SRI ALAVANDAR VAIBHAVAM

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In todays message from our blog we will enjoy reading SRI ALAVANDARS VAIBHAVAM . Sri Alavandar was born in the year 976 in aadi month uthrashada
star to Eswara Bhattazhwan at Veeranarayanapuram.He is the grandson of
Sriman Nathamunigal.He studied poorvameemamsa and uttarameemamsa under
Sri Mahabhashya Bhattar and also studied tharka, vyakarana,and other related
sastras and became a scholor.He once defeated a vidhwan by name AAKKIYAZHWAN in tarka sastra and got a portion of kingdom from the king and
enjoying the same.
As Sriman Nathamunigal wished him to be a srivaishnavite and has to take the
Acharya peedam at Srirangam, his sishyar Manakkal Nambigal approched him
and explain about the SRIRANGASRI and at once Sri Alavandar rushed to
Srirangam and was blessed by SriRanganathar, became the Srivaishnava sanyasi
hence Alavandar was the first Jeer in our srivaishnava sampradayam,
He was administrating the Srirangam Temple and expecting some one to be
his follower for the post.He heared about Sri Ramanujar who was at kanchi at
that time studying under YADHAVAPRAKASAR, a adhvaitha sanyasi.
He came kanchi and saw him from faraway and blessed him as his successor.
He lived for 125 years and rendered a great service to Srivaishnavam by
writing about eight grandhas ( books )
Sri Alavandar Thiruvadigale charanam
dasan

kooram varadaryadasan

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