Paramahamsa ativarNAshramI sarvatantra svatantra avdhUta vareNya

                                    SHRI GURU GUHANANDANATHAR

SRI PARATPARA GURU SRI PAADUKABHYAM POOJAYAMI NAMAH

Before writing about the GURUPARAMPARA, with all humility, humbleness & devotion, I surrender myself at the feet of GURUMANADALA & GURUMANADALA ROOPINI SRI LALITA MAHATRIPURASUNDARI, begging them to give me the words to continue this writing.

SRI GUHANANANDANATHAR, an Avadhoota lived in Badarikashrama. HIS birth and Videha mukti details are though not available, it is said and believed that HE was born in on Krittika star in a small village near Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu.  I rely on the GURUPARAMPARA as provided by Sri Purnanandanatha ( Sri G Venkata Narasaiah) who was initiated into Sri Vidya by Sri Chidanandanathar. 

According to this information, the GURUPARAMPARA begins from Sri Vidyaranya swamy, the 12 th peethadhipati of Dakshinamnyaya Sri Sringeri Sharada peetha. ( 1380-1386). Sri Vidyaranya Swamy has initiated Sri Shanatananandanathar,  Sri Shantananandanathar has initiated Sri Vimalanandanathar. Sri Vimalanandanathar has initiated Sri Prakashanandanathar, Sri Prakashananandanathar has initiated Atmananandanatha. Sri Atmanandanathar has initiated Sri GUHANANANDANATHAR.

Thus Sri Atmanandanathar is  Sri Vidya Guru of Sri GUHANANANDANATHAR, ParamaGuru is Sri Prakashanandanathar and Parameshthi Guru is Vimalanandanathar, Paratpara Guru is Shantanandanathar, whose GURU is Sri Vidyaranya Swamy.

While getting back to Sri Badarkashrama, Sri GUHANANDANATHAR blessed his Shishya Sri Chidananandanathar that HE will appear in his physical form in the VELAYUDHA of Sri Subrahmanya swami in Tiruttani every year on PUSHYA MASA AMAVASYA. after VIBHUTI ABHISHEKAM . This is happening even now.

I am too small a person to write more than this about my SRI PARATPARA GURU.

    ABHINAVA BHASKARA  -NAVA BHASKARA -SRI CHIDANANANDANATHAR

                                 SRI PARAMESHTHI GURU SRI PAADUKABHYAM POOJAYAMI NAMAH

Sri CHIDANANANDANATHAR ( Sri N. Subramanya Iyer (N stands for Nediminti, the name of the family)). HE was born on 14-11-1882 to the couple Sri Narasaiah and Kamakshi Ammal in a village in Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.  It was Tuesday, Karthika Shukla Caturthi, Moola Nakashatra, VruShabha Lagna. Having known this much information of birth details, the Astrologer in me made me explore the time of birth. By the GRACE of GURUMANADALA, I have explored to find the time of birth. It is very likely the birth would have been taken in between 17-28 to 17-40 Hrs.  If I get the command from the GURUMANDALA, I shall post the details referring to important events which may help the Scholars in Astrology to keep the chart in their library of  Spiritual masters / celebrities.

In Sadharana Nama Samvatsara Pushya Amavasye, Mahodaya Punyakala, Sharavana Nakshatra,  Paramahamsa ativarNAshramI sarvatantra svatantra avdhUta vareNya shrI GURU GUHANANDANATHAR has initiated Sri N Subramanya Iyer at Prayag HE bestowed on him pAdukAnta shrIvidyA dIkShA, hamsa, mahAvAkya and mahA mahA pAdukA mantras along with the dIkShA paTTa, SRI CHIDANANDANATHA.

This day corresponds to 30-1-1911, morning around 7 AM, Siddhi Yoga, Lagna is Makara. All these astrological calculations are only to thirst our knowledge. Whenever the GURU Grace comes that is the best time.

