Srimathe Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikaya Namaha
Sri Ranganatha Divya Mani Padhukabhyam Namaha
Acharya parampara of Srimath Andavan Ashramam continues in this posting with
the second part of Life History of Srimath Srimushnam Andavan - Sri Ranga
Ramanuja Mahadesikan.
Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam has been the center for spreading ?The
philosophy of VisistAdvaitA ? which is a 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 Prabhandams in Tamil, as well as the
Lord?s own words ?PancharAthra?. It is the true Philosophy of religion
unassailable , dear to Divya dampathis , dear to seers , dear to Alwars and
Acharyas.
His holiness initiated efforts to spread this message of Srivaishnavism and
Prapathi margam founded and propagated by Sri Bhagavath Ramanuja and nurtured
by Sri Nigamantha Mahadesika several centuries ago and performed samasrayanam
and saranagathi to thousands of sishyas. His Holiness Offered Mangalasasanams
to the Divya Dampathis of most of the 108 Divya Desams, imparted Grantha
Chathustya Kalakshepams and Anugraha Bhashanams to countless audiences.
In Bhagavath Geetha ,
Chapter7-16 Lord Krishna says to ArjunA
?ChathurvidhA bhajanthE mAm janA: sukruthinOrjunA
ArthO jignAsurarthArthi GnAni cha bharatharshabha;?
(Four types of devotees of noble deeds worship me
1. The seeker after worldly possession,
2. afflicted,
3. the seeker of knowledge, and
4.man of wisdom, Gnani, oh, best of Bharathas)
Chap 7-17
ThEsham Gnani nithyayuktha Eka bhakthir vishishyathE
PriyO hi GnaninOthyartham aham cha mama priya:
(Of these, the best is man of wisdom (Gnani) ever established in identity with
me and possessed exclusive devotion for me , I am extremely dear to Gnani, and
gnani is extremely dear to me)
Acharyas are Gnanis , who are dearer to God. Acharyas dispel the darkness of
mind and enlighten with knowledge for which even God himself cannot find
substitute as repayment,for the matchless upakaram the Acharya has done, as
quoted by Swamt Desikan in ?Yetri manathezhil? in 38th pasuram of Adhikara
Sangraham.Praising Acharya?s glory retaining Acharyas teachings in mind, and
spreading AcharyAs greatness etc. are only very very small and insignificant,
when compared to the greatest help, the Acharya has done to the sishya
earlier.
It is our purva janma punyam that we have our Acharya to guide us in the
righteous path to spread the fragrance of Arulicheyals and Divya sukthis of
Alwars and purvacharyas and philosophy of Visihtadvaita, tarvelling far and
wide throughout the country.Sishyas and Abhimanis living abroad in USA UK,
Middle east, Singapore and Australia are blessed by His Tele ?Upanyaasams every
month for the last 6 years. His holiness is a Charismatic mentor, and his
soulabyam, souselyam and His impartiality etc. won the appreciation of several
thousands of his sishyas.
The following are some of the many Hymns authored by His Holiness Srimushnam
Andavan which were composed more than 30 years ago in His purvasramam.
1. VeerAchala Sri RAmachandra SuprabhAtham (This work is sung in praise of Sri
Ramar At Veerachalam. Veerachalam is a place in present day Andhra pradesh
where Srimath Andavan Swamy served as a Sanskrit professor for many years.)
2. Prapanna Navaneetham (In this sthothram, the first letter of each slokam is
highlighted. All the highlighted letters if read in a sequence gives a very
special meaning pertaining to the sthothram)
3. PanchAnana PanchAmrutham
4. Krishna ThArakam (In this sthothram, the first letter of each slokam is
highlighted. All the highlighted letters if read in a sequence gives a very
special meaning, ?Pranava kAra? in this case.)
5. VAkyAnvayAdhikarana vishayaha
6. PAdukavihAra sabhA prabhAvaha (This was composed by our Swamy on the
greatness of PadukA vihAra sabhaconducted regularly. It was the 29th sabha on
which he wrote this work and some mathematics in the slokams enshrined in this
sthothram yield the number 29. In the last slokam, Swamy uses a special variant
of rhythm known as "PadachaturUrdhvAbhidam vruttam".)
