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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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