MandalaabhishEkam at Sri Ranganatha Temple : July 14,2001 and Sri ANDAL Birthday Celebrations on July 21, 2001

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri RanganAtha BhakthAs:

 

Plans for these two important celebrations

have been finalized now . On behalf of the Temple

Board , I would like to invite your particpation

with family and friends at these events and recieve

the anugrahams of Lord Ranganathan and Sri Ranga NaacchiyAr ,

Andal, VenugOpAlan, Srinivasan , Lakshmi Narasimhan

Lakshmi HayagrIvan and Ramachandran along with

those of the AzhwArs and AchAryAs.

 

MANADALAABHISHEKAM : CONCLUSION OF THE MAHAA SAMPROKSAHNAM

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This Saturday , the RanganAthA Temple will celebrate

the MandalAbhishEkam , which concludes formally

the MahA samprOkshaNam ceremonies conducted on

May 27. After 48 days of three times worship (AarAdhanam )

per day and Sacred baths for the deities at the 8 sannidhis,

the invocation of the Lord's complete presence (PoorNa-

Saannidhyam )at their sannidhis will be assured .

 

Five of the eight Bhattars , who participated in the MahA-

SamprOkshNam ceremonies will complete the MandalaabhshEkam

and then return to their temples in India. Three Bhattars

will stay behind to perform the nithyArAdhanams and

special uthsavams.

 

On MandalAbhishEkam day , consecrated waters

from 81 kalasams(vessels) will be used in

the Thirumanjanam (scred baths)for the Murthys.

At the conclusion of these ceremonies , You are welcome to

acquire one of these kalasams through the sponsorship of

the MandalaabhishEkam ($108 per family). The consecrated

waters from the 81 kalasams will be carried to the individual

sannidhis for the abhishEkam .You can sponsor abhishEkam

for your favorite deity (ishta dhaivam ) at one of the eight

sannidhis. You are ofcourse most welcome to sponsor

abhishEkam for more than one sannidhi.

 

These Copper Kalasams are very auspicious ones to have in

one's house. They can be used to perform sandhyAvandhanam

by men and abhishEkams to SaaLagraamams and AarAdhana

Moorthy or can be placed at the pooja graham .

 

The Temple web site (http://www.ranganatha.org)

has informative digital photo imagess of the May 27

MahA SamprOkshaNam events (65 images in all) and

10 pictures of the temple from different directions .

The actual MahA samprOkshaNam pictures ( particularly

26,33 and 50 ) makes one feel the closeness of this

new temple amidst us to Srirangam (Aadhi Rangam) .

The picture of Para VaasudEvan in the Sriranga

VimAnam at the Pomona Temple is incredibly

beautiful .The Golden kalasams shine in the sun

and nestle in the green foliage of the ancient

Taconic mountains going back to 4.5 Billion years.

 

Those who have not visited the temple would have

a good experience of the MahA SamprOkshaNam done

in the most authentic manner.Those who attended

the MahA samprOkshaNam will be able to recognize

themselves in the assembled digital photos. They

are part of the temple history now.

 

The Temple Needs Your Help

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The expenses related to the building of

the Temple and MahA SamprOkshanam are

a little more than ONE MILLION Dollars.

We need to recover some of the expenses and

maintain the AarAdhanams and observe the Uthsavams

for Lord RanganAthA and deities at the other sannidhis.

 

Your steady and strong support is needed to

take care of the expenses incurred. Please

come forward and sponsor the various kaimkaryams

and use the resources of the temple for worship

and celebrations of the special events in your

and Your family's lives such as Weddings , Upanayanam ,

anniversaries et al. You can become life members($1,116

donation ), Donors ($5,000 donation ) or Benefactors

( 10,000$ donations) and see to that the high standards

of the worship at the temple continue to be maintained.

 

Please contact any one of us for additional information

on ways in which you wish to support this temple and

offer homage to Lord RanganAtha at His Pomona temple:

 

Dr. Venkat Kanumalla , Treasurer: kanumalla

Dr. K. Raghunathan , Chairman: kraghu_r

Dr.Ayalla Murthy , Vice Chair: GAyalla

Dr.V.Sadagopan , Vice Chair: sgopan

Srimathi Nagu Satyan, Secretary: Satyan

 

I will provide details about the ANDAL Birthday

celebrations next week .Meanwhile , please join us

on July 14 for once-in-a life time particpation

in the completion of the MandalAbhishElkam of

the deities marking the completion of the NahA-

SamprOkshaNam .

 

LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

IN THE TEMPLE ACTIVITIES AND RECIEVING YOUR

GENEROUS & WELCOME SUPPORT FOR THE RANGANATHA TEMPLE .

 

Sri RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

 

V.Sadagopan