CONSTRUCTION OF SRI VANAMAMALAI MUTT-KAINKARYAM AT THIRUMALA
Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Swamy's srimukam and appeal
An intro to vanamamalai mutt, the acharya parampara and its close relation with our poorvacharyas
Many philosophies and religions have been profounded and propagated for ages. "Samayam palapala vAkki" says swamy Nammazhwar. All the different philosophies were framed by emperuman himself and were given to the world. Among these, Srivaishnava dharmam remains unique. This is because, it has been in existence from the age of the vedas and our glorious Guruparamparai stream of Acharyas propagates its richness across generations.
The originator of this Srivaishnava sampradayam, who is the first in the Guruparamparai chain of acharyas, is Lord Sriman Narayanan himself. He is followed by piratti, Sri Mahalakshmi. Then follows senai mudaliyar, vishvaksenar. This lineage is actually a cycle starting with periya perumal and ending with perumal himself as he cherished being the disciple of Swamy manavala mAmunikal the last in the acharya lineage. Moksha is assured to anyone who is part of this cycle. To get more Srivaishnavas into fold swamy udaiyavar, blessed with the wealth of the two worlds and one who is adorned as “Srivishnu loka mani mandapa mArga dhAyee” appointed the 74 simhasanAdhipadhis, who blessed shisyas with the three rahasyas (samasrayanam/panchasamskaram) and got them into the sharanagathi marga as a representative of Swamy ramanuja. We find the acharyas in the lineage of the 74 simhasanAdhipadhis still doing samasrayanam and uplifting many ignorant jeevatmas.
After swamy udaiyavar the “oran vazhi sampradayam” continued till Swamy manavala mAmunikal, adorned as ethi punarAvathara (yatheendra pravana). Swamy mAmunikal appointed ashtadiggajAcharyas to spread and establish the ramanuja darsanam in all the 8 directions. The first and foremost among them, the prime disciple of Swamy mAmunikal celebrated as “Ponnaddikal jeeyer’ by mAmunikal himself was the founder of the vanamamalai mutt, ‘HH Sri onnana vanamamalai ramanuja jeeyer swamy”
No words can really express the deep acharya bhakthi of swamy. Onnana swamy took sanyasa even before his acharya, Swamy Mamunikal for the very purpose of acharya kainkaryam. Swamy did extensive traveling throughout India as per the instruction of his acharya and did a great service to our sampradayam. The effect of which we realize even today, as we find thodadri mutts throughout India and in Nepal.
To have a detailed study about this great acharya please go through the book “Sri Varamangai Muni Vaibhavam”. To read the writeup in english based on this book Click Here
After Sri ponnaddikal Jeeyarswamy, 30 Jeeyars have followed in the peetam of vanamamalai mutt till date. Now the crown of Vanamamalai mutt is adorned by our revered acharya HH Sri kaliyan vanamamalai Ramanuja Jeeyer swamy (30th peedAdhipathi). To know more about the other Jeeyars of the mutt please go through “Gaganagiri Muni Guruparampara Prabhavam”. The read the english translation of the book Click Here (will to be published shortly)
With such a great order of acharyas and with mutts all over India, isn’t it fare to have a mutt also in the second special divya desam for Srivaishnavas, thirumalai? But why hasn’t there been a mutt in thirumalai till today? To know the reason Click Here.
We hope that all bhagavatas will contribute liberally towards this divine kainkaryam and get the blessings of Srivaramanga sametha Sri deivanayaka perumal, Sri alarmEl mangai sametha Sri Srinivasa perumal along with the blessings of Sri onnana vanamamalai jeeyer swamy (father of Srivaramangai nachiyar of thirumalai and father-in-law to deivanayaka perumal) and mangalasasanams of our revered acharya, Sri Kaliyan vanamamalai jeeyer swamy (30th pattam).
