॥ श्रीः॥
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॥ श्रलक्ष्मरहयवदन लक्ष्मरनारायण वेणगोपाल परब्रह्मणे नमीः॥
ु
॥ श्र शठकोप रामानज देशशके भ्यो नमीः॥
ु
॥ श्र ब्रह्मतन्त्र स्वतन्त्र परकाल गरुपरम्परायै नमीः॥
Sri Lakshmi Hayavadana Murthy of
Sri Brahmatantra Swatantra Parakala Swamy Matham
Swamy Bhagavad Ramanuja as per the divine order of his pracharya Srimath Yamunacharya
authored a divine commentary to the Brahma sutras of Vyasa, in accordance with the
teachings of the masters of yore like Bodhayana and others. He submitted this work to the
assembly at the Sarasvati peetam in Kashmir. The work was received by none other than
Sarasvatidevi, who named it as Sribhashya and Ramanuja as Sribhashyakara. In recognition
to this, she even presented the murthy of Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva that was being worshipped
by her. From that day, the murthy came to be in the thiruvaradhanam of Sribhashyakara.
Sribhashyakara worshipped this murthy during his lifetime and subsequently handed it over
along with the spiritual succession to his jnana-putra Thirukkurugaipiraan Pillan. From Pillan
it flowed down through his successive familial generations to Sri Pundarikaksha Deshika and
then to Sri Shatakopa Deshika and then to his progeny also called Sri Pundarikaksha Deshika,
who was the rajaguru of the Vijayanagara rulers and also the son-in-law of Sri Atreya
Ramanuja Appullar, the preceptor of Swamy Deshika.
At the instance of Sri Appullar, Sri Pundarikaksha Deshika, with all attendant imperial
paraphernalia, bequeathed the murthy of Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva to Swamy Deshika who had
already obtained the sakshatkaram of Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva at Thiruvahindrapuram. Swamy
received this with extraordinary delight and enshrined it as part of his thiruvaradhanam.
Swamy Deshika worshipped this murthy all his lifetime and in due course, in the year 1360
ACE, bequeathed this murthy to Sri Brahmatantra Swatantra jeeyar, who installed it as the
Asthana-perumal (presiding deity) of the institution established by him at Kanchipuram
under the direct guidance of Swamy that came to be known as Sri Brahmatantra Swatantra
Swamy Matham.
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Since that day onwards, the murthy has been worshipped incessantly by the avichchinna
(uninterrupted) yatishvara acharya parampara of this matham that owes its direct allegiance
to the lotus feet of Thuppul Kulamani Swamy Sriman Nigamantha Maha Deshika. This
murthy of Sri Lakshmi Hayavadana has been the object of immense adoration and the
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