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Srimathe Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikaya Namaha
Sri Ranganatha Divya Mani Padhukabhyam Namaha



Acharya parampara of Srimath Andavan Ashramam continues in this posting with 
Srimath Mysore Andavan - Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Mahadesikan

 

Srimath Mysore Andavan: Thirunakshatram: Avani - Uthiram



 

Thanian:

Srimath Srivasa yOgeeswara munikarunAlabdha vEdhantha yugmam

Srimath vEdhantha rAmAnuja gurupadhayorarpitha swAthma bhAram

Srimath srudhyantha rAmAnuja yathi nrupathE:prAptha mOkshasramam tham

Srimath SrivAsa rAmanuja munimaparam samsrayE gnanavArthim

 

Parthipa-Avani Uthiram is the 97th thirunakshatram day of Srimath Mysore 
Andavan Sri SrinivAsa RAmAnuja MahA dEsikan ,who adorned Acharya peetam as the 
10th Andavan in the Andavan Periashramam Munithraya Sampradayam AchArya Lineage.

 

AdiyEn is transmitting the source material provided by:-

Sri. Sunder KidAmbi(of Boston,USA?purvAsrama grand son of Srimath Mysore 
Andavan and Sri R. Rajagopal in his article ?Looking back and Looking 
forward-III? in the September issue of  2004,(Dharana varsusham ?Purattasi 
madham)  as a life history of Kaviratna, Vedanta Vibhushana, Vedantasara, 
Pravachana Kalanidhi, Sri U Ve Vidwan Hariharapuram Gopalacharya (in his 
purvAsramA) and as Srimath Mysore Andavan, Sri Srinivasa Ramanuja Mahadesikan ( 
in ThuriyAsramA).

 

An elderly scholar of vidwat scholarship in Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi, 
Sri Hariharapuram Gopalacharya was born on 19.08.1909 ( Soumya  Varusham ?Avani 
Madham Uthira Palguni Nakshathram) to Sri Krishnamaachaarya and Smt. 
Ranganaayakamma (Gowri festival day, Sosale village, T. Narasipura Taluk on the 
banks of Cauvery near Sangamam of Cauvery and Kapila rivers, Mysore district) 
who belonged to an orthodox Srivaishnava family which had a scholastic 
background. Other members of the family included two brothers and two sisters. 

 

During his childhood, due to epidemic plague that spread widely, swAmi's father 
passed away, following which, the family's financial position was not sound. He 
lived in Sosale village and studied in a higher primary school there. Knowing 
the budding scholar in swAmi, the scholars persuaded him to join Mysore 
Maharaja Samskruta Paathashaala and continue his studies. Accordingly, swAmi 
came to Mysore, joined the Sanskrit college, completed his further studies in 
Saahitya and Vyaakarana and became Vidwan.  

 

During the student days, he had to depend for his daily food in Sri Parakaala 
mutt, where the then Aacharya Sri Abhinava Ranganaatha parakAla mahA dEsikan 
who adorned the peetam, noticed the brilliant boy and provided him necessary 
facilities. By the grace of lord Hayagreeva, he also brought his brothers and 
used to help them by giving good education and food (padi) that he received in 
the Parakaala mutt and there by facilitated their studies also. 

 

Having completed matriculation, Sanskrit (vidwat degree), Kannada Pandit and 
Hindi Pandit exams, he attained proficiency in 'Naalaayira Divyaprabhandam' 
(Tiruvaymozhi), chanting of vedas, literature and grammar. He passed all higher 
examinations of philosophy (Vedanta Shastra) and obtained Vidwat Prashasti.  In 
his 14th year, he had the blessings of Srimath NammAndavan and with Pancha 
Samskaaras and Bharanyasa. At that juncture, he composed a beautiful collection 
of 134 poems (Srimad Aandavan Vaibhavam) and visualizing the scholar in him, 
Srimad Aandavan blessed the boy immensely and he came to be known as Mysore 
Vidwan Gopu. 

 

Regarding discharging duties and responsibilities, Sri Gopaalaachar married Smt 
Jayalakshmi from Talkad who belonged to a respectable family. The couple were 
blessed with six daughters and two sons.  

 

Srimath Mysore Andavan was famous amongst the other scholars from Sosale. He 
worked hard towards the improvement of the  Sri Venugopalaswamy temple at 
Sosale. He was an ardent devotee of Srimath Aandavan, all through. He was a 
beloved disciple of many great scholars and he successfully completed the 
studies of and Upanishads and grantha chathushtya kAlakshEpams under Srimath 
Akkur Andavan

 

In his efforts to invite Srimath Aakoor Andavan to Karnataka, his journey on 
cycle to Chamarajanagar, Sathymangalam, Erode and Srirangam to arrange for the 
stay of Andavan was commendable. With all these devotional services to Sri 
Aacharya, he obtained the blessings of Srimath  Aakoor Aandavan. Sri 
Gopalacharya served in a high school at Sakaleeshpuar (Karnataka) and 
thereafter he came to Mysore and served as Sanskrit teacher in Mahajana high 
school (1945 to 1975). 

 

Srimath Thembarai Andavan became weaker as the days passed by and  gave 
upadesam on ?Preksha manthram? and ?Mokshasrama Ahnika Anushtanam? to three 
vidwans of the Asramam - U.Ve. Sri. Kannan swami (who later became 
Thirukkudanthai Andavan), U.Ve. Sri. Mysore GopalachAr swami and Mannargudi 
Ganapadi vidwAn U.Ve. Sri. Narasimhacharya swami to be ready and take up 
sanyasam any time when called.

