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Srimathe Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikaya Namaha
Sri Ranganatha Divya Mani Padhukabhyam Namaha



Acharya parampara of Srimath Andavan Ashramam continues in this posting with 
Srimath Srimushnam Andavan - Sri Ranga Ramanuja Mahadesikan. Adiyen has used 
some references from the postings of Sri R. Rajagopalan ( in Sri Ranganatha 
Paduka in his article Looking Back and Looking forward) and Sri. C.G.Balaji 
(reg. our Andavan Swamy's sri sookthis in His purvasramam). This is the first 
of the two postings on Prakrutham Andavan. Second part will be published soon.

 

Srimath Srimushnam Andavan: Thirunakshatram: Vaikasi - Thiruvadhirai

 

Thanian:

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

 


(Meaning of the  Tanian)

We prostrate at   the holy feet of Sri  Ranga Ramanauja Maha Desikan who had   
his Bhara samarpanam  at the holy feet of  Vedhantha Ramanuja Maha Desikan. 
Having  gained the wealth of  Sri sampradayic  knowledge/Ubhaya Vedhanthams  
from his Acharya, he whirrs as a honeybee at His lotus feet. Salutations to 
Srimath  Ranga Ramanuja maha Desikan 

 

Prakrutham Srimad Andavan was born in Srimushnam, a swayam vyaktha Kshethra, in 
south arcot district, on a Vaikasi ?ArudrA day in Yuva varusham 03-06-1935 to U 
.Ve. Srinivasachariar and sri Kumudhavalli, belonging to to the illustrious 
lineage of swayamAchArya purushAs. His great great grand father Sri Nadu nattu 
Narayanachar was the prime disciple of annarya Maha Desikan .The pooravasrama 
name of Srimushnam Andavan was Varahan. Varahan?s, UpanayAthi samskAram were 
performed at the right age.

 

His father was a disciple of Sangeetha kalanidhi late Tiger Varadhachar swamy. 
Young Varahan used to sit by the side of his father during those music lessons 
and assimilated the nuances of Carnatic music to an astonishing degree which 
enabled Him to sing ragas with mellifluous voice.

 

Sri Varahan swamy became well qualified in vEda and divya prabhanda adhyayanams 
at an young age. His periappa Sri U.Ve. Srimushnam puranam Narayanachariar 
taught him kAvya and nAtaka alankarA granthAs. Swamy went to kAkumAni charity 
pAtasAlA(affiliated to Madras University) in Chennai for his initial education 
in SastrAs.

 

In a quest to learn more about sAmAnya sAstrAs swAmy came to sriperumbudur and 
learnt fully the nyAya and tharka sAstrAs. The yong Varaha swamy qualified 
himself as Tharka sironmani, trained under great teachers in Sriperumbudur 
Sanskrit patasala like Sri Krishna Desika Thathachariar (father of great N.S.R. 
swamy) and others. Seeing swamy?s remarkable knowledge and extreme brilliance 
learned wise men who had interacted with swamy at that time, predicted that 
swamy would become a maHa vidwAn and a sampradhAya pravarthakaA.

 

For some time, swami went to Andhra Pradesh and taught in Sanskrit colleges 
located in Jeetical and AlwAl, close to Hydrabad. His lucid and brilliant 
teaching earned a lot of accolades and he learnt to speak and read Telugu very 
fluently. Swamy came back to Sriperumbudur and passed in Tamil VidwAn exam and 
served as Such in Tamilnadu Government educational service for 27 years. He 
lived in malayangulam for many years and settled down at Velamur, the Birth 
place of Upanishad Bhashyakkarar H.H. Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikan.  Sri 
Varahachar swamy renovated and maintained the temple and performed nithya 
Aradhanam all by himself for the Divya Dampathies.

 

His Holiness 44th Jeer of Sri Ahobila Mutt once conferred a special sambavanai 
appreciating his extra ordinary knowledge, Vidvath and lucid presentation. Sri 
srimushanam Varahachar, a tamil pandit in Govt Secondary Education service for 
27 years  had His Prapatti under His holiness Thirukkudanthai Andavan and 
Grantha chathushtya Kalakshepams under His Holiness during the same time.

 

The divine message from Padukas to revered Acharya Thirukkudanthai Andavan was 
that ?Srimushnam Varahachariar will be your successor , Rest assured that this 
Padukasramam so beautifully nurtured by you, will be safe in his hands  and 
will reach much greater heights.?  The Acharya directed sri Varahachariar swamy 
 that when the time comes he should come forward to protect and preserve the 
Andavan Asrama Paramparai meaning , that he should become his successor 
probably knowing in advance that His successor H.H. Mysore Andavan may not live 
long.

 

Two Great Acharyas attaining Paramapadam in quick succession in April & May 
1989, 

 H.H.Srimadh Thirukkudanthai Andavan adorned  ThirunAdu on 10.04.1989

 His successor H.H.Srimad  Mysore Andavan  also adorned   Thirunadu   (within 
42 days)  on 22.05.1989. Lakhs of disciples were worried, over the continuation 
of Andavan Asrama Acharya  parampara When the Disciples of the Ashramam 
approached Sri Varahachar swamy, He had whole heartedly accepted  the call to 
the  religious order though he had a large family to support. 

 

Exactly on the 10th day, i.e. 01-06-1989, upon the holy command made by H.H. 
Thirukkudanthai Andavan earlier, Sri Varahachar Swamy with devotion, took 
ascetic order, by taking the ochre ascetic robes of sanyasam from PeriyAndavan 
sannadhi on Sukla Varusham- Vaikasi 19th as Sri Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikan, in 
memory of his affection towards the illustrious Great Acharya from Velamur ?Sri 
Upanishad Bhashyakarar?- H.H. Sri Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikan. The disciples of 
the Asramam got convinced that H.H.Sri Mushnam Srimad Andavan can not only 
carry aloft the banner of Ashramam  but also take it to further heights. H.H. 
is a versatile exponent in many other sAstras such as sculpture , sangeetham, 
alankAra sAstra, Astrology, Jyothisham, politics, construction,Ayurvedha to 
name a few. Swamy?s pandithyam in VedhanthA and vyAkaranA is well known. It is 
also well known that His Holiness Srimadh Andavan talks with Slesha in 
appropriate moments with amazing timing and precision. It could be said
 that there are no literatures left out in Tamil that swami is unaware of. It 
is swamy?s special quality to quote Thiruvalluvar,Kamban,IlangO and Bharathi in 
His anugraha Bashanams as and when required.

 

Srimad Andavan once beautifully sculpted a sAlagrAma perumal (which was a 
little broken) to Lakshmi Hayagreeva Perumal. So many people  have wondered 
about His Holiness?s amazing knowledge in a wide variety of subjects. Srimadh 
Andavan is well versed in Telugu also and gives anugraha bhAshanams in that 
language to sishyas and abhimanis whenever an opportunity arises. His holiness 
is a scholar of unfathomable depth in many  subjects under the sky.


(to be continued....)

In the next posting adiyen will continue with the second part of history of 
Srimath Srimushnam Andavan.

 

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi

P. Sreenivasan (of  Besant Nagar)

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Adiyen is attaching a rare photo (courtesy- Sri Devanathan,Chennai) of Sri 
Varachar Swamy taking a holy dip  at the tank of Srimath Andavan Periasramam in 
Srirangam just before taking up sanyasam on 1-6-1989.

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