A.V. Devan Times

Hello readers, We hear lot of arguments in our homes, office etc., most of them are rubbish which needs to be trashed. However when we hear an argument between a Chandala (the low caste) and a Sanyasi (highly learned Jnani) what will be the result? We definitely get enlightened by listening to them. Adi Sankara along with his Sishyas at Varanasi (Kasi) after taking bath at River Ganges (Ganga) was on his way towards Kasi Viswanatha Temple saw a Chandala (dog eater) coming towards them. Lord Siva is said to have come in the disguise of that Chandala. Sankara then uttered “Gacha Gacha” i.e. Move away, Move away. Now the Chandala posed a few questions to Acharya who was dazed and was taken aback upon hearing his highly enlightened question. Sankara then replied his questions more philosophically. The answers are in the form of a small treatise by Adi Sankara is what is known as “Maneesha Panchakam”. The word Maneesha meaning “conviction” appear in last line of all the five verse. Adisank

From Editor’s Desk Hello readers, Everytime while on my way to Kanchipuram I used to see a huge arch with an inscription “Bhagavat Ramanujar Avatharitha Sriperumbudur” i.e. Birthplace of Srimad Ramanuja kindling my interest to visit but never attempted. This time I need to go to Kanchipuram to get the blessings of Kanchi Acharya for my Son’s Upanayanam, I decided to visit the temple first and then proceed to Kanchipuram. Mine and my Sister’s family started from Chennai and proceeded on the Chennai-Bangalore Highway. After crossing Poonthamalli we fuelled our cars. The road was excellent and within a hour we reached Sriperumbudur. While entering the rajagopuram the Jeer of Sriperumbudur was coming out and we paid our obeisance to the revered Jeer and got the blessings. We then had nice darshan of the Lord Adikesavaperumal, Yathirajanathavalli Thayar and Srimad Ramanuja. We then drove to the main road and parked our vehicles outside Shri Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Site to have our breakfast.

Hello readers, The most expressive feature in our face is the eye. Eyes are non-verbal communicators and convey our moods. The word ‘Nayan’ means ‘eye’ ‘Tara’ means ‘star’. Nayantara means one whose eye shines like a star. We are going to read an incident about a person who loved a lady whose eyes were dazzling like a star. Sorry Guys! we are not going to read about Tamil film stars Prabhudeva and Nayantara love story in this article, rather we are going to know about an ordinary couple who later through the divine grace became great Shri Vaishnavas by the divine grace of Saint Ramanuja and Lord Ranganatha. This article will definitely help us to know the real and eternal beauty which we should love so as to cross nescience. Saint Ramanuja who live some thousand year before was devoted to the service of God and Mankind. The physical limitations and the social taboos were washed away by the flood of Ramanuja’s divine love. Srirangam is known as “Bulokha Vaikundam” i.e. Heaven on earth