108 Divya Desam update

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Dear Members of the Prapatti Group: It will be one week tomorrow since the 108

Divya Desam project came into being.A lot of support and offer of help has

resulted . Review of the correspondence indicates that we have Photos on atleast

48 Divya Desams . The two on Thirupparkadal and Thirunaadu have to be realized

thru

Graphics help from an artist among us or from India. That brings us to 50 out

of 108.

 

Sri Vijayaraghavan"s collection via his uncle would add new ones. Sri Krish"s

vast collections

should be another rich source for the archival Material. Sri Jagannath's and Sri

Dileepan"s help to cull material of pictorial interest from Nrsimha Priya is

yet another key source. Sri Sampath Rengarajan"s offer of help to cover the

Group 4 temples is very welcome. He has left out temple 27 .

Rengarajan, is it intentional? I know that Temple is difficult to visit. The

Bhattar is few miles away and is not easy to contact to make a visit.I tried

twice with my father and it was not possible.

Sri Varadarajan Govindarajan"s offer of help to get material thru his father at

Bangalore is very welcome. An earlier indication of what might be availableas

source and resource would be welcome in planning to address the gaps.

 

Sri Tatachar"s help with the audios is very welcome.

Sri T.G.Srinivasan"s offer of assistanc eto push this project faster is

certainly welcome. His acces to

Mulimedia tools would help to share the burden and would be of help to Sri

Dileepan particularly.

We (PD,VS and TGS) will confer and check on how to share this work and keep in

touch regarding

Input to the story board. Sri Parthasarathy Ranganathan"s offer of help to bring

back material

after his home visit in December is excellent. Sri Vijayaraghavan"s home visit

is going to be very

fruitful for the archives thru his uncle"s collection. Sri K.Srinivasan"s visit

to India in Feb 1966 is

another important visit from the archives addition point of view. All in all,

the progress during the

last SIX days ahs been very good indeed.

 

Additional adaptation by the members of the groups classified by Sri Dileepan

is needed. It is going to be difficult to get links to the Kerala Divya Desams

(group 16) dear to Nammazhwar and the ones in the North such as Badari ( 15).

Groups 7 and 14 are fine now. Except for Thirukkodaloor, Group 4 is fine thanks

to S.Rengarajan"s offer of help.

 

I will ask my sister tomorrow for help. She knows a lot of Bhattars and she has

visited many of these Sthalams. I will also take care of Groups 3,5 and 6( 22

Temples). I will further ask my

neighbor at Thiruvinnagar, Sri Govinda Raja Bhattar. He knows a lot of Bhattars

and is a doer.

 

Sri T.G.Srinivasan had a pertinent question on the CD ROM and /or Video mode of

delivery of the

assembled information inview of more people in India having Video as opposed to

Multimedia PCs.

This question is worth further consideration at a litle later date, when we will

know, what kind of

material gets assembled.

 

I have written a lengthy manuscript in Tamil on these Divya Desams as a part

of my study on the

Ubhaya Vedantham and will be happy to stand by and help in every way I can to

see all of our dreams come true regarding this Once-in-a -Life time opportunity

of service to What

Swami Desiakn described as Paitaamaham Dhanam or the treasures of our ancestors

and marry

it with modern technology for the enjoyment of many.

 

Please send your comments and suggestions.

 

on Yuva, Karthigai, Krishna Paksha Ekadasi day,

V.Sadagopan