SrI :
Dear BhakthAs : Here is a good description of the
Vaibhavam of
VaishNavAs in Andhara PradEsh . You all know the
differences between
Andhra and Baahya. Andhra PradEsh is certainly a
very special one , which
saw the birth of AchArya RaamAnujA's VedArtha
Sangraha right in front of
Lord SrinivAsa Of Thirumalai . At that time ,
AchArya RaamAnujA's uncle ,
Thirumalai Nampi was there , the AchAryan's sishyan
, AnanathAcharyan
and a whole assembly of Sri VaishNavAs listened to
the Masterly exposition
of AchArya RaamAmuja seated in front of the Lord of
Thirumala.
AchArya RaamAnuja distilled the Upanishadic
doctrines and the Teachings of
AzhwArs about the Svaroopam , SvabhAvam and
Vaibhavam of the Lord of Thirumala
thru their 200 plus Paasurams . Thirumala in
Andhra PradEsh was not an easy place to
access in thsoe days . The whole
mountain (Seven hills) is an assembly of SaaLagrAmams .
AchArya RaamAnuja hesitated to place His Thiruvadi
on that sacred mountain . Finally ,
He was persuaded to visit the Sannidhi of Lord
SrinivAsan and bless us all with
VedArTa Sangraham and pave the way for the creation
of SrI BhAshyam , His magnum opus.
The First MangaLa SlOkam of VedArTa Sangraham
that resonated from the Sapthagiri hill
of
Andhra PradEsh sums up the doctrines of Sri
VaishNavam like a ChuLakam :
asEsha chithachith vasthu SEshinE
SeshasAyinE
nirmalAnandha kalyANa nidhayE VishNavE
nama:
NamaskArams to all the VaishNava Nampis of Andhra
Desam ,
V.Sadagopan
Dear all,
Personally, I have seen a lot of Divya-Prabandha inscriptions, teachings of
Bhagavad Ramanuja, and other Sri Suktis in the Thousand Pillar Mantapam at Sri
Simhachalam Sri Varaha-Nrusimha kshetram.
Also, even at very small towns, like kandukuru, MAlakonda,
PenchalakOna, Mangalagiri, Dharmapuri and others, ( not to speak about
Divya Desams like Ahobilam and Tirupati etc.. ), Sri Vaishnavam flourished in
Such small Temples as Sri Janardana, mAlyAdri-chenchu-Lakshmi-Nrusinmha,
nityAnna-dAna-Lakshmi-Nrusimha, sri pAnakAla-Vara-lakshmi-Nrusimha,
dushta-samhara-Dharmapuri-vAsa-Nrusimha Sannidhis.
As far the Contributions of Sri Tirumalai Nambi and Sri Saila Poorna,
the Whole Sri Vaishnava world knows and no special menmtion needs to be made
here.
Well, Everyone knows TAllapAka, in Cuddapah district, from where Sri
AnnamAcharya came and though born as a Srungavara smArta, became a student of
Srimat Adivan sathagopa Yatindra and became the most popular singer of Sri
Tirumala Devastanam, with 32,000
pada-kavitas, to signify the 32 letters of Sri Nrusimha-prANa mantra.
Regarding the Vijaya-nagara-Empire, Sri Krishna-Deva-RAya, himself became a
Sri-Vaishnava of the Highest order, by accepting Sri TatachArya of Sri
Desika sAmpradAyam as his Guru and composing the most klishta-prabandha
"Amukta-mAlyada" signifying Sri Goda Devi's Tiruppavai and NAchiyar
Thirumozhi. Sri Krishna-Devaraya also had his
AsthAna-ashta-Diggaja-panditas, the most famous of whom is the AllasAni
PeddanAmAtya, a staunch Sri Vaishnava Scholar, and composed the Prabandha-ratna
" Manucharitra " regarding the SwArOchisha Manu Sambhavam. Also, Sri
Tenali Rama-Linga became a great Sri Vaishnava, accepting the deeksha-name
as TenAli RAma-Krishna and composed the Prabandha "
PAnduranga-mahAtmyam".
Many many are the contributions of great Sri Vaishnavas from
Telugu-Nadu.
Srimat Azhagiyasingar Thiruvadigale SaraNam.
adiyen,
Venkat kanumalla of Sri Ranganatha Temple, New
York.
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