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BIRTH OF OUR SWAMI

            Rajamannarkudi, in the land of Cholas, is situated in the banks of river Cauvery, which is holier than Ganges. Sri Rajagopalan resides here. In this area, there were five villages known as ?Panchagramam?, very famous for Srivaishnavas. Like Arjuna shining amidst Pandavas, ?Kar-apan-kadu? is famous out of the five villages. Many Srivaishnavas moved from Kanchipuram to live in Karapankadu. Perarulalan also followed the bhagavathas and stayed in Karapankadu. Perarulalan Himself gave an Acharya Rathnam to the Geethacharyan sannidhi in Karapankadu and stayed there as Varadhan.


            Since Karapankadu was the dwelling place for great prapannas and thapasvis, it remained as a grand fortress of knowledge and meditation. When we talk of fortress, it is but natural to think of the king. One such king of knowledge was our Singaperumal Swami. His fame and eminence was known all over the south. He was born in a great lineage of scholars. He excelled in gnana, bhakthi and vairagyam and as his name suggests lived like a king among great pundits.

            Singaperumal Swami was an outstanding scholar who understood the past, present and future. He was an eminent vedhantha scholar with absolute clarity of our sampradhayam. He used to visit Chennai out of his own interest and expense to teach the asthikas all aspects of our sampradhayam and worked hard to remove the ignorance of one and all. He learnt SriBhashya grantham from Sri.U.Ve. Ramanuja Jeeyar. With absolute knowledge of vedas, vedhanthas and shasthras, Singaperumal Swami rode like a majestic lion, spreading his fame in all directions.
            Singaperumal Swami?s youngest daughter was Lakshmi Ammanga, wedded to Sri. Thiruvenkatam Iyengar. Due to Perarulalan?s grace and the great delight of Singaperumal Swami, in the year 1906 in the month of Pankuni under the star Punarvasu, Lakshmi Ammanga gave birth to a beautiful male child. Our Karapankadu Swami was born like Chakravarthi Thirumakan.


Azhwar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam
Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

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