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== History == | == History == | ||
Coming to historical times. there was [[Lakshmi Kumara Thathachariar]] who was a minister under the [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar kings]]. The name Thathachariar came because the Lord himself addressed him as "thatha, give me some water" which he was carrying to the Lord Venkateswara- so goes the legend. Lakshmi Kumara was divinely blessed and he was responsible for helping poor people to perform marriages of their daughters. Followed the path laid by his ancestral rishi! He was also called as '''Kottikannikadhana Thathachariar'''. He lived in 15th century. | Coming to historical times. there was [[Lakshmi Kumara Thathachariar]] who was a minister under the [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar kings]]. The name Thathachariar came because the Lord himself addressed him as "thatha, give me some water" which he was carrying to the Lord Venkateswara- so goes the legend. Lakshmi Kumara was divinely blessed and he was responsible for helping poor people to perform marriages of their daughters. Followed the path laid by his ancestral rishi! He was also called as '''Kottikannikadhana Thathachariar'''. He lived in 15th century. | ||
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One of his agnates, Ayya Kumara Tata Desikan (Ayya Kumara Thathachariar), travelled further down to [[Tamil Nadu]] and near [[Vandavasi]] came to a village. As he was about to perform his [[Sandhyavandanam]], he saw a soldier - his horse was nearby sleeping and a cobra spreading its hood over his head to protect him from the sun. He was wonder struck and talked to the soldier after he woke up. He could perceive that the ordinary soldier has a special future and might one day become king. He told him so and the soldier went on his way down to [[Thanjavur]]. He did become a [[Chieftain (disambiguation)|chieftain]] and remembered his guru. He founded the village [[Navalpakkam]] and built a Srinivasa Perumal temple there for his guru. Even to this day, that village consists of a number of learned scholars and pundits - whose fame has spread far and wide. His descendants who came to [[Kumbakonam]] called themselves Patracharis (patta in Tamil means tata in Sanskrit). Some family traces its lineage from this saint for whom a niche sannidhi is provided in the famous [[Sarangapani Temple]] of Kumbakonam. | |||
== Thatha Origination == | == Thatha Origination == | ||
The word Thatha/Tata originates from Tirumalai Nambi or Srisaila Purna. On LakshmiKumara - Sri Lakshmi Kumara Tata Desikan. He was born at Kumbakonam in the Tamil year of Prajotpathi, in the month of Karthikai, Anusha nakshatram in 1575 A.D | The word Thatha/Tata originates from Tirumalai Nambi or Srisaila Purna. On LakshmiKumara - Sri Lakshmi Kumara Tata Desikan. He was born at Kumbakonam in the Tamil year of Prajotpathi, in the month of Karthikai, Anusha nakshatram in 1575 A.D | ||