Sri RanganathA Temple Construction Status & Prathishtai

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Dear BhakthAs of the Divya Dampathis of Srirangam :

 

The bhakthAs engaged in the completion of

the one and only temple in North America or for

that matter anywhere outside India are racing towards

the date of July 5 . They are in the last lap of this

marathon kaimkaryam. As this date selected for

the SamprOkshaNam /Prathishtai /consecration

of the temple and the ArchA moorthys in the time

honored Vedic-Aagamic way approaches , I have an urgent

appeal to you .

 

We are entering the most critical phase

of this once-in-a-life time project .Eleven

Sthapathis have arrived to complete the VimAnam

construction and are housed in Dr.Venkat Kanumala's

house and all the expenses for their boarding and lodging

are being taken care of by the family of Dr.Kanumala .

You can readily imagine the pressures of

boarding, lodging eleven experts in temple construction

besides raising the additional funds are needed for

purchasing the construction material for the

PraNavAkruthi VimAnam and other vimAnams .

 

Please come forward and help generously with

whatever you can and rush it to The Sri RanganaathA

Temple , C/O Dr.Venkat Kanumala , P.O Box 120

Pomona , NY 10970 .All your contributions

are tax dedctible . Please plan on joining

the Prathishtai festivities of this unique temple

for Sri RanganathA , which is an authentic replica of

Srirangam temple on a smaller scale .

The date for your calendar is July 5 .

 

I know all of us interested in supporting

such causes are approached by number of

volunteers for different Kaimkaryams .

I am "guilty " of such activities ,

which you have borne with and responded

generously in the past .

 

May I now request that you place support

for this Kaimkaryam at the top of your list ,

since we do not have too many days left to

complete this Yaj~nam of creating a house

amidst us for our Lord RanganaathAn in USA .

 

Back in the time period starting from March 29, 98

to May 2 , 98 ,I was blessed to share with you

the unique and distinct AanandhAnubhavams of

our AzhwArs thru their 245 paasurams on Sri RanganAthan

and our AchAryAs thru their many kaimkaryams at

Srirangam. I added the anubhavams of our

NaadhOpaasakAs in that kaimkaryam . All of these postings

are avilable at the Bhakthi archives of this period ( march29

to may 2, 1998 ).

 

ThiruppANar's blissful anubhavam of Sri RanganAthA

thru his AmalanAdhipirAn paasurams are also covered

in an article dated December 3, 1998 . Additional

articles on Srirangam ARayar Sevai , Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi

celebrations are also archived in the Dec 98-Jan 99

archives . One can never be satiated by reading

and rereading the glories of the Lord of BhulOka

Vaikuntam at Srirangam and resting now at Pomona , NY .

 

May the AzhwAr , Acharya"s and the divya dampathi's

blessings be with you always .

 

Three volunteers have sent 5K$ each during the last week .

We need to raise at a minmum 35K$ more. Individual

contributions at the $500, $1,000 ,$5,000 levels

will quickly help us reach the immediate goal.

Please send your contributions directly to

Dr.Venakt kanumala and copy me .

 

I am planning to give away portions of the

funds raised from the sale of AchArya RaamAnujaa

CD ROM that is nearing completion .I will

write about that pioneering CD ROM just before

Swami NammAzhwAr's Thirunakshathram ( May 29, 99).

 

Please come forward and help ,

 

Daasan , V.Sadagopan