Thiruthuraippoondi Andavan Thirunakshatram - Srinivasa Ramanuja M aha Deshikan
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• October 28, 2001
Swamy Deshikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam !!! Today the 29th of October, happens to be the thirunakshatram of Sri Thiruthraippoondi Andavan, Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha Deshikan. This great acharya was born in the constellation of Uttara Bhadrapada in the month of Aippasi in a village called ViLakkudi.near Rajamannar Sannidhi and hailed from IyuNNi Bharadhvaja gothram. He studied all the samanya shastras, Ubhaya Vedanta and Rahasyas at the feet of Sri Vedanta Ramanuja Maha Deshikan or Vazhutur Swamy who was very well known as "Srimad Andavan" at Srirangam and also performed.prapatti at the feet of Sri Vazhuttur Andavan. Sri Vazhuttur Andavan chose him to be his successor for sampradaya samrakshanam and initiated him into the fourth order of Sanyasam, with the title Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha Deshikan. During his stay at Thiruthuraippoondi, Sri Vazhuttur Swamy conferred the title "Andavan" to Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha Deshikan and from that day onwards Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha Deshikan came to be known as Thiruthuraippoondi Andavan. He was a scholar of great calibre and lived in an Ashramam with utmost vairagyam and anushtanam on the banks of the river Kollidam at Arangam. He conducted vedantic debates and kalakshepams. He had many shishyas, prime amongst them being Sri Srinivasa Maha Deshikan (Periyandavan) who studied all esoterics at the feet of Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha Deshikan. He remained deeply dedicated to the sampradayam and placed Srimad Andavan sampradayam on a firm footing and as a beacon light to thirsty aspirants. His taniyan reads as follows - shrImadgopAlasUrerniravadhikaruNAvApta satsampradAyam shrImadvedAntarAmAnujayatinrupati: sarvata: sthApayitvA | yasmin satsampradAyam sakalamupadishan amshatonupravishta: shrImachChrIvAsa rAmAnujamunimanagham tam bhaje deshikendram || "I pray at the lotus feet of that blemishless great acharya Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha Deshikan in whom Sri Vazhuttur Swamy did anupravesham and who recieved the wealth of satsampradayam from Srimad Vedanta Ramanuja Swamy who (Sri Vazhuttur Swamy) propagated this wealth after obtaining it from the boundless mercy of the great Gopalarya Maha Deshikan (Thirukkudanthai Deshikan)" vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!! -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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