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             Srimathe Sri Ramanujaya Namaha| 
               SRI RAMANUJA MISSION, INC. 
           OF SRIRANGAM SRIMATH ANDAVAN ASHRAMAM (SRI) 

             Sri Ramanuja Jayanthi Celebrations 2007
           Annual Award Announcement "Kaimkarya Thilakam" 
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Dear Bhagavathas:

On the most joyous occasion of Sri Ramanuja Jayanthi celebrations 
during the month of Chithirai (22 April 2007), we are happy to 
recognize a well-known personality in the electronic medium - a 
prolific writer, a simple down-to-earth bhagavatha, who hails from a 
very traditional family (Navalpakkam lineage), who is deeply immersed 
in the bhagavath anubhavams of Azhwars, and who has devoted his life 
to the translation of the commentaries on Nalayira Divya Prabhandham. 
In the recent past, there has not been a single day in which we could 
have missed his postings. A mechanical engineer from BITS, Pilani, he 
has worked in the Middle East and is currently stationed in 
Singapore ? as you all must have guessed by now, this young, 
accomplished bhagavatha is none other than Sri V. Madhavakkannan 
Swami. 

The younger generation can draw inspiration from this well-qualified, 
well-accomplished, yet humble person and ardent follower of Ramanuja 
Siddhantham. He is blessed with the ability to transcend the 
anubhavams of Azhwars into his writings that can also be experienced 
by the readers themselves. This is evident from the numerous 
compliments he receives on his postings. To recognize his tremendous 
contribution in sustaining the rich Vedic tradition, Sri Ramanuja 
Mission, Inc. of Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam (SRI) is pleased 
to confer on him the title of "Kainkarya Thilakam."

This title carries with it an honorary plaque and blessings from HH 
Sri Rangaramanuja Mahadesikan and will be presented during Sri 
Ramanuja Jayanthi celebrations at SSVT, MD, on Sunday, April 29th in 
the presence of Udayavar, Sri Venugopala Perumal, Sri Nrusimha 
Sudharshana Chakrath Alwar, Purvacharya Padukas and fellow 
bhagavathas with full honor.  SRI president Sri Poondi Vijayaraghavan 
will be presenting the award.   

We request fellow bhagavathas to join us in honoring Sri V. 
Madhavakkannan Swami and in praying to Sri Ranganatha Divya Dampathi 
and Purvacharya Padukas to bestow upon him and his family a long life 
and continued service in the years to come.    

Nadadur Mathavan 
Secretary, Sri Ramanuja Mission
Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam
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As we know how much Sri V. Madhavakkannan Swami loves to write, we 
persuaded him to present a biography in his own style, which is as 
follows: 

Dearest all, 

adiyEn's past (though not worth- still as per the request of Sri 
Ramanuja Mission, adiyEn attempts to write something for the sake of 
getting to know my other life:-)

I was born in 1960, at Madras. My grandfather (paternal) was 
appointed as an archakA in Srinivasar temple (small one) at Thozhur 
(where we stayed) near ThiruvaLLur (not a big sthalam, at all). He 
was a sanskrit sironmaNi and used to teach me sanskrit desika slokams 
and kALidAsan works like Raghu vamsam, Megha sandesam, etc in 
addition to Bhagavad Vishayam during my teens. When I was 10 we moved 
to Ambattur in Madras to be closer to my father's office 
(ICF,Perambur). My father Sri VS Vasudevachariar (now staying at 
Srirangam) was just a typical obedient son and a lowkika (He knew 
dEsika  sthotrams, upanishads, some pAsurams, vishNu sahasranAmam 
Gadhya trayam etc.,). 

During my secondary school, despite my disinterest, my grandfather 
taught me pancha sukthams, vishNu sahasranamam, usual conventional 
ones (pallAndu, thiruppaLLIyezhcchi, thiruppAvai, AmalanAdhipirAn, 
first 10 NammAzhwAr pAsurams, sArrumurai, desikar mangaLam, taitriya 
upanishshads siksha valli, bruhuvalli, Anandha valli etc.). 

We belong to Oratthi Thaiyaar Acchi Vangheepuram family and we belong 
to swamAchAryALs and hence, my thAtthA performed samAsrayaNam to me 
before I went to BITS, Pilani. I graduated in Mechanical Engineering 
from BITS. My thatha's place is few kilometers from Navalpakkam 
village and he learnt from Navalpakkam Swami. My maternal grand 
mother hailed from Navalpakkam and even today we have our roots 
there.  

