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Srimathe Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha:


 
Acharya parampara (rahasya parampara) of Srimath Andavan Ashramam continues in 
this posting starting with Srimath Thiruthuraippondi Andavan.
 
 

Thiruthuraipoondy Andavan (vilakkudi Andavan)

 

Birth Star- Aippasi Uthirattadhi

 

Thanian

 

Srimath gOpAla soorEr niravadhi karuNAvAptha sathsampradAyam  
Srimath vEdhAntha rAmAnuja yathinrupathis sarvatha: sTHApayithvA  
Yasmin sathsampradAyam sakalamupadhishan amsathO nupravishTa:  
Srimath sreevasa raamAnuja munimanagham tham BHajE dEsikEndhram 

 

He was born in the  month of Aippasi with Uthirattadhi as his birth star and 
was named srinivasachar..He belonged to Eyunni vamsam and Bharadwaja gothram. 
He learnt sampradhaya granthas  fromVazhuthur Andavan   and .  became an 
erudite scholar and authentic exponent of Srivaishnava philosophy. ,, .He had 
prapatti done at the feet of almighty and  was initiated into Dureeyasraman by 
Vazhuthur Andavan  and was named  ?, Srinivasa ramanuja Maha Desikan, one of 
the illustrious Acharyas of Srirangam Srimath Andavan PeriAsramam. . 
Thirutthuraippoondi Andavan was  also known as vilakkudi andavan  as he  hailed 
from vilakkudi, a small hamlet near Rajamannargudi . 



Srimath Periandavan

 

Thirunakshatram: Masi ? Pushyam

 

Thanian

 

Sri rangesha padhe samarpitha Bharam sruthyantha ramanuja

Sri yogeendra guruththamena yaminash sruththyantha vidhyathmana:

PrAptha sruthya vathamsa yughma hrudhayam Srivasa ramanujath

Sri Srivasa muneendra desika manim sreyo nidhim samsraye 

 

Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan gave sanyasam to Sri Srinivasaraghavachariar Swami 
who went on to become one of illustrious Acharyas of Munitraya Sampradayam, and 
unparalled among His contemporaries. This mahan later came to be known as the 
famous Srimath Periandavan.  

 

SrinivasaRaghavan was born on 25.2.1801 in the year Roudri (Masi-pushyam) in a 
village called Piliyaranai near Kanchipuram. At a tender age of 10, he mastered 
rendering of Sama Veda learnt from his father, Sri Krishnamachariar which was 
considered to be an invaluable wealth in his family traditions. 

 

Sri Krishnamachariar was extremely pleased with his son?s progress and took the 
young boy back to Kanchi . There, SrinivasaRaghavan learnt Nyaya ? Meemamsa- 
Vyakarana Sastras under the tutelage of great scholars. Thereafter he went to 
Srirangam to see Srirangam Swami (Srimath Vazhutoor Andavan) and prayed for  
Saranagathi. Srimath Andavan , performed Atma samarpanam ( saranagathi) to him 
in front of Lord Sri Ranganatha?s sannidhi. 

 

 He went to Srirangam Swami and prayed to him that Swami perform kalakshepams 
to him on sampradayic granthams.. Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan took Agnya from 
Swami in carrying out this holy task and performed kalakshepams to 
Srinivasaraghavan on Grantha chatushtayam,Rahasyams and Rahasyarthas.  

 

SrinivasaRaghavan gained exemplary knowledge in all that learnt from his 
Acharya. After some time, he prayed to Srimath Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan for 
the Dureeyasramam. As his near and dear objected to this, Srimath Andavan also 
felt that SrinivasaRaghavan be a gruhasta for some more time before taking up 
sanyAs and blessed him to go back to Kanchi. 

 

In His gruhastasrama, SrinivasaraghavswAmi was blessed with a girl and He 
immediately felt that He had fulfilled his duties as a gruhasta. When 
Srinivasaraghavan swami went to Srirangam and prayed with thirutthuraipoondi 
Andavan for sanyasa, Swami tested Him in various ways to see whether He was 
ready to take up sanyasa .    After getting convinced,  Swami granted sanyasam 
to Srimath Periandavan and he was given the title ?Srinivasa maha desikan?.  

 

Since this mahan was so popular among his sishyas and admirers alike, he was 
fondly called as periandavan. For a long time he was residing in Srirangam . In 
a month, He would go to devout and pious Srivaishnava bhagavathas? thiru 
maligai on selected seven to eight days for unccha Vritthi . He would take the 
grains to the banks of Coleroon river, wash them in the river water, cook them 
and eat the bhagavath prasadham along with thulasi leaves. On other days, he 
used to powder the dry leaves fallen from the Holy Fig tree and consume the 
same. Such was his Vairaghyam.  

 

Sishya paramapara:- He remained deeply dedicated to the sampradayam and placed 
Srimad Andavan sampradayam on a firm footing and as a beacon light to thirsty 
aspirants. Upon Lord Ranganatha?s command to take disciples, and disseminate 
and propagate the Philosophy, several persons became His Disciples, and became 
erudite scholars and preceptors. Some of them were 

 

1) Thirupputkuzhi Appa 2) Mannargudi Gopalanna 3) Vyakaranam Rangachariar 4) 
Meemisal Narasimhachariar 5) Chinnamu Rangachariar 6) Thirunelveli 
Gopalasamudram Narayanachariar 7) Shamala Chakravarthi and 8) Purisai Nadathur 
Rangachariar. 

Sri Srinivasa  Raghavachariar's (Periandavan's) asrama sweekaram took place 
around 1828. He observed Chathurmasyams  for 55  years  and he adorned  
thirunadu  in subhanu varusham thai masam - krishna thrayodhasi 
thithi(1884-Jan-Feb)

 

In the next posting, adiyEn will cover the history of achAryAs starting with 
Srimath Chinnandavan.


Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi

Perungadambanur Parthasarathy Sreenivasan 

(of Besant Nagar)



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