MaNavALa Maamuni Birth day

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhakthi group members :

 

The coming days are full of celebration

relating to the many AcharyAs and AzhwArs

birthdays . Today is the day for celebrating

the great and compassionate AchArya ,

Sri MaNavALa Mamuni .

 

Few days ago , I started a special project

to go along with the kaimkaryam that Sri Varadan

and Sri Mohan Sagar along with Sri Rengarajan

have launched to participate in the Kaimkaryam of

Sri PutthUr Swami .

 

The project is about the creation of two audio tapes .

One is on MaNavALa Maamuni and his lineage ,

aruLIccheyalgaL in English mixed with quotations

from his works in Sanskrit and Tamil . I will write the

text in English . I need some one to read it and make

a audio tape. My taping facilities are not the best .

 

The other is about the life and works of Swami Sri Desikan .

That tape has been completed and is an elaboration of

the short talk I gave at the last SDDS meeting at

Pomona , New York entitled " Swami Desikan and

Thiruvaheendrapuram " . It has a wide coverage of his works

especially those originated from Thiruvaheendrapuram .

It has meanings of MummaNikkOvai , Thirumangai's

paasurams on Thiruvaheendrapura " Natha Satya ,

Achyutha Para Brahmam " . I have recoreded it already .

 

My hope is to raise soem funds from the sale of these

tapes to cover the existing needs of the two kaimkaryams:

 

1. Sri Putthur Swami's publications on pending works.

2. Sri Bhumi Devi's MaaNiccka Kondai samarpaNam,

now moved to Sri Vaikunta Ekadasi day due to

the need for some more funds ( 3 Lakhs ) to translate the

design for it with the best of gold smiths . We hope to raise

2.5lakhs in India . We need only 50K rupees from here .

 

We will price these tapes at 10$ apiece and I encourage

you to buy for your family and friends to give as presents

as the Holiday season approaches .

 

I have also completed the taping on Pancha Raama KshEthrams

as enjoyed by the AzhwArs and AchAryAs . These include

every paasuram on Sri Ramachandra presidng over the

divya sthalams : AyOddhi , ThiruveLLiangudi ,

ThiruppuLLambhUthamkudi , ThiruveLLUr and

Thirupputtkuzhi . I will be happy to make them available

for additional fund raising if there is interest in this

audio project .

 

Many of you commute to work and back .

You can listen to Bhagavadh Vishayam

as you spend the time between your home and

work .

 

These audio tapes hopefuilly will compliment the

much-awaited CD ROM project on 108 Divya Desams

under the leadership of Sri Dileepan , who had the

sowbhAgyam of touring the 106 divya desams

this summer .

 

AcharyaaL , AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Oppiliappan koil Varadachari Sadagopan