Sri Baktha Prahlada purappadu @ Sri Ragjavendra Mutt Triplicane

 

Sri Baktha Prahlada purappadu  @ Sri Ragjavendra Mutt Triplicane 2026

: https://youtu.be/g-e3At910EI

Welcoming HH Sri Sri Raghuvarendra Theertha Swamiji of Sri Bheemanakatte Matha

Pranams and a very warm welcome: to   : His Holiness Sri Sri Raghuvarendra Theertha Swamiji of Srimad Achyuthaprekshacharya Mahasamsthana, Sri Bheemanakatte Matha, Udupi. It is our great privilege and honour to welcome His Holiness today.

Malnad in Western Ghats  literally means "land of rain" or "rain country." Bhīmanakatte, in the rain-drenched Malnad of Karnataka, stands on the banks of the sacred Tunga, with  confluence of Malathi  amidst the lush forests and hills of the Western Ghats.   

When we think of Karnataka’s Malnad, we think of the land of rain — the lush forests, the Western Ghats, and the sacred rivers that have nurtured a remarkable spiritual tradition. And among these sacred places stands Bhīmanakatte, on the banks of the holy Tunga, where the Malathi joins its waters.  There is, indeed, a beautiful geographical and spiritual connection between the two great Krishna kṣetras of our land.

Maha Bharatha and Lord Krishna guides and unites the Nation, all of us.  Here, on the eastern shores of the peninsula, overlooking the Bay of Bengal, stands the ancient kṣetra of Śrī Parthasarathi — Krishna, who took the reins of Arjuna's chariot.”

“Far across the peninsula, on the western shores facing the Arabian Sea, stands Udupi — another great Krishna kṣetra, sanctified by Śrī Madhvacharya.”

“And from Udupi, as we move inland through the rain-rich Malnad, along the sacred Tunga where the Malathi joins it, we reach Bhīmanakatte — the ancient seat of the Bhīmasetu Munivṛnda Maṭha.”

"Tunga pāna, Ganga snāna"

— drink the waters of the Tunga; bathe in the Ganga.

To understand the significance of this occasion,  we need to travel in imagination to the beautiful Malnad country of Karnataka — to Bhīmanakatte, a sacred kṣetra. The Tunga, flowing through the forests and hills of Malnad, is not merely a river of Karnataka. It has nourished a remarkable spiritual landscape of temples, maṭhas, saints and scholars. And on its banks stands the ancient Bhīmasetu Munivṛnda Maṭha, popularly known as Bhīmanakatte Maṭha.

Madhwa Philosophy, also known as Dvaita Vedanta, is the  school of thought  founded by Sriman Madhwacharya in the 13th century,  based on the principles of duality, emphasizing the distinction and separate existence of individual souls and the supreme reality, God.

The very name Bhīmasetu carries a beautiful traditional association with Bhīmasena and the Tunga. The legendary valorous warrior Bheema built this bridge.  The place is  traditionally  associated with Śrī Achyutaprekshacharya, the revered guru of Śrī Madhvacharya.  HH Madhvacharya entrusted his disciple Śrī Satya Tīrtha to Achyutaprekshacharya, continuing this spiritual lineage. Thus arose the Achyutapreksha Tīrtha Samasthāna, from which the Bhīmanakatte tradition subsequently emerged.

The lineage that we honour today therefore belongs to the great Madhva sampradāya — a tradition distinguished by devotion, rigorous śāstric enquiry, teaching and service.    It is particularly gratifying that His Holiness Himself represents the continuation of this living tradition.

Born as Ramachandra Aras in Beejadi near Kundapura, His Holiness received traditional education in Veda and Vedanta and pursued advanced study of the Dvaita śāstras, including Śrīman Nyāyasudhā. On 13 March 2009, He received sannyāsa dīkṣā and entered the Bhīmanakatte lineage as Śrī Raghuvarendra Tīrtha.

There is also a beautiful connection with Udupi in His Holiness's spiritual journey: His sannyāsa dīkṣā was performed at Śrī Kṛṣṇa Maṭha, Udupi.

Today, therefore, we have before us not merely a revered pontiff, but a living link in a long and distinguished paramparā — a paramparā that reaches back through Bhīmanakatte, Achyutaprekshacharya and Madhvacharya, and continues through generations of ācāryas devoted to jñāna, bhakti and tattva-prachāra.

