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SrI:
 
It is marvellous to hear the good news about the grand celebrations
at TaarAmaNi ( a suburb of Chennai ?) for the Thirunakshathram of
the MahAn , VaikuntavAsi Thirupukkuzhi Swamy .
 
I would like to brief you on another important aspect of the celebrations
at Kaanchipuram at Thiruppukkuzhi Swamy's aasramam at
Sri RangarAja Veedhi , where Swamy lived during his jeeva dasai and
performed KaalakshEpams and is being  used by his sishyAs even today.
SrI RangarAja Veedhi is known for TWO main  things:
 
1. ThirukkuruhaipirAn PiLLAn's Sannidhi , where you can
have the darsana soubhAgyam of  the archA vigrahams of
Swamy Nathamuni , SrI Periya Thirumalai Nambi , Sri PiLLAn ,
SrI Panchamatha Bhanjana Taata Desikan , who was originally
a sishyar of HH Shad Paraankusa Desikan ( the 6th pontiff of
AhObila Matam).This Ahobila Matam AchAryan is peforming
AaarAdhanam even today to at Ahobilam to SrI Lakshmi
Nrusimhan in a cave in Ahobilam. 
 
2. Thiruppukkuzhi Swamy's Aasramam with the archA vigraham of
Swamy  Desikan  , the AarAdhana Moorthy of  TPK Swamy .
In addition to that sacred vigraham , the archais of SrI HayagrIvan,
SrI Lakshmi Nrusimhan , SrI SeethA LakshmaNa SamEtha
SrI Raamachandran , Swamy  NammAzhwAr and BhAshyakArar
are at this Aasramam .It will not be an exaggeration to say that Our
whole Guru Paramparai down to Swamy Desikan is right there
in this Aasramam .
 
It is at this Aasramam , the Kaanchi part of the  Celebrations of
TPK SWamy's 181st Thirunakshathram will be conducted from
Nov 13-16 .SrIman P.V.SatakOpa TatachAr Swamy has taken
the responsibility to have Chathur Veda PaarAyaNam , Dhivya prabahndha
PaarAyaNam, small vidvath sathas and TadhIyArAdhanam .The crucial
requirement is to realize the 3 Laks of Rs budget quickly.  
 
Please support this Kaimkaryam and send e-mail to SrIman
Satakopa Tatacharya Swamy (tatacharya@xxxxxxxxx ).Alternatively ,
you can send your draft to ICICI Bank at Kanchipuram for Sri VP TV
Charitable Trust ( Account Number 606601112330  , Kanchipuram
Branch ). If you wish to contact me , I will be happy to help
with additional details on your participation. 
 
Why we should celebrate TPK Swamy's Vaibhavam at many places ?
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The celebrations for such a MahAn should be done at as many places
as possible and particularly at places where ever there are Swamy
Desika  BhakthAs . Any one who has crossed the gopura vaasal of
Kanchi VaradarAja PerumAL Temple and Thondaradippodi Vaasal ,  
or any one who has climbed up the steps of Hasthi Giri to have
the darsana soubhAgyam of Lord VaradarAjAn or any one who has
visited the Sannidhi of Swamy Desikan at Thuppul or any one
who has participated in the grand MangaLAsAsanam of
Swamy Desikan on His Thirunakshathram day at Hasthigiri
will have to remember with gratitude the MahOpakAram of
Thirupukkuzhi Swamy , whose 181st Thirunakshathram is being
celebrated BOTH AT TAARAAMANI AND KAANCHIPURAM 
during the Nov 13-16 , 2003 time frame.
 
We are planning to celebrate the 181st Thirunakshathram at
Lord RanganAthA's temple at Pomona , NY with the recitation
of Swamy  Desikan's Sahasra Naamams created by Thirukkudanthi
Desikan and a special arcahnai on that day for Swamy  Desikan.
 
(1)Thiruppukkuzhi Swamy was the Mudhal TheerthakArar in recognition of
his life long  services to SrI MahA Devi SamEtha VaradarAja PerumAL
and Swamy Desikan , the Kula Mani of Thuppul .He was the nirvAhakar
of the day to day affairs at Lord VaradarAjaa's temple for many years.
 
(2) At Kaanchipuram , the seat of Thirupuukkuzhi Swamy 
(TPK Swamy ) is the one of the most important centres of
VisishtAdhvaitham and VaishNavite AchAryAs from Swamy
Naatha Muni to the present day AchAryAs . Let us follow
the happenings over 1200 years at PerumAL Koil in the context of
the Thirunakshathram celebrations for TPK Swamy .
 
The Location for the Kaanchi Celebration
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The celebrations at Kaanchi will take place at TPK Swamy's
aasramam in SrI RangarAja Veedhi in front of the AarAdhana 
Moorthy of TPK Swamy, Swamy  Desikan . This is where future
stalwarts in VisishtAdhvaitha SiddhAntham were trained by
SrI TPK Swamy.
 
Chathur Veda ParAyaNam , Dhivya Prabhandha GhOshti 
and small vidvath sathas and TadhiyArAdhanam will take place
during Nov 13-16 at the Aasramam of TPK Swamy .
 
Just as the reunion of Swamy  Desikan at SrI PerumbhUthur
with ThiruveLLUr EmperumAn took place on Oct 11 after a lapse of 55
years( last reunion was in 1948 ) , this Thirunakshathra Uthsavam
will take place 60 years after the last round of celebrations at Kaanchi ,
when the 121st anniversary of TPK Swamy 's Thirunakshathram was
celebrated in the year 1943  by Swamy  Desika BhakthAs and
AbhimAnis at Kaanchipuram . Hope all of you who are fortunate
will attend the Uthsavams BOTH at Kaanchi or TaarAmaNi
and support the organizers of these Uthsavams .  
 
