AchArya thirunakshattiram celebrations - tentative agendA

[Guest guest]

srImathE saTakOpAya namah

srImathE rAmAnujAya namah

srImathE vEdAnta dEsikAya namah

srIman vara vaa munayE namah

 

dear bhAgavathAs,

 

attached is the tentative agenda for the AchArya thirunakshattiram

celebrations on October 28th and 29th

 

AzhvAr emperumAnAr dEsikan jIyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam,

thirumalai anandAnpiLLai varadhan

 

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28th Saturday: Day 1.

 

8:00 am – 8:30 am suprabhAtham

8:30 am - 8:45 am sEvA kAlam

thiruppallANdu, thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi, thiruppAvai (if time permits)

8:45 am - 9:05 am thirumanjanam (bhOga mUrthi, chinna utsavar

and AzhvAr/AchAryAs) Purusha Suktam, Sri Suktam, neerAttam

9:05 am - 9:45 am alankAram & thomala seva.

poochoottal, kAppidal, Thiruppavai, amalanAdhipirAn,

kaNNinunsiRuththAmbu

9:45 am - 10:20 am – mantra pushpam, archanai,

sARRumurai and thIrtham/saTAri.

 

10:25 am – Perumal, AzhvAr/AchAryAs enter manTapa with taittirIya

upanishad pArAyaNam

10:30 am to 12:30 pm upstairs - pArAyaNam

AzhvAr/AchArya parivattam

AzhvAr/AchArya thaniyans, AchArya sambAvanai

IrAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi, upadEsa rattinamAlai, dayA shatakam

SARRumuRai, thIrtham/satAri

10:30 – 12:30 pm downstairs –

music/bhajans – led by srI. TES rAghavan

 

Downstairs HALL.

8:30 am to 1:15 pm - Conference Reception & Registration

12:30 - 1:15 - Lunch Down Stairs

 

1:15 - 1:30 - Welcome and respects to AchAryAs -

Mr. Ranganathan Hemmighe - (Welcome & Recognition Speech)

Dr. Raghu Raghavan - (Respects to Acharyas)

Mr. Mukund Pattangi - (Sampradayam applicable today)

 

1:30 to 5:00 - Plays, Panel Discussions, Talks, Bhajans.

1:30 pm to 2:00 pm nAthamunigaL and drAvida vEda

Play – nAthamunigaL – discovery of drAvida vEda

Talk on svAmi nAthamunigaL and drAvida vEda

2:00 pm to 2:10 pm

One Bhajan, One Song

2:10 pm to 3:00 pm rAmAnuja play and talk

Play - rAmAnuja –thirumantrArtham at thirukkOshtiyUr

Talk on rAmAnujA – the social reformer and our saviour

3:00 pm to 3:10 pm - One Bhajan & One Song

3:10 pm to 4:00 pm Slide show on SV temples and their history

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Panel Discussions/ Q&A sessions

SampradAyam today – relevance, practicality

The vEdic religion, importance of AchAryAs

Upstairs:

5:30 pm - Regular Temple Activity (Sahasranamam, Diwali etc.)

8:30 pm - Sayana Ustavam

9:00 pm - Perumal Prasadam (Dinner)

 

29th October

9:00 am to 9:30 am suprabhAtham

Downstairs:

9:30 am - 12:30 pm Plays, Panel Discussions, Talks, Bhajans

9:30 am to 10:20 am vEdAnta dEsikar

Play – vEdAnta dEsikar – lakshmi hayagrIvar darsaNam

Talk on vEdAnta dEsikar & his contribution

10:20 am to 10:30 am One Bhajan One Song

10:30 am to 11:20 am maNavALa mAmuni

play – maNavALa mAmuni – thaniyan origin

Manavala Mamuni - "Our Jeeyar" and contributions

11:20 am to 11:30 am One Bhajan One Song

11:30 am to 12:30 pm Panel Discussions.

Sampradayam Unity (In Diversity)

Q& A Session (On our way of life)

12:30 to 1:15 - Lunch

Upstairs:

1:15 Perumal enters mandapam for Utsavam

1:30 to 4:30 Parayanam

Raghuveera Gadyam - 30 Mins.

Yathiraja Vimsathi - 20 Mins.

Thiruvaimoizhi Nootrandadi - 45 Mins.

Desika Prabhandam - 40 Mins.

Prabhanda Saram, Adai Kala Pattu, Thiru Chinna Malai

 

Dance for Perumal - 15 Mins.

Song for Perumal - 10 Mins.

Sathumurai & Perumal's Thirtha Shatari

4:30 to 5:00 Vote of thanks

 

End of Day 2 - Program Ends.

 

Local Coordinators :

Chi. Raghu Mudumba 847 372 4441, Chi. Mukund Pattangi 312 850 1169

Visitor Coordinators :

New Jersey : Sri Poondi VijayaRaghavan

Washington :Sri Nadadur Madhavan

Pittsburgh : Chi Anand Srinivasan & Sri Saranathan

Detroit : Sri Sridhar Venkatachari & Sri Chalam Madipalli

Atlanta : Smt. Padma Char

Texas : Sri Ram Prasad

Indiana : Sri & Smt. Devanathan

Wisconsin : Sri Anand Vangipuram & Sri Venugopal.

Nebraska : Sow. vaijaiyanthi Anandanpillai

Coloradao : Smt & Sri Raghavan Sagar

California : Chi. Vamshi Mudumbai & Sri Mani Varadarajan

 

Coordinator list is still being Completed………. (Boston, New York….)