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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri VanAchala mahA munayE Namaha

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam
Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramya jAmataram munim

RamyajAmatru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA
thathAyathatAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

HH Sri Vanamamalai rangappa rAmAnuja Jeeyer (fourth pattam) 

Swamy's Kainkaryams continued

6. Swamy developed a garden and grew different types of flower plants and 
bushes (maligai, mullai, eruvAtchi, senbhagam,vagulam,kEthaki, punnAgam, 
kuravakam, jAthi) for the kainkaryam of sirivaramangai nAchiyar and deivanAyaka 
perumAl.
7. Then in the middle of settruthAmarai (the divine tank) developed a small 
pond to reserve water for even the peak summer time and made room for Sri 
deivanAyaka perumal to undergo avabruthasNanam (final divine bath after a 
utsavam) by constructing thirumandapam and steps. This pond serves to provide 
water for animals, birds and people even during peak summer time.
8. In the divine feet of his holiness Sri vAnamAmalai rangappa ramAnuja Jeeyer, 
one jeeyer by the name Sri nAthan Jeeyer surrendered and learnt ubhaya vEdantha 
and got the divine manthrAs and manthrArthas and wanting to do mangalAsAsanams 
to the divya dEsa emperumAns in north India got the permission of swamy and 
accordingly started his journey.
9. Nathan Jeeyer swamy then proceeded doing mangalAsAsanam to the various divya 
dEsams on the way and reached thirukudandhai on the banks of the river kAveri. 
10. Then Sri nAthan jeeyer swamy went to the nearby divya dEsam and did 
mangalAsAsanam to nAthan. The temple was totally surrounded by plants and 
bushes and hence swamy removed all the unwanted creapers and forest area and 
did renovations to the nAthan koil (nandipura vinagaram) temple. Then swamy 
constructed the beautiful thirumandapams, thirumadhils (walls) and gOpurams and 
made arrangements for daily thiruvArAdhanams to perumal and stayed there in the 
kainkaryam of perumal. During the kainkaryams, the utsava moorthi of nAthan 
perumal was found underneath the ground and swamy consecrated that moorthi also 
into the temple. Then swamy also constructed the divine chariot for perumal and 
did nithyOsava (daily festivals), pakshOtsava (fornight festivals), mAsOtsava 
(monthly festivals), samvasarOtsava (yearly festivals) and also developed 
beautiful gardens around the temple and remained as a satshisya (good disciple) 
doing kalashepams.
11. From this time (after Sri nAthan jeeyer did kainkaryams in nAthan kOil) it 
became a practice to send a jeeyer from vanamamalai mutt for the srikAryams 
(service) to nAthan sannadhi. 
12. In vanamamalai, Sri rangappa rAmAnuja Jeeyer swamy started becoming 
physically weak due to old age and hence started searching for the next 
peedhAdhipathi. Swamy selected a great scholar, filled with jnanam and 
vairAkhyam and one who was greatly blessed with the divine grace of alwar and 
who came under the lineage of thiruvAimozhi pillai, Sri thimmaiyengAr swamy and 
did samAsrayanam and other necessary samskArams (rituals), thought manthra 
manthrArthAs and bhagavat vishayams and also granted uththamAsramam (sanyAsa) 
and appointed him to be the next vAnamamalai Jeeyer under the name Sri 
ThiruvEnkata rAmAnuja jeeyer.
13. In this way, his holiness Sri rangappa rAmAnuja Jeeyer swamy remained in 
peedam for six samvatsarams (years).

Swamy's charama slOkam:

"vayAkyE varshEsmin savidharisamAyAdhi midhunam sithE pakshE moolE 
ravidhinayuthE bhAshyanipuna: I chaturdhasyAm vAnAshithitharamunir manga la 
gunair yuthO rangapAkyas svaguru charanAmbhOja magamath"

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee,
Sumithra Varadarajan







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