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Dear BhAgavathAs,

Today (June 02, 2003 ? VaikAsi ArudrA) is the
auspicious thirunakshatram day of Prakrutham Srimath
Andavan, His Holiness Sri Ranga RamAnuja mahA
dEsikan. Let us all recite this mahAn?s thanian in
this day and receive his full blessings and anugraham on this holy occasion.

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


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Adiyen is reposting the life history of Srimath Srimushnam Andavan that 
appeared in various groups last year.

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Prakrutham Srimath Andavan was born in Srimushnam , a swamyam vyakta KshetrA, 
in South Arcot district to Sri U.Ve. SrinivAsAchAriAr and Sri Kumudavalli 
belonging to the illustrious lineage of swayamAchArya purushAs. He was born on 
a vaikAsi ?ArudrA day in yuva varsham (3.6.1935). His parents namedhim as 
VarAhan. UpanayAthi samskArams were performed at the right age to him. 

VarAhan swAmi became well qualified in vEda and divyaprabhandha adhyayanamsat a 
young age. His periappA,Sri. U.Ve. Srimushnam purAnam NarAyanAchariartaught him 
kAvyA and nAtaka alankArA granthAs. SwAmi 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, swAmi came to Sri perumbudur 
and learnt fully the nyAya and tharka sAstrAs and got duly qualified in 
?Sironmani? from Sri Perumbudur Sanskrit College. Seeing swAmi?s remarkable 
knowledge and extreme brilliance, learned wise men who had interacted with 
swami at that time predicted that swami would become a mahA vidwAn and a 
sampradAya pravarthakA. 

For some time swami went to Andhra pradesh and taught Sanskrit in Sanskrit 
colleges located in Jeetikal and AlwAl , close to Hyderabad. Swami came back to 
Sri Perumbudur and passed meritoriously in ?Tamil VidwAn? exam. Itcould be said 
that there are no literature left out in Tamil that swami isunaware of. Its 
swAmi?s special quality to quote Thiruvalluvan,Kamban, IlangO and bharathi in 
His anugraha bhAshanams as and when required. Swami underwent grantha 
chathushtya kAlakshEpams under His Holiness Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan.

Upon Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan?s holy command,
Sri varAchAr swami accepted to take up sanyAsa and
took ascetic order on 1-6-1989 ( sukla varsham ?
vaikAsi 19th) as Sri Ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikan.

Srimushnam Srimath Andavan is an versatile exponent in various many other 
sAstrAs such as sculpture,
sangeetham, alankAra sAstrA, Astrology(Jyothisham),politics, construction, 
AyurvEda
to name a few. Swami?s anirasAdhArana pAndhithyam in
keervAna bhashA ,vEdanthA and vyAkarana sAstrA is
well known. It is also very well known that His
Holiness Srimath Andavan talks with slEhA(sleshA) in
appropriate moments with amazing timing and
precision.

Swami once beautifully sculpted a sALagrAmA perumAL
(which was a little broken ) to Lakshmi Hayagreeva
PerumAL. So many have wondered about His Holiness?s
amazing knowledge in a wide variety of subjects, be in science or other 
specific specialty areas.

Srimath Andavan is well versed in Telugu and Kannada
also and gives anugraha bhAshanams in telugu itself to sishyAs and abhimAnis 
whenever an opportunity arises.

Srimath Andavan has undertaken many key projects, only a few of which are very 
briefly mentioned here such as, 

1. Establishment of Srimath Andavan Arts and Science
College in 1996 and managed by Sri Ranganatha Paduka
Vidyalaya trust.

2. Construction of SakshAth swami Mani Mandapam at
Vaduvur and a vEda pAtasAlA which was inaugurated in
2001. Now it has about 20 vidhyArthis (including 3 whogoing on gAnam ? 
salakshana GanapAtis)

3. A building (abt 3600 sq.feet) construction is in
progress in Thiruvaheendrapuram to facilitate
conducting classes in prabhandhams and vEdas. Plan is underway to have 
thiscompleted latest by Avani
Avittam.

4. Construction of Sri Balaji Mandir(at about 27000
sq. feet), located in Dombivili, the samprokshanam of which was performed in 
August 2001. The project costed around Rs. 1.35 crores and ran for over 3years. 

5. Vajra kavacham for perumAL at Sripuram Temple in
Bangalore at the cost of Rs. 7. 50 lakhs.

6. A silver lined wooden simhAsanam costing
approximately Rs. 3.50 lakhs was offered by His
Holiness to Thuppul dEsikan during purattAsi ?
thiruvOnam in 2001.

7. Construction of Sanidhi for Gopalarya Mahadiskan
(1700-1783 -Munithraya Sidhantha SthApakachAryan) on
his 301st Birthday at his birth place Royampettai at a cost of 5 lakhs in sep 
2000.

8. Construction Of Kalyana Mandapam at Asramam
premises in Kanchipuram for the convenience of
devotees.

9. Installation of new utsava murthis costing about
Rs. 1 lakh at our Sri Vaikuntanathji Mandir in New
Delhi.

10. Starting of a corpus fund for the maintenance of
Asramam establishment that includes emoluments for the kainkaryaparas, 
lifeinsurances for them and their family etc.

11. Starting of a fund for offering thatheeyArAdhanam to the devotees visiting 
the Andavan Asramam at Kanchipuram during BrahmOtsavam.
 
12. Starting Veda Patasalas across various parts of South India

And so on.

The philosophy of visishtAdvaitA is very ancient one
having come down to us through ages as an unbroken
tradition.

It has the authority of eternal vEdas, Upanishads in
Sanskrit and Divya Prabandhams in Tamil, as well as of the Lord's own wordsthe 
"PAncharAtrA". It is the true Philosophy of religion unassailable, dear to 
Divya Dhampathis, dear to sages and seers, dear to AlwArs and AchAryAswho have 
verified it in their spiritual experiences.

In Geetha 7-17, Lord says, "Four type of devotees of
noble deeds worship me, the seeker after worldly
possession, the afflicted, the seeker of knowledge and man of wisdom. O, best 
of bharatha"

"Of these the best is man of wisdom(Jnani) ever
established in identity with me and possesssed
exclusive devotion for I'm extremely dear to wise man and he is extremely dear 
to me."

AchAryAs are JnAnis who are dearer to God. AchAryAs
dispel the darkness of mind and enlighten with
knowledge for which even God cannot find substitute as repayment, as quotedby 
Desikaa "Yetri manatthu" in Adhikara sangraham.

Praising AchAryA?s glory, Retaining AchAryA?s
teachings in mind and spreading AchAryA?s greatness
etc., are only very very small when compared to what
an AchAryA has done to the sishyas.

It is our purva janma punyam that we have our AchAryAs to guide us in the 
righteous path and spread the fragrance of Arulicheyal and Divya sukthi of 
Alwars and PurvAcharyas and the philosophy of VishistAdvaitA, traveling far and 
wide throughout the country.

As periAzhwAr says ?pallAndu pallAndu? to perumAL,
let us pray to the Divya Dhampathis for blessing our
AchAryA, His Holiness Srimath Srimushnam Andavan ? Sri Ranga rAmAnuja mahA 
dEsikan for Longevity with Good
health to guide us all in the years to come.

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Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,
dAsan,
Venkat Sreenivasan



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