Sri Bharat's note...

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Dear bhaktAs,

 

Sri. Bharath wrote:

>>Sri Ramanuja is supposed to have set up 74 matha's or simhasnapatis for

the propagation of Srivaishnava philosophy . >>Could anyone tell me where I

can find the list of the above?

 

If I remember correctly, back in August/September a Sri Vaishnava gathering

was held in Madras (presided by Sri VK / Sri Sampath Kumar) to discuss and

adopt strategies for preserving our sampradAyam. I believe several

suggestions were heard and adopted. One such was to compile a databank about

sishyAs / achAryAs and collect information about the 74 simhAsanAdhipatis.

Perhaps someone who attended this convention or in-charge of this project

could throw some more light.

>>>........a directory may come in useful in many ways to keep a reducing

community in

>>touch with each other.

 

This is a long-felt need.

 

As Sri SatakOpan observed, lack of easy access to computers (in India)

coupled with issues regarding privacy and security make it a little

difficult task, today. However, I am sure we would be able to do so in the

near future.

 

One way to facilitate the directory creation, is to pass the word around

among our relatives/friends and request more people to join Bhakti / Malolan

/ NAMA / SVSS groups if they have access to e-mail/Internet. We can also

consolidate r databases maintained at Sri Nrishma Priya / Sri

RanganAtha pAdhuka / SVSS /NAMA/ Bhakti /Malolan Net. And perhaps open a

registry service at our DDs/Ashramams/Matams and encourage visitors to

register. This could be one small step to start the process.

 

Thanks to Sri.Mani, today many (can) use Bhakti to establish contact and

exchange wonderful sampradAyam information with fellow Sri.Vaishnavas.

 

Thanks,

Sriram