Swami desikan Thirunakshatram celebarations in bahrain.

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SrI:

Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Parabrahmane Namaha:

Shrimate Ramanujaya Namaha:

Shrimate Nigamantha Maha Desikaya Namaha:

 

SrimAn VenaktanAthArya: kavithArkika kEsarI!

VedAnthAchArya varyO mE sannidhatthAM sadhA hrudhi!

 

Dear bhagavathas,

 

namo narayana. adiyen's pranamams.

 

adiyen is extremely glad to inform all of you of our grand Thirunakshatram

celebrations of Lord Thiruvenkatamudaiyan and our dearest acharya

kavitarkika simham Swami Desikan at Bahrain. Incidentally this is our second

anniversary for our Desikan satsangh. For the new members of the net here

is a quick update: Desikan club/satsangh was started two years back by

sri.Sudarshan (who is now in kuwait) and sri Chary and other like minded

devotees. The purpose of this group is recite desika stotras on every

sravanam thus enjoying the poetic brilliance and bakthi anubhavam of

Swami desikan.This satsangh activities are continuing without break for

the past 2 years and yesterday was the second anniversary. Satsangh

activities are like oasis for the bhagavathas here in this desert and we

long

for any such gathering.

 

The celebrations have started with recitation of pancha suktham and followed

by desikan stotras Hayagriva stotram and Daya sathakam. This year also

the celebrations have taken place at sri. chary swamin's residence and

although it was a week day the hall was overflowing with desikan admirers.

We have recited pallandu, amalanadhipiran , kanninun siruththambu and

select verses of Thiruvoymozhi ( uyarvara uyarnalam (1.1), Ulagam unda

peruvaaya (6.10) and muniyE nanmuganE (10.10) ).On desika prabandham

we have recited Adaikkalappathu and prabandha saram.

 

Sri Chary swamin has performed thiruvaradhanam for saligrama moorthys.

It is a great treat to watch him performing thiruvaradhanam.The shraddha

with which he offers argyam baadhyam etcc and his interaction with perumaL

will make you feel that Sriman Narayana has descended from vaikuntam

and accepting our offerings in person. It is so real! so real! We were in

great ecstasy!!

 

We had an elaborate sattrumurai for this special evening with various

Upanishad passages, ithikasas like Ramayana,Bhagavat gita and

from the four important granthas for srivaishnavas namely Sri bhashya,

Gita bhashya, Srimad rahasya traya sara and Bhagavad vishayam. This

is followed by usual prabhanda and desika prabandha pasurams.

 

The sambhavana collection of this evening will be sent in for " Thiruvallur

Veeraraghava perumaL pandiyan kondai kaimkaryam" and all the

bhagavathas have generously contributed for this kaimkaryam.

 

While still on the divine mood, prasadam was served which was prepared

keeping ekadasi in mind. Sri Chary swamin who was on nirjala till that

late (10.30PM) with all the hectic preparations, surprisingly did not show

any sign of tiredness and he kept mingling with everyone of us. This could

be certainly due to divine blessings of Lord Srinivasa and Swami desikan.

 

Our desikan satsangh has grown in size over the couple of years. adiyen

could see lot of new faces and every one is commited to keep this

satsangh active with monthly gatherings. All the devotees in bahrain have

one prayer to our dear Swami desikan:

 

" Please bless us to continue this kaimkaryam and keep us amidst of

bhagavathas all the time. Please guide and use all of us as instruments

to spread our glorious sampradayam thus helping lots and lots of

ignorant souls to overcome this samsara sagara and become prapannas

to perform eternal kaimkaryam to Sriman narayana at his abode, vaikuntam."

 

 

Kavi Taarkika Simhaaya Kalyaana guna SaalinE!

SrimatE VenkateshAya VedAnta Gurave nama !!

 

 

N.B:After the celebrations are over sri.Chary swamin broke the sad news of

his decision to leave bahrain shortly. What a great loss it would be for the

srivaishnavas here in bahrain. We have learnt a lot from him apart from

recitation of desika stotrams. He was like a ready reckoner for all of us

to clear our doubts on our sampradayam. He is a true srivaishnava in every

sense, and a good example for us in following anushtanams.adiyen

understands that he will settling down at madras and let this association

continue over email. Sri.Chary swamin, we will be missing you a lot and

shall seek your blessings to continue the desikan satsangh and other

kaimkaryams here in bahrain and please pardon us for any of our

inadvertant apacharams that might have been commited during our

association.

 

Azhagiyasinger tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

adiyen dasan,

 

venkataraghava dasan.