108 Divya Desam Project

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Dear Members of the Prapatti Group:

 

I am forwarding as per the request of Sri Dileepan a posting that he

was kind enought to send to me.He has indeed done an excellent analysis of

the tasks to be undertaken by all of us. I will be more than happy to

work closely with Sri Dileepan and all of the volunteers to work on this

project, which comes about once in one"s life time.

 

I am thrilled to see the enormity of the response from all of you and

offer of help in collecting material for the story board. As in the case

of any presentation material , CONTENT and BALANCE are the key factors

to realize a Quality CD ROM.

 

All of those familiar with Video know that there are two problems in

including them in CD ROMs.One is the hogging of Memory and the other

is the Jerkiness of the Video in the absence of the MPEG type of

assistance. Hence, I agree that , we shall use VIDEO sparingly.

the 630 MB of CD ROM will also be eaten up by Audio files. A Judicious

selection is absolutely essential.

 

THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO KNOW , WHO WILL VOLUNTEER FOR WHAT.

Good suggestions have been made regarding the sources .Please send material

or lend them to Sri Dileepan. I will be in close touch with him. We want

every value-add, we can get from our fellow members. This project is

not my or Sri Dileepan"s project. It is a Bhagavat Kainkaryam for all of us.

It will take time to assemble the material, organize the content ,

proof read written

proof read material, etc.

 

As December and January season is about to dawn on Us, may we request the

India bound members to take the photos, collect materials and forward them

to Sri Dileepan, who has kindly agreed to hold the archives for this

project.

 

This summer, I went thru the steps of making a CD ROM as a part of my

NYU digital multimedia center project. Based on that experience, i know

enormity of work to be done. We are all volunteers and therefore, it

is going to take a little longer than professional companies. When

the time comes to "burn in" the CD Rom, we would have to approach a

professional producer to do the Lingo Or Multimedia programming

to link the content.If HTML will do, we need volunteers there too.

IN SUMMARY, WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AS NEEDED TO MAKE PROGRESS

ON THIS PROJECT. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN WEEKS TO COME.

PLEASE SEND IN YOU RCOMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON THE CONTENTS OF THIS

POSTING .THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP.

V.SADAGOPAN

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DATE: 11/15/95 8:51 AM

 

RE: Re: 108 Divya Desam Project

 

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Re: 108 Divya Desam Project

"V. Sadagopan" <75041.3037

In- Your message of 13 Nov 95 21:31:25 EST

 

 

Dear Sri. V. Sadagopan,

 

I will be out of town all day on Wednesday. I will be

able to give you feed back only on Thursday. I have

prepared a list of 108 diva desams + a few abimana

sthalams. They are grouped into 16 groups. Some

groups are longer than others. I may have classified

some temples wrong. Therefore, the list needs to

carefully checked.

 

My intention is that we post this list of groups to the

members of the prapatti group and ask for volunteers to

coordinate the collection of materials for each group.

Volunteers may choose the group they wish. Each

coordinator may subdelegate the task if they want, but

should take up the responsibility for their group.

 

We will also need some highly knowledgeable people

to review the materials collected by each cordinator

for accuracy and relevance. Unlike the Divya Prabhandam

project we will not have the ability to correct mistakes

after the publication.

 

Our first task is to proof-read the list and post it to the

prapatti members. While I am away would you please

review the list and post it. I request you to the lead this

project while I will serve you any way I can.

 

 

 

===========PLEASE POST THE FOLLOWING IN PRAPATTI==========

This is a call for volunteers for coordinating data

collection for the 108 temples project.

Each person willing to coordinate is requested to

choose one group of temples and organize the data

collection. The types of data may include, but

not limited to:

 

1) Good quality photos of utsava moorthees

gopuram, surrounding area, festivals, etc.

(magazine photos may have 2 problems, quality, copyright)

2) Text material including

sthala puraanam

special occassions like pavithrOsthavam, etc.

description of how to get there, train/bus route, taxi, etc.

facilities available for food, overnight stay, etc.

3) Literature

Azhvaar paasurams, Other paasurams by

aachaaryaas like Swami Sri Desikan,

other monographs like the one by our

own Sri. Sadagopan about Thiruchchithrakoodam, etc.

4) Audio materials (in cassette form, may be converted later)

Azhvaar paasurams and other prabhandams,

lectures like the ones mentioned by Sri. Sreekrishna,

sthothrams, etc. Some ratioing of space may have to

be done later due to space constraint, but for now

we should collect anything relevant.

5) Video material

This must be only for something really special

due to extreme space requirement.

 

If anything is missing from the above list feel free to post

suggestions.

 

 

Viji's uncle's collection will be an invauable

source for material. If he will part with it

for a few months it will be great. I will be

more than willing to organize the distribution

of the material to each coordinator and gather

them back for safe return to Viji's uncle.

 

 

For any material collected we must give proper credits.

