nAthamunigaL

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: In the previous article (https://guruparamparai.koyil.org/2012/08/18/nammazhwar/) we discussed about nammAzhwAr. Now will move on to the next AchAryan in the OrAN vazhi guru paramparai. nAthamunigaL – kAttu mannAr koil thirunakshathram: Aani, anusham avathAra sthalam: kAttu mannAr koil (veera nArAyana puram) AchAryan: NammAzhwAr Sishyas: UyyakkondAr, kurugai … Read more

nammAzhwAr

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: In the previous article (https://guruparamparai.koyil.org/2012/08/18/senai-mudhaliar/) we discussed about sEnai mudhaliAr. Now will move on to the next AchAryan in the OrAN vazhi guru paramparai. nammAzhwAr – AzhwAr thirunagari Thirunakshathram: vaigAsi, visAgam avathAra sthalam: AzhwAr thirunagari AchAryan: vishwaksEnar. Sishyas: madhurakavi AzhwAr, nAthamunigaL, etc He is … Read more

sEnai mudhaliAr (vishwaksEnar)

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: In the previous article (https://guruparamparai.koyil.org/2012/08/17/divya-dhampathi/) we discussed about periya perumAL and periya pirAtti. sEnai mudhaliAr (vishwaksEnar) sEnai mudhaliAr – thiruvallikEni thirunakshathram: ippasi, pUrAdam Works: viswaksEna samhithai He is one of the nithya sUris. He is the commander-in-chief and the one who monitors everything in … Read more

Divya Dhampathi

sri: srimathE rAmAnujAya nama: srimadh varavaramunayE nama: sri vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: In the previous article (https://guruparamparai.koyil.org/2012/08/17/introduction-contd/) we discussed briefly about our guru paramparai. Now, we will start with the OrAN vazhi acharya paramparai. OrAN vazhi means transmission of knowledge from one person to another in a hierarchical way. As discussed before, real knowledge is in … Read more

Introduction (contd)

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: In the previous article (https://guruparamparai.koyil.org/2012/08/16/introduction/), we started discussing our guru paramparai. emperumAn sriman nArAyaNan who is sriya:pathi (husband of sri mahAlakshmi), one who lives eternally in srivaikuntam with his divya mahishis (sri, bhoo, nILA dhEvis) where he is served by nithysUris … Read more

srIvaishNava guru paramparai – introduction

srI: srImathE satakOpAya nama: srImathE rAmAnujAya nama: srImadh varavaramunayE nama: srI vAnAchala mahAmunayE nama: lakshminAtha samArambhAm nAtha yAmuna madhyamAm asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE guru paramparAm I worship the glorious guru paramparai which starts with sriman nArAyaNan, has nAthamuni and yAmunAchAriar in the middle and ends with my Acharyan. This divine slOkam was rendered by kUrathAzhwAn to … Read more