SrI parakAlamatham webpage

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Dear bhaktas:

 

namo narAyaNa

 

Sri LakshmihayagrIva parabrahmaNe namaH

Srimate rAmAnujAya namaH

Srimate nigamAnta mahAdesikAya namaH

Sri Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala mahAdesikAya namaH

Sri Abhinava RanganAtha Parakala Swamiyai namaH

Sri Abhinava vAgeesha ParakAla mahAdesikAya namaH

 

On this auspicious day of Sravana paurNamI, both

Sri HayagrIva PerumAL thirunakshatram as well as

yajur upAkarmam have occurred simultaneously for

many SrIvaishnavas. Therefore it is aDiyEn's bhAgyam

on this shubhadinam, to bring to your attention the URL:

http://hayagriva.homepage.com/

[website for Sri ParakAlamatham]

 

You will find pictures of the present (36th.) jeeyar,

alongwith the sacred image of the arAdhanadevatA

[swarNavigraham] Sri Lakshmi hayagriva, which was

given to SrIbhAshyakArar by goddess SaraswatI herself

at the SAradApeetham in Kashmir, and transmitted

through AchArya paramparA to swAmi desikan. This

is the presiding deity of Parakalamutt today!!

 

We must gratefully acknowledge the efforts of Sri. Rajeev

Karamchedu [email: rkaramchedu] for

having set up this webpage, and volunteering to maintain

it as a service to swAmI desikan's SrI ParakAlamatham.

Please feel free contribute articles and/or provide feedback

to Sri. Rajeev for improving/modifying the website.

 

Perhaps through the anugraham of poorvAchAryALs of

SrIparakAlamutt, and SrIlakshmIhayagrIvan's krupai,

the beginnings of this website were in a simple phone

conversation between Sri. Rajeev and myself on Saturday,

July 30, the eve of SrAvaNa mAsa Suklapaksham - which

coincided with the 117th. thirunakshatram of one of the

greatest yathivaras of ParakAlamutt in recent times,

SrImad Abhinava RanganAtha ParakAla swAmI. When

I spoke with Sri. Rajeev, I learnt that he had already

registered the website on the same day, and was waiting

for me to send him information from a recent souvenir

published by the mutt!!

 

For those that may not be aware, Srimad Abhinava

RanganAtha swAmI [ARS] was a veritable giant of Desikar

sampradAyam in the last century, on par with his scholarly

peers such as SrI uttamUr swAmI and SrI madhurAnthakam

swAmI. SrI ARS was an erudite scholar of the Sanskrit and

Tamil Veda, and wrote valuable commentaries on the SrI

bhAshya, tatva-muktAkalApa and sarvArthasiddhi. The

present pontiff of the PoundarIkapuram AndAvan Ashramam,

SrI GopAladesika mahAdesikan swAmI, has performed

kAlakshepams under SrI ARS in his younger days, and there

exists by tradition, a lakshmihayagrIvar sannidhi within the

PoundarIkapuram Ashramam premises, since both the present

and previous AchAryas of that peetham have been hayagrIva

upAsakas. The prakritam SwAmi of SrI parakAlamutt, SrImad

abhinava vAgeesha brahmatantra swatantra parakAla

mahAdesikan, is an eminent student of SrI ARS himself.

 

Five decades ago, aDiyEn's maternal grandparents were

initiated into SrIvaishNavism through panchasamskAram

by the grace of SrI Abhinava RanganAtha parakAla swAmI.

Perhaps it was through the anugraham of SrI ARS, that my

thaattha's life turned towards learning the practices of

SrIvaishnavism from that point on. In any event, aDiyEn is

blessed with a [albeit, remote] connection to that mahAcharyan.

Perhaps it is this remote connection which motivated me to

contact SrI. Rajeev on that day - afterwards, I telephoned my

maternal grandmother in Bangalore and learnt that she was

having a relative do lakshmIhayagrIva ArAdhanai at that time,

in honor of the 117th. thirunakshatram of SrI ARS.

 

Please visit the ParakAlamutt website and bless the efforts of

Sri. Rajeev Karamchedu - who as a devout shishya of the mutt,

faithfully observes the anusandhAnakramams of this ancient

peetham established by vedAnta desikan himself. The support

of all SrIvaishnavas is essential to help this matham, which is

the oldest monastic institution of Desikar sampradAyam, in

meeting the challenge posed by today's turbulent society. You

may help with financial contributions through SVSS at:

http://www.geocities.com/vaishnavas/ - may the AshIrvAdams

of SrI lakshmIhayagrIva always be with you all.

 

I request bhaktas to kindly excuse any errors in this email.

 

aDiyEn,

-Srinath C.

email: xsrinath