EDITORIAL OF SRS 05/18 d/ 05/05/04

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Namaha //SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam

Samvardhaya/SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam

Samvardhaya//KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: /SrI

RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha

VardhathAm//=======================================================SRI

RANGA SRI VOL.05 / ISSUE # 18 dated 5th May

2004================================================================EDITORIAL1.

ADDITIONS OF MEMBERS TO THE "BOARD OF ADVISORY CONSULTANTS" (BAC)FOR

"SRI RANGA SRI"2. ADDENDUM TO MY "REPORT ON MY VISIT TO

INDIA"(contained in SRS Vol.05/17 dated 28th April

2004)================================================================IN

THIS ISSUE:1. Addendum to "Important days in TaaraNa Chittirai (Mesha)

month"detailed in SRS Vol. 05 /16 dated 27th April 2004.2.

DESIKAMRUTAMSrimad Rahasya Traya Saram "The three Tenets - 2"Sri

Sadagopan Iyengar, Srikaryam Swami of BAC of SRS(The previous Part

"The Three Tenets -1" appeared inSRS Vol.05/13

d/02/05/04)==================================================EDITORIAL1.

Additions of Members to the "Board of Advisory Consultants" (BAC)for

"Sri Ranga

Sri"===================================================================Dear

Bhagavatas:I am glad to inform you that the following Scholars have

consentedto adorn our Board of Advisory Consultants:* Sri V.N.Vedanta

Desikan Swami, Chennai* Sri Ananthanarasimhachariar Swami, Bangalore,

Srikaryam of HisHoliness, Srimad Andavan of Poundarikapuram Swami

Asramam* Smt. Vishnu Priya Chari and Sri R.S.Chari, Pondicherry.You

will remember my writing about this devout couple in an earlierIssue

of "Sri Ranga Sri". Smt. Vishnupriya Chari has brought out thefamous

Sri Lakshmi Narayana Hridayam, Sri Nrisimha Kavacham, SriVaraaha

Kavacham etc through Lifco Accociates, 36 North Road, WestCIT Nagar,

Chennai 600 035 (Phone:2489 1959).Sri R.S. Chari Swamin retired as a

Senior IAS Officer fromGovernment. of Pondicherry. He is presently

the Managing Trustee ofSri Lakshmi Saras Maruti Trust, "Sri Paduka

Rajyam", 9 RamakrishnaNagar, Muthialpet, Pondicherry (Phone #

5501211) through which hehas brought out several rare Stotra booklets

for FREE distributionlike-Mangalaya Vriddhi StotramSampadaa StotramSri

Hayagriva ChintaamaNi StotramSri Hayagriva Panjara StotramSarva

MangaLaashTakamJaya MangaLa StotramSri Lakshmi Hayagriva Mantra

Maalika Stotram by Mahavidwan KasturiRangachariar Swami with the

lucid translation and commentary by SriBaashya Simhasanam Sri V.S.

Karunakaran Swami (Our BAC member)Sri Hayagriva Ratna Maala Stotram

by the 33rd Pontiff of ParakalaMatam H.H Brahma Tantra Swatantra Sri

Ranganatha Maha DesikaParakala Jeeyar with Tamil translation and

commentary byMahamahOpaadhyaaya Abhinava NaagEsa PaiyambaaDi

SetlurSrivatsankachariar Swami (French Indological Institute,

Pondicherry)Sri Ranganatha Paduka Sahasra RatnangaL with Tamil

Commentary ofH.H. Therazhundur AnDavan of Periyasramam.Theertha

Mahima and Naama Mahima Stotra from 65th Adhyayam ofNrisimha

PuraaNaSri Mrityunjaya Stotram (also from Nrisimha PuraaNa)Sri

Nrisimha Stotram by Sri Sukra Bhagavaan (also from

NrisimhaPuraaNa)Sri Hanumat Vimsati by Sri Lakshmi Kumara

TatachariarTiruppavai rendered in English poetry by Sri R.

SeshadriSri Krishna Charama Upadesam done by Lord Krishna to Uddavar

(SrimadBhaagavatam 11th Skandam 28th Adhyayam)Sri Krishna Charama

Slokam (Sri Bhagavad Gita 18th Adhyayam)GovardanaashTakam"RukmiNi

LEkhanam" (Srimad Bhaagavatam Dasama Skandam)We are proud to make

available to our readers in our forthcomingissues, these RARE STOTRAS

that have been proved to confer immensebenefits on those who recite

them with full faith and

devotion===============================================================2.

ADDENDUM TO MY REPORT ON MY VISIT TO INDIA(Contained in SRS Vol.05/17

dated 27th April

2004)-------------------------------I

forgot to mention the meeting I had with another greatYathisreshta at

Sri Rangam, namely H.H. Jeeyar of SriRanganathaswamy Kol (popularly

known as the "Koil Jeeyar". Many ofyou will remember the article

about his visit to Tirumalai that waswidely reported in the

media.What is so special about his visit to Tirumalai?In over 1000

years, he was the first "Srirangam Koil Jeeyar" tovisit Tirumalai and

the "Tirumalai Koil Jeeyar" where he offeredMangalaasaasanam to

TiruvenkaTam uDaiyaan.Another Information:He is the Poorvaasrama

father of Sri Narayana Bhattar, priest of thetemple at Cleveland,

Ohio, who conducted "Sudarsana Homam" at myCleveland homeI called

upon this Mahaan at his MaTam in North Uttara Street,Srirangam, paid

my obeisance to him both before and after thefunctions. He was so

pleased to know about the book release andblessed me with

Mantraakshadai.-------------------------------OTHERS

WHO ATTENDED THE FUNCTIONOther Bhagavatas who attended the function

but were omitted to beincluded in my report in SRS Vol.05/17. (Sorry

for the

omission)=========================================================Sri

Srinivasan Swami (Father of our Sri Shyam and Sri VenkatSrinivasan of

NJSri Kripa Sarathi Swami of AtlantaSmt. Shanta Mami, who constructed

the ManTapam at Thooppul DesikanSannidhiI will be grateful to be

informed of any other attendees, whosenames, I might have

inadvertently omitted in my earlier Report.DasohamAnbil

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