Sri S Narasaraja Bhattar

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Sri S Narasaraja Bhattar is the son of Sri Sampathkumara Bhattar, the chief Archakar at Sri Cheluvanarayana Swamy temple, Melukote (Tirunarayanapuram). He holds a Masters degree in Sanskrit, and has qualified as Pancharatragama Praveena. He has also graduated in Commerce and Library science. He has to his credit the title of ‘Vishishtadwaita Vedanta Vidwan’. He has published several books, such as a critical edition of Aniruddha, Kanva and Jayakhya Samhitas of Sri Pancharatragamam. He has also delivered lectures on various sampradaya subjects, including Sri Pancharatragamam, and also our Purvacharya works. He has extensive experience as an Agamika. He has worked in several projects in the prestigious Academy of Sanskrit Research, Melukote, for more than 20 years. He has also performed more than 75 pratishthais, several jeernoddhara pratishthas, mahotsavams, pavitrotsavams and other utsavams at several temples. He has trained more than 50 students in Sri Pancharatragamam, up to Mahotsavam.

Tirukkovalur Mannivannan Swamy

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Tentirupperai Aravindalochan Swamy

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Sri U Ve Thenthiruparai Aravindalochanan Swamygal is a Hindu Religious Scholar. His Acharyan is Vanamamalai Kaliyan Ramanuja Jeer of the famous Srivaramangai Thodathri Temple in Nanguneri, Tirunelveli District. He born in one of the 108 Divya Desam’s called Thenthiruperai. Swamy is a Scholar in Sama Vedam especially in Jaimini Sama Vedam. He went to work as an Electronics And Communications Engineer. By Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy’s Spiritual Talks, he changed His carrier into Spiritual Life. Swamy was given Spiritual Education by the Famous Orators Sri. U.Ve. K.B Devarajan Swamy and Sri. U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy. Swamy knows Tamil, English, Hindi And Sanskrit. He has lectured all over India and Foreign countries including Australia and New Zealand. He lives in Thiruvallikeni under the Lotus Feet of Lord Sri Parthasarathy Perumal.

M.A.Venkatakrishnan Swamy

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Sri U.Ve.Sarathy Thothathri Swamy

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Disciple of SrImath paramahamsa ithyAdhi pattarpirAn vAnamAmalai jIyar (29th pattam of thOthAdhri mutt). Descendant of komANdUr iLaiyavilli AchchAn (bAladhanvi swamy, a cousin of SrI ramAnuja). Born in AzhwArthirungari, grew up in thiruvallikkeni (chennai), presently living under the shade of the lotus feet of jagathAchArya SrI rAmAnuja, SrIperumbUthUr. Learned sampradhayam principles from (varthamAna) vadhi kesari azhagiyamaNavALa sampathkumAra jIyar swamy, Veluukkudi krishnan swamy, gOmatam sampathkumArAchArya swamy and many others. Full time sEvaka/servitor of SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam. Engaged in translating our AzhwArs/AchAryas works in Simple thamizh and English, and coordinating the translation effort in many other languages. Also engaged in teaching dhivyaprabandham, sthOthrams, bhagavath gIthA etc and giving lectures on various SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam related topics in thamizh and English regularly. Taking care of koyil.org portal, which is a humble offering to our pUrvAchAryas. koyil.org is part of SrI varavaramuni sambandhi Trust (varavaramuni.com) initiatives.

Tiruppullani Sunderrajan Swamy

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M.A.Alwar Swamy

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Samprathaya name: Mandayam Ananthanpillai Alwar Education – M.A, PhD M.A. Alwar Swamy is a tarka vedanta vidwan, working as a professor in Maharaja sanskrit college, Mysore. He had learnt Sribashyam under kothamangalam Varadachar swamy. He is ardent disciple of Mandyam Ananthanpillai Lakshmi Tatachar swamy.

Kaliyan Ramanuja Dasan

Co-ordinator

Sri U.Ve.T.S.Ranganathan Swamy

Co-ordinator

T.S.Ranganathan is an Ardent Sishya of Koil Gandhadai Vadhoola Deshika Annan, Srirangam. He had done Masters in ECE from I.I.Sc, Bangalore. He was working with reputed MNCs. At present he is doing full time service in Yadugiri Yatiraja mutt. Ranganathan had learnt divya prabandham from keerti moorti U.Ve. Vaduganambi Rangachar swamy. Learning sampradaya artham from Srimath Paramahamsetyadi Yadugiri Yatiraja Narayana Ramanuja Jeeyar swamy, Sri U.Ve. K.B.Devarajan swamy, Sri U.Ve. M.K.Ranga swamy, Sri U.Ve. Velukkudi krishnan swamy, Sri U.Ve. Srinivasa Rajan swamy and various srivaishnavas.