On behalf of  SYMA and all of us gathered here, I offer our most respectful pranāms to His Holiness Śrī Raghuvarendra Tīrtha Swamiji and extend to Him a very warm and heartfelt welcome.

Śrī Gurubhyo Namaḥ.
Śrī Kṛṣṇārpaṇamastu.

On 14.8.2o26, Srinivas YOungmens Association [SYMA] entered its 50^th year, having been inaugurated on 14.8.1977.

The Association has plans for year-long celebrations with 50+ medical camps, planting trees and many civic projects.

His Holiness Sri Sri Raghuvarendra Theertha Swamiji inaugurated the Project celebrations at Thiruvallikkeni at SYMA premises on 14.8.2026 and planted a tree symbolically. The foregoing is the welcome speech to Swamiji rendered by me

With regards – S Sampathkumar

An abridged version of this Welcome address was rendered by me welcoming HH Sri Sri Raghuvarendra Theertha Swami and further reduced Tamil version was rendered when Swami was the guest at Indepedence day flag hoisting of TAMBRAS Triplicane on 15.8.2026

Sri Prahlada of Sri Vyasaraja Mutt on kuthirai vahanam .

 

Triplicane is a seat of religions.....here is

Sri Prahlada of Sri Vyasaraja Mutt on kuthirai vahanam .

Sri R Sanjeevi is the priest !

Welcoming Sri Krishna ! SRee Jayanthi 2025

 

Welcoming Bhagwan Sree Krishna – Sri Jayanthi today !

 

கிருஷ்ணா நீ பேகனே பாரோ

தாயிகே பாயல்லி ஜகவன்னு தோரித

ஜகதோத்தாரக நம்ம உடுப்பி ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணா

 

Oh My Krishna come soon .. .. The one who showed his mother the universe in his mouth, - (that)Benefactor of the world (Is) our Udupi Shri Krishna !

Udupi Kaniyoor Mutt Swamiji in Triplicane

 

Paramapujaniya Sri Sri  Vidyavallabha Theertha Swamiji,

holy seer of Kaniyoor Mutt, Udupi at Triplicane Uthrathi Mutt

https://youtu.be/ughNgD-m558?si=CSYAxexGr5wmpg_Y

Welcoming the Peetathipathi of Sri Kaniyoor Mutt to Triplicane

What an evening it was - at Triplicane Vyasaraya Mutt on Sunday, 27^th July 2025. 

The basic tenets of Sanatana Dharma flow from Smriti, Ithihasa puranangal ie., Vedas and Ithihasa puranangal. 

வேர்களை மேலே கொண்டு, அதன் கிளைகளைக் கீழே கொண்ட நித்தியமான அஸ்வத்தம் {அரச மரம்} என்று ஆத்ம அறிவைச் சொல்கிறார்கள்.   செருக்கு மற்றும் மயக்கத்தில் இருந்து விடுபட்டோர், தீய பற்றுகளை அடக்கியோர், தனிப்பட்ட தனக்கும், பரமாத்மாவுக்கும் உள்ள உறவை தியானிப்பதில் உறுதியாக இருப்போர், ஆசை விலகியோர், இன்பம் மற்றும் துன்பம் (போன்ற) முரண்பட்ட இரட்டைகளில் இருந்து விடுபட்டு, மயக்கமில்லாதிருப்போரே அந்த நிலைத்த நிலையை {பரமபதத்தை} அடைகின்றனர்.  

பாரத புண்ணிய பூமியின் கலாச்சார விழுதுகள் - ஸ்ரீ இராமாயணமும், ஸ்ரீமத் மகாபாரதமும்.   பாரதம் உயர்ந்த உருவில் அருளியவர் - வேத வியாசர். இயற்பெயர் கிருஷ்ண த்வைபாயனர். வேதங்களை பிரித்து வியாசம் பண்ணியதால் வியாசர் என்றழைக்கப்படுகிறார்.  சுக பிரம்ம ரிஷியிடம் 'எது ஒருவனுக்கு  உயர்ந்த லக்ஷியம்? மரணமடையுமுன்  நான்  என்ன  செய்யவேண்டும்? மனிதனானவன் எதை கேட்கவேண்டும், செய்யவேண்டும், ஞாபகம் கொள்ளவேண்டும்? என்று கேட்கிறான். இந்த கேள்வியில் ஆரம்பித்து சுக பிரம்ம ரிஷி மற்றும் பரிக்ஷித் இவர்களுக்குள் நடந்த சம்பாதனை ஏழு நாட்களாக நடந்தது. அதுவே பாகவதம்.  

