Guest guest Posted June 5, 1995 Report Share Posted June 5, 1995 Thank you very much for including me in your mailing list. I am currently a PhD student in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Penn State. I came to US in 1992 after my undergrad. I did my undergrad and schooling in my native place--Tirupathi. Both my parents are professors in local universities. My first interest in "vaideeka" way-of-life started with my maternal grand father, who was a maNaiyagAr of Tiruchanoor thaayar temple. He taught me some desika stothrams. Later when I was about 7-8 years old, I started learning divya prabandham from a dedicated "vaadhiyaar" (late) sri Kambarajapuram Seshadri Iyengar. Since then, I used to be a "regular" in the adhyapaka koizhitti (goshti) of the Tirupathi temples, till I left Tirupathi for USA. Incidentally our vaadhiyaar passed away days after our "last santhai". My knowledge of prabandham is restricted to "rote-learning", one main reason being that Tamizh was not part of our school curriculum. I have just started to understand the beauty of Azhwaar pasurams, thanks to some postings in SCT. I am looking forward to learning a lot thrugh this mailing list. Sincerely Satish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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