Recent Contributions Disbursed through Srivaishnava Seva Samithi (SVSS)

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahAdesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Bhaktas,

 

Adiyen fully concurs with Smt. Satyan's sentiments on supporting

needy Sri Vaishnava organizations and Acharyas in India. It is

extremely surprising that only a handful of people responded to

an appeal sent out to 1000 Sri Vaishnavas in the USA. If only

each of the 1000 Sri Vaishnavas contributes $10 per month, all

the Kaimkaryams can take place in an uninterrupted manner!

Adiyen whole-heartedly endorses Smt. Satyan's appeal and requests

that projects for needy Acharyas (most immediately, Swami Rangapriya

Mahadesikan and Parakala Matham Jeeyar) be commenced forthwith.

Adiyen will make a modest contribution to both projects shortly.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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Dear Bhaagawathas

 

Our family recently returned from a month's visit to India. We were blessed

to have had the opportunity to pay our respects to some of our Acharyas,

visit a few divya desams and other Vaishnavite Temples. Due to Srimad

Azhagiya Singar's kindness and the Divya Dampathi's anugraham, my husband,

our son Krishna and I had our Samarshrayanam and Bhara Nyasam performed by

Azhagiya Singar on 13 June at Perengalathoor, outskirts of Chennai. Sri K.G.

Krishnan's help is very much appreciated.

 

We paid our respects to Srimad Andavan at Chennai, Sri Parakala Mutt Jeer at

Mysore and Sri Rangapriya Swami at Bangalore. Sri Rangapriya Swami attended

my nephew's Upanayanam and gave an outstanding talk in English about the

significance of Upanayanam and Sandhyavandhanam.

 

We noticed first hand many of the plights described in the recent postings.

As K.R. Srinivasan (Colorado) stated in his posting, SVSS objective is to

alleviate the unacceptable situation through a cohesive and collective

effort by all of us. With the collections made since last December, on

behalf of SVSS and the Srivaishnava community, we presented the following

checks. The amounts presented is a drop in the bucket. Hopefully, it is the

start. We were in tears seeing the plight of some mutts, temples and the

Srivaishnava Archakas. It made me realize how wrong I was on the

internalization I had about our personal contribution. Sure, we can do more.

It is the mind set that needed tweaking. What if every Srivaishnava

contributes a few dollars/rupees/etc more, we could slowly improve the

situation.

 

We mailed out last October more than 1000 appeals and contacted many people

personally. Unfortunately, only a handful have responded to participate.

With the recent postings on the plight of Srivaishnavas and Srivaishnavism,

we are hoping that more will participate to support.

 

His Holiness the Jeer of Ahobila Mutt $680.00

Annadhanam Vidyadhanam Trust $538.00

The Secretary & Treasurer, Tiruppani Committee, Sri Sarangapaani Temple

$6094 (Sri Sampath's effort)

Sri Parakala Mutt $790.00

Sri Thoopil Temple Trust $50.00 (not delivered yet)

Bindiganavale Keshava Perumal Temple $350.00

Sri Ranganatha Paduka Vidyalaya $222.00

Sri Uttamoor Swamy Publications Trust $30.00

 

Based on our observations and communication with relatives, Sri Parakala

Mutt and Sri Rangapriya Swami need immediate support. Unfortunately, we had

no collection through SVSS for Sri Rangapriya Swami. In the next posting, I

will present to you all our conversations with the various Acharyas about

the financial situation. Since our rweturn, we have recd requests for

financial support. My immediate emotional reaction was to quit everything

and relocate to try to mobilize local support. Obviously I am still here.

More on this later.

 

I am sure Bhagawathas have had similar observations about other

Acharyas/temples etc. What I am indicating is not new or unique. The

challenge is how we get Srivaishnavas mobilized to support the great

sampradayam.

 

My appeal to you all is to participate and contribute to what ever extent

one can. I think this is the time for action. I understand that there have

been instances of the funds not reaching the cause. That should not detract

us from the responsibilities we have and stop us from supporting legitimate

organizations and causes. We need to collectively find solutions to the

problem and cannot ignore the situation. In my opinion, the worst offense I

will be doing is taking no action or providing no support.

 

Please bear with my emotional outbursts. My apologies if I have offended any

of you.

 

Regards,

 

Nagalakshmi (Nagu) Satyan

satyan

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