His Holiness is not only continuing what had commenced during the time of
Poorvacharyas but also adding to the same and expanding the activities which
are mentioned below.
His Holiness took up the project of building Brindavanams for HH Srimath
Thirukkudanthai Andavan and HH srimath Mysore Andavan and renovated
Brindavanams of other poorvacharyas for which samprokshanam took place in 1990.
H.H. also built Ashramams at aurangabad, Azhvar Thirunagari, KR koil st (west
Mambalam Chennai), Secunderabad , Oppiliappan Koil, Royampettai, srimishnam,
Sripuram, (Bangalore)Thirumalai, Thiruchanur, Thiruvahindrapuram,
Thiruppullani, Vaduvoor, (1&2). HH named the the vaduvoor Ashramam as ?Sri
sakshath swamy Mandapam? which accommodates Veda patasala for 30 students as of
now. Renovation of Ashram Structures at CHENNAI, Jayanagar, Kanchipuram,
Kumbakonam, Melkote, Rishikesh, and Secondrabad, (maarappalli) were also done
by HH Srimath srimushnam Andavan.
Construction of Sannidhi for Gopalarya Maha Desikan,(1700-1783)-Munitraya
Siddhantha Sthapanacharyar, on his 301st birthday at his birth place
Royampettai. Construction of Kalyana Mandapamat Ashramam premises in
Kanchipuram for the convenience of devotees.
Constructions /Renovation of of temples, at
Dombiville, Jayanagar, Kadal-mangalam,Kurugaikavalappan koil, New Delhi,
Perumpetrapuliur, Sripuram, Thirukkandiyur, Uthiramerrur also took place during
the past 15 years.
Starting of Veda Patasalas, at Vaduvoor, Kanchipuram, Thiruchanur,
thiruvahindapuram and SriMushnam. Starting of Aghama sAstra training, for the
students at Srirangam patasala , nominating Koothapakkam Kannamachariar to
train and award dheekshas, to deserving students.
Srimad Andavan arts and science college: H.H. being a learned scholar and a
teacher by profession before adorning the peetam, has a strong faith that
Education, should reach the downtrodden irrespective of cast ,creed or sex,
paved way for funding this temple of education,declared open by The President
of India Dr. Sankar Dayal sarma on 26th Oct 1996 which has 1250 students and 80
faculty members now that will upgrade as Deemed to be University with in 8
years.
Kalyanapuram R. Aravamudhachariar, Asthana Vidvan,Srimad Andavan Ashram under
the advice of HH set up Harikatha training for students as optional in 2002
and 21 students were undergoing training.
HH has offered a Vajra kavacham for Perumal at sripuram temple in Bangalore
HH under His direct supervision made the utsava moorthies of sri Bhashyakarar
and sri Rukmani sathyabhama sametha sri Venugopalan and sent them to USA for
performing Thirumanjanam and Dolothsavam respectively for the grahams of
Sevarthees.
A silver lined wooden simhasanam costing 3.5 lakhs, was offered by His Holiness
to Thooppul Desikan during Purattasi Thiruvonam in 2001.
Installation of new utsava Moorthy costing about 1 lakh at Vaikundanathji
Mandir in New Delhi.
Starting of a fund for offering Nithya Thatheeyaradhanam to the devotees
visiting the Andavan Ashram at Thirumalai and Kanjipuram during Brahmothsavam
and so on.
Starting of a corpus fund for the maintenance of Ashram establishment that
includes emoluments for the kainkarya paras, Life Insurance for them and their
family etc.
As perazhvar syas ?Pallandu Pallandu? to perumal , let us pray to the Divya
Dampathis for blessing our Acharya, Srimadh Srimushnam Andavan ?Sri Ranga
Ramanuja Maha Desikan for longevity with good health to guide us all in years
to come.
In the next posting adiyen will continue with notes on our purvacharyas' sri
bhashya, rahasya and bhagavath vishaya parampara
Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi
P. Sreenivasan (of Besant Nagar)
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