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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Published in the New Indian Express, 06th June 2019 CHENNAI: Thoopul or Tirutanka, an ancient part of Kanchipuram, is well-known, as it is home to a Vishnu temple dedicated to Deepa Prakasar and also because is the birthplace of the illustrious Srivaishnava scholar, philosopher and preceptor (Acharya), Vedanta Desika (1268-1369 AD). Thoopul has a
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His Holiness Srivaraha Mahadesikan Srimad Srimushanam Chinna Andavan joined the Vice President of India, Sri Venkaiah Naidu and the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Sri Banwarilal Purohit at the launching of the Book, ‘Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam: preserving antiquity for posterity’ in Chennai on 13 July 2019. Addressing the gathering, the Vice President said that it
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