இராமாயண காவிய புருஷன் ஸ்ரீராமன் வாழ்வில் உன்னதத்தை காண்பித்தவன். பகவான் ஸ்ரீகிருஷ்ணன் மிக கடின சூழ்நிலையில் வாழ்வியல் போதனைகளை காட்டியவர்.      எம்பெருமான் க்ருஷ்ணாவதாரத்தில் தன்னுடைய எளிமையையும் மேன்மையையும் சேர்த்துக் காண்பித்தான்.  அவ்வப்போது தன் அவதார மஹிமையையும் உணர்த்தினான் கண்ணன். பெரியாழ்வார் தம் திருமொழியில் கண்ணன் பிறப்பு முதல் அவன் வளர்ந்த பருவங்களை கொண்டாடுகிறார்.  

வாயுள் வையகம் கண்ட மட நல்லார்*

ஆயர் புத்திரனல்லன் அருந்தெய்வம்*

பாயசீருடைப் பண்புடைப் பாலகன்*

மாயனென்று மகிழ்ந்தனர் மாதரே.  

 Think of  Lord Krishna, the supreme God   - one is instantly reminded of Sri Parthasarathi Emperuman who protects us at  Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam; there are so many  great Krishna temples like Guruvayur, Dwaraka, divyadesams -  Kabisthalam, Thirukkannamangai, Thirukkannapuram,  His Mathura, the places He grew up – Gokulam, Govardhanagiri, Vrindavan .. .. and more associated with Krishna – and .. .. on Arabic sea front -  Udupi !   

Of His many temples, one at Udupi is unique. Udupi Sri Krishna Matha  is a famous one –Surrounding the Sri Krishna Matha are several temples.  Udupi is one among the 7 Parashurama Kshetras i.e. the places created by Sage Parashurama. Parasurama  created his land out of sea and that includes coastal areas including Udupi.  In Sanskrit,Udupa means moon.  Chandra  prayed Lord Shiva here to get rid of a curse. 

              According to legend, there was an unusually disturbing  storm in the sea at Malpe. Shri Madhvacharya was on the shore at the time and saw a ship which was in trouble. He helped the ship reach the shore to safety. The sailors were very grateful to him and gave him deities of Lord Krishna and Lord Balarama. Jagadguru Sri Madhwacharya installed the deity of Lord Balarama near Malpe. This temple is known as Vadapandeshwara. He brought the deity of Lord Krishna and  installed at Udupi, which is regarded as the present day Krishna Mutt.  The Tulu Ashta Mathas of Udupi are a group of eight mathas or Hindu monasteries established by Madhvacharya. For each of the eight mathas, Madhvacharya also appointed one of his direct disciples to be the first Swami, head of the matha.   

Sri Madhwacharya initiated Sri Rama Theertha to sanyasa to worship Sri Krishna & gave Yoga Narasimha idol with 4 hands seated on swastik symbol. The idol has shankha and chakra in two hands and the remaining two hands are placed on laps.  This is very much the Yoga Narasimha present at Thiruvallikkeni too.   Sri Rama Theertha continued his lineage & it is known as Kaniyoor mutt. Sri Rama Theertha is the first pontiff / moola purusha of this mutt. 

Kaniyooru, also spelled Kaniyuru, is a village in Kadaba taluk in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.    Shri Vidyavallabha Theertha Swamiji is 30^th and present pontiff.   He was born as the second son of the blessed couple Vidwan Raghupathi Acharya and Shrimati Malathi Acharya on October 30th 1977 at Udupi. He was named as Krishnaraja Acharya by his parents. Krishnaraja underwent early schooling at Shri Madhwa Siddantha Prabhodini Samskritha Mahapaatashaala at Udupi. 

