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Srimathe rAmAnujAya namaH:

Name :- Aravinda lochana ramanuja dasan
Thiruvadi sambandham :- Swayamacharayan/Sri Koil Komandur Elayavalli.
Poorvigam : Kanchipuram, Vaikunta natha perumal sannidhi.

Current location :-
53/6 Soundarya colony,
Anna nagar west extn,
Chennai - 600 101
Phone - (91)-44-626-4793, (91)-44-628-6288
Personal Email - srikaliyen@xxxx

25 years old, working for a software company in Chennai. The 
following people/incidents influenced me towards our ramanuja 
samradayam - upadesa margam

i) Father's side grandmother, Rukmani pati brought me up as a child. 
Her grasp of sampradayam was well acknowledged by our Kanchi 
Annangrachar swami.

ii) Mother's side grandfather, Kooram Krishnaswamy thata(Mudaliandan 
thiruvadi sampandham), deeply involved with Azhwan. His lineage 
performed achaka kaikaryam for Koorathazhwan sannidhi, Kooram. 

iii) Obtained Acharya sambandham(Samasrayanam), at Sriperumpudhur 
from father's elder brother.

iv) Reading of Alkondavalli Govindachar swami's works, 
particularly, "Life of Ramanuja" and "Divine wisdom of Dravida 
saints", and Madurai Rangarajan's swami's "Andimoupaya 
nishtnai"((Putthur swami publication)

v) Cassette upanyasams of Sriman Velukkudi Varadachar swami, "Sri 
kaliyen perumai" in particular. 

vi) Special Anugraham of Sri Govardhan Rangachar swami, Brindavanam. 
Blessed with the oppurtunity of staying for about a week each at 
swami's thirumaligai in Brindavanam on two occasions, during 
Bramoutsavam in March'98 and Emberumanar utsavam in May'98

vii) Most importantly listening to upanyasams of scholars like, 
Thirupathi Sri TA Krishnamachar swami,
Srirangam Sri Narasimhachar swami,
Alwar Thirunagari Sri Elayavalli Bhuvarahachar swami,
Srirangam Sri Gomatham swami,
Thiruvallikeni Sri MA Venkatakrishan swami
Velukuddi Sri V Krishnan swami and
Kazhiyur Sri KB Devarajan swami (Asthana vidwan for Sri Mudaliyandan 
swami thirumaligai)
and many others.

My father, Sri KEB Narasimhan swami is one of Trustee's of Swami 
Nammazhwar(India) Foundation, Sri Velukkudi Krishnan swami being the 
Chairman.

My chitappa, Sri KEB Rangarajan swami is well known in Sri Vaishnava 
circles and is a close friend of Thiruvallikeni Sri MA Venkatakrishan 
swami.

List Moderators, TV Venkatesh is related to me thru my fathers side 
and TA Varadhan thru my mothers side, so taking the liberty of 
writing/spinning lot of personal story.

adiyen RAMANUJA dasan.

PS- Devotees to correct me of my mistakes/typos, by-product of my 
ignorance.





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