Sri U.Ve. Srinivasa Rajan Swamy

Registrar

Srinivasa Rajan is an ardent disciple of Srimath Paramahamsetyadi Sri Kanchi Vadikesari Azhagiya Manavala Jeeyar swami. He comes from a family of hereditary archakas at Sri Huligana Muradi Prasanna Venkataramana swami temple near Terakanambi. He holds a masters degree in information technology from BITS Pilani and worked as a software consultant with a reputed organization. Now he is into full time sampradaya service. He has learnt Sri Pancharatragamam, divya prabandham and some parts of Veda under the able tutelage of many scholars like Sri U. Ve. Vaduganambi Rangacharya swami, Vidwan Sri M. R. Srivatsa swami, Sri Krishna swami bhattar ET Al. He is learning sampradaya arthas under the feet of his acharyan Srimath Paramahamsetyadi Sri Vadikesari Azhagiya Manavala Jeeyar swami, Srimath Paramahamsetyadi Sri Yadugiri Yatiraja Jeeyar swami, Sri U. Ve. PB Rajahamsacharya swami, Sri U. Ve. KB Devarajan swami, Sri U. Ve. M.K.Ranga swami, Sri U. Ve. Nidamagalam Lakshmi Narasimhan swami, and many other scholars of our sampradayam. He performs araiyar sevai at Sri Venugopala Krishna swami temple at Malleswaram. He is trained in yoga from reputed teachers in Mysore and is a certified yoga instructor and therapist.

Mandyam Ishami Srirangarajan Swamy

Srikaryam of Sri Yadugiri Yathiraja Mutt

Sri U.Ve Srivallabhan Swamy

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Sri U.Ve Kazhiyur Srivallabhan swamy is an ardent shishya of Shri. U.Ve. Kovil Kandadai Vadula Desika Kumara Ramanujacharyar swami (Mudaliyandan Swami Thirumaligai). He had undergone rigorous training in Srivaishnavism through the traditional methodology called Kalakshepam benowned Srivaishnavite scholar Shri. U. Ve. K B Devarajan Swamy (Beloved father) since childhood. He performs upanyasams and kalakshepams for past several years on various topics such as Thiruppavai, Sriramayanam, Bhagavath Geetha, Ramanuja Sidhantham etc. He delivers hiruppavai lecture series for consecutively for 4 years during the month of Margazhi. He had presented papers on Ramanuja Sidhantham and its relevance to to the current day world. He is also working towards a research on bringing the conceptual aspects of Traditional Indian Spiritual texts to be used in current organizational and societal scenario. He provides guidance on Srivaishnavite philosophies for those who wants to get along with Srivaishnavism and does grama pracharam of Ramanuja Sidhantham. He is working as an HR executive in a reputed firm

Sri U.Ve. M.A. Madhusudan Swamy

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Sri MA Madhusudhanan is a traditional vaishnavaite Scholar who has undergone the study of religious scriptures under his illustrious father Dr MA Venkatakrishnan. At a young age, He has learnt Nalayira Divyaprabandam and portions of Vedas and is regular in participating in Ghosti services at Temples of Triplicane, Kanchipuram etc. A Software engineer by Profession, He has ambitions to do lot of services for Vaishnavism and to spread the concepts everywhere. Apart from traditional study, He also holds MA degrees on Vaishnavism and Sanskrit offered by various reputed Universities. He is delivering lectures regularly in Tamil and English on various subjects of Vaishnavism like Thiruppavai, Sri Ramayanam, Sri Bhagwat Gita and on other DivyaPrabhandhams and vyakyanams.

