Divyaprabhandotsavam

[Guest guest]

Jai Srimannarayana!

srimathE rAmAnujAya namaha

 

With the Divine Mangalasasanams of Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana

Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji, 'Divyaprabandothsavam' chanting of the

entire Nalayira Diyaprabandham for the first time in USA at Sri Siva

Vishnu Temple (SSVT), Lanham, MD went very well. The entire event was

self funded by Vikasatarangini, Washington DC center of JET USA with

the

assistance and gracious consent by the SSVT management in coming forth

to hold the event in the temple.

 

The prabandham was chanted for three days in the presence of Utsawar

Perumal and Alwar utswars from 11/23 to 11/25 daily from 7:30 AM to

9:00

PM. The program concluded on 11/25 at 12:45 Noon by offering the

prabandham and Alwar sambhavanai to the lotus feet of Lord

Venkateswara.

 

We offer our thanks to his H.H. Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana

Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji in sending Sriman Uve Venkateswara

Iyengar swamiji to conduct this divine event.

 

We offer our thanks to Sriman Uve Venkateswara Iyengar swamiji in

chanting the entire prabandham and providing discourses at the

beginning of each and every prabandham.We could not have performed

this event without the guidance and dedication of Sriman Venkateswara

Iyengar swamiji.Most importantly, his concluding message explaining

the significance of Alwar Sambhavana and the necessity for prabandham

chanting in all the temples touched everyones heart.

 

We thank SSVT chairman Sriman K.G.Venkatraman for his support and

enduring love for Bagawat kainkaryam.We thank the SSVT priests for

their dedication and support in Utsawar alankaranam and Sattumurai

participation.

 

We Vikasa Tarangini, Washington DC center offer our thanks to the

entire Divyaprabandham Goshti comprising of nearly 25 dedicated

Bhagavatas who made this event a grand success. The Goshti

comprised of attendees from Chicago, Denver, New Jersey, Nebraska,

Pittsburg and locally from Washington DC suburbs. As soon as we

posted the event in the various eGroups such as 'JET' 'Bakthi' 'NAMA'

etc. we had a overwhelming response from all parts of USA to

participate and chant the prabandham.We thank each and everyone of

the Prabandham Goshti in taking lot of effort to come from all parts

of USA. The entire atmosphere was charged with the divine chanting

and we all are still experienceing the reverberation of the divine

slokas long after the program has concluded.

 

The dedication & devotion that we saw in Sri Ramanuja Mission Inc

members is truly inspirational and we sincereley thank Sri

Ramanuja Mission.Our thanks especially to Sriman Madhavan Nadadur

for hosting Ramanuja mission members from New Jersey. Our thanks

to Sriman Poondi Vijaya Raghavan for committing the entire Ramanuja

Mission to support and participate in the event.

 

We thank Sriman Venkatesan Iyengar swamiji for his guidance and Priya

Mukunda, Varadan and Ananda for their preparation of picture

posters of all the Alwars. They did a superb job in preparing the

picture posters as it was very useful for children and adults to

learn the significance and contribution of our Alwars.

 

Our Special Thanks to Prasadam contributions by various devotees.

There was countless hours of happy involvement in preparation of

nearly 35 different prasadams.(so many bhaktas were saying thanks to

Anna Datta.)

 

Our thanks to Belur family, Sadananda family, Sriman Parthasarathi

family, Bansal family, Barathi Reddy family, Prathivadi family,

Srinivasa Kumar family, Vinjamuri family, Venkatramana family, priya

Parakalan, Prakruti and many others who have rendered help and

support in Prasadam preparation or Pushpa kainkaryam or Mandapam

setup and alankaram.Our thanks to Sri.Venkatachalam for assisting

in recording the event.Last not but not least we thank all our

local Vikasatarangini members for their hardwork in making this event

a grand success.

 

With Acharya anugraham and Perumal sankalpam we look forward in

celebrating more of these divine yaagams for Lokakalyanam.

 

AzhwAr EmberumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE saranam

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan and dAsi

Ravi and Vasanthi Aharam