SRI CHIDANANANDANATHAR is the founder of SRI GUHANANDA MANDALI. HIS  shishya parampara is spread all over the globe.  By profession HE was  teacher and hence HE is addressed as “SIR” even now.  Having initiated many deserving souls into SRI VIDYA, HE also wrote many books on Sri Vidya both, in Tamil & Sanskrit. HIS ‘SRI VIDYA SAPARYA PADDHATI” is the one followed among all Sri Vidya upasakas across the globe as standard text for Sri Chakra Nanavarana Pooja, and Sri Vidya Homa..

His Tamil commentary on puNyAnandanAtha’s kAmakalAvilAsa was released during the ShaShTapUrti celebration. During this auspicious occasion, H H paramAchArya of kAnchIpuram bestowed the title, ABHINAVA BHASKARA on Sri Chidananndanthar.  ShrI somadeva Sharma who wrote the foreword to this work, wonders if shrI Shankara bhagavatpAda and ShrI bhAskararAya have jointly taken birth in the form of shrI chidAnandanAtha.  

Sri Chidananandanathar proceeded to Thiruvannamalai to see Seshadri Swamigal at the Kambathi Nayanar temple on May 20, 1920. Sri Seshadri Swamigal instructed him to come back to him the next day at 3 am. He remained awake the entire night immersed in meditation, waiting for the darshan of Seshadri Swamigal. Sharp at 3 am, Swamigal appeared before him engulfed in aruṇa varṇa. Lost in the emanating āruṇya, he lost himself in Brahmānanda, when the Swamigal said, “See well! Do you recognize what you see? What you see is the same as what you have and nothing different. Safeguard what you have”. He also met Chinna Sheshadri Swamigal (Srī Ramaṇa Maharśi) (PLEASE NOTE THE WORDS “CHINNA SESHADRI SWAMIGAL” WHICH IS REFERRED TO SRI RAMANA. THIS IS HOW SRI RAMANA WAS KNOWN AND ADDRESSED TILL SESHADRI SWAMIGAL LEFT HIS PHYSICAL BODY)

This answers those who argue that SRI RAMANA was not into SRIVIDYA. There is no dispute that Seshadri Swamigal was a great Srividyopasaka of the same lineage though details are not known.

There are views from certain section of people that who are into Sri Vidya or in any spiritual sadhana should not bother about society, its beliefs, nonsenses, promoting wrong thigs, to meet self-interests. These are the people who are averse to knowing the truth which is not palatable to them. ALWAYS THE TRUTH WAS BITTER AND IT REMAINS BITTER. They turn their arguments to present social and political situation. Sri RAMANA’s matter is one such not palatable to many of his disciples.

Sri Chidanandanatha spent many days discussing Vēdānta with him. It may be noted that Srī Svāmī Shastrigal (Anantānandanātha), a senior disciple of Chidanandanatha and the foremost of Gaṇapati upāsakas, was specifically chosen by Bhagavān Ramaṇa to perform the kumbhābhiśēkam of Mātr̥bhūtēśvara temple and the consecration of the śrīcakra on the adhiṣṭhānam of Smt. Azhagammal.

Sri Chidanandanthar was also bestowed the title, NAVABHASKARA by H H Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahaswamigal of Dakshinamnaya Sringeri Sharada Peetham.

On Ashvayuja Pournami  in Raktakshi Nama Samvatsara , corresponding to 12-10-1924,  Sri CHIDANANDANATHAR has performed the navAvaraNa pUjA at the shrIchakra in the shrine of kAmAkshI parAbhaTTArikA at Kanchipuram for the first time. Due to unknown reasons, this worship had been stopped at the shrine for several decades. It is nothing but the grace of GURUMANDALA that this blogger ATMANANDANATHA also got Poornabhisheka on Asvayuja Pournami.

Even to day the Chief priest and other priests in Kanchi Kamakshi temple are from SRI GUHANANADA GURU PARAMPARA .

