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Dear SrI Sudarshan :

Here is some information related to your
friend's questions. I have requested SrIman Balaji
of Bangalore to add other missing information.

NamO Sri VedAntha DesikAya,
V.Sadagopan 

At 01:45 AM 6/29/02 -0700, you wrote:
>
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>Dear friends/members,
>
>A bhAgavatA friend of mine has asked me a question which I am unable
>to answer adequately. If anyone knowledgeable amongst you can help
>adiyane will be grateful.

Sriman C.G.Balaji of Bangalore is very knowledgable devotee
of Swamy Desikan . He is preparing a set of comprehensive CD ROMs 
on Swami Desikan's life and Vaibhavam from Guru ParamparA .
Those CD ROMs will contain extensive information on 
His SrI Sokthis and tributes to Him by AchAryAs ,
who came after Him (Swamy Desikan).I request SrIman Balaji 
to shed some light on Your friends'questions .Thnaks 
SrIman Balaji .
>
>Where did Swami Desikan breathe his last? Was it in SriRangam or
>Kanchi? Or elsewhere? Is there a 'samAdhi' at the spot where the
>'AchArya' shed mortal coils (similar to the spot in SriRangam where
>they say that RamanujAchArya spent his last moments on earth)? 

It was at SrIrangam that Swamy breathed His last .
Since He was a grahsthar , there are no brindhAvanam
for Him.All agni Kaaryams were done by His KumArar,
Swamy NainAcchArya/ Kumara VardachAr Swamy.AchArya
RaamAnujA being a Yathi(Raajan) , He had to have BrundhAvanam 
instead of cremation . Today's RaamAnujA Sannidhi
at SrIrangam ( ThaanE aana ThirumEni) was outside 
the SrI RanganAtha temple precincts in His days.
That was the BrundAvanam was allowed there. At this
Sannidhi, we see a life like statue of
AchArya RaamAnujA, which many accept as His own
TirumEni preserved over centuries. Actually, Our
paramAchAryan's earthly remains are under the peetam over 
which we have the darsanam of His ThirumEni . 
The VaradarAjan (His AarAdhana Moorthy ) worshipped 
by Him during His life time is in a sannidhi next 
to His. I will forward a posting of SrI C.G.Balaji on
who acquired His AarAdhana Moorthy , Sri VaradarAjan. 
>
>Like Ramanuja did in his final moments, did Swami Desikan also
>deliver a final sermon to his son or disciples? Is there any record
>of such a final sermon? Is there any record in the 'guru-paramparai'
>texts, or is there any personal account of NainachArya (or of any
>other relative/disciple) giving details of Swami Desikan's last
>moments?

To the best of my knowledge , there are no information 
avialable on Charama upadEsam. He laid His Thiruvadi 
on the lap of Brahma Tantra Swatantra Swamy and His Thirumudi
on Swamy NainAcchAr's lap and reached Parama Padham meditating
on His AchAryan's (ApullAr's ) Sacred feet.He had completed 100
years by then. 

Swamy Desikan's avatharam concluded on Soumya Samvathsara 
Kaarthigai Pournami day at SrIrangam at His ThirumALigai 
at Vadakku Thiruveedhi , just opposite SrIrangana NaacchiyAr's
sannidhi . Swamy Desikan bequeathed His Aaradhana Moorthy
( Lord VaradarAjan ) and the Suadrsana-Paanchajanyams 
recieved from His AchAryan (Swamy Apullar) to His son
and blessed Brahma Tantra Swathanthra Swamy with 
Lord HayagrIvan , which He recieved via His AchAryan 
and belonged to AchArya RaamAnujA before (gifted by
Devi Saraswathi). 


All of His sishya paramparai and others assembled
were inconsolable. Swamy NainAcchAr got Himself 
together and saluted His Revered father, the avathAram
of Lord VenkatEsA's ThirumaNi with the famous slOkam :

KavitArkika SinhAya KalyANa GuNasaalinE
SrImathE VenkatesAya VedAntha GuravE Nama:

Swamy NainAcchAr pefformed the Charama Kaimkaryams for
His revered father.

SrI RanganAyaki appeared in the dream of Swamy NainAcchAr
and commanded Him to build a Sannadhi for the Sarva Tantra
Swatantrar right next to Her own sannidhi . Swamy NainAcchAr
build that Sannidhi, consecrated the archA vigraham of 
Sawmy Desikan there ( uLL Desikan Sannidhi) and stayed 
at Srirangam performing KaalkshEpam on Granthams
in front of His father's sannidhi and blessed His sishya
vargam .
I invite Sriman balaji to add any othe rinformation
that may be missing from Vaibhava prakAsikA 
>
>Who performed Swami Desikan's last rites and where?
>
>Adiyane knows DoddAchArya svAmi of Sholinghur wrote a biography of
>Swami Desikan but I am not able to recall if there is any mention
>there of the above matters. I wonder if there is any other
>biograhical source giving factual answers for the above questions. If
>learned scholars in the list know about it, please do shed some
>light.
>
>Thanks and regards,
>dAsan,
>Sudarshan
>
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