Digest Number 747

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Dear Members,

This refers to Shri Shyam Srinivasan's posting:

 

"Message: 2 Sat, 08 May 2004 08:31:43 -0400 Shyam

Sreenivasan <shyam.sreenivasan (AT) morganstanley (DOT) com>A Rare

photo of a Painting: Nadadur Ammal's blessings to Swami

DesikanPosting on behalf of Sri Nadadur Madhavan, Virginia:Attached

is a rare photo of a mural picture depicting Sri Nadadur Ammal(Vstsya

Varada Guru) blessing 5-year old Venkatanathan (Swami SriDesikan) seen

on the ceilings of Kachchi-vaithAn Mantapam of SriVaradraja Swamy

Temple in Kanchipuram. [image]At the

age of five, Swami received blessings from Sri Nadadur Ammal "

 

I went into Oppiliappan Group web-site to access the image since it

was not in the message recd by me. The picture contains a message in

Tamil script; some letters (particularly in lines 5-8) are not easily

understood. Members who know may kindly transliterate it for the

benefit of others.I am reproducing the original text below:

 

Dasan

Krishnaswamy M.K.

 

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> Message: 2> Sat, 08 May 2004 08:31:43 -0400> Shyam

Sreenivasan <shyam.sreenivasan (AT) morganstanley (DOT) com>> A Rare

photo of a Painting: Nadadur Ammal's blessings to Swami Desikan> >

Posting on behalf of Sri Nadadur Madhavan, Virginia:> > Attached is a

rare photo of a mural picture depicting Sri Nadadur Ammal> (Vstsya

Varada Guru) blessing 5-year old Venkatanathan (Swami Sri> Desikan)

seen on the ceilings of Kachchi-vaithAn Mantapam of Sri> Varadraja

Swamy Temple in Kanchipuram.> > >

[image]> > At the age of five, Swami received blessings from Sri

Nadadur Ammal (You> will establish Vedanta on a firm basis and refute

the doctrine of its> opponents. May scholars well versed in the Vedas

hold you in great> esteem. May you be the recipient in a great

measure of all that is> auspicious.) Sloka #6 of Swami Sri Desika

Mangalam composed by Sri> Nainaracharya glorifies the event as:> > yO

bAlyE varadAryasya prAchAryasya parAm dayAm> avApya vrudhim gamita:

tasmai yOgyAya mangaLam> > regards,> Nadadur Mathavan>

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