Another late introduction

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Dear bhaktas:

 

Following SrI anand karaLapakkam's note about introductions and

the possibility of some people being distantly related, aDiyEn

would like to write a brief introduction. It will be my great

pleasure if I were to " discover " remote family links in this way.

 

Personal: name - Srinath Srinivasan Chakravarty; age - 30 years

married, spouse - Pavitra; present location - Dallas TX U.S.A.;

gotram - Srivatsa; achArya paramparai - originally from the

thirumalai nallaan clan of the 74 simhAsanAdipathis; Vadagalai.

 

Background: adiyEn family belongs to Karnataka state, and is

part of the " keezhnADu " group - those that (ostensibly) have ties

with Srivaishnavas south of Mysore country. My mother's side of

the family is kOmaNDoor eLayavalli koushIka gothram, whose ancestors

were invited by an Anandarao Mudhaliar of Srirangapatna to move

from kOmaNDoor in order to manage the temple of lord ranganAthar.

My father's ancestry is hOsUr thirumalai nallaan chakravarthi, with

relatives from Mysore, Lakshmipuram (kuppam), kEthANdapatti, and

thoRapaLLi (birthplace of C. Rajagopalachari). AdiyEn's ancestor,

hOsUr Chakravarthi Venkatachar was an AsthAna vidwAn at the court of

the Mysore maharaja and was given the title of dharmAdhikAri.

 

GuruparamparA: aDiyEn's maternal family have (since 5 generations

of leaving kOmandUr) been parakAlamutt shishyALs, although recently

some members have had bharaNyAsam from Periya Andavan Swami. On my

father's side, my thaattha was the last one to undergo panchasamskAra

in his swayamAchAryam. In his later years he sought prapatti under

Srimad mukkoor Azhagiyasingar (44th. pattam, Sri Ahobila mutt). At

that time, his son and daughterinlaw (my parents) were also initiated

into samAsrayaNam by the grace of Sri mukkoor Azhagiyasingar. Thus

even though aDiyEn has not yet had samAsrayaNam, aDiyEn feels closely

connected with this great institution of Ahobilamutt.

 

I will greatly appreciate it if any members of this malolan net who

may have family connections to Mysore or northern Tamilnadu (hOsUr)

can write about their ancestry in these areas. I'm very happy to be

part of malolan net, and hope to learn more and more about rAmanuja

sampradAyam through this unique forum.

 

aDiyEn,

-Srinath C.

email: xsrinath