New member introduction

[Guest guest]

Dear BhAgavathoththamAs,

 

Adiyen DilIpa Sharman's pranAmams. I am new to this group and as is

customary, would like to introduce myself first. For a jeevanam, I

work as a Software Consultant for Bell Atlantic Information Systems at

Maryland. I hail from Sarukkai (you guessed right - BharatanAtyam

danceuse MAlavika is also from there), a village in Tamilnadu. But I

was born in the temple town of Sri Rangam - the Booloka Vaikuntham.

Being born in the Thenkalai SriVaishnavaite tradition, I had a

natural interest in Temple worship, AzhwArs, their arulichchayals,

devotion to AchAryAs and their works. Sri Rangam's world famous

Vaikuntha EkAdasi is an event that I have sadly missed in the past 3

years, especially VEdupari, an event to commemorate the divine meeting

of the Lord and Thirumangai AzhwAr. I also miss the arayar sEvai (a

group of temple singers sitting in front of the Utsavar and singing

his praise through the Tamil Vedas - the Prabandam). I am trained in

ThiruvArAdanam (a daily worship routine of NamperumAL) in the

Thenkalai tradition and can recite well many of the Sookthams, Rudram,

Chamakam and Prashnams, through God's grace. My favourite pastime is

composing Sanskrit and Tamil poetry and songs on PerumaL and ThAyAr. I

am particularly fond of using slEdais (puns) in Tamil while composing.

Inspiration for this stems from the great works of AzhwAr/AchAryAs. I

also indulge in quite a bit of svAdyAyam. My other interests are

Carnatic Music (weakness for kritis on Lord Ranganathar) and

Yoga/Naturopathy. Our family deity is Lord GOpAlakrishnar, residing in

our own temple at KodiyAlam, a tiny village near SriRangam. DilIpan is

only a prayoga name. My actual name is RanganAthan.

 

I would like to wait and observe the kind of articles written and

views expressed by other members of this group, before beginning to

contribute what I can. As far as possible, I would like to avoid

controversial topics and discuss more on SriVaishnavaite events in

India/here, Tamil/Sanskrit poetry, VedAs/ItihAsAs/PurAnAs, life and

teachings of SriVaishnavaite saints/AchAryAs. I would also love to

contribute to adding more of our literature on the web. Other mundane

details about me are as below.

 

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aRRathu paRRenil uRRathu veeduyir, seRRathu mannuril aRRiRaippaRRe.

 

- NammAzhwAr

 

Dilipan Krishnaswamy, Home Address:

Bell Atlantic Information Systems, 11926, Beltsville Dr., #15,

11720, Beltsville Dr., Beltsville, Beltsville, MD 20705.

MD 20705. Tel: (301)572-4329

Bus: (301)595-7734

Fax: (301)595-1455 presently: (301)474-4344

email: krish.dilipan

 

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