WE WILL REFLECT ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF KAANCHIPURAM AS
THE VENUE FOR TPK SWAMY'S THIRD SHASTHIYABDHA POORTHI
FURTHER :  
 
The main reason is that Swamy's entire life was spent at Kaanchi,
the dhivya dEsam which lent AchArya RaamAnujA , KooratthAzhwAn ,
Swamy  Desikan and other AchAryAs to Lord RanganAtha for the growth
of our Darsanam. Lord VaradarAjan is indeed the most generous one
when it comes to granting boons even to Lord RanganAthan. 
 
Swamy Naathamuni & Kaanchi
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It was at Kaanchipuram that Swamy Naathamuni had the command
(niyamanam) to spread the Dhivya Prabhandhams of AlwArs to spread
the doctrines of SrI VaishNavam . Swamy Naatha Muni went on to
Thirukkudanthai and AzhwAr Thirunagari to be initiated by Swamy
NammAzhwAr Himself to carry out the assigned mission by Kaanchi
DevAthi Raajan .
 
Swamy  AaLavanthAr
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It was at Kaanchi that Swamy AaLavanthAr , the grandson
of Swamy  Naatha Muni fulfilled the wishes of His grandfather,
who in Yoga Dasai knew about the birth of RaamAnujar at
SrI PerumbhUthUr to grow the darsanam developed by him .
His sishya Paramparais left that task to Swamy AaLavanthAr.
From SrIrangam came Swamy AlavanthAr to Kaanchi PeraruLALan's
Sannidhi , performed SaraNAgathy at the feet of the Lord and
prayed for the ascendance of RaamAnujA to the AchArya
Peetam and flfill his three wishes : (1) writing a commentary for
Brahma Soothrams based on Sage BhOdhayanA's vrutthi
(2) VyAkhyAnam for Swamy  NammAzhwAr's ThiruvAimozhi
and (3) _expression_ of gratitude to Sage ParAsarar and VyAsar
through naming of sons of AchAryAs with those names.
Lord VaradarAjan granted those requested boons  form Swamy
AlavanthAr and the rest is VaishNavite history.
 
Kaanchi & AchArya RaamAnujA
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It was here at Kaanchi PerumAL Koil prAkAram RaamAnujA
as a kumAran learnt poorva paksham from Yaadhava PrakAsar(YP)
and debated him and ultimately accepted YP's pleadings to 
accept him as His( AchArya RaamAnujA's)  sishyan.
 
It was here AchArya RaamAnujA was brought from VindhyA
forests overnight by the dhivya dampathis of Kaanchi taking
the form of a hunter and his wife . It was here the Divine couple
accpted Theertha Kaimakryam from RaamAnujA from the way side
well. It was here Thirukkacchi Nambi revealed the six responses
from the Lord of Hasthi Giri to RaamAnujA's six questions.
It was here AchArya RaamAnuja accepted SanyAsAsramam
in front of PeraruLALan. 
 
Kaanchi & KooratthAzhwAn
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It was near here KooratthAzhwAn took birth to help AchArya
RaamAnujA write SrI BhAshyam ( One of the prayers of
Swamy  AaLavanthAr and KooratthAzhwAn's children were
named Parasara Bhattar and VyAsa Bhattar at Srirangam
in response to the second longing of Swamy  AaLavanthAr.
It was here that KooratthAzhwAn stood before Lord VaradarAjan
and composed the 102 slOkams of SrI VaradarAja Sathakam
and was blessed to regain his eye sight by the Lord of Hasthigiri. 
 
NadAthUr AmmAl & Kaanchi
***********************************
It was here NadAthur AmmAl was born and served the Lord of
Kaanchi . He conducted his KaalakshEpams and trained
a series of great AchAryaas like Sudarsana Suri , AathrEya
RaamAnujA ( the AchAryan of Swamy  Desikan ) . It was at
Kacchi VaaytthAn MaNTapam that NadAthUr AmmAl blessed
the 5 year old child , the future Swamy  Desikan to become
the great defender and MahA Desikan of  the VisishtAdhvaitha
SampradhAyam in the Post-RaamAnujA Period.
 
Adhi VaNN SaThakOpan & Kaanchi
********************************************
It was here that Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar conducted His
studies with GhadikA Satham AmmAL  and was encouraged by
latter to travel to AhObilam to recieve SanyAsAsramam from
Lord Narasimhan to establish the SrI Matam.
 
Pancha Matha Bhanjana Taata Desika & Vamsam
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Many AchAryAs of the TaatAchArya AchArya Vamsam followed
this path to Kaanchi and Kaimkaryam to PeraruLALan . In this haloed
ground near Kaanchi ( Thiruppukkuzhi) SrI KrishNa Tata Desikan was
born in 1823 C.E. adiyEn has covered some of his major contributions
of this great AchAryan to Bhagvath RaamAnuja Siddhantham and
Swamy  Desikan's SrI Sookthis in the previous mails. 
 
Thirupukkuzhi Swamy comes from this illustrious vamsam and
has given us great UpakAram by restoring ThUppul Sannadhi of
Swamy  Desikan to its former glory , performing nithya kaimakryams of
Lord VaradarAjan and helping to nurture many branches of SrI VaishNavite
AchAryAs.
 
It is for these reasons the Kaanchi based celebrations of TPK Swamy's
special Thirunakashathram Uthsavam at HIS AASRAMAM IN SRI RANGARAJA
VEEDHI has  a special significance and adiyEn requests you to support
this uthsavam at Kaanchi with a modest budgetof 3 laks of rupees .
 
Please attend one or more days of the Uthsavam and have a darsanam of'
Lord VaradarAja and PerumdEvi   ThAyAr and Swamy Desikan  at His
ThUppul AasthAnam.
 
Swamy  Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
   
   
 

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