Sri U.Ve. Ranga Ramanujam Swamy

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Samprathaya name Mandayam prathivadhi bhayankaram kannappan rangaramanujan Education – BE Electrical, Retired GM BEML ltd Ranga Ramanujam swamy had done samskrutha adhyayanam for more than 10 years under the guidance of national award winner Jaggu Azhwar iyengar swamy (Mahakavi vakulabhushanam) He had done Bhagavad vishayam Kalakshebam under Sahithya Vedantha Vidwan Sri. U.Ve. Jaggu Sudarshanachar swamy. In a samprayadayik way, he learnt Sribashyam, Upanishad bhashyam, Vedartha Sangraha, Gadyathrayam, Tarka sangraha dinakari etc under chatusshastra vidwan president award winner Sri U Ve Thirunarayanapuram Arayar Shrirama Sharma swamy. He is a staunch disciple of Srimath Paramahamsetyadi Yadugiri Yatiraja Narayana Ramanuja Jeeyar swamy. Also, due to the sincerity, perfect discipline, implicit obedience, ardent love and respect that he had towards his Acharya earned him the opportunity of offering Biksha to Jeeyar swamy. He is also doing thirumadappalli kainkaryam to Thirunaranan in Melukote. With Jeeyar swamy’s divine blessings, he is rendering Sribhashya vigyapanam at Sri mutt, Bangalore.

Sri U.Ve. Kazhiyur Devarajan Swamy

Director

Sri U.Ve. Kazhiyur Devarajan Swamy is an eminent Ubhaya Vedantha Vidwan. His grandfather Sri. U.Ve Kazhiyur Duraiswamy Iyengar was a scholar in Ubhaya Vedantha and a great adhyapaka with noble qualities of a real Srivaishnava. His father Sri. U.Ve. Kazhiyur Bhashyam Iyengar, was an ardent Kainkarya para of Sri. U.Ve. Mudaliyandan Thirumaligai. Sri U.Ve. K.B. Devarajan Swamy had his early education in Kanchipuram with graduation in Physics (B.Sc.) in Pachaiyappas College. He had Srivaishnava Deeksha (Samashrayanam) under Sri.U.Ve. Mudaliyandan Periya Swamy (Koil Gandadai Vadhoola Desika Annavilappan Kumara Srisailacharya Swamy). He imbibed the spiritual teachings in a traditional way under tutelage of Sri. U.Ve. Thirumalai Vinjimoor Singaracharya Swamy, Maha Vidwan. Sri. U.Ve. Kanchi Prathivadi Bhayankaram Annangaracharya Swamy, Sri U. Ve. Akkarakani Sampathkumaracharya Swami, Sri U. Ve. A K Sadakopacharya Swami and Sri. U.Ve. Velukkudi K. Varadacharya Swamy (father and Guru of famous Sri. U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy). He learnt Sanskrit from Shri. Prof. PH Sivasubramanya Iyer at Kanchipuram. He has evolved his own inimitable style, eloquent, precise, appropriate and yet easily understandable by even a lay person. Devarajan Swamy is an erudite scholar, and has rendered and rendering discourses on Thiruvoymozhi , Srimad Ramayanam, Srimad Bhagavatham, Sri Vishnupuranam, Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam, Thiruppavai, Bhagavath Gita etc. In Tamil and Hindi. He is the first person to conduct Bhagavatha Sapthaham in TAMIL at Shukratal, where Sri Shukabrahma rishi gave upadesham of Srimadbhagavatham to Pariekshith in seven days. Covered for All India Radio and TV festivals in Divyadesams and Thirupathi B rahmothsavam. Swamy is Hony. Director and faculty member of Swamy Nammazhwar India Foundation. He has been nominated as Asthana Vidwan of Sri Vanamamalai Mutt, Nanguneri by H.H. Kaliyan Vanamamalai Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamy. He is a member of Board of Studies in the Department of Vaishnavism, Madras University. He is also serving as visiting faculty in Madras University in Vaishnavism Department for P.G. He is also serving as faculty in Kamban Kazhagam, Ambattur. He had also authored hundreds of articles on various topics in Vaishnavism. He has the pride of developing the next generation Srivaishnava Scholars by training four of his disciples in the field of vaishnavism and upanyasams namely Shri. U.Ve. Thenthiruperai Aravinda Lochanan Swami, Shri. U.ve. Akkarakani Srinidhi Swami, Shri. U.Ve. Thenthiruperai Parthasarathy Swami and Shri. U.Ve. Kaliyur Srivallaban Swami(His son). After Shri. U.Ve. Karapangadu Venkatachariyar Swami Shri. K B. Devarajan Swami has the privilege of performing Thiruppavai series Upanyasam simultaneously with his Disciples for past 4 years. He worked as a Sr. Marketing Executive in a reputed Private Company. He has been bestowed with the following titles by various institutions and scholars. 1. Senchol Selvan 2. Pravachanarya Choodamani 3. Ilankili 4. Abhinava Madhurakavi 5. Sollamuthak Kondal He has taught Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam to 2500 children at Ambattur during the period 1974 to 1984.