Attached is a rare photo of a mural picture depicting Sri Nadadur Ammal
(Vstsya Varada Guru) blessing 5-year old Venkatanathan (Swami Sri Desikan)
seen on the ceilings of Kachchi-vaithAn Mantapam of Sri Varadraja Swamy
Temple in Kanchipuram.
At the age of five, Swami received blessings from Sri Nadadur Ammal (You will establish Vedanta on a firm basis and refute the doctrine of its opponents. May scholars well versed in the Vedas hold you in great esteem. May you be the recipient in a great measure of all that is auspicious.) Sloka #6 of Swami Sri Desika Mangalam composed by Sri Nainaracharya glorifies the event as:
yO bAlyE varadAryasya prAchAryasya parAm dayAm
avApya vrudhim gamita: tasmai yOgyAya mangaLam
regards,
Nadadur Mathavan
PS: Taken by my uncle Dr. G.N. Srinivasan of Australia
and passed on to me during his visit to Washington DC.
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