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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
******************************************************
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
 
http://members.tripod.com/~vrrperumal
http://www.divyadesamonline.com/tiruputkuzhi.asp
 
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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