Dear Swamin, I entirely agree with you. Wherever I go I personally make it a point to pay homage to the Jeeyar swamy of the Sthalam. Kancheepuram is a very important Kshettram and something needs to be done to improve the situation. Adiyen, Dasan, Ramanujam ----------------------------------------------- > To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: vsmvishnu@xxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:09:52 -0700 > Subject: [sri ramanuja] Re: Reg - H.H. Vadikesari Azhagiya Manavala Jeeyar of > Kancheepuram > > Dear Sriman Lakshmi Narasimhan, > I agree with you. > Same was the plight of previous embar jeeyar of Sri Perumbudur. When I visted > him in 1999, he was alone in the maTam and was having a big wound kind of > thing on his back and his kAhsAyam was quite loose. > Unfortunately the Jeeyars at Kanchipuram and Melkote do not have any say in > the temple affairs. I heard that the Jeeyar Matam at Tirupati is also not > doing very well in terms of resources. > While it is true that all mahA bhAgatOttamas and AchAryas are to be respected > in thennAchArya sampradAyam irrespective of varNa and ASrama, something needs > to be done to strengthen the hands of our Jeeyars. At least paying a visit to > them whenever we visit the holy places where they are stationed will bring in > some change. Actually AchArya/bhAgavata sandharSanam is much more important > than temple darSanam. > adiyen > Vishnu > ------------------------ > OK. It has been a week since I have seen any reply on Sri H.H > Vadikesari Azhagiya Manavala Jeeyar Swamy / Matam of Kancheepuram. I > would like to share what I know about Swamy and the Matam. > Sri H.H. Vadikesari Azhagiya Manavala Jeeyar Swamy Matam is a > Thennacharya Sampradaya Matam that is located on the Eastern side of > the Varadaraja Perumal Temple. The "Kizhakku" gopuram which remains > always closed, was actually built by one of the great Swamies in the > Vadikesari Azhagiya Manavala Jeeyar Swamy parampara. I was blessed > to visit the matam and I admired the location and the capacity of > the matam. At the same time, the most unfortunate point is that most > of the walls and the ceilings are heavily damaged and the matam > seems to be unrecognized by most of the devotees. The present swamy > of the matam, is staying at the matam all alone and does not even > have a SriKaaryam - he cooks what he could and is managing > everything himself. Such is the plight of the matam which is just > behind the Temple gopuram. > Could someone who, is capable of bringing great hands and minds > together, take up fixing the above mentioned issues and bring to > lime-light the greatness of the matam? > I am adding the photos of the matam (the photos are not that great > as it was raining when I went there and more over my mobile camera > is almost pre-historical: ) > Will submit better photos in a month. > adiyEn, > rAmAnuja dAsan. > ----------------------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. _________________________________________________________________ Share your special moments by uploading 500 photos per month to Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.get.live.com/spaces/features Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:ramanuja-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:ramanuja-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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