Swami Sri Desikan Thirunakshathram Celebration at Sri RanganAthA Temple at Pomona , NY ( September 18-19, 1999)

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs :

 

Srimans Venkat Kanumala , Sri Sampath Rengarajan and adiyEn

are assembling an agenda for a two day celebrations for

the 731st Celebration of Swami Desiakn's Thirunakshathram

at Pomona , NY during the weekend of September 18-19.

Sri RanganAthA temple of New York, Swami Desika Darsana

Sathsangam , Sri RaamAnuja Kootam of Virginia and

the NaamA organizations will be sponsoring this

conference to salute our AchArya Saarvabhouman ,

Swami Sri Desikan .

 

This is to request you and your fmily to reserve the time

slot and participate in this celebration and

enjoy the sathsangham .

 

Sri Venkat Kanumala has advised me that the sthapathis

have almost completed the main PraNavAkruthi VimAnam for

Periya perumAL and the other work is progressing to

plan for SamprOkshaNam for the full temple with

all its Sannidhis in the year 2000 . Perhaps , we will

have a chance to visit the work in progress during

the occasion of this meeting .

 

The agenda is evolving . As of now , there are

plans to have Divya prabhandham chanting ,

Thirumanjanam for PerumAL and Swami Desikan

and ThirukkalyANam during the week end besides

upanyAsams by Tamil and Sanskrit Scholars from

the different parts of USA .

 

The conference agenda is as follows:

 

September 18, Saturday :

 

1. Release of AchArya RamAnujA Multimedia CD ROM

2. Recitation of YathirAja sapthathi

2. Overview of Swami Desikan's Sri Sookthis

3. Swami Desikan at ThiruvEnkatam (DayA sathakam )

4. Swami Desikan at Srirangam ( sthOthrams)

5. Swami Desikan at ThiruvahIdhrapuram ( Para Madha Bhangham )

6. Swami Desikan at Kaanchipuram ( SthOthrams )

 

September 19 , Sunday :

 

1. Five Sanskrit Kaavyams of Swami Desikan: High Lights

(PaadhukhA sahasram, Hamsa sandhEsam ,

YaadhavAbhudhyam , Sankalps SuryOdhayam and

SubhAshitha Neevi )

2. Rahasya granthams of Swami Desikan in MaNi PravALam:

High Lights

3. Recitation of Achyutha sathakam in praakrutham

4. Release of the Volumes of 4-6 of Audio CD ROMs

of Swami Desikan SthOthrams by Sri RaamAnuja Kootam

5. Tamil Prabhandhams of Swami Desikan: Saaram

6. GithArtha Sangraham

7. ThirukkalyANam for the Divya Dampathis .

 

Daasan, V.Sadagopan