[HINDU] Mukkur Legacy Preserved

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Dear Friends,

I am pleased to share with you the review of the CDrom on Sri Mukkur

Lakshminarasimhachariar Swamy that was featured in The HINDU on

Friday.

 

With Kindest Regards

adiyEn

R.Srinivasan

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Mukkur legacy preserved

 

MUKKUR SRI Lakshminarasimhachariar Swami needs no introduction

to Asthikas and it will be presumptuous to detail the life and

achievements of a person who was a one-man institution and an

acknowledged authority on the Ubhaya Vedanta scriptures and

tradition.The devout fraternity is still trying to cope with the

harsh reality that he is not in their midst today.

 

They will find solace in the rich legacy that he has left behind

in the form of the idol of Lord Lakshminarasimha, which was

instrumental in the performance of more than 100 Swati Mahayajnas

all over the country,audio-visual recordings of his inimitable

discourses and writings which have been published as books.

 

More than anything else a dedicated group of devotees has pledged

to carry on the mission had undertaken. Towards this end the Sri

Swati Narasimha Maha Yajna Trust has been instituted by his family

and devotees at New No. 34 (Old No.24), Venkatesan Street, T. Nagar,

Chennai-600017. Tel: (044) 4353704

 

The Trust has been founded with the main objective of continuing

the daily Aradhana of the Lakshminarasimhan idol and that of other

Divyadesa deities he personally worshipped. It proposes to also

publish Mukkur Swamy's works in other languages, construct a Yajna

Vatika at Mattapalli Maha Kshetram, Nalgonda District, Andhra

Pradesh, promote Vedic research and build a library to house his

personal collection of rare books. The Trust solicits support for

these activities.

 

CD-ROM

 

For the benefit of those who wish to relive their first-hand

experiences of the Swami and his discourses and also for those who

may not be familiar with them, the Trust has brought out a

multimedia CD-ROM (PC compatible) entitled Sri Mukkur Nruhari

Hrudayam, which was released on the day of Swathi Nakshatram,

September 20, at Sri Narasimha Swami temple at Sri Mattapalli Maha

Kshetram. (For copies contact by e-mail: vayasya &

trust) This CD can be used only in a computer with a

CDROM, sound card and speakers and cannot be viewed in a home VCD

system. A Java-enabled web browser, audio player and PDF reader are

the software necessary to use this CD.

 

Within the limitations of the memory available (700 MB), this CD

attempts to encapsulate the lifetime achievements of Mukkur Swami

and hence one hopes will be a precursor to more of the kind.

 

It contains over 600 minutes of the Swamy's mellifluous voice

glorifying the Lord and His Consort, his Acharya, the Vedic

tradition and preceptors, besides his discourses in Tamil,

rendition of Ghanam, Vedas and some esoteric hymns in Sanskrit and

Telugu composed by him spontaneously on numerous occasions.

 

There are more than 500 photographs vividly capturing his

multifaceted personality besides 100 pages of text that includes

the Sthalapuranam of Mattapalli Kshetram which was the nucleus of

the Swami's multifarious religious activities.

 

Altogether a veritable treasure trove made available with the sole

intention of sharing Mukkur Swamy's spiritual legacy with one and

all.

 

SUDHAKSHINA RANGASWAMI