Final agenda for the May 23-24 Sammelanam , Pittsburgh

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Dear BhakthAs :

Here is the complete and the latest agenda

for the 1998 SammELanam . The Temple authorities have asked us

to organize an annual SammELanam on Bhagavadh Vishayam

every year at the Pittsburgh Sri Venkatesaa Temple .

I am passing this request on to you

for follow-ups on the subsequent years .

Daasan , V.Sadagopan

>>SRIVENKATESA MAHIMAA : A TRIBUTE TO THE LORD OF SEVEN HILLS

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>Saturday : May 23 , 1998

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>

>>9.15 AM : Welcome : Dr.Narender Reddy , Chairman,

> Education Committee, Sri SV Temple

>>

>>9.20 AM : Chathur Veda Ghosham : Taped version of selected

>> Manthrams from the Four Vedaas

>>

>>9.25 AM : Tamil Paasurams of Azhwaars -Group Recital

>> ( Holy Verses from Periyaazhwaar , Nammaazhwar

>> and Kulasekara Azhwaar on Sri Venkatesa)

>>

>>9.40 AM : Sri Venkatesa Gadhyam : Group Recital

>>

>>10.00 AM :Sri Venkateswara Mahima : An Overview of

>> the devotional anubhavam of Azhwaars , Achaaryaas

>> and Naadhopaasakaas across centuries)-Dr.V.Sadagopan,

>>

>>10.45 AM : BREAK

>>

>>11.00 AM :Lecture/Demo and the recitation of the krithis and

>> Azhwaar paasurams on the ten incarnations of

>> Sri Venkatesa -- Sangeetha Vidvan Sri Madurai Sundar

>> and Party: Part 1 ( Violin : Sri Jai Shankar Balan and

>> Mrudangam: Sri Rajasekar Atmakumar )

>>

>>12.00 NOON : LUNCHEON AT THE CAFETERIA

>>

>>13.00 PM : Five Azhwaar's Tributes to Sri Venaktesaa

>> ( Poygai Bhootham , Pey , Paanar and

>> Thirumazhisai ): Sri Sampath Rengarajan

>>

>>13.45 PM : Nammaazhwaar's Saranaagathi at the Holy Feet

>> of Lord Venkatesaa : Dr. Nadadur Madhavan

>>

>>14.30 PM : BREAK

>>

>>14.45 PM : ANDAL's celebration of the Lord of Venkatagiri

>> as Govindhan, Her Naayakan : Dr. V. Raghavan

>>

>>15.30 PM : Doctrine of Saranaagathi in Sri Vaishnavism :

>> Sriman Anbil Ramaswamy

>

>>16.15 PM : Acharya Raamanuja's Kaimkaryam at the Sacred

> Hills of the Lord and the Samarpanam of the FIRST

> of his nine works : Dr. Krishna Kalale

>>

>>17.00 PM : Concluding Remarks on the First day's program:

> Dr.V.Sadagopan

>

>17.15 PM : Adjourn

>>

>>SUNDAY : MAY 24 , 1998

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>>

>>9.00 AM : Divya prabhandham Recitation : Group

>> Recitation of ANDAL and Thirumangai's Paasurams

>>

>>9.15 AM : Daya Sathakam : Swami Deskan's Tribute to

>> Lord Srinivaasan of Thirumalai : Dr. Vijayaraghavan

>> Srinivasan

>>

>>10.00 AM : Thirumangai Azhwaar's saranaagathi at the Lotus

>> feet of Thirumalai Timmappan :Sri T.A. Varadhan

>>

>>10.45 AM : BREAK

>>

>>11.00 AM : Lecture Demo : Part 2 by Sangeetha Vidvaan

>> Sri Madurai Sundar and party (Violin : Sri Jai

>> Sankar , Mrudhangam : Sri Rajadekar Athmakuri )

>>

>>12.00 Noon LUNCHEON

>>

>>12.45 PM : Periyaazhwaar's anubhavam of Venkataachalapathy :

>> Dr. T. Srikrishnan

>>

>>13.30 PM : Kulasekara Azhwaar's prayer to Seshadhiri

>> Sekara Vibhu :Dr.M.Rangaswamy

>>

>>14.15 PM :Sri Purandara Daasaa's Naadhopaasanaa at

>> the lotus feet of the Lord of Anjanaadhri :

>> Dr. M.G. Prasad

>>

>>15.00 PM : BREAK

>>

>>15.15 PM : Maha Viswasam and Self-Surrender at the Lotus

> Feet of Sri Venaktesa : Dr. Venkat Kanumala

>>

>>16.00 PM : Recognition of All Participants in

> the Sammelanam and Temple Honors for them:

>> Dr. Narender Reddy of the SV Temple

>

>>16.15 PM : Annamaachaaryaa"s Naama Kusumaanjali :

>> Dr. Mythili Srikrishnan and Sri S. Krishna

>>

>>17.00 PM : Adjourn

>>

>>Subhamasthu . Sri Venkatesvaraarpanam bhavathu .

>>

>>Oppilliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan

>>Conference Chairman , Sri Venkatesa Mahimaa Sammelanam

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