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Srimathe Rangaramanuja MahadesikayaNamaha:  
Srimathe RanganAthaMahadesikaya Namah: 
Thirunakshatram: AvaniPoorattAdhi
Thanian:Srimath VEdha vathamsa lakshmana munehepraapthaaga maantha dvayam
ThEna Sri raghu punga vangri yugaLenyasthaathma Rakshaambharam
Srimath Srinidhi yogivarya karunalabdaabhja chakraangkanam
Vande shaanthi virakhthi poornamanagham Sriranga naatham Gurum
Today (Aug 27th ), Avani REvathi is the 116thThirunakshatram of Srimath 
Thembarai Andavan SriRanganAtha MahA dEsikan who adorned Acharya peetam asthe 
8th Andavan in the Andavan Periashramam MunithrayaSampradayam AchArya 
Lineage.adiyEn has made an attemptto bring out the life history of this AchArya 
mahApurushA with a series of postings starting from today.
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Thembarai is a beautiful serene village situated onthe banks of river pAmani. 
This small hamlet known forits fertile land and abundant water resources 
islocated 7 miles southeast of MannArgudi. One canconstantly hear the vEda and 
divya prabandha gOshamcopiously reverberating the ambience thus filling 
thevillage with piety. Thembarai is a divya KshEtramwhere a beautiful temple 
for Sri Rukmini sathyabhAmAsamEta Sri Navaneetha Krishnan is in place with 
SriKALinga Nardhanan as Utsava murthy.There lived a pious Sri vaishnavite by 
the name ofSri. U.Ve. Vangeepuram SeshAdriyAchAr in Thembarai. AsEmperumAn 
proclaims ?vEdAnAm sAma vEdOsmi?, hebelonged to the glorious sAma sAkhA. He 
formallylearnt and mastered the sAma vEda along with kAvyasAstrAs. His dharma 
patni?s name was SrimathiSengamalammAL. 2 sons and 2 daughters were born 
tothem. Eldest of them was Sow. Rukmini Ammal. In thelater parts of her life, 
she spent all her timeperforming Asrama kainkaryams. Thesecond child was ason 
who later became Srimath Thembarai Andavan. Thirdchild was a daughter who 
reached AchAryan thiruvadi ata very young age. The fourth child was a son 
namedVenkata varadAchar who later on became an eminentupanyAsa chakravarthi in 
bhagavath vishayam other thanserving as adhyaksha in Madurai Tamil Sangam.Sri 
U.Ve. SeshadriyAchAr swAmi performed sAstrokthasamskArams to his 2 sons at a 
very young age. Hefulfilled all his duties asa father performingmarriage in a 
grand way for his daughter at the rightage and also gave excellent education to 
his sons. Themarriage of the eldest son was also performed at theright age. In 
the year 1912, SeshadriyAchAr swAmireached AchAryan thiruvadi. More about the 
eldest sonwho later on becameSrimath Thembarai Andavan tofollow.
Jananam and Younger Days
SwAmi was born in the year viya in the month of Avanion a Thursday. His 
thirunakshtram was Revathi(19-8-1886). His parents named him as Sri 
VenkatarAghavan. Since our swAmi was born on the holy thirunakshatramday of 
Revathi, there is a sloka that came into beingwhich goes as given below:
RanganAtha avathArOyam thath poornAm shOthavA BhavEth|
YadvA ranga yathir vEthi vitharkyA yAsthu mangaLam||

Since Revathi is the thirunakshatram of peria perumal,we are made to think of 
our swAmi being anincarnation of nam perumAL Himself or having thepoornAmsham 
of Nam perumAL or the incarnation of SriKalyAnAvaha Ranganatha Maha dEsikan ( 
who waspopularly called Sri Periya swAmi). Whatever it maybe, there is no doubt 
that swAmi had full blessingsand katAkshams of Nam perumAL.The Astrologers who 
looked at the horoscope of swAmipredicted that he would become a sanyAsi and a 
paramavirakthA,unparalleled. After undergoing samskArams at the right age, 
swAmiperformed adhyayanam of sAma sAkhA and became anexponent. He underwent 
rigorous training and masteredsanskrit, and Kavya sAstrAs along with other 
vEdasAkhAs in Thirukkudanthai Sanskrit College. The unquenching thirst to gain 
sAstraic knowledge madeswAmi to go on a pursuit to RajamannAr kovil where 
helearnt and mastered vyAkaraNa sAstrAs under thetutelage of Sri. U.Ve. 
RangachAr swAmi (This mahAnlater became the 39th Jeer of Sri Ahobila Mutt as 
SriParankusa SatakOpa yatheendra mahA dEsikan). Later hewent to viLAkkudi to 
learn tharka sAstrAs under theeminent guidance of ?ThArkika simham? Sri. 
U.Ve.SrinivAsachariAr swAmi. Having completelylearnttharka sAstrAs, swAmi 
learnt and mastered MeemAmsasAstrAs under the guidance of MahA 
mahOpAdhyAyABrahmasri KuppuswAmi SastrigAL and BrahmasriChinnaswAmi SastrigAL.
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(To be continued ....)
Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,
dAsan
Venkat Sreenivasan


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