Dear Sri Sudarshan I am not sure if Sri Srinivasar is the Kula Deivam for all Srivaishnavas. For example, for our family Sri Yoga Narasimhar of Thirukkadikai is the kuladeivam. For my mother's side it is Sri Varadharaja Perumal of Karpangadu (which is interesting given that the village they live in is 1 mile from Raja Mannargudi the home of Sri Rajagopala swami and Karpangadu is atleast 10-15 miles away). This could be because, in olden days people used to stay at one location and seldom move place to place. For them the local divya desam or abhmana sthalam becomes the Kuladeivam, as they surrender to the Perumal at that temple. Adiyen Venkatesh Elayavilli http://www.srivaishnava.org > AdiyEn heard when I was young, that for all Sri > Vaishnavas "Sri Srinivasar"(or ThiruvEnkatamudaiyan) > is indeed the Kuladeivam. As for Ishta Deivam, it > can be Kannan, Raman or Nrusimhan based on > individual's Anubhavam with the Lord and his > Kalyaana GunAs. Whatever be the case, we switch > our allegiances to Ishta Deivam easily, whenever we > hear the Divya Anubhavam/SwapadEsam from a Sri > Vaishnava Acharya/visit a Divya DEsam. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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