Service & Wonderful Experience - NY/NJ Ramanuja Jayanthi Celebrations 28/29 April

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srimathE rAmAnujAya namaha:

 

Sincere appreciation to all devotees very much for organizing this

beautiful event, for providing us

with this wonderful experience & an oppurtunity to perform kainkariyam.

 

With the divine blessings of Lord Sriman Narayana & our Acharyas,

Ramanuja Jayanthi organized by Sri Ramanuja Mission of

Srirangam Srimadh Andavan Ashramam along with

Jeeyar Educational Trust of Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanuja Jeeyar

and Sri Ahobila Muth, USA went very well.

 

Other Srivaishnava organizations like NAMA, VEDICS,

Sri Vedantha Desika Sabha and Sri Desika Darasana Sabha

participated in the celebrations.

 

In many ways we felt like we are all family members (connected by

Bagawath Ramanuja.)

 

Perumal & sri Ramanuja seva, Chanting in the Goshti & late night

discussions & wonderful satsang was enjoyed by one and all

We look forward to more memorable days with the NY/NJ Goshti.

 

We pray to Lord Sriman Narayana for more of this Satsang & Kainkariyam

 

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Friday Morning: Thiruvaaradhanam performed by Sriman U. Ve. Velukkudi

Krishnan

And a discourse on the "Details of thiruvaradhana & How & Why" - At Murali

Thirumalai's residence

 

Special Thiruvaaradhanam to Sri Ramanuja and Perumal was

performed by Sriman U. Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan, His kids Ranganatha &

RamaSeshan

participated in the Goshti with Narayanan V, Murali T, Shreyas, Vemkat, TP

Gopalakrishnan,

Mukundan .. and others. The vigraha of Udayavar with Sampath Kumaran (On

his lap)

was a special treat (Vigraha travelling with Velukkudi Swami)

 

Friday Evening: Special Lecture By Sriman U. Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan

About 120 Devotees participated in the discourse (Azhwars & Lord Sri Rama)

 

Saturday morning: Ramanuja Jayanthi Celebrations in NJ (Bridgewater Temple)

Early Morning started with Paduka Aradhana with a strong 40 member goshti.

>From the temple, Lord came out in a grand procession with 40 Goshti members

chanting divya prabhandam

in the front & 10 to 15 Veda parayanam Gosti following our Lord.

Audience was in tears looking at the grand procession, but perumal had more

in store for us.

He was on his way to meet his dear Ramanuja

He was going out to visit & greet Bagawath Ramanuja, he came from the

temple to the outskirts of

the funtion hall, where he was greeted by Sri Ramanuja with the Goshti

Chanting Siria Thirumadal by this time.

 

All the participants felt the divine presence and we could see Poondi mama,

Narayana, Ananda etc in tears

along with other devotees.

 

Sri Ramanuja had special Thirumanjanam performed by the temple priest Sri

Narashimachar, Sri Ramanuja was ready

to hear parayanam from the Goshti. All the parayanam was good, but the

chanting of Iramanusa Nootrandadi was excellent.

 

With the Sattumurai, (Iruppidam Vaikuntham Venkatam) the Goshti and audience

was emotional and in tears and the devotees could feel the divine presence.

 

On Sunday we had a similar experience at Lord Ranganatha's beautiful temple

in Pommona, NY.

Thirumanjanam for Sri Ranganatha, performed by Sri Venkat Kanumalla was

very beautiful. Chanting of all the

Acharya tanians (Of the devotees present), and Sathumurai was beautiful

(Respecting all Kalai and

Vaishnava Sampradaya) . This brought tears to some devotees in the temple

hall.

 

The chants by the Strong 35 member Goshti reverberated in the Temple hall

downstairs

for Acharya Padukas and Sri Ramanuja and later upstaris for Lord Ranganatha.

 

Sriman U. Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swami's very moving and apt discourse on

Acharya Vaibhavam was a nectar

to the ears. (Once we start enjoying the Nectar of Bhagawath Talks,

Lecutres, Kankariyam, and Parayanam all other

pleaures of this life autoamtically become insignificant and petty)

 

This weekend gave us a good feel for the divine nectar, and Lord's Satsang.

This was truly a wonderful weekend.

 

We appreciate all the organizers for providing us with this opputunity for

service and to participate in this wonderful event.

 

PS: Also thanks for those wonderful late evening informal discussions

and satsang.

 

We pray to Lord Sriman Narayana for more of this Satsang & Kainkariyam

 

AzhwAr EmberumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE saranam

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mukundan Vankipuram Pattangi