SrI:
Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs:
In my earlier note , I had indicated that
Thiruppukkuzhi
Swamy's 150th birthday will be celebrated on
Nov 13
at Kaanchi at His Aasramam. Please correct it
to read
as the 180th ( Third Shasthiyabdha Poorthi)
birthday.
He was born in the SubhAnu year (1823 C.E) at
Thirupputkkuzhi.
He belonged to the Sri Saila Vamsam ., the vamsam of
Periya Thirumalai Nambi , the uncle of AchArya
RaamAnujA .
His Thirunakshathram is Iyppasi AaslEsham ( Adhi Seshan's
Thirunakshathram) and he is also considered as the apara
avathAram
of Swamy Desikan.
As a child already , SrI Krishnan ( later known as
SrI KrishNa
TaatArya MahA Desikan ) was deeply involved in
enjoying
the Sri VaradarAja GuNAmrutham .He learnt very quickly
Ubhaya VedAntham , SaamAnya Saasthrams , Tarkam
,
MeemAmsai, VyAkaraNam , Sangeetham, yOgam , Silpam
,
Manthram and JyOthisham. He was an yEkachandhAgrAhi
and showed great scholarship and pravachana sakthi
quite
early like Swamy Desikan.
Munithraya AchArya Paramparai
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Thirukkudanthai Desikan is the progenitor of the
Munithraya
SampradhAyam. He was born 300 plus years ago
at RaayampEttai
and was a great devotee of Thirukkudanthi
AarAvamudhan. In His
lineage appeared VaRRal Swamy ( HH SrinivAsa MahA
Desikan
of Thirukkudanthai Desikan AchArya Paramparai
). ThirutthuraipooNDi
SrinivAsa RaamAnuja MahA Desikan entrusted Thirupputkkuzhi
KrishNamAchAryar to the care of VaRRal Swamy due to His asakthi .
VaRRal Swamy was known for His Jn~Ana-anushtAna-VairAgyam
and taught the precocious young student from Thiruppukkuzhi ,
who grasped all that was taught to him so fast that the AchAryan
gave him the title of "Vidhvan MaNi " to the precious Sishyan.
SrI BhAshyam and
other grantha KaalakshEpams were thus
completed under HH
VaRRal Swamy .
Many students flocked to Thirupukkuzhi Swamy even
at an early
age to perform KaalakshEpams. A renowned VidhvAn
belonging to
Mysore Raaja sabhA ( RaamA Saasthri) sent some of
his sishyAs to
Kaanchi to debate the VisishtAdhvaithins there.
Thiruppukkuzhi
Swamy was chosen to represent the Kaanchi
scholars to debate
with the sishyAs of RaamA Saasthry.
The parties met at the Hundred
pillar MaNtapam of Lord VaradarAjA's temple and the
top sishyAs of
RaamA Saasthry were soundly defeated by
Thiruppukkuzhi(TPK) Swamy .
The swiftness of the responses of TPK Swamy and His
reflexes to anticipate
the subsequent questions destroyed the power of the
opponents and
they accepted defeat and returned to
Mysore.
TPK Swamy continued with additional Grantha
KaalakshEpams with
his AchAryan and was initiated into Tamizh
Prabhandhams , Desika
Prabahndhams and PiLLai AndhAthi by
TirucchErai NadAthUr Swamy
following the niyamanam of his
AchAryan.
Meanwhile , the unhappy RaamA Saasthry wanted to
defeat TPK Swamy
in debate and invited him to dispute the Siva Para
arTam for NaarAyaNa
nAmam. TPK Swamy prostrated before his AchAryan ,
took latter's
benedictions and went to meet RaamA Saasthry. TPK
Swamy composed two
protest granthams against RaamA Saasthry's
challenge ; latter realized that
he could not ever defeat TPK SWamy and conceded
defeat. HH VaRRal
Swamy was very pleased with his Sishyan's
performance in the vidvath
Sathas and asked another of his Sishyan ( ThodUr
GovindAchari)
to compose a Taniyan for TPK Swamy and deflected
the new sishyAs
that came to him for KaalakshEpam to TPK SWamy.
This prodigy
sihsya of SrI VaRRal Swamy iniitated many sishyAs
into the intricacies
of VisishtAdhvatham and composed many new
granthams.
TPK Swamy was commanded by Lord VaradarAjan
now to accept
the responsibilities for nirvAham of His Koil . TPK
Swamy accepted
the Lord's command and recieved his AchAryA's
benediction.His administrative
skills were on a par with his scholarship . The
uthsavams and AarAdhanams
were conducted with total accord with SampradhAyam
of PoorvAchAryAs like
AchArya RaamAnuja and Swamy Desikan .
During TPK Swamy's dream , Lord VaradarAja appeared
and instructed
his Koil nirvAhar to resume the maryAdhais for
ThUppul Desikan's archai
which had stopped for number of years. Because it
was Bhagavan-niyamanam ,
TPK Swamy easily took control of ThUppul
Swamy Desikan Sannidhi and
resumed the activities relating to worship
rightaway. He conducted after a long
interruption the ten day uthsavam for Swamy Desikan
and on the day of
Swamy Desikan's avathAram ( PurattAsi
SravaNam) arranged for
the elaborate MangaLAsAsanam of Lord VaradarAja at
His aasthAnam
by Swamy Desikan.
