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SrImathE ranga rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha
SrImathE SrinivAsa rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha
SrImathE vEdAntha rAmAnuja mahA dEsikAya namaha
SrI ranganAtha Divya maNi pAdhukAbhyAm namaha
 
 
Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan's Thanian

Srimath vEdhAntha rAmAnuja munikarunAlabdha vEdhAntha yugmam
Srimath SrivAsa yogeeswara gurupadhayOrarpitha swAthma bhAram
Srimath Sri ranganAthAhvaya munikrupayA prAptha mOkshasramam tham
Srimath VEdhAntha rAmAnuja munimaparam samsrayE dEsikEndram

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Dear Bhagavathas,

This is the Continuation of Posting on Life History of
Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan. This is the third
Volume in the series.
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Life as a GruhastA

By the age of 14, swAmi having mastered the whole of
Divya prabhadham became a leading member in the
adhyApaka ghosti. It is no wonder that swAmi became so
much involved with Amudhan, who was considered to be
?Dravida sruthi dharsakan?. At the age of 16, He got
married to Sri vEdavalli ammAL. She was the sixth
daughter of Neduntheru krishnaswAmy Iyengar. For his
livelihood, swAmi started giving upanyAsams at a very
young age.

SwAmi used to visit Tanjore ( to Geetha sabha run
under the leadership of Sri Rangaswami Iyengar) every
Sunday to render kAlakshEpams on Geetha Bhashyam.
SwAmi had to return back to kudanthai the same day
either by bus or train. If it got delayed, His father
would come and wait for Him either in the bus stand or
railway station. After seeing swAmi returning, His
father would silently return back to their gruham with
relief. As soon as swAmi came back home, His mother
would serve him dinner. One could imagine swAmi?s
parents showering so much of love, care and affection
towards Him. Four sons and two daughters were born to
swAmi in his gruhasthAsramam.

A sabhA under the leadership of Sri. U.Ve. Ramaswamy
Iyengar was started in Thirukkudanthai to spread the
principles of visishtAdvaitA philosophy. It was named
?ParAnkusa bhakta sabhA?. SwAmi served the sabhA
working with his friend, Sri. Elayavalli swAmi for a
long time. He also released a magazine through the
sabhA and published rare works of our philosophy. He
also used to visit places like pudhukkOttai to
participate in vidhwath sabhAs. Financially situation
became tougher for swAmi to run His family. With the
help of His friend, Pidil Raja Manickam Pillai, swAmi
went to Thiruvananthapuram and showed his prowess in
MahArAjA sadas and received a gold medal and
sambhAvanA from the king. After his father?s demise,
swAmi with the blessings of his AchAryA, decided to go
to Chennai to take care of his family. Srimath Akkur
Andavan sent a note to Sri. U.Ve. A.S. VaradAchAr
swAmi who was doing kumkum manufacturing business to
help out swAmi that would fully utilize His
extraordinary knowledge in our sampradAyic matters.

Move to Chennai

When swAmi went to chennai, Akkur varadAchAr swAmi
requested Him to stay in his thirumALigai and arranged
for swAmi?s rendering of kAlakshEpams in various
sabhAs through out the city. Since swAmi had come new
to the city, He could not find opportunity to give
upanyAsams that frequently. Many times it so happened
that when the person who usually used to give
upanyAsams in a sabha couldn?t make it on a particular
day, swAmi was called for the upanyAsam. Nevertheless
swAmi was very determined in His resolve. This
continued for some years when swAmi was in chennai and
His family was in Thirukkudanthai and they had to
endure hardship that came along the way.

SwAmi?s style of upanyAsam

Kannan swAmi had His own distinct and inimitable style
of rendering upanyAsam. It simply mesmerized the
listeners who were always seeking more at the end of
His upanyAsams. At that time His contemporaries in
upanyAsams were stalwarts such as kArppangAdu
vEnkatAchAriar swAmi, kAnchi vidwAn prathivAdhi
bhayankaram AnnangarAchAriar swAmi. With Divya
dampathi?s and all His poorvAchAryAs? full blessings,
SwAmi with his scintillating style of delivery
attracted the listeners far and wide and set them
rapturous. He simply made a revolution during those
times.

With NammAndavan?s soft and good words, rare inner
meanings collected from Akkur Andavan?s rAmAyanam
upanyAsams, and PoorvAchAryAs? excellent commentaries
on AlwArs? aruLiccheyalgaLs , swAmi provided rare
insights into all the subjects He dealt with during
the upanyAsams. This kindled interests in listeners?
mind and ears like never before who were all very
blessed and fortunate to have had this great
opportunity.

SwAmi?s voice was so much delectable to hear that it?s
not exaggerating to say that it was sweeter than
honey. The words coming out of his mellifluous voice
would be very soft and would not be harsh sounding at
all. There will be a lot of fun filled stories in His
upanyAsams that would bring laughter to the listeners
and at the same time it would never be hurting to
anyone. At the time of lecture, swAmi would render it
in such a way that His tone would be very normal but
at the same time it will be extremely witty. He would
make listeners very easily understand the complex
inner meanings of our philosophy with practical
examples. With absolutely no modulation or excitement
shown in His voice or His thiruMEni, swAmi would merge
His style based on the pulse of the crowd for that
particular day. SwAmi was also very time conscious
during his upanyAsams. He would make sure the
upanyAsams start and end on the scheduled time. This
would often make listeners wanting for more at the end
of each upanyAsam so much so that they would come back
to the mandapam the next day of upanyAsam, well ahead
of time so that they could get a place very close to
the dais.

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(To be continued....)

Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi,
dAsan,
venkat Sreenivasan
 
PS: Attached is a picture of Late Sri. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former president of India, calling on two Yateeswaras, Srimath Thirukkudanthai Andavan and Srimath Mukkur Azhagiyasingar swamis.


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