened. Shree Satakopa

Namaalvar Himself appeared before Shreeman Naatha Muni in his Yoga and blessed

him with all 4000 paasurams of Divya Prabandham. Naatha Muni thus blessed by the

Shree Vaishnava Kula Pati himself became to be known " Dravida Veda Vyasa " . (Veda

Vyasa compiled Vedas and Shree Naatha Muni Compiled Divya Prabandham - Dravida

Vedam). " The guru parampara chain thus got established in a divine form from

Vishnu through Satakopa and Naatha Munigal though Satakopa’s period is different

from that of Naatha Muni’s period. "

 

 

Andal Tiruvadigale Saranam

Madhava Ramanuja dasan.