Sri CHIDANANDANATHAR  pioneered in initiating Suvasinis (Women)  into shrIvidyA and granting them PATTADHIKARA. This article becomes incomplete without mentioning RAJAMMAL a very prominent disciple of Sri Chidanandanatha. It may not be an exaggeration that the Parampara is continuing because of her efforts. During his address to disciples, he always mentioned that SRIVIDYA should reach all eligible human beings even if they are in slums. This is going on record in this blog post.

The following words are used by those who know him well to describe him: ājānubāhu, śāntamūrti, karuṇāmūrti, face and eyes shining with tremendous tejas, exemplary simplicity in every aspect, strict in guiding disciples in upāsanā, always interested in the welfare of disciples, desireless, straightforward, unflinching devotion to śrīvidyā and completely dedicated to Mahātripurasundarī

During the śarannavarātri of 1957, on śaṣṭhī tithi (Mahāvajrēśvarī Nityā), HE attained Lalitā sāyujyam during the auspicious hours of the evening. That day, Kāñcī Paramācārya Srī Chandraśēkharēndra Sarasvatī took a brief pause during his daily pūjā at the Sanskrit College at Chennai. He later explained that he had seen a great soul being welcomed at the door of Chintāmaṇi Gr̥harāja, the abode of Parāmbā Rājarājēśvarī. It was actually Srī Chidānandanātha that he was referring to, which he clarified explicitly to his disciples. It is now known that even the famed Karapatri Swamiji (ṣōḍaśānandanātha) was initiated by one Umānandanātha, who in turn was a disciple of Anantānandanātha, a direct disciple of Srī Chidānandanātha. This also becomes evident by observing Srīvidyā Ratnākara of Karapatri Swamiji, which nearly replicates the Saparyā Paddhati of Guhānanda Maṇḍalī.

IT IS THE IMMENSE BLESSINGS OF GURUMANADALA AND SREEMATHA, THAT BOTH KARAPARTI SWAMIJI ( SODASHANANDANATHA) and ME HAVING SRI CHIDANANDANATHAR AS OUR PARAMRESHTHI GURU.

Sri Chidanandanathar’s grand son Sri Subramanian (SRI VRISHBHANANADANTHA) and his Granddaughter, Sri Usha Lakshmi ( Charyanandanatha sameta Charyamba) blessed my book SRICHAKRACHANA CHANDRIKA by writing an article on the book. ( Transliteration of SRIVIDYA SAPARYA PADDHATI of SRI Chidanandanthar) Sri Chidananadanthar’s Great grand son Sri Chidanandanatha is my SAHASHISHYA.

Sri Chidanandanathar is not only  a great Srividyopasaka and a Srividya GURU of excellence, he is the perfect model for all Sri Vidya upasakas, Srividya GURUs and to all  Sanatana Dharmi’s.

I shall surely add more information on Sri Chidanandanathar as and when I get such info from a reliable source.

SRI YOGANANDANATHAR

SRI PARAMAGURU SRI PAADUKAABHYAAM POOJAYAMI NAMAH

Sri YOGANANADNATHAR (Sri S.Kunchitapatham (Popularly known as S K Iyer)  hails from the family of Land lords from Injikollai, a village near Kumbakonam. This info is provided by Sri R B Vishvanath a Sri Vidya Upasaka and the Grand Son of the brother of Sri YOGANANDANATHAR.

We know very less about him except that HE was a Scholar in Sanskrit and Astrology.  HE was consulted by Shanakaracharyas of Sri Kamakoti Peetha.  As I know, once Sri Chidananandanathar came to Injikollai and heard of Sri P R Subramanya Iyer. It seems Sri CHIDANANANDANATHAR  went to the house of Sri P R Subramanya Iyer and initiated him into Sri Vidya with deeksha patta Sri YOGANANADANATHA.  That was the time when my GURU SRI PARANANDANATHAR ( Sri Subramanya Shastrigal) was living in Injikollai just in the opposite house of Sri P R Subramanya Iyer. SRI PARANANANDANATHAR was also initiated into Panchadashi by Sri CHIDANANDANATHAR and later he got POORNABHISHEKA AND DEEKSHA PATTA from Sri YOGANANANDANATHAR.

