SRI CHIDANANDA NATHA - Knowns as 'SIR'

Sri Nediminti Subrahmanya Iyer, with his Diksha name Sri Chidananda natha, has  always  guided us in all our endeavors. Born a Chaturthi day (a day dear to Lord Maha Ganesha), his Videha Kaivalyam occurred on a Shashti day (a day dear to Lord Subrahmanyaswami). In a way, this can be likened to starting from Moolaadhaara where Lord Sri Ganesha resides and ending in the Sahasraram where Lord Sri Subrahmanya arises out of the union of Shiva & Shakti.
Being himself initiated into Srividya by his Guru Sri Guhanandanatha on the sacred Mahodaya day in 1911 at the holy Allahabad, he practiced his Upasana in secret for 12 years, and thereafter began to propagate this among the eligible and the deserving. He gone deep into the secrets of Vedanta and Srividya and synthesized them in a manner appropriate to this age. The Acharyas of both Kanchi and Sringeri held him in high regard. He translated into elegant, simple and sweet Tamil, various important Sanskrit works bearing on Srividya, like Kamakalavilasa, Varivasya Rahasya, Trishati Bhashya of Sri Adi Shankara, Shakti Mahimna Stotra of Durvasa etc. He also wrote various books in Tamil explaining Vedantic and Srividya concepts. His compilation of the Sri vidhya Saparya paddhati is followed practically all over India. His Saparya Vasana explaining the metaphysical aspects of Navavarana Pooja is a masterpiece. His magnum opus is the Subrahmanya Tatvam in Tamil.  
           One day, Kanchi Paramacharya H H Sri Sri Chandra shekharendra Saraswati Mahaswamigal, Sri Maha Periyava requested him to do navavarana poja in the sannadhi of Sri Kamakshi at Kanchi in every powrnima day and it was continued so many years.
We the Ritanbhara Jnana Sabha members do pranams to the lotus feet of the paramaguruji and dedicates these few words with reverence and humbleness
Arutsakthi Nagrajan
And his disciples