Main Sishyar of Sri UyyaKondar
One day, the two children of Sri UyyaKondar
wanted to go for a bath in the river Kaveri and Sri Manakkal Nambi
accompanied them. While returning back, there was a
ditch that could not be crossed by the small children.
Since they are his Guru's children, Sri Manakkal Nambi lay
over the ditch and made them cross the ditch, by using his
back as a bridge. Sri Uyyakondar was very happy at this
Guru Bhakti and blessed him.
He also made Sri Alavandar, a great Sri
Vaishnava Acharya. Sri Alavandar, became a king and
started a normal life full of tamas and rajas
influences. Sri RamaMishrar tried many times, without
success, to meet him. In order
to get his attention, Sri RamaMishrar started feeding Sri
Alavandar, a type of sattvic food (a kind of spinach) by
befriending a cook in the palace kitchens. One day, he
stopped the feeding the spinach and Sri Alavandar called the
cook to find out the reason and hence Sri RamaMishrar got a chance
to meet the king. Sri Alavandar wanted to know, what Sri
Ramamishrar wants in return, to which the latter replied that
he has a wealth (from Sri Alavandar's elders) that he wants to
give to Sri Alavandar. Sri Alavandar followed Sri
Ramamishrar in to the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Ranganatha
Temple at Trichy. Sri Ramamishrar announced that
Sri Ranganatha is that wealth and Sri Alavandar fell at his
feet and became a great Sri Vaishnava Acharyan.
His famous sishyas include Sri Alavandar, Sri
ThiruVinnakarappan and others.
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