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Srimath pEriAndavan Life History - Part I

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venkat sreenivasan • February 19, 2002 


SrImathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya nama:
SrI ranganAtha Divya maNi pAdhukAbhyAm nama:

Dear Bhagavathas,

Monday Feb. 25, 2002( Masi-Pushyam) is the
Thirunakshtram day of the kula maNi ratnA among all
the illustrous acharyas of Srirangam
Srimath Andavan PeriAsramam, Srimath pEriAndavan –
Sri SrinivAsa mahA dEsikan. 

Adiyen has made an attempt to bring out the life
history of Srimath pEriAndavan in a series of posting
commencing with the first volume today. 
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Let us recite this mahAn's danian on his
thirunakshatram day.

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

Munitraya sampradaya has been serving as the beacon
light of sri vaishanavism since the time of great
acharya of this siddhAnta, Sri Gopalarya Maha Desikan
also known as Thirukkudandhai Desikan about 300 years
ago. This illustrious lineage was started by one of
Thirukkudandhai DesikanÂ’s disciples by the name of
Srimath Vazhutoor Andavan  Sri Vedanta Ramanuja Maha
Desikan also known as Srirangam Swami. 

The second Acharya to adorn the peetam of this
illustrious Asramam was Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha
Desikan also called as Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan who
took the dureeyasramam from Srirangam Swami.. He
hailed from a small village called ViLakkudi next to
Mannargudi in Tanjore District. This Acharya belonged
to bharadwaja gothra and Eyunni parampara. He stayed
in Srirangam throughout his sanyasAsramam.

Thirutthuraipoondi Andavan gave sanyas  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.

Younger Days of Srimath Periandavan

SrinivasaRaghavan was born in the year 1801 in the
holy place of ThirukKacchi on the auspicious
thirunakshatram day  of Pushyam in the month of Masi.
At a tender age of 10, he mastered rendering Sama Veda
learnt from his father, Sri Krishnamachariar which was
considered to be an invaluable wealth in his family
traditions. Sri Krishnamachariar took his 10 year old
son to Thirukkudandhai where they stayed in
Navalpakkam Sri. RaghavachariarÂ’s thirumaligai. Sri
Raghavachariar did not fail to notice the young boyÂ’s
prowess and very much enjoyed  the melodious rendering
of his sama ganam. He realized the boy was a genius
and shared his awe very much with his father.

Education 

When the time came for Sri Krishnamachariar to leave
Thirukkudandhai with his son, Sri. Raghavachariar
requested him to leave the boy in his place where he
offered to teach him SAstrAs. Sri. Krishnamachariar
also decided to do it that way and went ahead with his
yatra alone. When he came back to Thirukkudandhai
after three months, the SrinivasaRaghavan  by then had
finished learning KAvyAs in that short time span .As
Azhwar proudly says “ Enna Nonbu NOrrAL kolO ivanAip
perra vayirudaiyAL” Sri Krishnamachariar made all
efforts to make his son learn and become an authority
in all that he learnt at such an young age.

(To be Continued....)

dAsan
vEnkatanAthan SreenivAsan
Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi





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