Vaduvur Srinivasa Desikachariar

Who is Vaduvur Srinivasa Desikachariar?

Veda Baashyam and President Award winner, Vaduvur Veeravalli Sri Srinivasa Desikachariar Swami needs no introduction in the world of Vedic culture.

He was born in Vaduvur on November 4, 1928, to Srimathi Kanakavalli and Sri Veeraraghavachariar.

Five generations of his ancestors were trained in Veda Adhyayis and were rendering service to Srimad Andavan Ashramam without compensation

His uncle, Ganapati Sri Narasimhachariar, was one of the great Veda teachers of those days, was teaching in the famous Veda Patasala in Mannargudi founded by Sri Anna Swami Iyengar. In fact, he introduced the weekly tests in Veda Patasalas in Tamil Nadu modelled after the Kerala pattern. When his father died when he was 12, the young Desikachariar was enrolled by his uncle, in that Patasala and started training in Divya Prabandham from Kanthadai Ramanujachariar Swami and later Veda Adhyayanam from his uncle. He completed Veda Adhyayanam in seven years time and completed the Ganantham and then Salakshanam in just one more year. He was examined at the Sankara Mutt and cleared these in First Class.