Srirama Bharathi attained Acharyan tiruvadi

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Dear List Members,

 

I forward a message from a friend in India re Srirama Bharathi who

has left us. Sriram, as he used to be called, was a brilliant

student of Delhi University who went to the US (late 60's/early 70's)

for his Ph D in Physics. During his thesis work, he is said to have

attained an awakening and left forthwith for India whereupon he went

back to his school in New Delhi and started teaching the students

devotional hymns. Soon he got married and worked as an employee of

the AIR. His true love was however the Divya Prabandham which he

learnt formally under the aegis of the Vanamamalai Matham. He also

obtained guidance on the difficult and intricate subject of Arayar

Sevai. In his last years, he ran a Prabandham school for poor

villagers in Pallikaranai in the outskirts of Madras and rendered

yeomen service towards popularizing the vanishing art of Arayar

Sevai. He has to his credit a scholarly work on Arayar Sevai and many

tape recordings of the Alwar pasurams rendered in ragam. For the last

few years, he was suffering from cancer. He has now succumbed to it.

 

It is very hard to see in modern times a true bhagavatha like him

who genuinely epitomized the spirit of service and sacrifice.

 

Warm Regards,

 

LS

 

 

 

G. Kameshwar [sMTP:gkamesh]

SRINIVASAKRISHNAN L

Cc:

 

Srirama Bharathi attained Acharyan Tiruvadi

11/8/00 1:26 AM

Importance: Normal

Srini,

 

Regret to convey the sad news. The obit notice in today's

Hindu reads as follows:

 

**begin

 

SRIRAMA BHARATHI attained Acharyan Thiruvadi on Sunday

5-11-2000. He has been propogating Divya Prabhandam

through Araiyar Sevai at Thiru Narayana Swami Temple,

Jalladianpet. Founder, Sadagopan Tirunarayana Swami

Divya Prabandam Pathasala. Former, Deputy Director,

Doordarshan, Trivandrum. Dasaham on 14-11-2000 at

Sadagopan Tirunagar, Jalladianpet, Chennai-601302

 

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He was 51. Real sad. You know, thinking back and

remembering him walking in Bharati Nagar, coming to school,

taking off his chappals before entering the school gate,

doing dandam namskaram to school and teachers, teaching

songs sitting in front of the Saraswati statue, chanting

divya prabandam along with his wife in Raamar koil...

 

One more pillar has fallen. God takes good people early.

 

regards