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The 614th birthday (tiru-nakshatram) anniversary of 

Sri kOyil GandhADai vAdhUla-dESika 
kOyil aNNan varada-nArAyaNa-guru 

would be observed from September 29 (Monday) onwards, starting with GOshThee 
recital of periyAzhvAr tirumozhi. The SAttu-muRai on his tiru-nakshatram (kanyA 
/ puraTTASi pooraTTAdi / poorva-prOshThapadA) day (October 8 Wednesday) marks 
the concluding recital of tiru-vAi-mozhi, irAmAnuSa nooRRantAdi and 
upadESa-ratnamAlai.

Sri aNNan was the eighth generation descendant of Sri mudali ANDAN (dASarathi), 
the nephew of uDaiyavar. ANDAN had been appointed by uDaiyavar, and had 
functioned with great distinction, as the sEnApati-dhurandhara (principal 
administrator) of the Great Temple (periya kOyil) of Lord Sriranga-nAtha in 
Srirangam. It was ANDAN
who accompanied Sri Ramanuja on his exile from Srirangam (occasioned by Saiva 
persecution), and had neatly carried out the pancha-nArAyaNa-pratishThA 
(raising of 5 nArAyaNa sannidhi-s) in the kannada region of the hoiSala ruler 
Bitti-deva alias Vishnu-vardhana.

The family name of GandhADai (Gandha, meaning fragrant; ADai, meaning vastram) 
attached to the son of ANDAN, who as infant exuded the aroma of the cloth on 
which the Lord's food offering was brought.

kOyil aNNan, deriving from such distinguished ancestry, had lived a blessed 
life of service to the Lord so single-mindedly that he never went out of 
Srirangam on visits at all. For this reason, he came to be reverenced as 

'kAviri kaDavAda GandhADai aNNan' 
(aNNan who never crossed the river kAviri, which embraces Srirangam on the 
north and the south).

Sri maNavALa-mA-muni appreciated the eminent position of the GandhADai clan in 
our sampradAyam, and issued a special SlOkam-taniyan in favour of kOyil aNNan 
who came to be reckoned among the ashTa-dik-gajam (the guardian elephants of 
the eight directions) of mA-munikaL.

As of now, the Great Temple honours for vAdhUla-dESika representing 
mudali-ANDAN, are rendered by turn to Sri kOyil aNNan svAmi and appan 
Sri-ranGAcharya svAmi. The other sthala-AchAryas are Sri uttama-nambi, 
Sriranga-nArAyaNa jeeyar svAmi, and bhaTTar (Sri parASara bhaTTar and Sri 
vEda-vyAsa bhaTTar, by turn).

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan
tirumanjanam sundara rajan,
in Srirangam.

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The kOyil aNNan tiru-mALika finds itself short of funds for proper rendering of 
the daily worship to the presiding deity, azhakiya SinGar.

An appeal is accordingly carried in the aNNan tiru-nakshatram programme,

for contributions from the disciples, as well as those who rightly revere aNNan 
as an important personage of the sampradAyam.

A deposit of Rs.2000/- will take care of the expenses of a day's tiru-ArAdhanam 
thro' the interest realised. Inquiries at ~~

Sri K.K.V. Annan Srinivasacharya Svami,
206 Annan Tirumaalikai,
East Uttara Street,
SRIRANGAM - 620006
(Tiruchi) Tamil Nadu.

Phone 0431 - 243.56.93.












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