Sri Ramanuja Charya's Thirunakshaththiram

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Satyan, Nagu on Wed, May 14, 1997 1:13 PM

Sri Ramanuja Charya's Thirunakshaththiram

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Colorado NAMA Chapter observed Sri Ramanuja Charya's

Thirunakshaththiram on Saturday, 10 May 1997 to coincide with Arudra

or Thuruvadarai star occurence. We had about 35 adults and 10

children who attended the function. We started with recital of Sri

Purusha Sooktham, followed by Sri Sooktham, Sri Lakshmi Ashtothram and

Thirupallaandu. To keep the children involved, we had asigned a

parent/child team to relate incidents in the life of our Acharya. One

child talked about Sri Ramanuja and Yadhava Prakasha; the second team

talked about his five Acharyas and their respective role in the

education, the third set read about Sri Ramanuja's efforts in writing

Sri Bhashyam with the help of his disciple Sri Koorath Azhwan and the

last team discussed about the reasons and his move to Melkote. Then a

few of the attendees tried to recite Sri Ramanuja Nootrandaadi by

following Sri Sevilmedu's recordings. At the end we recited

Sarrumurai and had prasadam.

 

It was a very pleasant experience to see the interests and great

efforts put in by the children ranging from 8 to 12 years. Many of

the adults were open to admit that they learnt about our Acharya from

the children. There were a few members who came for the first time

and were glad that they participated in this function.

 

Even though Our efforts are at the grass roots level, hopefully it

will help nourish the interests and curiosity of beginners of all ages.

 

 

 

Nagu Satyan