Description of Sri maTham AchArya TN celebrations 2001 - I

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Dear bhaktas:

 

adiyEn was among the ones fortunate to attend and

participate in the two-day AchArya thirunakshatram

celebrations held in Centerville VA on September

01 and 02, 2001. About 60+ people joined in these

commemorations on both the days and it was a truly

joyous occasion for everyone.

 

Under the organization of Sri Ahobila maTham USA,

devotees celebrated the thirunakshathrams of the

following mahAchAryas:

 

- swAmi vedAnta deSikan

Undisputed master of ubhaya vedAnta, most brilliant

of polemical minds, and the greatest SriVaishnava

AchAryan ever in the order of bhagavad rAmAnuja.

 

- SrImad AdivaNN SatakOpa yatIndra mahAdeSikan

Founding AchAryan of Sri Ahobila maTham, " rescuer "

of swAmi nammAzhwAr himself, and an exemplary

scholar, saint and visionary; blessed with sanyAsam

by narasimhar perumAL in the ahobila divya kshetram.

 

- SrImad InjimEttu Azhagiya Singar

42nd Ahobila maThAdipathi, an erudite scholar during

whose reign Sri maTham enjoyed its " golden era " of

the last century, developing many branches across

India and fostering numerous SrI bhAshya vidvAns.

 

- SrImad devanarvilagam Azhagiya Singar

43rd Jeeyar, former principal of the MadhurAntakam

vedic college, extremely rigorous in anushTAnam and

sanchAram; the only Azhagiyasingar to ascend to SrI

vaikunTham from NaimishAraNyam - the abode of rishis.

 

- Srimad mukkoor Azhagiya Singar

44th Jeeyar, initiated as peeThAdipathi at NaimiSAraNyam,

reigned for 32 years, and under divine commandment from

periya perumAL, successfully brought about construction

of a thirteen tier rAjagopuram in SriRangam during the

period 1979 through 1987.

 

- prakrtham Srimad Villivalam Azhagiya Singar

45th (present) Jeeyar, who has had shishya sambandham

and kAlakshepam under each of the previous three Azhagiya

Singars, author of the authoritative " Anhika " grantham,

whose continuing upanyAsams over telephone are a boon to

shishyas and abhimaanis living outside India.

 

adiyEn has the privilege of not only participanting in

these celebrations, but also of being able to write about

them in a fair amount of detail. Bhaktas may kindly bear

with me while I attempt to complete these descriptions

in a short, 2-3 part sequence.

 

To be continued...

 

rAmAnuja dayA pAtram gnyAna vairAgya bhUshaNam

SrImad vEnkata nAthAryam vande vedAnta deSikam

 

punaH punar-namaskrtAya venkateSa sooraye

thooppul thiruvEnkatam udayAn thiruvadigaLe SaraNam

Srimad Azhagiya Singar thiruvadigaLe SaraNam

 

Truly

-Srinath C.