Shri Vidyavarinidhi Theertha Swamiji, then pontiff of Kaniyooru Matha identified Krishnaraja Acharya as his successor and ordained him for Sanyasa on May 8th 1992 at Pajaka Kshetra, the holy place where Shri Madhwacharya was born and named as Shri Vidyavallabha Theertha. Soon after the Sanyaasa, Shri Vidyavallabha Theertha Swamiji was sent to Shri Satyapramoda Theertha Swamiji of Uttaradi Mutt under whose able mentorship, Shri Vidyavallabha Theertha Swamiji enter the ocean of Dwaitha Philosophy  - was ordained to  Shri Krishna Matha and completed the paryaya in a grand manner at the age of just 21 years. During the paryaya tenure, on the very auspicious day of Vijayadashami in the year 1999, Swamiji observed his Sudhamangala in front of the Vrundavana of His Paramaguru, Shri Vidyasamudra Theertha located at Vrundavana Complex of Krishna Matha. As per the desire of his predecessor, Shri Vidyavarinidhi Theertha Swamiji, Shri Vidyavallabha Theertha Swamiji developed Pajaka Kshetra, the holy birth place of Acharya Madhwa, in an incredible way with support of devotees. Swamiji has also renovated various braches of Kaniyooru matha, established new branches at Bangalore and Shimoga to cater the spiritual needs of the people.  

வாழ்வில் மூப்பு வரும் சமயம் - கிழத்தனத்தில் நாலடி நடந்தாலும் பலஹீனத் தால் முதுகு நோகும்; ஒருகையாலே முதுகைப்பிடித்துக்கொள்ள வேண்டிய தாகும் ; முன் பக்கமாக வளைந்து விழாமைக்காக ஒரு தடியை ஊன்றிக்கொள்ள வேண்டியதாகும்; அத்தகைய நிலைமை வரு முன்னரே பதரிகாச்ரமம் சென்று ஸ்ரீபத்ரிநாதனை வணங்குமாறு திருமங்கை மன்னன் அறுதியிட்டு உரைத்துள்ளார்.  

முதுகு பற்றிக் கைத்தலத்தால் முன் ஒரு கோல் ஊன்றி

விதிர் விதிர்த்து கண் சுழன்று மேல் கிளைகொண்டு இருமி

இது என் அப்பர் மூத்த ஆறு என்று இளையவர் ஏசாமுன்

மது உண் வண்டு பண்கள் பாடும் வதரி வணங்குதுமே

 

Shri Swamiji visits most of the pilgrimage places across the country with devotees and at this young age itself  Shri Swamiji has completed Badari yatra more than 6 times, abiding by the advice of Kaliyan. 

Shri Swamiji’s second paryaya at Udupi Sree Krishna Mutt was in 2014.  With keenness and enthusiasm in propagating Madhwa philosophy and taking it to masses,  Swamiji has taken up many projects during paryaya tenure including  daily discourse, teaching of Nyaya sudha, arogya nidhi, akshaya patram .. ..   .    Shri Vidyavallabha Theertha Swamiji, the present Pontiff of Kaniyoor Mutt is observing Charturmasya vratam at Chennai now.

Our Culture places great emphasis on following the steps of Rishis, Acaryas and Seers and it was a great occasion that the Pontiff of Kaniyoor mutt had gracefully accepted the invitation of TAMBRAS. 

Tamilnadu Brahmins’ Association [TAMBRAS – Regd.] – Triplicane Unit- distributed educational aid to deserving students of the community on 27.7.2025 at Triplicane Vyasaraja Mutt.  His Excellency Sri Sri Vidhya Vallabha Theertha Swamiji was the Chief Guest who graced the function – gave a wonderful anugraha bashan – blessing the children and advising them on the need of educating and living abiding dharma, helping the community and doing kainkaryam to Lord.  He distributed to financial aid and blessed all present.  

Triplicane Unit President RV Narasimhan and other office-bearers had made wonderful arrangements. Representatives of the State, District and Mylapore unit were also present.  Some donors and most members of the association were present.   Yours Truly welcomed the Seer and spoke providing some details of the association and providing details to the audience about Swamiji and Kaniyoor Mutt.  Here are some photos of the grand occasion 

adiyen dhasan – Srinivasan Sampathkumar
29.7.2025
PS : a major part of this was spoken during welcoming Swamiji