Please make sure we have the permission in writing

and proper information for giving accurate credits.

 

 

Here is the list of temples needing volunteer coordinators

==========================================================

Group 1

1. Srirangam

2. thiruparamapadham

3. thiruppaaRkadal

 

Group 2 (Near Trichy)

4. thiru anbil

5. thirukkarambanoor

6. thirukkOzhi

7. thiruppEr nagar

8. thiruveLLaRai

 

Group 3 (Near Seerkaazhi)

9. thiru ariyamEya viNNagaram

10. thirukkaavaLambaadi

11. thirukkaazhichcheeraama viNNagaram (seer_kaazhi)

12. thiruchchemponchey kOvil

13. thiruthalaichchangaadu

14. thiruththeRRiyampalam

15. thiruththEvanaar thogai

16. thiru paarththanpaLLi

17. thirumaNikkoodam

18. thirumaNimaadak kOvil

19. thirun^aangoor

20. thiruvaali/thirun^agari

21. thiruveLLakkuLam

22. thiruvaigundha viNNagaram

 

Group 4 (Near Kumbakonam)

23. thiru aadhanoor

24. thirukkaNNamangai

25. thirukkaviththalam

26. thirukkudandhai

27. thirukkoodaloor

28. thiruchchERai

29. thirunandhipura viNNagaram

30. thirun^aRaiyoor

31. thiruppuLLamboothangudi

32. thiruviNNagar

33. thiruveLLiyangudi

thirumaNdangudi

 

Group 5 (Near Mayavaram)

34. thiru indhaLoor

35. thiruchchiRupuliyoor

36. thiruvazhundhoor

 

Group 6 (Near Tanjore)

37. thirukkaNdiyoor

38. thirukkaNNangudi

39. thirukkaNnapuram

40. thiruththancai maamaNik kOvil

41. thirun^aagai

 

Group 7 (Near Chidhambaram)

42. thiruchchithrakoodam

43. thirukkOvaloor

44. thiruvaHeendhrapuram

kaattumannaar_kudi

 

Group 8 (Near Kanchi)

45. thiru_ashtapuyakaram (Kaanchi)

46. thiru ooragam

47. thirukkachchi - aththigiri

48. thirukkaLvanoor

49. thirukkaaragam

50. thirukkaarvaanam

51. thiruththaNgaa

52. thirun^ilaaththingaL thuNdam

53. thirun^eeragam

54. thirupparamEssura viNNagaram

55. thiruppavaLavaNNam

56. thiruppaadagam

57. thirupputkuzhi

58. thiruveqgaa

59. thiruvELukkai

 

Group 9 (Near Madras)

60. thiru idavendhai

61. thirun^eermalai

62. thiruvallikkENi

sriperumpoodhoor

 

Group 10 South/Southwest of Madras

63. thirukkadal mallai

64. thiru_evvuL

65. thirukkadigai

66. thirun^inRavoor

madhuraandhagam

thirumazhisai

 

Group 11 Near Thirunelveli

67. thirukkurugoor

68. thirukkuLandhai

69. thirukkOLoor

70. thiruththolaivillimangalam

71. thiruppuLingudi

72. thiruppErai

73. thiruvaraguNamangai

74. thiruvaiguNdam

 

Group 12 Near Madurai

75. thirukkoodal

76. thirukkOttiyoor

77. thirumaalirunchOlai

78. thirumeyyam

79. thirumOgoor

80. thiruppullaaNi

 

Group 13 South of Madurai

81. thiruththaNgaal

82. thiruvillipuththoor

83. thirukkuRungudi

84. thiruseereevaramangai

 

Group 14 Middle country

85. thirussingavEL kunRam

86. thiruvEngadam

thoNdanoor

thirun^aarayaNapuram

 

Group 15 North India

87. DhEvapraayaagai

88. thirussaaLagraamam

89. thirudhvaaragai

90. thiru naimisaaraNyam

91. thiruppiruthi (JOshimat)

92. thiruvadamadhurai

93. thiruvadhariyaasramam (Badhrin^aath)

94. thiruvayOththi (ayOdhyaa)

95. thiruvaayppaadi (gOkulam)

 

Group 16 Kerala

96. thirukkadiththaanam

97. thirukkaatkarai

98. thiruchchenkunRoor

99. thirun^aavaay

100. thiruppuliyoor (Kuttan^aadu)

101. thirumuzhikkaLam

102. thiruvaNparisaaram

103. thiruvaNvaNdoor

104. thiruvallavaazh

105. thiruvanandhapuram

106. thiruvattaaRu

107. thiruvaaRanviLai (aarammuLaa)

108. thiruviththuvakkOdu

 

 

I have included some abimaana sthaslams, but not all.

Please feel free to give suggestions so that this list

can be expanded. I do have the LIFCO book with me,

but I did not want to use their list verbatim.