Fwd: Tirupati door, game of dice -> facts

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Dear SrI Janakiraman :

 

Excellent clarification about the life and times of

this great soul.

 

My speculation about KubEran was just that !

 

I am glad to know that this great VenkatEswara BhakthA

lived in the 15th Century. TaLapAkkam Annamayya (1408-1503 C.E)

was another great SrI VenkatEsa BhakthA , who has

straddled the 15th Century. I wonder whther You have

an exact date of birth for SrI Hathi BhAba to see

whether their times on Thirumalai might have overlapped.

 

I was aware that Upto 1933 , when the Madras Governemnt

took over the administration of the temple, the Mahanthus

were the key administrators. I was not however aware

which lineage they came from (SaatthAtha MudaliyAr et al) .

You have helped to clarify the link between Mahantus

and the H.J.Bhaba Mutt. Next time , when I am in Thirumalai,

I will make it a point to visit the Mutt and also

look for the image of the dice game.Thanks SrI T.C.A.SatakOpan

for clearly pointing out the location of the Image of the lord

playing the dice game with His Parama BhakthA.

 

It is also fascinating to know that the Morning SahasranAmam

for the Lord is done in the name of Sri Hathi Bhaba. What a BhAgyam !

ThiruvEngadamudayAn is indeed Kaliyuga Varadhan.

 

At this time , I am working on the translation of the meanings of

the 1008 (Sahasra) NaamAs of Lord VenkatEswara. Hence Your input

that the SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naama is linked to SrI Hathi Bhaba

has special interst to me in the context of this Kaimkaryam.

The translation and the commentary/gloss on the 108 (AshTotthara Satha)

Naamas of Lord VenkatEsA used in the other dialy archanai has been

completed and sent to the Executive officer of TT DevasthAnam today

for information and comments on release as a TTD Publication.

It will take some time to complete the kaimakryam on

the write up on the SrI VenakatEsa sahasra Naamams.

These two kiamkaryams were undertaken after hearing that there are

no translations of the Shasra and AshtOtthar sathams in English

and other languages now (?).This surprises me. If any one of

the BhakthAs know of the existence of these two translations

in Indian Languages or Tamil or Sanskrit, , please let me know .

I will be most grateful.

 

When completed , the /Meanings commentaries

on SrI VenaktEsa NaamAvaLis will be archived in

the SrI VenkatEswara Home page created by Sri

Haresh Balasubramanyan of Singapore and adiyEn

( http://srimannarayana.net/foreword.html).

 

SrI Venkatesa CharaNou SaraNam PrapadhyE ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan