"Birth day " celebrations for Lord VenaktEsA , Swamy Desikan and Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar at Sri RanganAtha Temple , Pomona , NY: Sep 29, 2001

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SrI:

 

SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE Nama:

 

SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

The devotees of Sriman NaarAyaNa joined together

yesterday at Pomona , NY and enjoyed a grand celebration

of the Thirunakshthrams of the Lord Of Seven Hills ,

Swamy Desikan , an avathAram of His Sacred bell at

ThiruvEnkaDam and one of the greatest Sri VaishNava

AchAryAs, Sri Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar , who was

initiated into SanyAsAsramam by none other than

BhagavAn Narasimhan at Ahobila Dhivya Desam some

Six Hundred plus years.

 

ThirukkalyANam for Lord Srinivasa was performed by

devotees in an elaborate and Vedic way by Dr.Venkat

Kanumalla to the utter delight of the assembled devotees.

 

Thirumanjanam for the archA Moorthys of Lord SrinivAsan ,

Sri DEvi , BhU Devi , Swamy Desikan and Sri Adhi VaNN

SatakOpa Jeeyar were performed earlier .At the end of

the Thirumanjanam ,alankAram was performed and TaLikai

was presented to the Lord and His Devis.Prasaadham including

the Madhuparkam used in the ThirukkalyANam were distributed.

 

All of you , who have visited the Temple for Lord RanganAthA

are familiar with the Soundharyam (great beauty ) of

the uthsavar (processional deity) and the Moolavar ArchA

Vigrahams of Lords SrinivAsA , Lakshmi Nrusimhan ,

Lakshmi HayagrIvan, Raamachandran and His Family ,

KrishNa ParamAthmA ,Sri RanganAyaki , Sri ANDAL and

Garuda BhagavAn as well as the 12 AzhwArs , AchArya RaamAnujA ,

Swamy Desikan , Adhi VaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar

and HH the 44th Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt, the Founder of this

magnificent temple on the Banks of Hudson River in

the shade of the Taconic Mountains . AdiyEn invites those

who have not yet visited this temple to come and have

the darsana SoubhAgyam of the Dhivya mangaLa Moorthys of

this magnificent house of worship for all AasthikAs

and Bhaktha Kotis.

 

After alankAram and TaLikai SamarpaNam , Sri VenaktEsa

AshtOtthara Satha Naama Archanai was done with the participation

of assembled devotees . The halls of the temple reverberated

gloriously to the MangaLa Naadham of the Lord's sacred names.

This is the first time that collective worship (Archanai)

with particpation in repeatign the name of the Lord

has been done at this temple . We hope to do more such

archanais and offer worship with the participation of

the devotees on such occasions .

 

Next , Sri VenkatEsa Sahasra Naama Archanai was done in

a MaanasIka manner by adiyEn and it was followed by recitation of

Selected sthOthrams of Swamy Desikan by the Ghoshti of Men

and Ladies : Sri HayagrIva SthOthram, Sri DasAvathAra SthOthram ,

Sri SudarsanAshtakam and Sri Gopala Vimsathi .

 

AdiyEn recited thereafter the 108 slOkams of DayA sathakam specially

composed by Swamy Desikan for the DayA Devi of Lord SrinivAsan

at Thirumalai. AdiyEn also recited the First and the Last slOkams

of the 32 chapters of Swamy Desikan's Sri RanganAtha PadhukA

Shasram , which he composed in one Yaamam at Srirangam

to offfer His salutaions to Swamy NammAzhwAr , who is

the Lord's Paadhukais . It took Swamy Desikan less than

three hours to compose the 1008 slOkams of this magnificent

SthOthra Grantham/Kaavyam . It takes us more than 6 hours

just to recite it. Inview of the shortness time , the Beginning

and the end slOkams of the 32 chapters alone were recited by

adiyEn.

 

ThirukkalyANa Uthsavam for Lord SrinivAsan followed and

every devotee had the Bhaagyam to witness this auspicious

Vedic Ceremony of KanyA DhAnam of Sri PadmAvathi ThAyaar

by AakAsa Raajan . Special gold Yajn~Opaveetham , Silk

Vasthrams and fragrant flower garlands were presented to

the Dhivya Dampathis on this occasion by Their children.

 

This magnificent temple conducting SampradhAyic AarAdhanam

in a manner prescribed by AagamAs as at Srirangam Temple

needs your help to sustain these activities for Loka KshEmam

and Bhagavath anugraham for ALL BhakthAs . Please support

this temple , which reminds one of the ancient adage :

"Sarvam VishNu-mayam idham Jagath /BhuvanAni VishNu:" .

Please contact Sri K.RaghunAthan, the Chairman of the Temple

Board or Srimathi Nagu Satyan, the secretary of the Temple Board

for ways in which you and your family members can support

the invaluable activities of Lord RanganAthA's Temple at

Pomona , NY. Thier e-mail addresses are included in the front

portion of this posting.

 

Few days ago ,This temple with the leadership of Dr.Venkat

Kanumalla ,the chief Priest of the temple conducted special

prayers at this temple for the victims of the recent tragic

events at the World Trade Center New York . Few hundred bhakthAs

particpated in this special event . Last week , Dr.Kanumalla

took part in a similar event at Los Angeles sponsored by

the NAMA Chapter of LA . During the occasion , the Vedic

Wedding of SeethA and Raamachandra with explanations of

the sacred rites of the Vedic Wedding along with Satya NaarAyaNa

Pooja was performed . In these times of uncertainity and

national crisis , it is reassuring to gain one's peace of

mind by participating in such sacred events , where we

offer our worship to our AchAryAs and Dhivya Dampathis

and participate in auspicious events like the Wedding

(KalyANam) for the Parents of the Universe.

 

SeethA-Raama KalyANam and Sri Sathya NaarAyana Pooja

are being organized by the Colorado Chapter of NAMA Inc.

on October 6 and 7 . For more details on this event and

your particpation , please contact one of the following

organizers thru phone or e-mail addresses cited above:

 

1. Smt. Nagu and Sri B.G.Satyan (303) 973-4847

2. Smt. Madhuri and Sri Mohan sagar (303) 696-1359

3. Smt.Sudha and Sri C.S.Ramesh (719) 282-6659

4. Smt. Sunanda and Sri Krishna Komanduri (303) 680-9187

 

The AchArya Thirunakshathram celebrations across this

Country ( Sep1-2 at Washington D.C area , Buffalo, NY on

Sep 28 and Pomona , NY on Sep 29) and overseas (Singapore ,

Bahrain ) and the one planned for Oct 27-28 at Denver, Colorado

are harbingers of bringing all the followers of the teachings

of AchArya RaamAnujA and our AchArya paramparai eastablished by

Bhagavath RaamAnujA for the welfare (Kshemam) of this Universe .

DolOthsavam for NavanItha KrishNan is perforemd at your

homes and communities by Sri Matam SishyALs. Please

contact Srimans P.Dileepan or Sri Raghavan Rajaji at

the above e-mail addresses .

 

May this Nation and the World settle back to normalcy

and May the all compassionate dhivya Dampahtis bless

every one with peace of mind and KshEmam!

 

Akhila Bhuvana JanmasTEmabhangAdhileelE

vinatha vividha bhUthavrAtharakshaika DhIkshE

Sruthi Sirasi VidhIpthE BRAHMANI SRINIVAASE

Bhavathu mama Parasmin sEmushi BhakthiroopA

 

--DhyAana SlOkam of Sri BhAshyam of AchArya RaamAnujA

 

Sri RanganAtha Para BrahmaNE Nama:

DaasOham , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan