Maamunigal Tirunakshatram Celebrations Update

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SrI:

SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH

SrI padmAvatI sameta SrI venkateSa parabrahmaNe namaH

 

Dear Members of the Bhakti Discussion Group,

 

On behalf of the Siva-Vishnu Temple, Livermore, California,

and the Maamunigal Tirunakshatram organizing committee,

I want to once again personally invite all of you to

join us in the San Francisco Bay Area on November 13-14

to celebrate the Tirunakshatram (birth anniversary) of

our beloved acharya, Sri Manavaala Maamunigal (1370-1444).

 

With Thirvengadam udaiyaan's anugraham, the celebration

is promising to be a grand one, with sizeable attendance expected

by bhAgavatas from within the Bay Area and without. Many

devotees from around the country are already planning on

attending our utsavam. Here are some of our Bhakti List

members and friends who have agreed to join our goshti

from outside the area:

 

Sri Anbil Ramaswamy Atlanta

Sri Krishna Kalale & family San Diego

Sri T.A. Varadhan Denver

Smt. Madhuri & Sri Mohan Sagar "

Smt. Sudha & Sri C.S. Ramesh "

Smt. Chitra Madhavan Chicago

Sri R. Raghavan "

Sri Srinivasan "

Smt. Kalyani Krishnamachari "

Smt. Ambujam & Sri Devanathan "

Sri Mukundan Pattangi "

Smt. Geetha & Sri Kesavan "

Sri Ravi Yekkirala "

Smt. Manjula & Sri Sriram Nathamuni Milwaukee

Smt. Radha & Sri A. Rangarajan Los Angeles

Sri Sridhar Srinivasan & family Houston

Sri Hemmige Ranganath Chicago (tentative)

Sri Srinivasan (Lexmark) Denver (tentative)

Smt. Nagu Satyan " (tentative)

 

I am sure I have omitted names of some others who are

planning on coming from out-of-town.

 

We are particularly blessed to have almost the entire

Chicago Balaji Temple Prabandham goshti joining us.

They will undoubtedly help make this event a great success.

A tentative program is given at the end of this message.

 

I implore all devotees, even those on the East Coast, to

think about coming to our celebration. Please let me know

if you are interested, and I will try my best to help you

get a low airfare. Area devotees will be happy to

host you and your family in their homes.

 

Please send me email at mani or call me at

(415) 665-1720 (home)

(650) 462-4149 (work)

if you have any questions.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

Mani

 

Tentative Program

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Saturday:

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Morning (regular temple schedule):

Suprabhata sEvai

Tirumanjanam for Lord Srinivasa

Archanai, etc.

moolavar saaRRumuRai

 

Noon: annual pushpa-yAga to Lord Srinivasa

 

Prasadam distribution / Lunch

 

Afternoon: Utsavam & Lectures begin

Perumaal procession (purappaadu) to the tune

of Prabandha & Veda Parayanam

Mariyaadhais for Maamunigal

saaRRumuRai inside kOvil to utsavar

 

Talks:

Invocation & Introduction (adiyEn)

An aspect of Alvars' vaibhavam (Smt. Radha Rangarajan)

Sri Ramanuja & Vaikhanasa (Sri Srinivasacharyulu, chief priest)

Sri Manavaala Maamunigal vaibhavam

(Sri T.A. Varadhan)

An Aspect of Sri Desikar's vaibhavam

(Sri Anbil Ramaswamy)

An Aspect of Sri Ramanuja's vaibhavam (TBD)

 

Talks will be interspersed with some Carnatic music,

including singing of some paasurams.

 

Evening:

ekaanta sEvai

Prasadam / Dinner

 

Sunday:

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Suprabhatam

Prabandha Paaraayanam:

Tiruppallandu, Tiruppalliezhucci, etc.

Kanninun Sirttambu

Koyil Tiruvaymoli

Tiruvaymoli Nurrandadi

Upadesa Ratna Maalai

saaRRumuRai

 

Kalyana Utsavam