Than-Nigar-illA Thirumeni

[Guest guest]

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

On May 2nd, come see and behold the beauty

of the above vigraha moorthy of Sri Ramanuja while we celebrate His 988th

Thirunakshatram in Marlboro, NJ. This divya vigraham of Sri Ramanuja was

consecrated and worshipped by HH Srimadh Srimushnam Andavan Himself. Srimadh

Andavan gave this moorthy to Sri Ramanuja Mission to spread Sri Ramanuja's

Vishistadvaitha SidhAntham and Srivaishnava Sampradayam in the USA. This

vigraha moorthy that was worshipped by this mahAn naturally has immense

Tejas and divya katAksham and draws all the bhAgavathas to him and blesses

them with his pari poorna katAksham. The smaller vigraha moorthy in the

picture at Sri Ramanuja's feet is that of Swami Desikan who also blesses

the bhAgavathas with His divine grace.

We have all heard of three divya moorthis

of our great Acharya Sri Ramanuja: ThAm-Uganda Thirumeni at Sri Perumbudur

(His vigraham approved and installed by Sri Ramanuja Himself), Thamar Uganda

Thirumeni at Melkote (vigraham approved by Sri Ramanuja at the request

of His sishyas at Melkote) and ThAn-Ana Thirumeni at Sri Rangam (divya

moorthy installed after Sri Ramanuja passed away). It makes one wonder

whether this vigraha moorthy worshipped by Srimadh Andavan is

Than-Nigar-IllA

Thirumeni of Sri Ramanuja (one who has no

equal) . Since arriving in US over 3 years back, Sri Ramanuja has gone

many thousands of miles in sanchAram all over US and enjoying bhagavadh

Aradhanam, Aradhanam to his divya moorthy and witnessed Aradhanam to pAdukas

of great acharyas who are His sampradaya pravarthakars. Many sishyas have

been captivated by His tejas and yearns for more and more of his sambhandham.

Sri Ramanuja has enjoyed his sishyas celebrate

his thirunakshatram already thrice at Washington DC and twice in Cincinatti

in the past one week. Now is the opportunity for those living in New Jersey

and its vicinity experience the divine tejas and get his blessings. Dont

miss this opportunity of the year !

Sri Ramanuja has done immense upAharam to

us all by identifying to us the easiest mArgam to reach emperuman. Let

us not forget that and make it our duty to attend and celebrate with other

Ramanuja Daasas atleast one event of Sri Ramanuja Jayanthi celebration

every year (Koodi Irundhu Kulirnthel !!).

If you are in NJ or in the vicinity and if

any other program comes between you and your ability to attend this function,

reschedule the other program by best means. There are many other weekends

through out the year for a routine program but only one weekend in a year

to do our duty of Celebrating our moola Acharya's thirunakshatram.

This is Sri Ramanuja's 988th Thirunakshatram.

Let us show in spirit as he is not 988 years old but JUST 988 years young

!!

Let us sing his praise loudly by reciting

Sri Ramanuja Noorandhadhi which was heard by Sri Ramanuja Himself from

his sishya Sri Thiruvarangathu Amudhanar and blessed to be part of 4000

Divya Prabhandham. Let us make a vow to memorize this by next year !!

All Srivaishnava branches connect up to Sri

Ramanuja. When we are Sri Ramanuja's feet, what matters is that we are

Sri Ramanuja Daasas/Daasyais. Nothing else matters. No other division or

branches matters. Sri Ramanuja established 74 simhasanadhipatis as roots

for Srivaishnava Tree so that roots spreads in various directions with

one sole aim: Grow and sustain the Srivaishnava Tree.

For functions related to our direct family

member we dont expect invitations. We will be the first one to be present.

Sri Ramanuja is your direct family member. He is the one who has connected

us to emperuman and shown us the path. Please dont wait for some one to

call and invite you. We Srivaishnavas just need information to be present

for this occasion.

Please see attached more information

about the function on Sunday May 2nd. We hope many bhAgavathas who are

true Ramanuja Daasan or Ramanuja Daasyais come and make this celebration

truly a grand event as deserved for an Acharya of the stature of Sri Ramanuja.

 

Sri:

Srimathe Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya

Namaha:

Srimathe Bhagavathe Bhashyakaraya

Mahadesikaya Namaha:

 

NJ/NY and Boston Branches of

SRI RAMANUJA MISSION OF

SRIRANGAM SRIMATH ANDAVAN ASHRAMAM

cordially invite you all

for a grand celebration of

our Udayavar - Sri Bhashyakarar

- Sri Yathirajar, our great Acharya

 

SRI RAMANUJA's 988th Jayanthi

on Sunday May 2, 2004

at Sri Guruvayoorappan Sannidhi

of Sri Krishna Temple in Marlboro, New Jersey

 

Directions: http://www.krishnatemple.org/directions.html

Program Details

08.00 - 09.00 Purappadu for

Sri Ramanuja

09.00 - 09.45 Seva Kalam

09.45 - 10.30 Thirumanjanam

for Perumal and Sri Bhagavadh Ramanuja

10.30 - 11.00 Sri Ramanuja

Noorrandhadhi Parayanam

11.00 - 11.30 Vishnu Sahasranama

Parayanam and Paduka Aradhanam

11.30 - 12.00 Saarrumurai

and Theertha Goshti

12.00 - 12.30 Prasadam (Lunch)

For further details contact

In NY/NJ

Sri Poondi Vijayaraghavan:

vjpoondi

(732)-287-9062

Sri Murali Thirumalai: mthirumalai (AT) hotmail (DOT) com

(732)-607-1977

Sri Shyam Sreenivasan: shyam.sreenivasan (AT) morganstanley (DOT) com

(732)-393-9268

In Boston

Sri Sumanth Kaushik: skaushik (AT) ll (DOT) mit.edu

(617) 489-6095

Sri Sunder Kidambi: sunder.kidambi (AT) prapatti (DOT) com

(978)-244-2516