I am told that Sri Yogananandanathar was a great Upasaka of Sri Ucchishta Maha Ganapati, which is also SRI VIDYA. There is a temple exclusively for Sri UCCHISHTA GANAPATHI in Tirunelveli. Otherwise, we observe Ucchishta Ganapati is carved on the pillars of some of the temples. I am posting the pic of the temple; Pic Courtesy Dinamalar  tamil daily web site. 

I am able to trace an old video in which one can see HIS house in Injikollai and HIS Dharmapatni singing Sri Ganapati keertane and also a Mantra from Sri Durga saptashati and telling its usefulness in getting employment. I am giving the Youtube link of that video

SRI VIDYA MAARTHAANDA SRI PARANANDANATHAR

SRI GURU PADUKABHYAM POOJAYAMI NAMAH

Sri Subramanya Shastrigal born in Akshaya Nama Samvatsara Magha Masa, Krishna Padyamai, Pushya Star, Tuesday in a Vaidika Family in Tiruvarur, Tamilnadu – This day is corresponding to 18-1-1927. Father: Ramaswamy Shsatrigal; Mother; Bhageerathi Ammal; Grand Father: Brahmashri Swaminatha Shastrigal ; Grand Mother: Nagalakshmi Ammal.

His Upanayana was at the age of 7 years in the year 1934 and started vedadhyana for 15 years from Chetanapuri Brahmashri Gopala Ganapatigal & Injikollai Yajnanarayana Deekshitar and he is the student of Mysore Maharaja Sanskrit College.

First meeting of Sri Chidananandanathar in 1946 and got Pachadasi Upadesam and later in 1969 on Chaitra masa Ashtami Poornabhisheka from Sri Yoganandanathar. He also learnt Kavya, Nataka, Alankara , Vedanta & Srividya from Sri Yoganandanathar.

His marriage with Smt Tripurasundari born on 9 th April 1940 was held on 21 st Februray 1951.
Sri Parananandanathar is blessed with 4 sons and 3 daughters. His pet name is PATTU SHASTRY by his parents and remained as his nick name.  He is a sanskrit and Vedic Scholar. As said before HE was initiated into highest order of Sri Vidya by Sri YOGANANDANATHAR with Deelshapatta as ” PARANANANDANATHA.  The Sishyas of Sri Parananandanathar are spread across the globe.

Sri Dayananda Saraswathi ( Nataraja) founder of  Arsha Vidya Gurukula born in Manjakudi near Tiruvarur is a relative as well schoolmate of Sri PARANANANDANATHA. Sri Dayananada saraswathi was in close association with my GURU.

As Sri YOGANANDANATHA being an ardent Upasaka of Sri Ucchishta Ganapathi, my GURU also was an ardent Upasaka of Sri Sharabheshwara.

Sri PARANANDANATHA attained Lalita sayujya on Friday, Shukla Paksha Navami, Phalguna masa in Khara Nama Samvatsra corresponding to 2-3-2012 at his age of 85 years very peacefully without suffering from any serious ailments.

It is only HIS physical body that has left us but all of us are receiving his guidelines in our pursuit in Sri Vidya Upasana. It is an experience which can only be experienced and CANNOT BE EXPLAINED. 

शान्ता विमला प्रकाशा आत्मा गुहा चित् यॊगास्य श्री परानंदादि सद्गुरून् नमाम्यहम् पुनः पुनः

Shantaa Vimalaa Prakaashaa Aatmaa Guhaa, Chit, yOgaasya SrI Paranandadi sadguroon namaamyaham punah punah.

OM SHANTIH SHANTIH SHANTIH