 

when the health condition of His holiness Srimad Tembirai Andavan was badly 
affected, Vidvan sri Gopalachar Swamy  was the  alternate candidate to become 
ninth peetathipathi to succeed His holiness thebirai Andavan Himself in April 
1963,had not sri Kannan swamy turned up for taking up sanyAsam for any reason. 
Sri kannan swamy entered Thuriyasramam on 5th of April 1963 as 9th 
peetadhipathy with the name Srimath Vedhantha Ramanuja Maha 
Desikan.(SRP-sep-2004)

 

Sri Chitrakoodam Vijayaraghavachariar was the srikaryam till late 60s.Then, Sri 
Mysore Gopalachar became Srikaaryam of the Srimad Andavan Ashramam , and 
continued as srikaryam  for almost 2 decades. As srikaryam of Srimath Andavan 
asramam, He travelled  all along  with the then pontiff  H.H.Thirukkudanthai 
Aandavan and undertook paadayatra all over India and specially Badrikasramam. 
He was respected for his devotion, dedication, commitment to Srivaishnavism 
(Sri Ramanuja Darshanam) and his wide scholarship in all shastras. He was a 
good swimmer too. 

 

Scholarly works:

 

Srimath Andavan has contributed many works of scholarly nature. They include;  

1. Ramanuja Noothandadi (1959) a translatory work (with commentary in Kannada) 
from Tamil to Kannada. 

2. Sri Ramanuja Panchashat in Sanskrit 

 

His master pieces : 

 

1. A complete translation of 'Sri Paadukaasahasram' with scholarly commentary 
in Kannada (1969). This work of 465 pages, was published at Sri Parakaala mutt 
Mysore. 

2. A translation of 'Deshika prabandham' from Tamil to Sanskrit and commentry 
in Kannada. 

3. Srimad Aacharya Parampara Prabhavam in Sanskrit. 

4. Shaattumurai Kramam and Aacharya Thanian 

5. A beautiful work about Vishnusahasranama 

6. Sragdharaa Shatakam in Sanskrit 

7. Sri Rahasyatraya Saara Sangraha of Vedanta Deshika in poetry (sanskrit 
version) 

8. Sri Mahaalakshmi Stuti, a fine stotram about Goddess Lakshmi of 108 
Divyadeesha (at the time when Sri Tirukkudanthai Andavan was ill and bedridden) 

9.A commentary to 'Tiruvaimozhi', following the lines of Poorvaachaarya's 
commentary. 

10. Translated works of Sri Vedanta Deeshika to Kannada. 

 

swAmi was an Aashu Kavi of a very high caliber, and used to compose 
Padabandhams spontaneously. SwAmi has also written numerous articles about Sri 
Ramanuja philosophy. Following his contribution to Sanskrit literature, SwAmi  
was recognized as an outstanding scholar both by state and center, and was 
given an honorarium (President's Gold Medal).

  

When Srimad Thirukkudanthai Andavan?s health was very much affected, His 
holiness gave sanyasam to Vidwan Mysore  Gopalachar  on 11.04.1988 (PRABHAVA 
VARUSHAM-PANGUNI MADHAM ?Sravana Nakshathram) and HH became the successor of 
Thirukkudanthai Andavan and   10 th peetathipathi of Srimadh Srirangam Andavan 
Ashram at the age of 79 years. Since then he was popularly called as Mysore 
Andavan.

 

The health of His holiness was  also very much affected in 1988/89 by repeated  
debilitating strokes of cerebral thrombosis .Even then, His holiness used to 
remember and recite fluently the verses that He composed more than six decades 
earlier. And yet Padukas Saw to it that HH Srimad Mysore Andavan?s mental 
faculties and speech was not affected (excepting for a minor loss of recent 
memories!)When not bedridden, HH could move about freely and perform Perumal 
and Paduka Aradhanam daily and recite the Seva Kalams fluently (when the senior 
Acharya Srimad Thirukkudanthai Andavan was too much indisposed to do so.)  HH  
srimad Mysore Andavan?s Kalyana Gunas were many .Indeed a rare combination of 
of Gnanam Santham ,Virakthi, Vairakyam,and Anagam (blemishless or Faultless) 
and above all an unshakeable Acharya Bhakthi that had to be seen to be 
believed).

 

Both the Acharyas,Srimad Thirukkudanthai Andavan and Srimad Mysore Andavan were 

together for a period of exactly one year. His holiness  Srimad Thirukkudanthai 
Andavan adorned the Thirunadu on 10-04-1989.Within a short period of 42days His 
holiness Srimad Mysore Andavan also  attained Paramapadam at Srirangam Ashramam 
-Dwidhiyai on  22 -05-1989 ( @ 3:10 AM on a Monday,  SUKLA VARUSHAM ?VAIKASI  
MADHAM_-Krishna Paksham thithi ) thus becoming an illustrious ardent devotee of 
Sri Ramanuja. Words cannot explain the saintly nature of Srimath Mysore 
Andavan, but it could only be felt by the disciples who loved and adored him 
with devotion.

 

With Obeisance to His Holiness Srimath Andavan, Sri SrinivAsa RAmAnuja mahA 
DEsikan.

 

In the next posting adiyen will continue with the history of acharyas covering 
the history of Current Pontiff of Srimath Andavan Periashramam, Srimath 
Srimushnam Andavan.

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi

Perungadambanur Parthasarathy Sreenivasan 

(of  Besant Nagar)

 

Adiyen has attached a photo of Srimath Mysore Andavan taken just before His 
Holiness took sanyasashramam in Srirangam (Courtesy- www.prapatti.com)


                
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