The High Court passed its Verdict today on a long simmering dispute between our two great Sri Vaishnava sects over the Kanchipuram Sri Varadaraja Perumal Temple and, not surprisingly, the first person to celebrate the judgment is from the city of Sri Rangam who has tweeted on X below : The judgment resolves a long‑standingContinue reading “The Kanchipuram Sri Varadaraja Perumal: the Madras High Court passes Judgment : it belongs to “Tenkalai Sampradayam””
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The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part-35
If the process of transfer of the control and administration of the Tirumala Temple by the East India Company-appointed Collector to the traditional custodians in the Sri Vaishnava community was messy and complex, that of the Kanchipuram Sri Varadarajaswamy Temple was bitterly rancorous and disputatious. The Tenkalai-s for long since the time of Sri AzhagiyaContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part-35″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubhaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-34
Following a decree of the British Crown in London and an act of the Parliament there, the withdrawal of the East India Company from India began in the late 18th century CE and ended in 1859 CE when it was formally wound up. Consequently, the Company was forced to reverse and retreat from its policiesContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubhaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-34″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 33
Fifty long years after Warren Hastings was sought to be impeached by the British Parliament in 1788 CE, the Royal Decree of 1833 of Queen Victoria in England, was passed to cut the East India Company to size. In the interregnum, the Napoleonic wars in Europe and the wars in India between the British andContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 33″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s” – Part 32
The clash over Power and Legitimacy had always been what lay at the very heart of the Tenkalai and Vadakalai tussle in Kanchipuram. The tussle has already been explained in Part-12, and how it had always been over rights of ownership and oversight and the right to direct and manage all affairs and vast commonwealthContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s” – Part 32″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 26
There is no doubt that the new theories of social anthropology that Western/Christian evangelists developed and propagated in the 19th-20th century CE created a profound revolution in the minds of Tamilians. Feelings and forces of social divisiveness became rife and almost palpable in the air. All of a sudden different groups of Tamil Nadu beganContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 26″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 24
A brief recapitulation of everything written so far would be in order before continuing on to recount the history of the decline and fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins” after India gained independence finally from both Mughal and British Rule in 1947. Earlier in Part-9, it was explained how the commonalities between Tenkalai and Vadakalai historical narrativesContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part 24″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-23
While the rest of the country descended into chaos, anarchy and slavery throughout the 15th to the 18th century CE resulting from wars, conquests and the tyranny of Muslim and British Imperialistic rule, the Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil country themselves descended into a private anarchy of their own making. The war between Tipu Sultan andContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-23″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 22
From a broad survey of the history of South India between the 15th and 17th century CE, it is easy to learn and conclude that the glory of scores and scores of Hindu temples (both Saivite and Vaishnavite) reached its pinnacle during the same period and it was thanks largely to the power of theContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 22″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-21
From the time Sri Manavaala Maamuni passed away in Sri Rangam in 1450 CE until the fall of the great Vijayanagar Empire in the great battle of Talikota in January 1565 CE when the last of the Aravidu Kings, Raama Raja was beheaded by the Bahmani Sultans, the Sri Vaishnava “ubaya vedaantins” continued to skirmishContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-21″