The Desika SrI Sookthi PaarAyaNams at the different
sannidhis in and around
the aasthAnams of the Dhivya Dampathis were
organized . Krama maryAdhais
at all the sannidhis and the special MaryAdhai
at the Garbha Graham of
Lord VaradarAja for Swamy Desikan was
established by TPK Swamy.
The BhakthAs of Swamy Desika follow this sampradhAyam even today
on PurattAsi SravaNam
day.
Visits to ThUppul Swamy Desikan Sannidhi by Lord VaradarAja on
specail
BrahmOthsavam days and VisEsha Uthsavam days were also initiated by
TPK Swamy . He established the tradition of SaThAri MaryAdhais
for Swamy Desikan's archai at Lord VaradrAjan Temple , Sri
Lakshmi
KumAra Desikan and his dharma pathni AmmangAr prior to every
veethi PuRappAdu by Lord VaradarAja .
Thus TPK Swamy spread the darsanam of Kula MaNi Swamy Desikan
in many ways , performed MangaLAsAsanam for Lord VaradarAjan
every day , blessed SishyAs with KaalakshEpam from his
house at
the RangarAja Veedhi . This house will be the venue of the planned
180th birthday celebrations of this MahA Desikan , who devoted
His life to the Kaimkaryams for Swamy Desikan and His
AarAdhana Moorthy , Lord VaradarAjan of Kaanchipuram.
SishyAs of TPK Swamy
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Glorious indeed are the sishya Paramparais of
Thiruppukkuzhi
KrishNa TaatArya MahA Desikan : Sri GopAla TaatArya
MahA
Desikan ( VillimapAkkam Swamy) , TaNDri SrinivAasa
MahA Desikan
( PattappA Swamy), Thiruppukkuzhi Narasimha Taata
Desikan ,
Raayadurgam SrI KumAra Taata Desikan ( Sellam
Swamy).
These great sishyAs who performed Prapatthi
under the sacred feet of
TPK Swamy were great Scholars, anushtAthAs and
VairAgyasAlis ,
who were deeply involved with kaimkaryams
at the Lord's temple.
Sellam Swamy was revered as ManthraPushpam Swamy
because
of the affection with which he performed this
sacred rite in front of
the Lord.
Sishya Paramaparai of Thiruppukkuzhi
Swamy
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Sri Ayyaatthu Swamy ( SrI Ayyaa KrishNa TaatArya
MahA Desikan) was
one of the sihyAs of SrI VilliampAkkam Swamy. His
PraachAryan was
then TPK Swamy. He was known for his
PradhakshiNa-PraNAms at
the different sannidhis of PerumAL Koil according
to the tradition
established by the PoorvAchAryAs. He was one of the
great exponents of
Swamy Desikan's SrImad Rahasya Thraya
Saaram.He blessed us with
commentaries on Adaikkala Patthu, SrI VaradarAja
PanchAsath and
Paramatha Bhangam. ThAyAr Sannidhi VaradachAriyAr an dDEvarAja PerumAL
Sannidhi
Archakar Raajam Bhattar had theri prapatthis
under VilliamvAkkam Swamy and
were wel known experts in SaasthrAs and Paancha
Raathra Aagamam
respectively.
There were so many MahAns that have direct and
indirect links to
Thirupukkuzhi Swamy . The list is too long to list.
As SrI VaishNavAs ,
we are grateful to the MahOpakAram of TPK
Swamy thanks to whom
we have links to NavalpAkkam Paramparai,
KethanDapatti Swamy,
KozhiyAlam Swamy , Garudapuram Swamy , UtthamUr
Swamy ,
AchArya VaLLal Thirupukkuzhi Nrusimha TaatArya MahA
DEsikan ,
His disciple , Varadha GuNAmrutha Varshi Raa
SrInivAsa Varada
TaatAchAr , whose compendium on " SrI VaradarAja
GuNAmrutha
Vaibhavam" provided the source material for this
essay to celebrate
the tight links between Kaaanchi VaradarAjan &
His Eminent AchAryAs.
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
P.S : The Web address and SamarpaNam
details
Please support this
Kaimkaryam honoring the 180th birthday
of Thirupukkuzhi Swamy.
Your support checks are Tax free in USA and
India .
The details
on the addreses for sending your samarpaNam
and getting reciepts
are given below :
In India , the drafts can be sent to:
Sri P.V.Satakopa Tatachar
SrI Vilakkoli Perumal Thoopul
Vedantha Desikar Charitable Trust
8B-Sannidhi Street
Little Kanchipuram 631-503
Tamil Nadu , India
In USA , the checks should be sent to :
Mrs.Nagu Satyan
7821 W.Alder Drive
Littleton, CO 80128-5522
The checks should be marked for NAMA Inc.,
Reference at bottom should be made for TPK Swamy
Kaimkaryam
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