SrI:

Dear Devotees and Friends:

This month happens to be the Tamizh month of Aippasi. In this auspicious month,  the Mudhal AzhwArs as well as  Acharya SrI ManavAla mAmunigal  took birth. During this auspicious “TulA mAsam”,  Adiyèn wish to upload the document: “ SrI  Thirumazhisai PirAn’s Vaibhavam and Grace –  Vaibhavamum Arulum”. It is well known that Azhwar’s precious gifts to us, are his two beautiful prabhandhams, Thirucchanda viruttam(TCV) and NAnmukan ThiruvandhAdhi.(NT). Adiyèn had the bhAgyam of recording in music these two prabhandhams due to the grace of the Azhwar and learning them subsequently.  Adiyèn published the  English translations of both the prabhandhams based on the VyAkhyAnam of SrI PeriyavAcchAn Pillai also due to his grace.  Azhwar’s works are truly a treasure and gift to all of us in the sampradAyam. Azhwar has covered a lot of topics far beyond “paratatva nirnayam” in his  two prabhandhams. The Vaibhavam (glories) of the azhwar as reflected in his two prabhandhams is what adiyèn refer to here. With enormous gratitude and indebtedness to Azhwar for his grace, adiyèn wish to release this document  to the public domain for all to access and read.

SrI Thirumazhisai PirAn ThiruvadigalE Saranam.

Adiyèn Ranganathan

Oct-23-2024

The Text “Sri THirumazhisai PIran Vaibhavamum and arulum “:

Sri THirumazhisai PIran Vaibhavamum and arulum_Book

Dear Devotees and Friends:

Today the 31^st of July, 2022 happens to be the most auspicious day of ThiruvAdi Pooram (Thirunakshatram of  Soodikkoduttha NAchiyaar SrI Andal). On this auspicious occasion, adiyén is very pleased to upload a text entitled, “SrI Dévi Vaibhavam and SrI Suktha NAmAvali” . It is based on the Vyakhyaanam of the famous SrI Vaishnava Scholar Puthur Swami U.Vé SrI Krishna Swamy Iyengar. LakshmI Tantram is a PAncharAtra Agama text which is considered  as valid pramAnic (authoritative) text by EmperumAnAr Swami SrI RAmAnuja. Puthur Swami has graced us with many great publications related to our SrI Vaishnava sampradayam. His VyAkhyAnam of SrI Suktham and Sri Suktha nAmAvali is based on the pAncha rAtra  Agama text  LakshmI Tantram. Let us enjoy the vaibhavam (glories) of SrI Dévi ThAyAr.

Azhwargal Acharyargal Thiruvadigalé saranam

Best wishes and warm regards to all

adiyén Ranganathan

July 31-2022

Sri DEvi vaibhavam and Sri Suktha namavali

SrI:

Dear Devotees and friends:

Trust that this finds you all well. Early on during the Covid lock down here in Toronto, there was an email from (our son) Shyam. It simply read, “how about Sri, BhU and Nila”.  (Shyam teaches both Eastern and Western Philosophy). Adiyén took that to mean that he wished to know the sampradAyic (traditional) perspectives on this topic about the Divine Mothers in Sri Vaishnavism.   Actually pondered over this almost two months.  Adiyén began to sit down and formulate what my approach to the subject should be, by about the beginning of July. I wanted very much to finish writing the same before ThiruvAdi Pooram. Although I could not finish by that date, I did manage to finish writing the same before the end of the Tamil month of Adi with the grace of our ThAyArs.  The article is entitled “SrI Dévi, BhU Dévi and NIlA Dévi, Tatvam and Takavu“. Actually placed the same under the divine feet of our Perumal on Saturday the 15th of Aug, 2020.  All the quotes in this article are translated. In many places the Sanskrit and Tamil verses are also provided in Roman script also. Adiyen is delighted to mention, that the article was very much liked by SrimAn (dr) Sadagopan SwAmi who is a well known Sri Vaishnava scholar.  His famous web site (sadagopan.org) is a treasure house of many beautiful texts from our tradition with translations and commentaries.

Adiyén’s older brother SrI. N.Rajagopalan provided a short review of the key differences in the theologic perspectives between the two schools of SrI Vaishnavism based on the works of SrI SwAmi Désikan and Sri Pillai LokAchAryAr. This review entitled, “Ontological Status and Role of SrI: – Some Theological Perspectives” is appended at the end of adiyén’s article.

We are pleased to upload and release this manuscript through our web site azhwar.org to co-inside with the  the annual BrahmOtsavam of our SrI Vénkatéshwara Perumal at the Richmond Hill Hindu Temple in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This BrahmOtsavam is usually held over 10 days in the Tamil month of Avani beginning on the nakshatram of avittam and ending on Rohini, thirunakshatram of SrI Krishna.  This year it began on the 1 st of Sept, 2020.

SrI: BhU NIla saméta SrI SrInivAsa Parabrahmané namaha

AzhwArgal Acharyargal Thiruvadigalé saranam.

Adiyén ranganathan

Sept-02-2020.

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Azhwars and Their spiritual Legacy and Life stories

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SrI:

Dear Devotees and Friends:

We are very pleased indeed to be able to release the E-book on SrI Kulashékara Azhwar’s prabhandham, “Perumal Thirumozhi”. It is a new publication by Dr. Suganya Anandakichenin of Hamburg University. It happens to be her PhD thesis. The book is entitled, “My Sapphire-hued Lord, My Beloved. A Complete, Annotated Translation of Kulacekara Alvar’s Perumal Tirumoli and Periyavaccan Pillai’s Medieval Manipravalam Commentary, with an Introduction“.

SrImAn Sadagopan Swami introduced us to her very interesting work on SrI Kulashékara Azhwar’s  Perumal Thirumozhi. SrImathi Suganya has kindly allowed us to share her beautiful E-book through our web site Azhwar.org. AdiyEn’s older brother SrI N.Rajagopalan expressed these words about this publication, “It is a very valuable addition to Sampradaya works in English. It is a prodigious effort by the young lady and deserves all praise”.

It is a unique and thorough study of this Azhwar and his work. It will be of immense interest to all SrI Vaishnavas. It is a privilege and honor to have it available through our web site, thanks to the author SrImathi (Dr) Suganya Anandakichenin. The link is given below.

Azhwargal Acharyargal Thiruvadigalé Saranam

Adiyén ranganathan

April 21_2019

Anandakichenin_Perumal Thirumozhi_full

SrI:

Dear Devotees and Friends:

With grace of the Azhwars and  Lord SrI SrInivasa, we just completed the 6th Annual Aruliccheyal Utsavam in our Richmond Hill Hindu Temple, Ontario, Canada, on April_04_2019. It was a lovely and joyous experience.

I am very pleased to share with you two articles, one entitled “Puram ThozhA mAnthar ” (written by adiyén) and another one written by my older brother SrI N.Rajagopalan entitled “On DEvatAntara Bhajanam”. They are put together in the form of an E-booklet. It has some of the images from the recent Aruliccheyal utsavam at our temple as well as images from Thirunakshatram of SrI Thirumazhisai PirAn held in our temple earlier this year in the Tamil month of “Thai”. We believe that you will find them of interest.  I am pleased to inform you that this will eventually be housed in SrI Sadagopan Swami’s famous web site Sadagopan.org. as well.

With best wishes and regards/adiyEn ranganathan

Om namO NArAyanAya

Azhwargal AchAryargal ThiruvadigalE saranam

April 06_2019
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