Muitthangi kaimkaryam : Interim report

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs of Sriman NaarAyaNA :

 

I am delighted to let you know your fast

and welcome responses have led to a pledge of

$ 1,089 in the last three or four days .

Ninteen of you have pledged from $35 to $150

to bring us this far .

 

It is most heartening to see how the Divya dampathis

are making it possible for us to participate

in their KaimkaryAm from this distance .

With their continued blessings ,

We should be able to raise the remaining $319

( 10 commitments of $35 each from additional BhakthAs )

and concluding the fund raising phase of

this kaimkaryam and start the creation of the Mutthangi.

 

The expert , who prepared the Periya perumAL's ( mUlavar"s)

Mutthangi in 1996 will be creating now the Mutthangis

for the Uthsavar Divya Dampathis .This master craftsman

has prepared before the Mutthnagis for Sri RanganAthar

and Thiruppathi Sri Venkatesar , which they adorn

during the winter months . We are fortunate to

have his services to complete this kaimkaryam .

 

I have sent today to Sri Rengarajan the copy of the second

tape . Those of you , who have not sent your addresses ,

please send them to him so that he can forward you the 2 tapes ,

when he has them reproduced for distribution

as a momento for your participation in this kaimkaryam .

 

I look forward to hearing from those , who wish to

participate in this kaimkaryam to complete the collection

of the remaining $319 . There are 10 slots left now.

You can address those checks to me for transmittal

to India .

 

Thanks again and may the Blessings of ThiruviNNagarappan

and BhUmi Devi be with You and Your Family ,

 

V. Sadagopan

 

P.S : At the conclusion of this fund raising effort ,

I would like to pay my tribute to BhUmi DEvi

for Her KaruNA KatAksham that speeded up

both the MaaNiccka Kondai and the Mutthangi Kaimkaryams .

 

I will start a series of postings on Swami Desikan"s

tribute to BhUmi Devi of Oppiliappan Koil .

Swami Desikan was only 40 miles away at

Thiruvaheendrapuram for many years and

with Sri Oppiliappan's anugraham , he was born

as Thirukkudanthai Aandavan to defend our

sampradhAyam again and establish the Yathi

paramparai adorning the two Andavan Aasramams .

 

I have the feeling that Swami Desikan created

his Bhu sthuthi for BhUmi Devi , the Empress of

ThiruviNNagarappan , who is none other than Bhu VarAhan ,

whose sacred feet were sought as refuge by NammAzhwAr in

the spirit of BhUvarAha charama SlOkam .

 

There are 33 majestic slOkams that constitute

the tribute of Swami Desikan to BhUmi Devi ,

who is worshipped by " Muppatthu Mukkodi amarars "

33 crores of DevAs ) for persuading Her Lord

to come to the rescue of the DevAs , when they

were threatened by Adharmic forces . I will attempt to

link the thoughts of Swami Desikan in BhUsthuthi

to the passages of BhUsooktham enshrined in

the Vedic texts of Taittireeya Samhithai .