Prathivadhi Bhayankaram Annangaracharya
Prathivadhi Bhayankaram Annan was a Sri Vaishnava Acharya, Sanskrit scholar and the composer of the popular Venkateswara Suprabhatam was born in the year AD 1361. He was one of the prominent disciples of Manavala Mamunigal, belonged to a distinguished line of "Acharya Purushas" and had a large number of followers. Acharya composed many poems, of which the popular Venkateswara Suprabhatham has been recited daily at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and is played each day at millions of households in India.[1][2][3]
The twelve divya Salagrama silas and the Sri-Bhu Sametha Ranganadha Swamy idol that were once worshiped by him are now being worshiped by Sri Prativadhi Bhayankaram Raghavacharyulu, a fifteenth generation descendant in his lineage in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Popular Indian Playback Singer P. B. Sreenivas was one of his descendants in his lineage in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.
He was born in Kanchipuram, and became a disciple of Swami Vedanta Desikan's son Varadanarayan-acharya. Varadanarayan gave him the name "Prathivathi Bhayangaram Annangaracharya". Prathivadhi was acknowledged as an authority on Sanskrit literature and spiritual discourses in those times. He is said to be the most prominent scholar in South India of his time, and was widely respected throughout India. One of the prominent disciples of Manavala Mamuni, he belonged to a distinguished line of "Acharya Purushas" and had a large number of followers. He composed many poems, of which the Suprabhatham (1430 CE) is the most famous, recited daily at Tirumala Venkateswara Temple as well as several households in India. Sri Prativaadi Bhayankara Annangaracharya is done who translated almost all Vishishtadvaita-Dravida works.
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