My trip to Chennai

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends : Number of you from India

have written to me and expressed interest in

meeting with me during this somewhat hectic trip .

 

I will be delighted to meet with as many of you

as my journey to the interior of Tamilnadu would permit .

Here is my agenda as of now :

 

Departure for India : Wednesday Night : Oct 7

Arrival : Chennai from Bombay (7.45 Am : Oct 9, Friday )

Rest a few hours in Chennai and leave same evening

by Train to Oppiliappan Sannadhi .

 

Oct 10 : Purattasi Saturday : Oppiliappan Sannadhi

Uthsavar : RathnAngi Sevai; Moolavars :

Mutthangi Sevais ( Number of you supported

these AbharaNa Kiankaryam;these were presented to

the Divya Dampathis during August 1996. )

 

Oct 11 :New AbharaNa SamarpaNam at Oppiliappan Koil

*** Mutthangi for Uthsavar Divya Dampathis

*** Ruby/Emerald/Diamond/Pearls Crown (ANDAL KONDAI)

for Sri Bhoomi Devi ThAyAr

*** Gem-studded Jatakothsu for ThAyAr

*** Emerald Parrot for the hand of Bhoomi Devi

( Thanks to all of you , who supported this Kaimkaryam )

 

*Special Thirumanjanam for the Periya PerumAL

 

*Veethi PurappAdu in the evening

 

*Release of the special souvenir for the occasion

with essays on the ThiruviNNagarappan's mahimai

by leadign scholars of Sri VaishNavism ( Sevaa

SwamigaL , Dr.V.N. Vedantha Desikan,

the author of AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam , Sri KaruNAkaran

and Sri Padmanabhan of DevanArviLAgam Azhagiya Singar Family

and others ); The contributions by Sriman Anbil Ramaswamy

on Poundarikapuram Asramam's connection to ThiruviNNagar,

Sri Rengarajan's article on SaraNAgathi Paasuram of

NammAzhwAr and adiyen"s article " ThiruviNNagarappan

is Veda NaarAyaNan " are also included in this souvenir .

 

Sunday Night : Oct 11 Departure by Train/car to SriVillipputthUr

Monday : Presentation of RaaNi sevai AabharaNams to

SooDikkoduttha NaacchiyAr by Kaimkarya Sri Padma

Veeraraghavan and GodhA Priya Kainkarya Committee of Chennai.

Desika Rathnam Sevaa SwamigaL will preside over this function .

Monday :Oct 12 PM Departure for Srirangam :

Tuesday:Oct 13 AM : Sevai of the Divya Dampathis of Srirangam

Tuesday PM : ThiruvahIndrapuram : Swami Desikan and

Sri HemAbhjavalli SamEtha Sri DevanAthan & MadhurAnthakam

and return to Madras or via ThirukkovalUr (DehaLIsan ).

 

Wednesday:Oct 14 : Thiruvellur , Sri PerumbhUthUr & Kanchi/Thuppul

Thursday :Oct 15 : Thirupathi : Day trip

Friday :Oct 16: Sri ParthasArathy and Sri Vedavalli

ThAyAr and TeLLiya Singham Temple Visit

 

Sriman K.G. KrishNan , father of Sri Anantha PadmanAbhan

of University of Connecticut , Sriman Seva Swamy and

Sri Venakatanathan , the grandson of the Sri NavanItham

KrishNamachASrya Swamy will join me in some of these pilgrimages.

Sriman Alwar is meeting with me at Chennai and is

bringing MahA prasAdham from Melkote to prepare for

the Journey to Oppiliappan Koil and Sri VilliputthUr .

While there , we will explore the ways to strengthen

and complete the CD ROM Kaimkaryam for Acharya RaamAnujA.

 

Saturday :Oct 17: Early Morning : 2.25 AM Return Journey to New York.

 

My sister's Home Phone number is : 474-2108

Her address is : C/O Sri Mukunda Mani ,

19-20 Station Road

Kailas Apartments

West mambalam , Chennai.

 

As you can imagine , it is a hectic trip and seek

all of your prayers and the SaraNya Dampathi's anugraham

to complete this trip safely and return here .

 

NamO NamO NaarAyaNAya !

Daasan , SadagOpan