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SrimathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAyA namaha:

June 12th, 2002 (vaIkAsi -ArudrA) is the auspicious
thirunakshatram day of Prakrutham Srimath
Andavan(Srimushnam) of Srirangam Srimath Andavan
PeriAsramam. This is the 68th thirunakshtram of our
beloved AchAryan. Adiyen prays to the holy padukAs of
Srimath Srimushnam Andavan before attempting to sketch
a very brief life history of His Holiness,Srimath
Srimushnam Andavan -Sri Ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan.

Let us all recite Srimath Srimushnam Andavan's thanian
on this holy occasion.

VEdhAntha lakshmana muneendra krupAtthabOdham
ThadpAdha yugmasaraseeruha brungha rAjam
Thraiyantha yugma kruthaboori parisramamtham
Sriranga lakshmana munim saranam prabhadyE

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In the first part of series, the AchArya guru
parampara (pertaining to Srimath Andavan
periAsramam)is covered starting from prathamAchAryan
of our sampradAyam, i.e. perumal all the way upto
present AchAryan, Srimath Srimushnam Andavan.

The foremost and first AchArya of our siddhAnta is
Sriman NArAyanA. He gave the upadEsam to Goddess Sri
MahA Lakshmi who is the second AchArya in the lineage.
Sri Lakshmi pirAtti gave upadEsam to vishwaksEnar who
chose NammAzhwAr to continue the lineage at the start
of kaliyugA. Sriman Nathamani was given the upadEsam
by NammAzhwAr by yogic powers Between 160 AD and 580
AD(as there seems to differening opinions about Sriman
nAthamuni's period of existence) from where the
AchArya lineage continued through UyyakondAr,manakkAl
nambi,ALavandAr, peria nambi and Sri RAmAnujA.

Sri RAmAnujA became an exponent in all the granthAs he
learnt from his AchAryAs and spread Sri VishitAdvaita
philosophy and SriVaishnavam through the 9 granthAs he
wrote in Sanskrit.

Since both vada mozhi (Sanskrit) vEdA and Tamizh Mozhi
Divya prabhandhams enjoy equal importance in our
sampradAyam, Sri vaishnavam is also called as 'Ubhaya
VEdAntha SampradAyam'. Sri Vaishnavam serves as a Huge
Banyan Tree with so many branches filled with
leaves,flowers and fruits all around the globe.

Srimath Andavan PeriAsramam serves an important branch
of Srivaishnavam among several other important
branches such as parakAla mutt,Ahobila Mutt, Srimath
Poundarikapuram Asramam, Sri VAnamAmalai mutt etc., to
name a few.

Srimath Andavan is an institution in Himself not a
person but represents the illustrious galaxy of holy
Andavan Hierarchy, expounding the great sath
sampradhaya and the munithraya school of thought as
sanctified and perpetuated by Sri Vedhantha Desikan,
an avathar of Lord Venkatesa, Himself who it is more
than any one else that had brought out the
significance of Munithraya Sampradhaya of Sriman
NAthamuni, YAmuna Muni, and Srimad RAmAnuja Muni
carrying with his name bridhu ?Munithraya SidhAntha
SthApanAchariyAnAm?.

After having Conquered those whose opposed his
philosophic exposition of Vishistadvaitha, tradition
has it that Sri Ramanuja received the benediction of
Lord Sri Hayagreeva through the medium of Saraswathi
Devi, himself embracing the life of an ascetic, Sri
Ramanuja traveled far and wide establishing the SVA
philosophy and principles.

He is responsible for 9 works in sanskrit such as
?Gadhya thrayam, Sri BAshyam, VEdhantha Sangriham,
Nithya grantham, Geetha Bashyam" to name a few. The
Munithereya Sampradhyam received even more accelerated
impetus and popularity from Sri Vedhantha Desika
himself, who in his monumental works such as Rahasya
Thraya SAram and Tatva Muktha KalApam had dwelt at
length about this school of thought. The traditions of
Srimath Andavan Aashramam have held aloft the banner
of this great sampradhaya and Sri Vishnava Philosophy.

The 'AchArya Vamsa Vruksha' or the lineage of Srimath
Andavan Periasramam is given below:

Srimath RamanujA(Udaiyavar)
|
PranathArthiharar(Kidambi AcchAn)
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RAmAnujappillAn
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RangarAjappillAn
|
vAthi HamsAbudhAchAryar(KidAmbi AppullAr RAmAnujar)
|
Sri NigamAntha mahA DEsikan
|
Sri Brahmathanthra Swathantra Jeeyar
|
GhatikasathammAL(VAthsya varada dEsikar)
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VaradaVishnavAchAryar
|
MahadayAdheesar
|
Ahobila dEsikan(sirangattur)
|
ParAnkusa swAmi(Vankipuram)
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Panchamatha bhanjanam thAtha dEsikan
|
vAthsya AnanthAchAryar(Keezhnarkkunnam)
|
RAmAnujAchAryar(Ranga RAmAnujAchAryar)
|
VEnkatAchAryar(ParAvasthu AnnA)
|
VeerarAghavAchAryar(ChittaNNA)
|
Sri ranga pathi dEsikan(VElamur)
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KalyAnA vaha Sri RanganAtha dEsikan
|
GnAnAthi sEvathisAkshAth swAmi(vEdAntha rAmAnuja mahA
dEsikan)
|
GOpAlArya mahA dEsikan
(Thirukkudanthi dEsikan)
|
Sri vEdAntha rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan
(Srirangam Andavan -Vazhuthur)
|
Srinivasa rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan
(Thirutthuraippoondi Andavan -ViLakudi)
|
Srinivasa mahA dEsikan
(PeriAndavan)
|
PAdukA sEvaka rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan
(ChinnAndavan)
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Srinivasa rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan
(KAdanthEthi Andavan)
|
Sri VEdhantha rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan
(NammAndavan - ThErezhundur)
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Srinivasa mahA dEsikan
(EngALAndavan - Akkur)
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Sri RanganAtha mahA dEsikan(Thenbarai Andavan)
|
Sri VEdhantha rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan
(Thirukkudanthai Andavan)
|
Srinivasa rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan
(Mysore Andavan)
|
Sri Ranga RAmAnuja mahA dEsikan
(Srimushnam Andavan) -Prakrutham

The AchArya guru pramapara listed below follows the
branch of rahasya parampara, the other two branches
being BhAshyam and Bhagavath Vishayam

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(To be Continued....)
dAsan
Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi
Venkat Sreenivasan


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