Re: The stairway to the Divine
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• February 3, 1997
I would prefer if we moved away from using terms such as ``Srirangam acharyas'' and ``Kanchi acharyas'' on a regular basis. This implies that there were two opposing camps then and there itself, which could not be further from the truth. Further, Desika, nominally a Kanchi acharya, spent some of the most productive years of his life in Srirangam. [The thirumaaLigai-s of both Desika and his praacaarya Nadadur Ammal can be seen to this day in the southeast corner of the first prakaaram outside the kOvil.] Similarly, Manavala Maamunigal, nominally a Srirangam acharya, spent a great deal of time in Kanchipuram. He is said to have done one full kaalakshepam of the Sribhashya in Yathoktakari Swami Sannidhi [Thiruvehka]. He has also composed the Devaraja Mangalam on Varadaraja Swamy. I request some Kanchipuram natives can enlighten us as to whether this Mangalam is still recited regularly in perumaaL kOvil. Perhaps it is better to refer to the acharya by name when we speak of their teachings, rather than lumping them into an artificial Srirangam or Kanchi category? There are also mutual disagreements between Periya Vaaccaan Pillai, Pillai Lokacarya, and Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Nayanar, at least on the surface. So it may be better to leave the compartmentalization for those rare occasions which truly require them. Mani
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