Purattasi sravanam celebrations in Bahrain

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SrI

Srimathe ramanujaya namaha

Srimathe nigamantha maha desikaya namaha

 

Dear bhagavathas,

 

namo narayana. adiyen dasan venkat from Bahrain.

 

adiyen is pleased inform all of you that Swami desikan and

Thiruvengadamudaiyan's thirunakshatram celebration held at

Bahrain on 28th Sep went on very well.What follows is a small

write up of this joyous occasion.

 

Yesterday was fourth anniversary for our desikan club.Sri Sudarshan

and

Sri IVK Chary swamin were the co founders of this satsangh and

with the blessings of sriya:pathi and Swamy desika this satsangh

has grown over the years.Now both of them have moved to Kuwait,

and the swami desikan satsangh has been just started over there too.

 

We are indeed blessed to have Sri Sudarshan and Sri Chary swamin

(Co founders)along with other bhagavathas from Kuwait for our

thirunakshatram celebrations.Sri IVK Chary swami was leading the

veda parayana goshti and Sri Sudarshan's melodious rendering of

Swami desika's stotras was a treat to ears.His recitation of

Dasavathara stotram is still ringing in adiyen's ears.

 

We were also fortunate to have Sri U.Ve Velukkudi Krishnan swamin

with us on this day.Swami has attended the goshti right from

begining, performed thiruvaradhanam and gave a wonderful

short upanyasam on Swami desika's Nyasa dasakam.

 

The programme started at 9AM with the recitation of SIkshavalli

follwed by divya prabandham(nityanusandhanam,Selected verses from

Thiruvaymozhi(Ozhivil kalamellam,Ulagam uNda peruvaya)and Uneru

selvaththu of Sri Kulasekara Azhvar).

 

On Desika stotras we have recited Hayagreeva stotram,Bhagavad

dyana sopanam,Daya sathakam,Dasavathara stotram,Sri stuthi

Sudarshanashtakam and Nyasa dasakam.

 

On Desika prabandham we have recited Adaikkallappathtu,prabandha

saram and Pillai andhadhi.

 

The SaRRu murai of the day was elaborate one with upanishad

passages,Sri Bhashyam,Gita bhashyam,Srimad Rahasya traya saram

Bhagavad Vishayam,Vishnu puranam,Sri Ramayanam,Srimad Bhagavad gita

etc..This was followed by Prabandha sarrumurai consisting of

Thiruppavai,Peria thirumozhi,Thirunedunthandakam,Thiruvaymozhi

Ramanuja noorandhadhi,Adaikkalappathu,Prabandha saram,Adhikara

sangraham and Pillai andhadhi and concluded with Sarva desa

dasa kaale..

 

We then had Perumal and Acharya sambhavana and it was decided to

donate the day's sambavana for Thuppul Mani Mandapam kaimkaryam.

Sri Velukkudi swamy announced that it is only the first installment

and requested all the bhagavathas to participate in this kaimkaryam.

 

Then Sri Velukkudi Krishnan swamy gave a short upanyasam on

Nyasa dasakam explaining the basic tenents of Nyasa vidhya

briefly.His Presentation of the concept,choice of words and

simplicity etc are real wonder to watch.Swami will be in town

for a week or so and he will be talking on Divya prabandham and

Srimad Bhagavad gita in the coming days.It is a History that

a well known Srivaishnava Upanyasakar is visiting this part of the

globe.

 

Shortly adiyen will be uploading some images taken during our

thirunakshatram celebrations in the files section of this egroup.

 

Dear bhagavathas, most of you might have celebrated this important

day in your town and please share with us your experiences for

the pleasure of our reading.

 

Thanks for your patient reading of this poorly written note.

 

Regards

 

adiyen ramanuja dasan,

 

R.Venkat