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SrImathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha
SrImathE vEdAntha 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 seventh
and the last Volume in the series. 
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Observance of AnushtAnams

Srimath Andavan?s daily morning schedule would start
as early as 4 A.M. that would include having ?avagAha
snAnam? followed by Japams, sandhyavandanam, Bhagavath
Aradhanam and ThirupAvai Sattrumurai. Then
distribution of PerumAL and pAdukA theertham to ghosti
would follow. If a particular day happened to be
Thirunakshtram of any of the PoorvAchAryAs, a grand
sambhAvanA would be held.

All the poorvAchAryAs? thanians would be recited along
with Bhagavath Sri RamAnujA?s gadhya thrayam. With
Srimath Andavan seated in the AchArya peetam, pAdukA
sahasram would also be recited by ghosti without fail.
As bharatha protected his people and took care of
their welfare by praying to Sri RAmA?s pAdukAs,
Srimath Andavan would perform ArAdhanam and pray to
all poorvAchAryA?s pAdukAs for the welfare of His
sishya paramaparA and admirers of our sath
sampradAyam. This has been a unique and a special
feature of the Srimath Andavan that is in practice
even today since its inception. Then BharanyAsam and
samAsrayanam would be performed for the assembled
sishyAs for that day.

Other greatness of Srimath Andavan was that His
Holiness was sowlabhyam personified and inquire about
well being of sishyAs and admirers alike whoever would
meet Him. 

His Holiness had astonishing memory. He would easily
remember a sishyA/admirer?s lineage from their first
introduction and would inquire about it next time when
they see Him (even if it is after a long gap). 

Before Srimath Andavan?s thiru AvathAram as an
AchAryA, ?ThatheeyArAdhanam? would be held only on
special days like AchArya thirunakshatram. But after
He adorned the peetam, it would happen every day for a
very minimum of at least 50 bhAgavathAs, no matter
where He was in sanchAram be it in forests, hills or
gruhams.

After the completion of evening chores, swAmi Himself
would teach divya prabhandham to small kids living in
the asramam. Sometimes swAmi would render kAlakshEpams
in the morning as well as in the evening. Lots of
people got benefited with immense knowledge in our
sath sampradAyam attending Srimath Andavan?s
upanyAsams.


SanchAram

PoorvAchAryAs like Sri PeriAndavan, Sri NammAndavan
and Sri Akkoor Andavan went by pAdayAtra to places
such as MElkOtE, Mysore, KAnchi, Ariyakkudi,sEthu.
All the PoorvArchAryAs? pAdukAs would be taken during
their sanchArams. Each pair of pAdukAs would be rested
in a box made out of palm leaves and carried on the
head of kainkaryapArAs. Special care was taken not to
keep the pAdukAs on the ground at any point of time
during their sanchArams. If they had to be changed
hands, the kainkaryapArA had to wait for another
person (suitable to carry the pAdukAs) to hand them
over or could keep the pAdukAs on the banks of a river
or a pushkarni in a clean place. All the items
required for cooking would go in a separate
conveyance. A van was also purchased later on to carry
all the PoorvAchAryAs? pAdukAs housed in a specially
made ?pallakku? with a ThOLukkiniyAn, built with
separate compartments for each pair of AchArya
pAdukAs. 

Srimath Andavan also observed the same procedure
during His sanchAram following Srimath Themabarai
Andavan?s niyamaman and all the poorvAchAryAs? trail. 
Srimath Andavan covered over 30000 km by foot from
sEthu to Himachalam through out the length and the
breadth of the country and set up various Asramams in
places very far away from South India.

During His time, Srimath Andavan Asramam grew leaps
and bounds throughout the country. This was truly a
golden period in the annals of the Asramam as it
witnessed itself a phenomenal growth and a meteoric
rise. His Holiness constructed more than 25 Asramams
throughout the country during His period and also
conducted many Temple samprOkshanams,Yagnams, HOmams
and performed mangaLAsAsanams of various Divya desams,
Vijaya yathras from Kanniyakumari to Badrinath and
held Many Vidvath Sadas to name a few.

Srimath Andavan observed 25 chAthurmAsyams spanning 26
years from 1963 to 1989 and reached ThirunAdu in April
1989 leaving behind thousands of grieving disciples
and admirers, whose divine anubhavams with His
Holiness during His life time remain etched in their
memory forever.

AdiyEn would conclude this posting with Srimath
Andavan?s thanian and pray to Srimath Andavan's
pAdukAs to get His FULL BLESSINGS.

Srimath vEdhAntha rAmAnuja munikarunAlabdha vEdhAntha
yugmam
Srimath SrivAsa yogeeswara gurupadhayOrarpithaswAthma
bhAram
Srimath Sri ranganAthAhvaya munikrupayA
prapthamOkshasramam tham
Srimath VEdhAntha rAmAnuja munimaparam samsrayE
dEsikEndram


SrimathE vEdAntha rAmAnuja mahA dEsika divya charitham
samAptham ||
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Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,
dAsan,
Venkat Sreenivasan


PS: A rare photo of Srimath Andavan praying to
poorvAchAryAs' pAdukAs is attached.

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