update on divya dEsam kainkaryam

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srImathE saTakOpAya namah

srImathE rAmAnujAya namah

srImathE anantArya mahAguravE namah

srIman vara vara munayE namah

 

 

dear bhAgavathAs,

 

This is an update on the divya dEsam kainkaryam. adiyEn could not

get in touch with srI. thirukkOshtiyUr mAdhavan svAmi for the past week

or so as he had gone to mangai madam for the kainkaryam there. At

last, adiyEn was able to get in touch with him last night.

 

He was very pleased with the enthusiastic response from bhAgavathAs

on adopting divya dEsams. adiyEn will send a separate email giving the

divya dEsams adopted so far and the bhAgavathAs adopting them.

 

While adiyEn was speaking to him, mAdhavan svAmi touched on one more

aspect of divya dEsam kainkaryam that is very important. This has been

discussed in the bhakti list too sometime back. srI. mAdhavan svAmi

and interested bhAgavathAs have procured a bus, fit the bus with

a hydraulic ladder, and many tools (like maNvetti, etc..). Also, they

take a lot of cleaning materials. Every friday, saturday and sunday,

about 25 bhAgavathAs take the bus with the cleaning materials and

go to a divya dEsam - They clean the temple completely (sweep all

the temple, clean all the shrubs inside the temple, remove the

weeds and bushes that grow on the walls, treat the areas with

weed-killers to stop future growth, sanitize the appropriate areas

AND set up a flower garden in a cleaned up area (to the extent

possible). Also, a local person is given the responsibility to

maintain the garden and the temple from then on. They will revisit the

temple again on a rotational basis to maintain the cleanliness.

This weekend, they are going to kUram, srIperumbUdUr and another

temple if possible - Next week, the bus will go to some chOzha nAttu

divyadEsams. adiyEn felt that this needed to be shared with the

bhAgavathAs on this list.

 

coming to the divya dEsam kainkaryam, here are the details for

bhAgavathAs outside the United States AND bhAgavathAs in the

United states who do not want to wait till the SVSS channel is

set up (it might take atleast one more month for the SVSS channel

to be set up since it requires some paperwork to be obtained

from India) -

cheque (preferably bankers' cheque) payable to

srI sowmyanArAyaNan emperumAnAr charitable trust

West Car Street,

ThirukkOshtiyUr, TamizhnAdu 630210.

 

Or, the cheque can be mailed to srI. mAdhavan svAmi himself

(please make sure the cheque is payable to the trust) -

17, srI kEsava perumAl south street

Mylapore, Chennai 600 004.

 

adiyEn would suggest the following -

please include a letter with the following details with the cheque -

1. name of the sponsor

2. address of the sponsor

3. name/address of the sponsor's India contact

4. address where receipts and prasAdam needs to be mailed to

5. please email adiyEn with the details to make sure that

adiyEn keeps track of the effort - also, ensure that no duplication

occurs in terms of multiple bhAgavatAs adopting the same temple.

6. adiyEn suggests that sponsors send a cheque for 3 months at a

stretch atleast to start with - it might make money transfer,

collection of cheques etc.. easier.

 

 

Also, if local relatives/friends of the sponsor wish to go to the divya

dEsam tour every month, then srI. mAdhavan can arrange to pick them

up when the van goes - only caveat is that the trip will be a little

hetic considering all the divya dEsams that need to be covered within

3/4 days. If that is needed, adiyEn will be glad to co-ordinate with

mAdhavan svAmi on your behalf to arrange that.

 

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan,

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam,

thirumalai anandAnpiLLai varadhan