NamO NarayanA Today (16th October) is Purattasi
Kettai – the thiru avatara nakshatram of Sri Athivan Satakopan Jeer. A greatest day that lead to the
establishment of Sri Ahobila Mutt (www.ahobilamutt.org) The following is re-produced from the
Ahobila Mutt website: Sri Athivan Satakopa Jeer was originally
known as Kidambi Srinivasachar. He was a student under Gadikasadam Ammal in
Kanchipuram. One day, the Lord of Ahobilam, Sri Lakshminrisimha, appeared in Srinivasachar's
dream and instructed him to come to the temple town of
At Ahobilam, the Lord himself initiated Srinivasachar into Sanyasam
(monasticism) and gave him the title, "Satakopa
Jeeyar". (Later, Lord Athippiran of Azhvar Thirunagari added
the title Van and Nammazhvar
added the title Athi. Thus the
Jeeyar came be be known as "Athivan
Satakopan".) Then, one of the nine Nrisimhas of Ahobilam called Malolan jumped into the
hands of Athivan Satakopan
and ordered him to travel the length and breadth of the country. Thus began the
institution called Sri Ahobila Matam and the travels of Lord Malolan to village
after village so that devotees get a chance to undertake Panca Samskaram and perform Bhara Nyasam at the lotus feet of the
Lord. Do read this link for detailed inputs on the 1st
Jeer of Sri Ahobila Mutt – Sri Athivan Satakopa Jeer http://www.ahobilamutt.org/bio/1stjeer.html
The travels thus started 600 years ago
continues to this very day. A succession of forty-five ascetics known as Azhagiya Singar have headed Sri Ahobila
Matam. They have all taken Lord Malolan to the people. The unique tradition of
the Lord traveling to the houses of His devotees continues. The present Jeeyar,
who is the 45th in succession, has traveled the length and breadth of the
country twice in the last four years. We are blessed to have a strong lineage and
to have the divine grace of prakrutham Azhagia Singar HH Sri Narayana
Yatheendra Mahadesikan. Purattasi
Kettayil Puvi UdhithOn VaazhiyE dAsan Srimad Azhagia Singar Thiruvadi Sampathkumar
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