Fw: SankarAnthi Day Release of a New Multimedia CD ROM : Part II

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

It gives me an immense pleasure to announce the first of the

new Educational release from the SankarAthi Project .

This is a new Multimedia CD ROM created by our talented

SrI Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar of Bangalore .

 

Material assembled in this CD ROM are precious renderings of

the following sthOthrams by SrIman Sunder Kidambi in the MP-3

format with clear pronunciations to help one learn these sthOthrams.

Sri Sundar Kidambi is Thiruvadi of SrImath Andavan of PeriyAsramam.

SrI Sridhar is Thiruvadi Of SrImath Azhagiya Singar.You can also

hear them as you drive to work or at home from your computers .

The audio portions of the CD ROM under one roof are :

 

1. AchyuthAshtakam

2. HanumathAshtakam

3. MadhurAshtakam

4. MahA Lakshmi Ashtakam

5. NrusimhAshtakam

6. RuNa VimOchana Narasimha SthOthram

7. SrI Raama MangaLam

8. VedAntha Desika Prapatthi

9. DasAvathAra SthOthram

10. KrishNAshtakam

11. MahA Lakshmi Kavacham

12. RanganAthAshtakam

13. SudarsanAshtakam

14. Swamy Desikan MangaLam

 

All these 14 sthOthrams take 57.11 minutes to recite.

These sthothrams have powerful manthra siddhi and

are ideal for recitation by children and adults alike.

 

Our thanks are to SrIman Kidambi and SrI Sridhar

to enrich our lives with such outstanding sthothram

recitals and housing them in this CD ROM along with

a power point presentation on the three sthalams .

 

The CD ROM plays for a total of 96 Minutes including

the audio and the visual content .

 

The second part of this CD ROM houses a Power point

presentation of THREE important KshEthrams of KarnAtaka

(90 slides ) . These three kshEthrams are located on the banks of

the sacred Cauvery River amidst sylvan scenery. These temples are :

 

(1) Dhodda Mallur ApramEya temple: Aravinadavalli SamEtha SrI ApramEyan

 

(2) Sathyagalam Temple of SrI PerumdEvi SamEtha SrI VaradarAjan and

Swamy Desikan

 

(3) SrI RanganAyaki SamEtha SrI RanganAthan of Madhya Rangam .

 

The First KshEthram

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1. Dodda Mallur ( ApramEya PerumAL , Aravinda Valli ThAyAr

and Crawling/AmbEgal Navaneetha KrishNan ) is the first

kshEthram that is covered .Route Maps from Bangalore, Temple

timings, Bhattar 's name and telephone numbers are given for

this and other temples to help you plan your visits .

 

Saint Purandara Daasar composed His Famous krithi "JagadhOdhAraNa

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on the most beautiful crawling Navaneetha chOra Moorthy of this

temple.

Daasar was overcome by the beauty of this dhivya moorthy and sang

this krithi from the Mantapam known now as Purandara Mantapam .

This Navaneetha KrishNan is crawling on Garuda Peetam and has a

ball of

VeNNai in His hand , which stands for Jn~Anam ( Bhagavath Githai ) .

He is ready to bless us with that Jn~Anam for our Moksham .

 

AchyuthAshtakam , MadhurAshtakam , KrishNAshtakam , SrI Raama

MangaLam , RuNa VimOchana Narasimha SthOthram and

NrusimhAshtakam are recited in front of the appropriate sannidhis

at this temple . Thus , Five beautiful sthOthrams are devoted to this

KshEthram (abhimAna Sthalam).

 

The alankAram in KaranAtaka Temples are a delight to watch .

AmbEgal KrishNan with VeNNai alankAram is a beautiful image

to enjoy. His whole body is covered with VeNNai . ApramEyar

(Uthsavar and Moolavar ) are eye filling .

 

ApramEyan means Immeasurable , unbounded, unlimited and limitless.

That Tatthvam , which is beyond speech and mind has taken the form

of a dhivya MangaLa vigraham at this temple to be with in the reach of

our mind and senses.

 

Saint Purandara Dasa , tha avathAram of Sage Naradhar attempts to sum up

the greatness of ApramEyan and crawling KrishNan in his HindusthAni Kapi

krithi , "JadadhOdhAraNa aadisithaLiyasOdhA ": Hr addresses the Lord as

"apramEyana , agaNitha Mahimana , aNOrOneeyana , MahathOmaheeyana ,

Parama Purushabnaa, Vara VaasudEvanaa , SuguNAntha Ranganaa ".

There is not much to say thereafter; only thing to do is to rush to

this KshEthram for the darsanam of the ApramEyan and prepare for

that visit with the help of the CD ROM put together by SrI Sridhar.

 

Sathyagalam Temple

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2. Sathyagalam is where Swamy Desikan spent significant

time , while escaping from the assault on SrIrangam by invading

armies. PerumAl here is Kote Vararajar and ThAyAr is PerumdEvi .

 

Swamy Desikan gives us His rare Sevai in the standing posture.

He has updEsa Mudhrai on one hand and SrI Kosam ( Sacred

palm leaf manuscript of SrI BhAshyam on the other hand ).

He stands ready to rush back to Srirangam at moment's notice.

 

At this KshEthram was born His "Abheethi Sthavam ".

 

H.H. ParakAla Matam Jeeyar and HH Ranga PriyA Swamy

are very much involved with Kaimakryams at this temple

(Raaja Gopura NirmANam Kaimkaryam) ; This temple

has deep Sambhandham with Swamy Desikan .

Pictures of Swamy Desikan's Thirunakshathra Uthsavam

attended by HH ParakAla Matam Jeeyar and HH Ranga PriyA

Swamy including avabrutha SnAnam in Cauvery river is a rare treat

to see. Beautiful pictures of the Jn~AnAsvattha tree ( Sacred

Pupil tree under which Swamy Desikan did his daily Japam

and the KoormAsanam on which Swamy Desikan sat during

His anushtAnam are at the peaceful KshEthram of Satyagalam .

 

At the appropriate Sannidhis , MahA Lakshmi Ashtakam and Hanumath

Ashtakam are recited in this section of the CD ROM .

3) SrI RanganAthan of Madhya Rangam

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This temple is 5.5 KM from Sathyagalam on a beautiful bend of Cauvery river.

Here rests SrI RanganAthan on Aadhi Seshan as Madhya Rangan . He is in between

Aadhirangan at ChennapattiNam and KasthUri Rangan at SrIrangam.He is surrounded

by watery abundance of Kabini reservoir and Sivana Samudhram water falls.

 

The beauty of this Lord is indescribable. Wonderous VeNNai alankAram

on SrI Vaikunta EkAdasi day for this immense PerumAl is incredible to

watch . His beauty is only matched by SrI RanganAyaki ThAyAr .

The majestic Dhvaja Sthambham and tall dheepa Sthabham are

unique here . As at SrIrangam , Sudarsana BhagavAn blesses us here .

 

SrI MahA Lakshmi Kavacham , SudarsanAshtakam and SrI RanganAthAshtakam

are recited beautifully in this portion of the CD ROM .

 

Please contact me if you wish to acquire this CD ROM for your homes.

 

RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan