Report ON AchArya RaamAnujA CD ROM Kaimkaryam

[Guest guest]

Daer BhakthAs :

 

By end of the next week , the extended CD ROM specially

prepared for the Ahobila Matam's 600th Anniversary

celebrations will reach America . A colleague of mine is

hand carrying it from Mysore .Anantha Research Foundation

has done a splendid job in assembling rich content and

saastraic input with great devotion to our SampradhAyam.

Emphasis has been placed on AarAdhanam for the BahgavAn

as established by our revered AcharyA himself in his

Nithya Grantham and on his other eight Sri Sookthis .

 

We plan to complete the full CD ROM in two versions

( Vadakalai and Thenkalai Versions ) to reach out to

an extensive set of BhakthAs interested in helping

the youngsters in their community understand the great

heritage we are heir to .The images , the audio recordings

are of the highest quality from my experience .

 

We neeeded 14 K$ for the full project and 4K$ for

the immediate needs of preparing the extended demos

for immediate use .I thank all of those , who have

supported this important project to use the new media

to reach all aasthikAs and their families to

learn about our venerable sampradhAyam and pay our

reverence to our great AchAryA .

 

I am pleased to let you know that we have received pledges

for $4,000 for the first phase of the project .Many of you

have already sent your pledges to Sri Dileepan ( The Ahobila

Mutt , 1908 Presswood Drive, Hixson , TN 37343 for

USA Tax deductible purposes ). I request those , who are

yet to send in your pledges to do so at your earliest convenience .

BhakthAs resident in India can contribute directly

to Anantha Research Foundation in Mysore in Rupees .

I will be happy to give you the address at Mysore .

 

With our AchAryA's blessings , we feel confident that we

may be able to have the remaining 10K $ resources to

complete this MahA kaimkaryam to failitate Sri Bahgavadh

RaamAnujA enter and reside in your houses . Please consider

support incase you have not participated so far .

 

Here is the list of Supporters of this project for the record :

 

1. A donor Who wishes to be

annonymous (USA)--------------- $1,008

 

2. Nine BhagavathAs from Bahrain :

Coordinated by Sri I.V.K.Chary --$1,124.10

 

3. Sriman V.Sadagopan --------------$108

 

4. Sriman Dileepan -----------------$108

 

5. Sriman Balaji Soundararajan -----$200

 

6. Sriman (Lexmark ) Srinivasan------$51

 

7 .Sriman Sampath Rengarajan--------$108

 

8. Sriman Valathur Muralidharan------$100

 

9. Srimathi Indira prathivaathi------$100

 

10. Sriman KaralapAkkam Anand ------$100

 

11. Sriman Diwakar Kannan ----------$108

 

12. Sriman Vic Soundararajan--------$108

 

13. Sriman Nadathur Madhavan --------$50

 

14. Sriman Murali & Srimathi

Bharathi Kidaampi ---------------$216

 

15. Sriman maadhavakkaNNan------------$108

 

16. Sriman S.Prasad -----------------$108

 

17. Sriman & Srimathi Krishnamachari--Pledged

 

18. Sriman Murali Rangaswami----------Pledged

 

19. Sriman (TAMU) GovindarAjan Rengarajan--Pledged

 

Total realized commitments ---------------$3,705.10

Anticipated pledges from above 3 BhakthAs $ 294.90

GRAND TOTAL : $4,000

 

 

Please forgive me , if I have failed to include anyone ,

who might have supported .All the supporters will get a

copy of the full CD , when it gets completed by the year end .

 

The work involved needing these additional 10K funds

is as follows :

1. Graphic Designers : 4 Man Months(MM): $4K

2.Lingo Programmers: 3 MM :$4.5K

3.Audio Recording : $2K

4. Data Collection: $1.5K( Information Design ,

Scanning of Images , Travel)

5.Telephone , E-Mial, Rental of Premises:$1K

6.Consumables( Burning of CDs , Rental Machinery):1K

 

Total : 14K$

 

Once again , I express my own and that of the Anaantha

Research Foundation Board Members our gratitude for your

most welcome and anticipated support to complete this

pioneering Kaimkaryam inservice to our AchArya Paramparai .

 

Daasan , V.Sadagopan