Chicago Celebrations

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Dear Bhagavatas,

 

On October 28-29, only a few days from now, we will be

celebrating the holy advent of two of our dearest acharyas in

Chicago at Sri Venkatesvara Swami temple, Aurora, Illinois. This

utsavam in honor of the tirunakshatrams of Sri Vedanta Desika and

Sri Manavaala Maamunigal is being jointly organized by Sri

Ramanuja Mission of Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam and JETUSA

of Sri Sri Tridandi Sriman Narayana Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar

Swami. This is the first time in the United States where the

tirunakshatrams of Swami Desika and Swami Manavaala Maamunigal

are being jointly celebrated.

 

We invite each and everyone of you to come to Chicago and

participate in this event. Arrangements are being made by the

local volunteers to make sure that this celebration is very

valuable to the participants. We currently have many devotees

already signed up on the website (http://jeeyar.cc.uic.edu) from

many locations in the United States - San Francisco, New Jersey,

Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Denver etc., - and

many more are coming who haven't formally signed up yet. This

will add to the big Sri Vaishnava community of devotees in

Chicago, who regularly honor Lord Venkateswara with recitations

of the sri suktis of our Alvars and acharyas.

 

Attached is the original appeal. Please do come and join us for this

joyous event.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan,

T.A. Varadhan

 

 

SrI:

SrImate SaThakOpa-sUraye nama:

SrImate rAmAnujAya nama:

SrImate nigamAnta-mahAdesikAya nama:

SrImate vara-vara-munaye nama:

 

Dear Bhagavatas,

 

Sri Ramanuja Mission and Jeeyar Educational Trust USA (JET USA)

are pleased to announce the celebration of the tirunakshatrams of

Swami Sri Vedanta Desika (1268 - 1369) and Swami Sri Manavaala

Maamunigal (1371 - 1443) on October 28th and 29th, 2000, at Sri

Venkateswara Swami temple, Aurora, Illinois.

 

HH Sri Rangaramanuja Maha Desikan (Srimushnam Andavan) of

Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam and HH Sri Sri Sri Tridandi

Sriman Narayana Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar Swami have blessed us all

to proceed with the function.

 

This joint celebration is organized with the following objectives in

mind:

 

1. To seek the blessings of our great acharyas by celebrating their

tirunakshatrams and following their teachings.

2. To promote unity among people wanting to follow the Vedic tradition

having different acharya lineage (parampara) with focus on the common

theme - our divine link through Sri Ramanuja (Emberumaanaar).

3. To create interest and provide support for families interested in

following the Vedic tradition.

 

With the above three objectives in mind, the agenda is tailored to

have the following key items:

 

1. Talks focussing on the teachings of our acharyas and their humility and

lifestyle.

2. Open panel discussions on

(i) relevance of temples and their role in the current age

(ii) how to follow our tradition with appropriate compromises

in this country

3. Devotional songs and dances.

4. Temple celebrations (utsavams) with recitation of Divya Prabandham,

Veda Parayanam and recitation of Stotra Patham

 

We extend our humble invitation to each and every devotee living

in this country to attend this celebration - the first of its

kind in the United States. October 8th is the tirunakshatram of

Sri Vedanta Desika (purattaasi SravaNam), and November 1st is Sri

Maaavaala Maamunigal's tirunakshatram (aippasi mUlam). Also

around October 28th, we have the following key festivals:

November 4,5,6 - tirunakshatrams of Poykai and Sri Pillai

Lokacharya , Bhutam, and Pey Alvar, respectively, October 26th -

Deepavali.

 

There is a web page for registration and information - the URL is

http://jeeyar.cc.uic.edu .

 

We invite your presence to help make this event a grand celebration.

 

AzvAr emberumAnAR dESikan jIyar tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

In the service of acharyas,

SrI rAmAnuja dAsAs

Poondi Vijayaraghavan, President, Sri Ramanuja Mission Inc.

Chitra Madhavan, President, JET-USA Inc.