Published in the Mylapore Times, 23 May 2019 On May 22 evening, hundreds of priests and well-wishers of Sri Varaha Mahadesikan (Andavan), the 12th pontiff of Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam were waiting to receive him at Desika Vidya Bhawanam, Venkatesa Agraharam Road, Mylapore. Since the pontiff was visiting the city for the first time […]
Published by New India Express, 7th May 2019 CHENNAI: Kanchipuram has a historic, but not oft-visited temple dedicated to Kuresha or Kurathazhvan, one of the most loyal disciples of the famous Srivaishnava preceptor, Ramanujacharya. Born in Kuram (Kura) village near Kanchipuram, Kuresha studied under Ramanujacharya in Kanchipuram and subsequently followed him to Srirangam. According
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Sri U.Ve. R. Srinivasan Swami, fondly known as R S Mama, departed to attain acharyan-thiruvadi early morning on 12 February 2020. Srinivasan Swami was very closely associated with the Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam for many decades. He had single-handedly set up the Ashramam website, Yahoo groups and Youtube channels, which he had been running and
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Originally published in the Rangatha Paduka, January 2004 edition The Guruparamparā-prabhāva records that Śrī Vedāntadeśika showed his precocious genius in an assembly of scholars even at the early age of five. Under instructions from Śrī Nadādūr Ammāl, he was tutored by his maternal uncle Śrī Kidāmbi Appullār. He completed his entire study of both
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Published in the Hindu, 21 October 2018 Sri Varaha Mahadesikan Swamigal took charge as the 12th pontiff of the Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam during a ceremony held in Tiruchi on Sunday. The new pontiff was anointed following the demise of Sri Ranga Ramanuja Maha Desikan, reverentially referred to by devotees as Srimad Andavan Swamigal,
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