BahudhAnya Samvatsara Calendar

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs :

 

I am overjoyed to see the most infiormative

compilation of the important events and dates

that mark the Sri Vaishnavite calendar for

BahudhAnya Year .It is wonderful to see at one place

the compilation of the Thirunakshtrams of

many AchAryAs and their PurvAchAryAs .

 

Sriman Anbil Ramaswamy has put together a wonderful

series of postings that are being serialized on

Saranagathi Journal , which BTW completed the release

of its first 19 issues thanks to the blessings

of saraNya dampathis and the tireless work of

Sriman Rengarajan . May I request Sri Anbil

Swami to add the information on the Thirunakshathrams

of Andavan Paramparais and ThennAchAryAs that he

has meticulously assembled to this calendar

put together by Sri Anand ? May this become a tradition

in future years !It will be also most welcome to add

the SravaNam dates for the benefit of those ,

who perform Sravana UpavAsam .Sri Rengarajan can

kindly help on this aspect of enrichment of

the calendar .

 

In previous years , we either missed some of these dates

due to lack of authentic information or learned about

them much later . This year is going to be BahudhA anya :

( different in many ways ) because of the Bahu DhAnyams

that Sri Ananad has put in the granary . This is one of

the most important kaimkaryam that Sri Anand has done

for the overseas Sri Vaishnavite community to orient

their daily life in reflection of the great lives of

AchAryAs and take the time on these days

of their Thirunakshathrams to reflect on their

kaimkaryams to maintain and grow the richness

of Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnuja SampradhAyam .

 

Swami Desikan reminds us about this important

anugrahmas of our AchAryAs this way in his RTS

grantham :

 

aabhagavattha: prathitham anagAm

aachArya santhathim VandhE

Manasi mama yath prasAdhAth

vasathi Rahasya thrayasya sArOyam

 

(Meaning ) : I salute the blemishless and

celebrated AchArya Paramparai starting with

the Lord Himself . I salute that AchArya

Paramparai thanks to whose blessings , the

essence of the meaning of the Rahasya Thraya

Saaram stays etched in my mind .

 

SaasthrAs are two fold : Karma vichAram and Brahma

VichAram . The calendar put together by Sri Anand

addresses the needs of both of the above .

The reference again is a slokam of Swami Desikan

in RTS :

 

karam BrahmAthmakE saasthrE

kouthukasthu nivartakAn

vandhE Hasthigirisasya

veedhi sodhaka kinkarAn

 

Here Swami Desikan refers to

the haithukars ( those who do not believe in

PramANams and ask for proof on every aspect

of SaasthrAs blessed by the Lord , which has

the two fold nature of Karma VichAram and

Brahma VichAram ) .He considers our AchAryAs as

the sanitation workers , who sweep away the

dust and the garbage that collects from time to

time on the royal streets of DevAthi DEvan ,

Sri VaradarAjan .The kantanams of AchAryAs

is equated here to the cleansing of the street

from the dirt and debris that accumulated .

 

The calendar for BahudhAnya samvathsaram

assembled with great effort helps us to

have AchArya and Bhagavadh Chintanai

thruout this year .

 

Thanks again Sri Anand .

 

V.Sadagopan

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs : Sri Rengarajan has kindly compiled

the SravaNam dates for 1998 .He is a regular observer

of SraavaNa vratham .

 

Please add these dates for SravaNam on to

the BhaudhAnya Calendar

put together by Sri Anand .

 

Sri Sreyas Sarangan is including this

information in the Home page for Sri Oppilippan .

 

V.Sadagopan

>***************************************************

>Dear Sincere bhakthAs of

>Sri BoomidEvi samEtha Sri OppilAr appan,

>Lately there have been numerous mails asking adiyEn

>about the sravnam dates. I thought the following

>announcement on the sravana vratham dates and the

>temple festivities will benefit many of you who are

>constantly seeking such info.

>

>Sravana vratham for 1998-98

>

>20 Apr 98 Siththirai 7 Monday

>18 May 98 VaikAsi 4 Monday

>14 Jun 98 VaikAsi 31 Sunday (vasantha ursavam)

>11 Jul 98 Ani 27 Saturday

>08 Aug 98 Adi 23 Saturday

>04 Sep 98 Avani 19 Friday (pavithra ursavam)

>01 Oct 98 PurattAsi 15 Thursday (purattAsi bramOtsavam)

>29 Oct 98 Aippasi 12 Thursady (thiruk kalyAna ursavam)

>25 Nov 98 kArtthikai 9 Wednesday

>22 Dec 98 Margazhi 7 Tuesday

>18 Jan 99 Thai 4 Monday (theppa ursavam in ahOrAtra pushkarani)

>15 Feb 99 MAsi 3 Monday

>14 Mar 99 Masi 30 Sunday

>10 Apr 99 Panguni 27 Saturday (panguni brahmOrsavam, thEr ursavam)

>

>Sri BoomideVi samEtha Sri than oppAr illppan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

>kadagakkudi Sampath Rengarajan

>