Special Memorial Day Week end event at Sri VenkatEswarA (SV )temple

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs of Sri VenkatAchalapathi :

 

The Management of the SV temple of Pittsburgh

has honored me by asking to organize a conference

on the Vaibhavam of Sri AlarmEl mangai SamEtha

Sri VenkatEsan . The emphasis would be on the

ways in which AzhwArs , AchAryAs and NaadhOpasakAs

celebrated the Lord of Seven Hills and attained Moksham .

It is my prayer that SriAlarmEl mangai samEtha--

Venkatachalapathy blesses this effort

and accepts this Kaimkaryam and completes it .

 

This event will be a two day long conference ( May 23-24 )

at Pittsburgh in the Conference Hall below the Garbhagraham .

May I request the devotees of of the Divya Dampathis to take part in

this meeting , which I am told is the first of its kind organized

by the Pittsburgh temple to focus exclusively on the magnificient

kula dhanams( AzhwAr aruLiccheyalgaL and AchArya sthuthis

related to the presiding deity of the saptha Giris .

 

The Memorial day and Labor day week ends are busy ones at

the Pittsburgh SV Temple and it will be wonderful to have

the sathsangham of the Lord's BhakthAs . I am making this

preliminary announcement for you to pencil this event in

Your calendars.

 

Some of the topics under consideration for presentations are:

 

1. The 202 paasurams by the ten azhwArs on Thirumalappan

SrinivAsan

 

2. Daya sathakam of Swami Desikan , Sri VenkatEsa

Gadhyam and Sri VenkatEsa SaraNAgathi

 

3. The salutations of TaLapaakkam AnnamAcchAryA ,

Purandara DAsA , Saint ThygarAjA and MutthuswAmi

Deekshithar with demonstrations from their krithis

and commentary on their anubhavams .

 

4. A Bharatha Naatyam or KuchcipUdu

dance event on Srinivasa KalyANam

or ANDAL ThirukkalyANam as portrayed by

NacchiyAr Thirumozhi paasurams .

 

The plan is to have a " multimedia event " .

The Lord bless us to get this kaimkaryam

completed in a spirit of " Svasmai SvayamEva

Kaarayathi " .

 

Other suggestions on potential topics for inclusion

and volunteering to contribute to this event

are most welcome at this time of commencement

of planning for this uthsavam .

 

With prayers to Sri SeshAdhri Sekahra Vibhu to bless

all particpants/Contributors to this conference ,

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

Isvara Samvathsaram , Dhanur Maasa Sulkla Paksha Pournimai

Sarvam Sri KrishNArpaNamasthu