Shree U. Ve. Velukkudi K. Varadacharya Swami

 

 

 

Early Days and Education

 

Shree U. Ve. Vidwan Vagamruthavarshee Velukkudi K. Varadacharya Swami was born on 31.1.1921 (Thai Visakam) as the third son of Sri Velukkudi Krishnaswamy Iyengar Swami and Smt. Lakshmi Ammal. He had his education in the Kakumani Audikesavulu Charities Sanskrit School - Chennai and the Oriental Sanskrit College at Tirupati where he obtained the Nyaya Siromani degree.

He was married to Smt. Hemabja Nayaki and they have contributed an equally illustrious son Sri U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swami.

 

Sampradaya Education

 

He studied under stalwarts like Sri Purisai Krishnamacharya Swami, Sri Uthamur Veeraraghavacharya Swami, Ramanujacharya Swami, Shri Karappankadu Desivaradacharya Swami and Sri Uthamaseeli Rangaswami Iyengar Swami. Later on back in Madras he joined Mahavidwan Sri Karappankadu Venkatacharya Swami. Over nearly a decade he studied Bhagavat Vishayam, Sri Bashyam, Geeta Bashyam, Rahasyams and other texts under this illustrious Acharya.

 

Titles

 

Sri Velukkudi Swami began delivering discourses in 1946 and shaped into an eminent Upanyasaka. He is popularly called as 'Vagamrutha Varshee' - who showers nectarine words. Other titles 'Ubaya Vedanta Acharya', 'Adhyatma Tatva Bodha Bhaskara', 'Dravidamnaya Kamadhenu', 'Abhinava Visadavaksikhamani' sit easily on him.

 

Other Works

 

He has authored a number of books - Sri Bhashya Saram, Arulicheyal Anubhavam, Sudharasa Manjari ( a compilation) and so on besides his commentary on Arulicheyal Rahasyam of Swami Azhagiyamanavala perumal Nayanar.

 

Sri Velukkudi Varadacharya Swami attained the lotus feet of his Acharya in January 1991 at Sri Rangam.