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Sri
Srimathe Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha
Srimathe Srinivasa Ramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha


Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Mahadesikan (Srimath Kadanthethi Andavan)
Thirunakshatram: Aavani-Moolam

Thanian
Srimath Srivasa yogi pravarasa kaaruNa paanghasanghaadha BHangaath
VEdhaantha dvandva vidhya madhu rasa laharich chanchari kaayamaaNaha
thEnaachaaryENa ranga prabhu charaNa yugE daththa rakshaa BharaSri:
Srimath Srivasa raamaavaraja muNimaNis santhatham srEyasEsyaath

Today (September 15, 2002), Aavani Moolam is the 173rd Thirunakshatram
of Srimath Kadandhethi Andavan. He was the 5th Andavan in the lineage
and was born in the year 1829. He entered thureeyAsramam in the year
1905 Aug. and lived till 1909. Here is the first part of a series of
articles on the life history and prabhAvam of Srimath Kadandhethi
Andavan.

Srimath KAdandhEthi Andavan's Life history and PrabhAvam - Part -1

Srimath KAdandhEthi Andavan was born in the Avani month of Virodhi
varusham (1809 A.D) in Moolam nakshatram in a village just south of
river KAveri called KAdandhEthi to Srimathi Janaki Ammal and Sri
RaghunAthAchar. Sri RaghunAthAchar was performing kainkaryam to Srimath
Thiruthuraipoondi Andavan, the second Andavan of Srimath Andavan
Ashramam. The child was named Sri Varada VedAnthAchAriAr. He was
initiated into Brahmacharyam with upanayanam at the prescribed age and
was taught vEdAs and upanishads. He learnt Tharka ShAstras in RajamannAr
Koil under the tutelage of Sri U.Ve. SamiyAchchAr swAmi.

In his young days itself Sri Varada VedAnthAchAriar, with sincere
devotion and strong vairAgyam meditated on the sacred Moola manthram,
AshtAkshara manthram and gAyathri manthram vigrorously and attained
manthra sidhdhi and power. Later he visited Mysore Asthanam and further
mastered in tharka shAstrAs from Mysore samasthAna vidwan named Aakki
Azhwan. During this period he also received Sri Hayagreeva
ManthrOpadEsam from Sri Parakala Jeeyar Swami and Sri Nrusimha
ManthrOpaDesam from Sri Ahobila Matam Azhagiyasingar. Thus he attained
various manthra sidhdhi and SathAvadAna shakthi at a very young age as a
bramhachAri. He mastered the four shAstras and also had poetic prowess
as an ?Aasu Kavi?.

Sri Varada VedAnthAchAriar was married at the age of 35. Immediately
after his marriage, he started on a yathra and visited various
samasthAnams. When he visited Thiruvananthapuram Raja sadas, the DiwAn
of the sadas wanted to test his prowess. He took swAmi to Saraswathi
MahAl where swAmi instantly showed his satAvadAna shakthi and displayed
wonders. But a manthravAdi in the sadas using his mAnthric powers tried
to make our SwAmi speechless. Our swAmi who himself had special yogic
and mAnthric powers knew this and meditated on Sri SudarsanAshtakam. The
manthraVadi?s powers failed on himself and the mantravAdi started
bleeding from his mouth.

Later Sri Varada VedanthAchAriar visited Kochin samasthAnam. Even in
this sadas there were people who were jealous of his powers and the
recognition he was receiving from everyone. They were hiding on the way
to swami?s home with the intent of killing him. Swamy was reciting Sri
Hayagreeva Sthothram on his way as usual. Suddenly there was someone in
royal attire appearing on a horse near swAmi. They dropped all their
weapons and ran away from the scene. In another incident during this
time, while swAmi was continuing his yathra through forests near
KaLLikkOttai, he stayed in a choultry. Some thieves came to the choultry
learning of this new yAthri?s stay there. Through his special mAnthric
powers, swami learnt this. He did not worry and just meditated on Sri
Hayagreevan and Sri Sudarshana. As the thieves tried to enter the
choultry, they noticed a ferocious snake near the entrance coming after
them. The thieves ran away for their lives. Later swami went to many
divya-desams and reached Nagapattinam..


(to be continued)

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,
Shyamsundar Sreenivasan


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