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by TTD News • Featured, VIP News Tirumala, 23 June. 24: His Holiness Sri Sri Varaha Mahadesikan (Andavan), Chief Pontiff of Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam offered prayers in Tirumala temple on Sunday. He was received at the Sacred Fig tree located near Old Annaprasadam Complex as per temple traditional honours (Pedda Maryada). Later TTD JEO Sri Veerabrahmam welcomed the seer, while the archakas took the Pontiff to Bedi Anjaneya […]

Published by TTD News • Featured, VIP News, November 18, 2019   Tirumala, 18 Nov. 19: His Holiness Sri Sri Varaha Mahadesikan (Andavan), Chief Pontiff of Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam visited Sri Vari Temple, Tirumala on Monday. On his arrival in front of Srivari Temple TTD Executive Officer Sri Anil Kumar Singhal and Temple, Priests

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 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,

Published in the Hindu, 29 November 2018 [This is a profile of Sri T. V. Rangarajan, a well-wisher of Srimad Andavan Ashramam, which appeared in the Hindu after LIFCO Publishers awarded the tite ‘Sri Ramanuna Sevashri’ to him.] Growing up in Thiruvaiyaru, T.V. Rangarajan came to Madras for his collegiate education and then worked for