Sri Ranganatha Temple is open for worship

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs :

 

It is a great joy for me to forward this communique

conveying the happy news about the Sri RanganAthA Temple

of Pomona , NY receiving the Certificate of Occupancy

from the local authorities as of February 14, 2001.

 

After the dedicated work of many , many devotees

and struggles against many odds , the Certificate of

Occupancy has been received and the temple can

officially conduct the many functions to celebrate

the Dhivya Dampathis, AzhwArs and AchAryAs .

 

Please visit the temple and enjoy the dhivya soundharyam

of the ArchA moorthis and participate in all the functions

to celebrate our illustrious Bhagavath RaamAnuja SampradhAyam.

Every one is welcome.

 

I conclude this invitation to particpate in the nithya and

VisEsha uthsavams for the Lord of Srirangam at His temple

in New York with a prayer to His Paadhukais:

 

SruthInAm bhUshaNAnAm thE SankE RANGENDHRA PAADHUKE

MiTa: sangarsha sanjAtham raja: kimapi sinjitham

--Naadha Paddhathi slOkam of Sri PaadhukA sahasram: slOkam 1

 

(meaning): Oh Sri RanganAtha PaadhukE ! Inside Your

toe-hold, there are different gems. As Your Lord adorns You

during His sanchAram and moves about , those gems make a SunAdham .

Those MangaLa Naadham reminds one of the jostling of the Vedams

that are Your AabharaNams.

 

The inner meaning is that the ThiruvAimozhi composed

by Swamy NammAzhwAr ( SatAri Soori) with the anugraham

of the Lord of Srirangam is the essence of Sakala

VedArthams.

 

As Lord RanganAthA has His sanchaaram at the Pomona

Temple, may the admixture of the sacred sounds of

Vedam and Dhivya prabhandham there remind us of

the SunAdhams emanating from the Lord's Padhukais

(Guru paramparA starting from the dhivya Dampathis

onwards through Swamy NammAzhwAr to prakrutham AchAryAs).

 

AdiyEn,RaamAnuja Daasan

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

>Srimate Sri Ranganayaki Samedha Sri Ranganatha Parabrahmane Nama:

>Srimate Sri Ramanujaya Nama:

>

>With the grace of Sri Ranganayaki Sameda Sri Ranganatha

>and the acarya guru paramabara we received the Certificate

>of Occupancy for our Sri Ranganatha Temple this afternoon

>with effect from February 14th 2001. Please spread the

>word and ask everyone to come, pray, and receive the

>blessings of the lord.

>

>-- adiyEn ramanuja dasan

>srimad azhagiya singar thiruvadigaLE saraNam