Sri U Ve K. B. Devarajan Swamy - Profile

Sri U.Ve. K.B. Devarajan Swamy, eminent Ubhaya Vedantha Vidwan, visited Sydney between Feb 11 and Feb 16, 2017.

Sri U.Ve. K.B. Devarajan Swamy's grand father Sri U.Ve. Kaliyoor Duraiswamy Iyengar was a scholar in Ubhaya Vedantha and a great Adhyapaka with noble qualities of a real Srivaishnava. His father Sri U.Ve. Kaliyoor Bhashyam Iyengar, was a ardent Kainkarya para of Sri U.Ve. Muthaliyandan Thirumaligai.

Sri U.Ve. K.B. Devarajan Swamy had his early education in Kanchipuram with graduation in Physics (B.Sc.) from Pachaiyappas College. He had Srivaishnava Deeksha (Samashrayanam) under Sri U.Ve. Muthaliyandan Periya Swamy (Koil Kanthadai Vathoola Desika Annavilappan Kumara Srisailacharya Swamy). He imbibed the spiritual teachings in a traditional way under the tutelage of Sri U.Ve. Thirumalai Vinjimoor Singaracharya Swamy, Maha Vidwan Sri U.Ve. Kanchi Prathivadi Bhayankaram Annangaracharya Swamy, Sri U. Ve. Akkarakani Sampathkumaracharya Swami, Sri U. Ve. A K Sadakopacharya Swami and Sri. U.Ve. Velukkudi K. Varadacharya Swamy (father and Guru of famous Sri U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy). He learnt Sanskrit from Shri Prof. PH Sivasubramanya Iyer at Kanchipuram. He has evolved his own inimitable style, eloquent, precise, appropriate and yet easily understandable by even a lay person.

Devarajan Swamy is an erudite scholar, and has rendered and rendering discourses on Thiruvoymozhi, Srimad Ramayanam, Srimad Bhagavatham, Sri Vishnupuranam, Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam, Thiruppavai, Bhagavath Gita etc. in Tamil and Hindi. He is the first person to conduct Bhagavatha Sapthaham in TAMIL at Sukhdal, where Sri Shukabrahma rishi gave upadesham of Srimadbhagavatham to Pariekshith in seven days. He covered for All India Radio and TV festivals in Divyadesams and Thirupathi B Rahmothsavam. Swamy is Hony. Director and faculty member of Swamy Nammazhwar India Foundation. He has been nominated as Asthana Vidwan of Sri Vanamamalai Mutt, Nanguneri by H.H. Kaliyan Vanamamalai Ramanuja Jeer Swamy. He is a member of Board of Studies in the Department of Vaishnavism, Madras University. He is also serving as visiting faculty in Madras University in Vaishnavism Department for P.G. He is also serving as faculty in Kamban Kazhagam, Ambattur. He had also authored hundreds of articles on various topics in Vaishnavism. He has the pride of developing the next generation Srivaishnava Scholars by training four of his disciples in the field of Vaishnavism and upanyasams namely Shri U. Ve. Thenthiruperai Aravinda Lochanan Swami, Shri U. Ve. Akkarakani Srinidhi Swami, Shri U. Ve. Thenthiruperai Parthasarathy Swami and Shri U. Ve. Kaliyur Srivallaban Swami (his son). After Shri U. Ve. Karapangadu Venkatachariyar Swami, Shri K B. Devarajan Swami has the priviledge of performing Thiruppavai series Upanyasam simultaneously with his Disciples for past 4 years. He worked as a Sr. Marketing Executive in a reputed Private Company. He has been bestowed with the following titles by various institutions and scholars.

• Senchol Selvan
• Pravachanarya Choodamani
• Ilankili
• Abhinava Madhurakavi
• Sollamuthak Kondal

He has taught Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam to 2500 children at Ambattur during the period 1974 to 1984.