With that back ground, and due to the infinite grace of PerumAL and 
Samasraya acharyan (Thatha's) kataaksham it was my Mathematic 
professor Dr.V.KrishNamurthy, who gave a small talk on Hinduism 
(mainly advaithic philosophy-being an iyer) which IMPRESSED me 
greatly and almost left my studies to read only books on Philosophy. 
Later, I began to read about Sri Ramanuja, AzhwAs' Biographies which 
were nothing BUT a development and matured understanding of AdvaitA. 
I was proud of being a SrivaishNavA and was simply flabbergasted at 
the sweetness of Tamizh works of AzhwArs. 

By this time, my grandparents attained acharyan thiruvaDi; I 
completed my degree; joined BHEL, Trichy (where my father was deputed 
from ICF to BHEL, trichy) and stayed at SRIRANGAM. (See how our lives 
are being dragged; Both my grand parents died in SriRangam). At Sri 
Rangam, seeing me totally involved in Philospophy, my parents trapped 
me with the married life (my wife, Brindha hails from Tirukkoviloor 
and is a medico). Alas, samsAgara sAgaram- I am now a father of 18 
year old boy, Vijai Srinivas and 12 year old girl, HariNi. I came to 
Singapore and joined BECHTEL, Singapore (in search of more MONEY! and 
more material pursuits!_What a pity!) in 95. (before that from 90 to 
95 I was deputed from BHEL to middle east - Saudi). In the meanwhile 
after my grand father's death, my dearest father slowly transformed 
himself into a parama vaidheeka and has been doing thiruvArAdhanam at 
my residence at srirangam; He slowly learnt more desikar sthothrams; 
divyaprapandhams; Rahaya traya saram, yajur vEdAs (7 kAndams), etc, 
etc. He is now retired and is full fledged 12 thirumaN, pancha 
kaccham, kudumi, does not eat outside any where; very devoted and 
very understanding always other person's view. He is still attending 
lots of kAlakshEpams at Ahobila Mutt, Andavan Ashram, and other 
Navalpakkam swamigals (we belong to Navalpakkam). He and amma 
performed bharanyAsam at the lotus feet of Navalpakkam Sri Ubhaya 
Vedantha Sri Valayapettai Ramanuja thathachar.  He inspired me to 
read more and more of our scriptures and more of prapandhams (I even 
argue with my father that one enjoys the pAsurams, (since it is in 
Tamizh) than Sanskrit verses, which are also good but not 
understandable and relished immediately, unless mahAns like Sri VS or 
Sri AR or Sri SR help. Sri Mani Varadarajan was sent by Sriman 
NarayaNa to thadutthAtkoLLify me and came to my rescue through 
internet (which I browsed and caught him) and Archives from which I 
learnt REALLY a LOT- thanks to Sri V Satakopan Swami, Sri Anbil 
Ramaswamy swami and others.

I was working as Project Engineering Manager in a company called 
BECHTEL first and later in Halliburton before I joined this company 
Jacobs.  

It has always been my habit to read loud and share with others 
whatever I have read, be it a joke, story or a poem. So, when I 
started to begin posting and reading articles, it was simply 
thrilling and that made me buy a PC immediately at home.  

Incidentally I used to talk to my son for hours together (rather he 
talks) on VishishtAdvaitA. I am always a bit emotional and melt 
easily at any moving AzhwArs or adiyArgaLs' stories. That's the 
reason I wished to share. 

With the great encouragements and inspiring pats through emails from 
so many persons for my rambling for the last ten years, I am 
motivated again and again to post (and torture you all).  Sorry for 
boring you a lot. It is only to tell you that I am lower than the 
lowest adiyAr and have absolutely no pure, sincere, love and bhakti 
for the Lord. I belong to hypocrite category. As long as I run amuck 
for all these material pursuits and run after satisfying the sense 
organs, I am useless and of no worth for me to be considered for any 
salvation. It is He who has decided to capture me and has entered 
into my heart without my knowledge and refuses to get out. 

It is He who has arranged for such a Most Merciful Acharya saarva 
bhouman His Holiness Srimad ParavakkOttai Andavan Swami Sri 
Gopaladesika Mahadesikan who performed Prapatti for me. 

It is He who speaks through me to let the esteemed members of the 
discussion forum to like adiyEn posts and take up AzhwArs' works and 
recite them.

It is my desire to continue to share and learn in the process all 
AzhwArs works, and all acharyas¡ works.

Regards

Namo Narayana 
dAsan

 




 
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