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SrImathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha
SrI ranganAtha Divya maNi pAdhukAbhyAm namaha

Dear Bhagavathas,

This is the Continuation of Posting on Life History of
Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan. This is the fifth
Volume in the series. 
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In 1963, Srimath Thembarai Andavan became very weak
and emaciated due to strict ahAra niyamams and old age
and wanted to nominate His successor to adorn the
AchArya peetam. Sri Kannan swAmi who possessed ocean
of knowledge, unassuming AchArya bhakthi, pleasant
demeanor, rigorous observance of anushtAnams, and
great administrative skills immediately came to his
mind. This very thought made Srimath Andavan feel
happy and His Holiness apprised Sri kannan swAmi about
this. Kannan swAmi did not opine for or against it
when He was told. Srimath Andavan took this as a
positive signal and was optimistic that Sri Kannan
swAmi would oblige.

When swAmi was in chennai, Srimath Andavan?s decree
kept on occurring to his mind and swAmi initially
appeared to be reluctant taking up sanyAsam due to
family circumstances. SwAmi was constantly thinking
about it and His dilemma grew larger. 

One day after taking bath, swami came to get His
?Thiruppariyattam? ( vEshti) which was hung in a metal
dangler. This posture of swAmi (with a wet robe around
his waist and a Dhandam in his hand) reminded His
youngest son of Sri SankarAchAryA who had come to his
school that day. His teacher had asked him to bring 4
Annas (25 paise) and so he asked his father the reason
for the same. SwAmi told him that as sankarAchAryA was
a sanyAsi, he was asked to bring money so that the
school could buy fruits for Him. He also told his son
that one day he would also become a sanyAsi. Young boy
immediately asked his father in a concerned tone who
would get him fruits for sankarAnthi if his father
becomes a sanyAsi. Our swAmi replied that his older
brothers would get him whatever he needed. It became
clearly evident from this incident that swAmi was
preparing himself for sanyAsam and accept Srimath
Thembarai Andavan?s Niyamanam. 

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(To be continued....next posting will cover Sri.Kannan
swAmi taking up sanyAsam)

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,
dAsan,
venkat Sreenivasan

PS: A picture of SwAmi's rahasya traya sAra kAlakshEpa
ghoshti (prior to taking up sanyAsam) taken in 1955 is
attached with this.

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