The "final " agenda for the Bhaktha SammELanam at Pittsburgh: Sri VenkatEswarA saluted by Upaya VedAntham and GhAndharva Vedam

[Guest guest]

Sri VenkatEswara MahimA : Tributes by AzhwArs,

AchAryAs and NaadhOpAsakAs

 

Agenda for the First day : May 23 , 1998

( 9.30 AM to 5.30 Pm )

 

Morning Sessions :9.30 AM Start

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Session 1.A ( 9.30 -11.00 AM )

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1. Recitations from four vedams ( 15 minutes)

2. Divya Prabhandham verses of AzhwArs ( 15 minutes )

on Sri VenaktEswarA

3. Sri VenkatEsa Gadhyam Recitation ( 15 minutes )

4. Sri VenkatEsAnubhavam by AzhwArs , AchAryAs

and NadhOpAsakAs : An Overview --Dr. V.Sadagopan

:45 minutes

 

Break : 11.00-11.15 AM

 

Session 1.B ( 11.15 - 12.30 PM )

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5. Sri VedAntha Desikan's DayA Sathakam--

Professor T. VenkatacharyA ( 45 minutes )

6. Sri ANNamAcharya Sangeerthanamulu

and His Bhakthi : Lecture Demonstration /

Musical Rendering ( Artist to be announced )

 

12.30-- 2.00 PM : Lunch

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Session 1.C

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7. AzhwAr's lives : Dr. Vijayaraghavan

Srinivasan(45 Minutes )

8. First Triad of AzhwArs, ThiruPPANar

and Thirumazhishai AzhwAr's anubhavam

of Sri VenkatesA --Sri S.Rengarajan ( 45 Minutes )

 

Break : 3.30-3.45 PM

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Session 1.D (3.45 -5.30 PM )

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9. PeriyAzhwAr and ANDAL's anubhavam of

the Lord of Seven Hills -- Supreme Court

Justice Hon.M.Srinivasan (45 Minutes )

10.Kulasekhara AzhwAr's tribute to

Sri VenkatEsa , Uthsavams and AarAdahnam

at Thirpathi --Dr. M.Rangaswami (45 Minutes )

11.Rendering of Saint ThyagarAjA's krithis

on Sri VenkatEsA ( Artist to be confirmed )

:15 minutes.

 

5.30 PM :Adjourn for the day

 

 

Second Day : 9.30 AM --5.30 PM

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Session 2.A (9.30 -11.30 AM )

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12. Pancha Sooktham-- GhOshti ( 20 Minutes )

13. Divya Prabhandham recitation -GhOshti (10 Minutes )

14. Dayaa Sathakam of Sri VedAntha Desikan --

Professor Vachaspathi T. Venkatachari (45 Minutes )

15. Bhakthi and saraNAgathi in Sri VaishNavite

Tradition--Sri Kannan Swami (45 Minutes )

 

11.30 to 11.45 AM : Break

 

16. NammAzhwAr's SaraNAgathi to Sri Thiruvenkatanathan-

Dr. Nadadur Madhavan (45 minutes )

 

Break :12.30-2.00 PM

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Session 2.B ( 2.00-5.30 PM )

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17 . Thirumangai AzhwAr's tributes to

Sri VenkatAchalapathy -Sri T.A. Varadan

(45 Minutes )

18. Purandara DaasA and Kanaka Daasa"s SaraNAgathi

to the Lord of Saptha Giri -Professor M.G. Prasad

 

Break 3.30 PM ( 15 Minutes )

 

19. DakshiNa Thiruppathis : ThiruviNNagar

and ThiruveLLakkuLam -(Speaker

To Be confirmed ):45 minutes

20. Sri MutthuswAMI Deekshithar's and

Sri PapanAsam Sivan's musical tributes

to Sri SeshAchala Naayakan ( Artist to be

confirmed ) : 30 Minutes

21. Veda GhOsham : Ganam( 15 minutes )

22. Concluding Remarks and Honoring of

the Speakers : Dr.Narender Reddy ,

Sri VenkatEswarA devasthAnam

 

5.15 PM : Adjourn

 

V.Sadagopan

 

P.S : It is my pleasure as Conference Chairman to

invite you all to participate in this Bhaktha SammELanam

and receive the blessings of Sri VenkatEswarA

of Pitsburgh Tem[ple during His VasanthOthsavam .

Inview of the holiday season ( Memorial Day weekend ) ,

you may wish to confirm your travel plans and

Lodging arrangements at your earliest convenience .

Please direct any questions that you may have

regarding Logistics to me for further reference

to the appropriate temple authorities .The SV

temple Web pages will have an announcement about

this conference in two or three weeks .