THiruveLLUr Mahaa SamprOkshaNam: Fourth Day Saayam SandhyA Prayer

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Dear BhagavathAs : I wish to present you

a Status Report .

 

SaamarpaNams so far by BhakthAs

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It is my pleasure to let you know that we have

now reached the 24% level of our target of $5,000

needed for the MahA samprOkshaNa Kaimkaryam .

 

SIXTEEN BHAKTHAS have contibuted altogehter

$1,212 between themselves in the past two days

since the announcement of the request for joining

in the Kaimkaryam . May the SarvalOka SaraNYan

and His sankalpam help us to make additional progress.

We have until July 5 Evening to join in this kaimkaryam

and raise the remaining $ 3,788 needed .I know that

the July 4 holidays will make it difficult for you

to access your mails . On my part , I will hurry up and

finish the SapthAham kaimkaryam on or before Friday , July 3.

You will have Monday, July 5 to respond and I will

let Sriman KrishNan know then about the complete list

of Kaimkaryaparas for inclusion in the sankalpam

for a special ArchanA and PrasAdam at the lotus

feet of the Divya dampathis and AchAryAs .

 

An Apology for a mistake in communication

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I seek your understanding in a mistake that has crept in

regarding the PrasAdams intended as recognition for

the samarpaNam of BhagavathAs . The 2 Gram gold coin

with the imprint of Bhagavan and Azhagiya Singar

might "blow " the budget and hence deplete the funds needed

for the Kaimkaryam . Hence , there might be some substitutions

whose nature we will know about once we know how close

we are to the finish line of the required funds . All

of us are seeking the Lord's blessings without

expecting anything in return. His prasAdam will surely

reach us in many ways including real items ( Video ,

Souvenir , Audio Tape etc ) before and after the Kaimkaryam .

A gold plated instead of Gold Coin containing

the impression of the Lord of ThiruveLLUr on

one side and Azhagiya Singhar on the other side

is a possibility that is being looked into .

Meanwhile , I seek your understanding of

the emerging situation . I will brief you

about the final decision on PrasAdams once

I get the word from India after our fund

raising effort is completed and the Kaimkaryam

concludes on July 6 .

 

Aani Anusham and AchArya Naatha Muni's Birthday ( July 6)

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This blessed day is falling on July 6 this year , when

the MahA SamprOkshaNam is taking place. The Vaibhavam of

Naatha Muni has been coverd in my July 16th 1997

posting archived in Bhakthi List discussions .

 

The uniqueness of AachArya Naatha Muni and the

honoring of 350 AdhyApAka Swamis at ThiruveLLUr

on his birth day in front of Sri VeerarAghava

PerumAL and Sri Kanakavalli ThAyar became clear

to me , when I looked at it from a numbers game

point of view . The AchAryA , who was blessed by

our Kulapathi, NammAzhwAr was born on 824 AD .

Double of 824 is 1648 . When you deduct 1648 from

this year 1998 , what is left is 350 , the number

of Divya Prabhandha PaarAyaNakArAs being honored

in front of the Divya dampathis on July 6.

 

MutthuswAmi Deekshithar's salutations to Sri VeerarAghavan

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In a series of earlier postings during October 1996

(NavarAthri time ) , I had the bhAgyam to cover

the RaamAshtaka Krithis of Dikshithar composed

in chaste Sanskrit . I referred to the power of

different Vibhakthis ( eight Vibahkthis ) in

approaching the Lord thru Bhakthi or Prapatthi

Yogam ( October 96 Bhakthi archives ) that echo

the sanchAri BhAvAs of the devotee . During Sri Raama

Navami ,97 , we enjoyed the MaNiranghu Krithi of Deekshithar

saluting Pattaabhi Raaman , who returned to

AyOdhyA after His unparalleled victory over

RaavaNA ( April 97 archives ) ; During October 97 and

January 98 , we enjoyed Saint ThyagarAjA's delectable

anubhavam of VeerarAghavan thru the study of

Sriraaga, VarALi , Naattai and GowLai Pancharathnams .

 

We seem to have covered a lot of ground in travelling towards

this day of July 6 , when Sri VeerarAghavan's Gopuram

and VimAnam are going to be consecrated according

to the strictest of Aagama SampradhAyams . I will

cover in this and the next posting , the Krithis of

MutthuswAmi Deekshithar on Sri Raamachandran and

his anantha kalyANa guNams celebrated by Deekshithar

thru his krithis on Sri Raaman that have not been covered

sofar .

 

The many krithis of Deekshithar on Sri VeerarAghavan

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I can think of 7 krithis left in the context of our

SapthAham . They are as follows :

 

1. Kodhanda Raamam -- Raagam KOkilAvaraNam

2. SanthAna Raamam --HindhOLa Vasantham

3. Raamachandhram BhavayAmi --VasanthA Raagam

4. Raamachandrasya - Hejjajji Raagam

5. RaamE - JyOthi Raagam

6. Maamava Raghuveera -- Maahuri Raagam

7. Kshthija RamaNam --Deva GhAndhAri Raagam

 

With my prayers to Sri Kanakavalli samEtha

Sri Veeraraaghavan to give us the strength

to participate in His MahA samprOkshaNa Kaimkaryam ,

 

Daasan Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan