Here is a picture of a Black Swan – have heard
- popular theory called – Black Swan
theory.
Everyday we must think of our Greatest Acharyar – Periya Jeeyar - Saint Vara Vara Muni, the last of the ‘Poorvacharyars’ in the grand galaxy of preceptors, known as Azhagiya Manavala Nayanar, before he was ordained the holy order of Sanyasa. It is none other than our most adored Acharyar “Swami Manavala Mamunigal” - the reincarnation of Sri Ramanuja who was himself an incarnation of Adisesha.
“Yathindra Pravana Prabhavam” is an ancient work on the biography of “Sri Manavala Mamunigal” written by Swamy Pillailokam Jeeyar, (a sishya of Manavala Mamunigal) - it details the lives of Swami Nampilai, Pillai lokachariar,Azhagiya Perumal Nayanar, 24,000 padi, and birth of 36,000 padi, Thiruvaimozhi Pillai and Swamy Manavala Mamunigal. Our most reverred Acharyar lived for 73 years on this earth performing many Kainkaryams and undertook pilgrimages to many Sri VaishNavite Dhivya dEsams. Most of his life was spent however at Srirangam . His devotion to Udayavar (Yatheenthirar); Swami Nammalwar and Namperumal was extraordinary.
Today 8.4.2026 is Moolam nakshathiram in the month of Panguni. Reminiscing our Acharyar ThiruAvathara Uthsavam at
Thiruvallikkeni – here are some photos of day 7 purappadu of Mamunigal in Hamsa
vahanam on 24.10.2025.
Pictured at the start is a Black Swan -
Swans are birds of the
family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus. The swans' closest relatives
include the geese and ducks. There are six living and many extinct
species of swan; in addition, there is a species known as the coscoroba swan
which is no longer considered one of the true swans. The hamsa is an aquatic migratory bird, referred
to in ancient Sanskrit texts which various scholars have interpreted as being
based on the goose, the swan, or even the flamingo. Bird
Hamsa is the vahana of Brahma, Gayatri, Saraswati, and Vishvakarma.
Jean Vogel, in 1952,
questioned if hamsa is indeed a swan, as Dutch ornithologists George
Junge and E.D. van Oort he consulted, swans were rare in modern India while
bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) were common. According to Vogel, Western and
Indian scholars may have preferred translating hamsa from Sanskrit to swan as
the indigenous goose appears plump while the swan (and, Vogel adds, the
flamingo) appears more graceful. However, some Ornithologists have
criticized Vogel's view as being over-reliant on artistic representations from
south India and Sri Lanka, where the white swan is rare. American
ornithologist Paul Johnsgard, in 2010, stated that mute swans (Cygnus Olor) do
migrate to the northwestern Himalayan region of India every winter, migrating
some 1000 miles each way. The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species
of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae.
The term black swan
primarily refers to the Australian waterbird (Cygnus atratus), but it is also a
widely used metaphor in philosophy, finance, and pop culture for unpredictable,
high-impact events. In Western
Australia, the black swan is a major regional symbol, appearing on the state
flag and coat of arms.
The term “Black Swan theory” - was popularized by Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. A "black swan event" has three key traits: - Rarity: It is an outlier that lies outside the realm of regular expectations. Extreme Impact: It carries massive consequences (e.g., the 2008 financial crisis or the 9/11 attacks). Retrospective Predictability: People concoct explanations after the fact to make it seem like it was predictable.
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
8.4.2026
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