AchaArya RaamAnujA CD ROM Contents Summary : Part II

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

It is my pleasure to share with you the contents of

this rich CD ROM dealing with the life , works and message

of our revered AchAryan .Following are brief comments.

The beauty and the excellence of the content has to

be experienced directly .

 

Table of contents :

 

The CD ROM has the following 5 sections :

(1) Charitham

(2) Grantha MaalA

(3) Vaibhavam

(4) AarAdhanam

(5) VinOdhA

 

The CD ROM starts with the anugraha BHAshaNam video of

His Holiness, the present Jeeyar , Sri VaNN SatakOpa

Sri NaarayaNa Yathindhra MahA Desikan .

 

Next , excellent animation of Sri RaamAnuja Divaakaran

( the rising Sun of Sri RaamAnujA )rises to dispell

the darkeness of the aj~nanam and ViparItha Jn~Anam .

The back drop of the slOkam in sanskrit set to

the early morning raagam of BhUpALam is heard .

This sets the stage for the main navigation (menu) screen

listing the 5 sections . I will highlight one by one

the 5 individual sections below.

 

(1) CHARITHAM

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With the auspicious ThOdi raagam , the section starts

to show the six sub-sections of Sri RaamAnuja Charitham :

 

1.1: Incarnation of AdisEshan as RaamAnujA .

Earlier avathArams of AdisEshan as LakshmaNA

in RaamAvathaaram and BalarAmA in KrishNAvathAram

are depicted thru excellent graphics .

 

1.2: RaamAnujA's Formative years under Yaadhava PrakAsA(YP)

and his disagreements with YP that led to the search

for other AchAryan . The graphics of RaamAnujA as

a student of YP , their differences of opinions

in intrepreting the meaning of the Vedic Text

are beautifully portrayed . Hot tears rolling down

RaamAnujA's eyes and falling on YP's back and the excellent

voice overs during the different intrepretations

of the sruthi passage are delightfully covered .

 

1.3: RaamAnujA's spiritual Quest:

 

The scene starts with RaamAnujA bowing before

Kaanchi PoorNar sititng in front of the PuRA

Mantapam at Sri VaradarAja PerumAL's temple

requesting Kaanchi PoorNar to become his AchAryan.

AaLavandhaar's arrival at the PerumAL koil and his

prayer to Sri VaradarAja PerumAl to bless RaamAnujA

to become the sampradhAya Pravarthakar , his return

to Srirangam and reaching Paramapadham with three

unfulfilled wishes are portrayed next.

 

Thereafter, the scene of Kaanchi PoorNA's dialog

with Lord VaradarAjA regarding RaamAnujA's questions

and the six answers given by Lord VaradarAjA are covered .

RaamAnujA's entry into SanyAsAsramam before Lord VaradarAja

is a moving scene to experience .

 

Lord's direction for RaamAnujA to seek Periya Nampi as

His AchAryan and travel to Srirangam , the SamAsrayaNam

at MadhurAnthakam , arrival at Srirangam and the learning

under the five gurus are shown with excellent graphics and

audio clips. The beauty of the picture of the five Gurus with

RaamAnujA ( Periya nampi ,Sri Saila PoorNar , ThirkkOttiyUr

Nampi, Thiruvarangap PerumAL Arayar and Thirumaalai AaNDAn )

is so thrilling to see. The tejas of the AchAryAs and RaamAnujA

have been captured in a very effective manner by the graphic

artists.

 

I will cover the remaining sections in tomorrow's posting.

 

1.4: RaamAnujA at Srirangam

1.5: RaamAnujA at Thirumalai

1.6: RaamAnujA at ThirunArAyaNapuram

 

Daasan , V.Sadagopan