Divya Desam

[Guest guest]

Dear Respected Members,

 

I take this opportunity to release a page for 106 Divya Desam. I also

thank Sri N Sampath for providing the details on each of the Divya

Desam.

 

Go to:

 

http://www.SriVaishnava.org and select the "Divya Desam" link

or

(http://www.SriVaishnava.org/ddesam/ddesam.htm)

 

We hope to add material such as Puraanam, special events etc

associated with each Divay Desam, in addition to a compilation of

AzhwAr paasurams associated with each.

 

AzhvAr EmperumanAr jIyar thiruvadikalE Saranam

 

Venkatesh K Elayavalli

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Venaktesh Elayavalli :

 

On this Vrucchika ChApa KrishNa Paksha Dwadasi Day ,

it is the greatest of bhAgyams to have the darsanam

of PraNava VimAnam , Para Vaasu Devan ,

Sri HayagrIvar at ThUppul , ArchA

murthys of Sholingar ,ThiruviNNagar ,

AchAryAs and the very useful breakdown of

divya desmas by regions of India from

north to south .

 

This is one of the greatest kaimakryams that

is taking place along with other kaimkaryams

initiated and sustained by our fellow BhagavathALs

here with the blessings of their own AchArya

Paramparais .The most prominent Kaimkaryam tying

with all these efforts is the ongoing efforts

to construct the temple for Sri RanganAthA on this

soil at Pomona , New York .Paramikaanthi Saarvabhoumar

Sri Venakt kanumala has undertaken this Yaj~nam.

The ArchA murhtys are travelling towards us from the port of

Madras to New York as we write.

 

The many streams of effort related to Sri Vaishnavism

are joining the great river of Sri RaamAnuja SampradhAyam .

The srimukham from Seva SwamigaL instructing us to

unite under one umbrella of AchArya RaamAnuja darsanam

in the most congenial way , can not be more timely. At the end of

the forthcoming Dallas Conference in December ,1998,

May I request Mrs. Nagu Satyan or Sri Rajaji to

translate this wonderful message of SevA Swami( please

leave out the reference to me there ).The sincerity and the far

reaching upadEsam of this great Mahaan is transparent in this message .

It is worth reading againa nd again as we unite our efforts

to celebrate our AchAryAs and AchArya paramparai just

before the dawn of the holiest of months. I am so delighted that

Sri Venkat Iyengar's kaimkaryam from KhargapUr

related to Srivilliputthur divya desam is growing day by day .

 

Coming back to the 108 divya desam project , there has been

a lot of work done already by Sriman Dileepan . Perhaps ,

Sri Dileepan , Sri Venaktesh and others willing to

spend a portion of their time and talent join together

to fill the details and enrich these pages on divya desam .

Sri Dileepan and Sri Anbil Swamy are two of the veterans ,

who have visited all these 106 divya desams .They can be

great resources to guide this project.

 

I have a 400 page Manuscript on these 108 divya desams

that I put together few years ago .That is in tamil .

I will be happy to donate the original to Sri Elayavalli.

There are a lot of source material with me (Books ,Images,

Videos ) that I can gladly part with for the benefit of

all of us.There need to be a central point to collect

and disseminate this information of value to every one

interested in the Sri vaishnavA sampradhAyam here and

abroad including India. Those who visit India and return can bring

back with them whatever that is relevant to this kaimkaryam

and deposit it with Sri Elayavalli as he ploughs through this

monumental task as a Bhagavadh Kaimkaryam .

 

Let us take the coming Margahzhi month as the formal

start off point and conclude it before the next Marghazhi and

place our humble offering at the lotus feet of our SaraNya dampathis

and AchAryAs .

 

Subhamasthu,

DaasAnu Daasan , V.Sadagopan

 

 

 

 

 

At 09:54 PM 12/14/98 -0800, you wrote:

>

>Dear Respected Members,

>

>I take this opportunity to release a page for 106 Divya Desam. I also

>thank Sri N Sampath for providing the details on each of the Divya

>Desam.

>

>Go to:

>

>http://www.SriVaishnava.org and select the "Divya Desam" link

>or

>(http://www.SriVaishnava.org/ddesam/ddesam.htm)

>

>We hope to add material such as Puraanam, special events etc

>associated with each Divay Desam, in addition to a compilation of

>AzhwAr paasurams associated with each.

>

>AzhvAr EmperumanAr jIyar thiruvadikalE Saranam

>

>Venkatesh K Elayavalli

>

>

>

>

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OM SrI KrishNAya namah.

dear BhAgavatas,

My praNAmams to all of you.

Thanks to SrI M Tandy for the information provided by him about

another SV temple at Vrindavan.

In fact, SrI rAmAnandAchArya belonged to SrI sampradAyam but

relaxed/diluted many rules of it.Most of the U P VaishNavas belong to

rAmAnanda sampradAya and ayOdhyA can be called the hub of their

activities.however, there have been a few rAmAnujIs here and there and they may

be having a few temples.most of the AchAryas of S India were not aware of

them till they have built a few uttarArdhI mutts at places like Tirupati.

The sampradAyam gained momentum in N India only after the construction of

rangjI mandir, the source being the book by Rahul Sankrityayan i mentioned

earlier.

now i would like to inform SrI Tandy that Vrindavan is not a Divya

DESam. A DD is the one which is praised by ALwArs in their hymns.When it

comes to Mathura region, the DDs are vadamadurai (N Mathura, there is a DD

at Madurai,TN also and many non-SVs know only of mInAkshI temple) and

TiruvAyppAdi(GOkul) only.there are many SV and non SV vishNu temples which

are not DDs.

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

V.Srimahavishnu