irAppatthu at Sri Rangam, USA

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Sri:

Sri Lakshmi nrisimha parabrahmaNE nama:

Sri Ramanujaya nama:

Sri VedanthaguravE nama:

SrimadhAthivaN satakOpa yatindra mahadesiakaya nama:

Srimate srivan satakOpa sri vedanthadesika yatindra

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Srimate sri lakshmisrisimha divya paduka sevaka

srivan satakOpa sri narayana yatindra mahadesiakaya nama:

 

irAppatthu at Sri Rangam (USA) in front of Sri Ranganatha

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We are happy to announce plans for irAppaththu celebration

at Sri Rangam of North America, the one and only authentic

Sri Vaishnava temple (the only temple that doesn't have

any presence of any kind of dEvathAndhram in it) in this

continent.

 

"Pagal patthu" and "irAp paththu" celebrations sandwiching

Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi is one of the most important

festivities in Sri Rangam. The ten days preceding Sri

Vaikunta EkAdasi are called "Pagal Paththu" and ten nights

that follow are called "irAppatthu". During "irAappaththu"

recitation of dhivya prabhandham in front of Lord Sri

Ranganatha at Sri Rangam is very special.

 

For the first time we are planning to replicate this

experience at the one and only authentic Sri Vaishnava

temple in north American, Sri Ranganatha temple at Pomona,

NY, the Sri Rangam of North America.

 

The utsavam will span over ten days starting on December

19th, Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi day. Due to work commitments

many in the U.S./Canada may be able attend the utsavam

only during the long weekend starting December 24th.

 

Therefore, recitation of ThiruvAymozhi and other paasurams

about Sri Rangam will be recited in the traditional style

during the weekend, i.e. between December 24th and 26th.

Sri NammAzvAr mOksham will also be celebrated on December

26th.

 

In addition, pArAyaNam of other prabhandhams including

the entire corpus of Sri Desika Prabhandham will be done

during the 10 day period starting from December 19th.

 

We already have commitment from the several bhAgavthAs

from various parts of the US. A partial list follows.

 

* NJ Dhivya Prabhandha Goths

(including, Srimans. Vijayaraghavan, Shyam, Vekatanathan

Gopaul Lakshmanan, Ragavan, etc.)

* Sri Anbil Ramaswami

* Sri V. Sadagopan

* Sri Raghavan Rajaji and family

* Sri. C.N. Krishnaswami and family (**)

* Sri Murali Rangaswami

* Sri P. Dileepan and family

* Sri Jagan Bharadwaj and family

* Sri Sampath Rengarajan and family

* Sri. Kesavan Srinivasan and family

* Sri. Ramaswami of Maryland

* Sri Laksmikumar

* Sri Deepak Rajasekaran

 

We invite all SriVaishnavas to take advantage of this

unique opportunity to participate in Thiru adhyAyaNam

right in front of Sri Ranganatha. If We do not celebrate

Sri Vaikunda EkAdasi and Sri adyOyaNa sEvai, ThiruvAymozhi

pArAyanam for Sri RanganAtha who else we can do it for? If

not in Sri Rangam (of USA), where else? If not for our Sri

Ranganatha for whom else?

 

Please note, for those from out of town, all arrangements

for stay, food, local transportation, sight seeing trips

for young adults to NY city, some child care during the

pArAyaNam, etc. will be arranged.

 

Please Send an email to Sri V.Sadagopan at

(sgopan) or to Sri Sampath Rengarajan at

(srengara) or call Sri. Sampath Rengarajan (734-936-3756)

and confirm your attendance ASAP.

 

thiruvadhyOyaNa sEvA committee, 1999

 

Srimadh Azhagiya Singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

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