Sri:
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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