ANDAL ~~ Appeal

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It is my duty to circulate a request (transmitted from Chennai)

for cash donation from bhAgavatOttamA-s for organising the

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daily three-time service

(nitya-tri-kAla-ArAdhanam)

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in the twin temples of

SrI-vaTa-patra-SAyI and ANDAL

in SrIvilliputtUr.

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I have heard my elders speak of the 'nitya-taLigai' of 40 paDi

in SrIvilliputtUr. When I visited the divya-dESam two years

ago for tiruvADippUram, I was unable to get 'prasAdam' as,

I understood later, the 'prasAdam' stood reduced to nearly

half a 'paDi'!

 

The 'nitya-trikAla-tiruvArAdhanam' entails the main expenses of

 

~~ food offerings to the deities;

~~ keeping the lights [tiru-viLakku] burning;

~~ recitation of 'aruLiccheyal' and 'veda-pArAyaNam" and

'sambhAvanam'-present to the reciters (adhyApaka).

 

This comes to Rs.400/- a day, and a one-time donation of

Rs.3000/- would yield the interest amount required for a day's

worship. Donations of Rs.3000/- or multiples thereof may

please be made IN FAVOUR OF Sri Andal Charitable Trust (Chennai),

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and remitted to: Shri R. Kannan Swamy,

Trustee, Sri Andal Charitable Trust,

91 Tulasingam Street, Perambur,

CHENNAI-600 011 (India).

 

The cash donations are reckoned for 'income-tax benefit',

under section 80-G of the Income Tax Act 1961 in India.

 

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It was on July 25 that I read the 'Hindu' report of

(Srivilliputtur) Shri R. Kannan Swamy's discourse on the

eminence of SrInAthamuni and SrI ALavandAr. And it is on the

same evening that I received Kannan Swamy's request outlined

above.

 

I happen to be just a visitor to the USA and inexperienced at

handling donations of this kind. I shall be grateful for

suggestions on organising for this purpose.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan, T.S. Sundara Rajan.

 

(I have separately posted a write-up captioned ANDAL THOUGHTS.

I apologise for its length.)

 

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