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KANCHEEPURAM |
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| To this Ashrama
about 300 years ago came a brahmin of 28 summers born in a village called Sitanchery near
Villiam- pakkam about 15 miles to the south-east of Kancheepuram. He was well versed in
Vedas and Sastras. He got himselfinitiated into the Sanyasasrama by Sri Vasudeven- dra
Saraswati who was then living at that Ashram. He stayed in the Ashram itself. While there
he wrote commentaries on all the 108 Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita. He also composed
Kirtanas on Sri Rama. Manuscripts of the commentaries and the other works written by him
are now preserved in the Adyar Library. He came to be called by the name of Upanishad
Brahmendra as he has written commentaries on all the 108 Upanishads. Researches into the life of Sree Tyagaraja Swami of Tiruvayyar reveal
that while he refused to leave Tiruvayyar at the request of kings, he took the only
special trip to Kancheepuram. To visit Sree Upanishad Brahmendra Yogin in person.
Kancheepuram is known as Kanchi and Cachchi and by other names also. The very presence of
108 Saivite temples and 18 Vaishnavite temples makes it indeed a City of Temples. |
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