Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 Brief profile of Sri. S.Venkatesan Iyengar Swami. Compiled by: Dr. Kolzialam Anantha. M.A. Phd. Lecturer, Dept. of Visishtadwaitah, Lalbahadur Sastry Sanskrit University, New Delhi. Sudarsana Sriman S.Venkatesan Iyengar Swami was born in 1962 at Srirangam. He is the native of Vadakarai, near Srivilliputtur. He his age of 12 years, he mastered the entire 4000 verses of Nalayira Divyaprabandham from K.S.T. Patasala of Srirangam. >From 1974 to 79, he participated in about 90 out of 108 Swadhyaya Gnana Yagnas conducted by H.H.Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanauja Jeeyar Swamivaru. >From 1979 to 1981 he served as Adhyapaka Swami at the World famous Sri Venkateswara Temple of T.T.Devasthanam, Tirupathy. In 1982, he joined Madras Sanskrit College and studied from Sri.U.Ve. Mahavidwan Srivatsangacharya Swamigal. In1986 he graduated Vyakarana Siromani - M.A. in Sanskrit from Madras University and in 1987 he passed Siksha Sastry (B.Ed.) from Kendriya Vidyapeeth, Tirupaty. He was teaching Sanskrit in Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Sri Ramakrishna Mutth in Chennai and Kendriya Vidyalaya at Visakhapatnam. Inspired with the divine dreams and grace of Almighty he Performed108 Sri Sudarsana Divyaprabandha Gnana Yagnam all overYagnam all over ndia and Nepal. He started his first yagna in 1992 at Seetha nagaram Ashramam of His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Srimannrayana Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar Swamivaru and concluded the 108th Yagna in a very grand scale at Srirangam. All most all the leading Acharyas of various Mutts, participated in the yagnas and showered their mangalasasanams toSrimanS.VenkatesanIyengar swami. Other Social activities. In 1993, he organized “Samaya Nallinakka Thiruvizha” Festival of Communal harmony with 1000 participants of different religion with Scouts and Guides at Port Blair in Andaman Island. In 1994, he organized “Sri Venkatesa Vijaya Sadbhavana Yatra” taking Sri Sudarsana Jyothi from Tirumala to Muktinath in Nepal. In 1995 he established and performed Sri Ramanuja Vigraha Pratishtta at Salagramam – Muktinath the very difficult and highly spiritual abode of Srivaishnavas in the Himalayas. He served as General Secretary of Vikasa Tarangini a social service organization of His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamivaru and organized massive events like Bheeshma Ekadasi Celebration at Bangalore, Mangala Tarangini at Hyderabad and SriMahavishnu Yagam at Mumbai in a very grand manner for His Holiness. The present activities of Sri S.Venkatesan Iyengar. 1. He is the founder of Sri Sudarsana Seva Samithi a registered non-profit Tax exempted Institution. Establishing Spiritual Centers at Bangalore, Srirangam, Tirupaty, Vadakarai near Srivilliputtur, Melkote and Puri Jagannath to provide basic services to the visiting pilgrims. 2. Publishing “Sri Sudarsana Vaijayanthi” spiritual magazine with articles by eminent scholars in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and English. 3. Conducting 1008 Sri Sudarsana Homams. 280 homams completed as on date. 4. Committed to construct Sri Ramanuja Temple with 10 rooms at Muktinath in Nepal at the estimated cost of INR 20 Lakhs with the help of devotees. 5. Divyaprabandha parishad. Propagating Divyaprabandham of Alwars by conducting Divyaprabandhotsavam and discourses. Established Divyaprabandha School at Vadakarai village to train 108 students as Nalayira Adhayapaka Swami. It is incredible to note that a single person could able to achieve this much high profile in very early age and leading a humble life with high ambitions. May God bless him and his noble mission. JAYA JAYA SRI SUDARSANA ! JAYA JAYA SRI SUDARSANA!! *****************************************************. DIVYAPRABANDHOTSAVAM. Chanting of 4000 Verses of Nalayira Divyaprabandham – the Dravida Vedam. Conducted for the first time in the 20 years history of Sri Meenakshi Temple, Houston. ***********************************************************************. Saturday, June 15- 2002. Time. 7.00AM to 8.00 PM Non-Stop chanting in front of Lord Sri Venkateswara. Conducted by: Sudarsana Sriman S.Venkatesan Iyengar Swami from Bangalore. India. Founder: Sri Sudarsana Seva Samithi Bangalore, Divyaprabandha Parishad, Vadakarai, Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu, India. Program. 7.00 AM to 11.00AM: Mudalayiram- First Thousand Stanzas. 11.15AM to 3.00PM: Periya Tirumozi- Second Thousand Stanzas. 3.15PM to 5.00PM: Eyarppa – Third Thousand Stanzas. 5.15PM to 7.30PM: Tiruvaimozi- Fourth Thousand Stazas. 7.30PM to 8.00 PM: Sri Ramanuja Nuuttandadi. 8.00PM: Maha Mangala Harathy & Sattumurai. ALL DEVOTEES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHANTING AND RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF SRI VENKATESWARA. For details, please contact: Temple: 281-489-0358. Smt. Padmini. 713-666-6980. Sri Dr.Saranathan. 281-565-9483. Seetha Madabhushi. 281-437-2735. ______________________ Everything you always wanted to know about cars and bikes,now at: http://in.autos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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