Brahmasri Kaimukku Raman Akkithirippad, the great Jyotishyacharya who had predicted #Covid, succumbed to the dreaded virus!
This is so sad! 😔
Atma Shanti 🙏
This article below had some of his predictions. Apparently he did foresee his end too, and informed some of his family and friends. 😔🙏
A great scholar of Yajurveda and ancient Shrouta rituals, he was a Nityagnihotri who performed regular Ishti and special Ishtis on other occasions.
This loss is terrible 😞😭🙏
Too many wonderful memories of him.
Sigh! 😞🙏
Raman ji conducted the 2012 Athirathram in the Pakazhiyam Sampradayam Which was revived after 112 years! A handful of experts know this Shrauta Yajna Prayogam upto Athirathram. He was an authority! He also knew the Ashtamangalaprasnam like the back of his hand!
Sigh! 😞🙏
He was the Yajamani for the Somayagam in 2006. Such a phenomenal scholar on various subjects! I only hope his legacy is continued by his disciples.
His demise is such a huge loss! I am still unable to believe! 😞🙏
Will remember my friend, Shri Raman ji, in my prayers on this auspicious Ekadasi. He would observe it strictly. Only a couple of Pakshams earlier, we had spoken on the phone! Sigh!
Everything is unpredictable these days!
Bless his soul! 🙏
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Wrestler, Trader, Ayurvedacharya, Bone-setter, staunch Vaishnava, Mysore Samsthana Raja Vaidya and finally a legendary brand in his own lifetime!
The iconic “Ustad” Kayangadi Papanna!
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Wondering if i should put a thread! 🙆🏻♂️🤔
Papanna’s ancestors migrated from Andhra to the Mysore Kingdom about four generations before him. They belonged to the Telugu Balija community. Many members of that community migrated to the Karnataka region including the saint Kaiwaram Amara Nareyana Swamy.
For that we have to go to the great Maratha rulers of Thanjavur region. Especially the versatile King Sahaji (1684-1710). He was not only a benevolent ruler but a man of arts. He was well-versed in literature and composed musical operas in Telugu, Marathi and Sanskrit.
Sahaji was a great patron of artistes, scholars and Pundits. In 1693, he donated a village Tiruvisanallur to 46 families of learned Pundits. The village was renamed Sahajirajapuram. Great scholars of Sanskrit, Veda, Shastra and other allied traditional knowledges lived there.
So, this young (and restless) couple keeps on posting their every other image on SM. Them eating, walking, cooking, cleaning etc. They had twin kids.
Pictures kept coming! Everyone found it cute and all that. Hundreds of comments. They were encouraged to post more.
Few of us told them not to overdo things. They argued and fought. From one week total silence. Rather unusual for the SM addicted couple, I thought. Just checked with a common friend to see if everything was alright. I thought they were travelling or something.
The friend tells me their twin kids suddenly developed a strange fever one evening and it became so serious they had to be rushed to a local hospital. One of them didn’t survive. Other one is in coma.
Feeling terrible for them. They didn’t listen to anyone!