AdiyEn's trip to India

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Dear BhaghavatAs:

 

It is almost 15 days since I had returned from a wonderful trip to India.

Thanks to this cyber sat-sangh it added greatly to the enjoyment and

purposefulness of the trip which rather turned out to be a pilgrimage.

Through EmperumAn's grace I performed the BrahmOpadesam for my younger son

at Tirupati and subsequently got the SamasrEyanam done for my two sons at

the holy feet of Shri Anantha Narasimhachar swamigal (Garudapuram Swamigal's

acharya vruksham).

 

Thanks to so many factors, I was forced to travel via Singapore and what a

blessing it was. I was extremely happy to have met Shri Anand and "Abhinava

Godha" Smt. Praveena and our dear Shri Madhavkkannan. Through them our

sampradayam is vibrant at Singapore. Their example is influencing a lot

more people and I understand that even some of the local people want to have

samasrEyanam done. Thanks to the tireless efforts of this trio, the

foundation laid by Ramanujacharya and Swami Desika is standing on solid

grounds at Singapore. I am indeed happy to have visited that place and to

have had their sat-sangh.

 

At India I first visited my Kula Deivam Lord Veeraraghavan of ThiruvallUr

and their I met Shri KGK Krishnan. Just a mention of membership of Bhakti

or Malolan group is enough to get into their 'Antaranga quarters' and a

lively conversation that follows. At that time Shri Azhagiya Singhar was

planning a mega Sudarsana homam at Thiruvaheendrapuram.

 

Subsequently, I visited Thiruvellikeni, Tirupati, Kancheepuram, Melkote and

finally Srirangam. Tirupati is as usual crowded with ever abounding

Emperuman's glory. At Kancheepuram I had the bhagyam of witnessing the

Tirumanjanam of Lord Varada and the Ubhaya Natchiars. At Mysore I

obtained the blessings of Parakalamatam Swamigal, witnessed the arAdhanam

of Lord Hayagreeva and Swami was extremely appreciative of the contributions

of the electronic medium in restoring the essentials of Sri Vaishnavistic

principles . Thanks to TVS Inc., Parakalamatam is now beautifully renovated

and is shining with Swami Desika's glory.

 

Subsequently at Srirangam I was there for Yajur Upakarma and Shri Hayagreeva

Jayanti (Sravanam). Poundrikapuram Swamigal gave a brief Anugraha

Bhashanam on Lord Hayagriva. When I had the bhagyam of speaking to him

personally, Swami kept emphasizing the need for regularity in Sandhya

vandanam and anushtAnams in general. This is important for a Sri Vaishnava.

Shri Anantha Narasimhachar Swamigal spoke very eloquently about Lord

Hayagreeva. This was followed by a talk on "Hastigiri Mahatmyam" by Shri

Rangamani Swamigal.

 

All-in-all a very satisfying trip. I see a few changes in my children.

They proudly wear Urdhvapundram at home and during socio-religious

occassions. I hope all these effects last till we undertake our next trip

to India!

 

There are many things about our Divya Desams that I thought I should share

with you all. I hope to do it under the title "Divya Desams - Prioritizing

our Efforts'.

 

I am happy to be back and be part of the Bhakti net once again. I am also

happy to learn about the Desika Jayanti celebration at Pomona and

Manavalamamunigal Jayanti at the Bay area. May EmperumAn bless these

efforts.

 

 

Vijayaraghavan

 

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