A Note from Sri Sampath Rengarajan: Sri Sadagopan's kainkaryam

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SrI :

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

I just returned from a SHORT VISIT TO Thiruvhaeendhrapuram ,

Oppiliappan Koil , Thiruppathi/Thirumala , Srirangam , Naagai ,

ThirukkaNNangudi , ThirukkOshtiyUr SelayUr and ThiruvallikkENi .

 

At SrI Matam , SealuyUr , I had the blessings of HH SrImath

Azahgiya Singar and attended the PradhOsha AarAdhanam .

I also had the BhAgyam of performing a Dolai for DolaikkaNNan

on Sep 17 , the day of my return trip to States .

 

I will share later with you the delightful visits to all the above

kshEthrams .

 

The RathnAngi SamarpaNam for Lord DevanAthan went very well .

Approximately 2,500 people had the darsanam of the Lord

adorning HIs new AabharaNam to the delight of Swamy Desikan .

300 participants attended TadhiyArAdhanam that day (Sep 16) .

Next day , the Lord had PuRappAdu inside the temple precincts

since Swamy Desikan's Uthsavam was in progress .

 

All in all it is a MahA BhAgyam to present the new RathnAngi

to the Lord on behalf of all of You .My sincere thanks to every one

who supported this Kaimakryam to the Lord . A souvenir was released

with contributions from SrI VaishNavite Scholars on this occasion.

 

NamO SrI DEavanAthAya ,

Daasan , V.Sadagopan

 

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"Sampath Rengarajan" <srengara

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Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:01 PM

[sRT-RC] Sri Sadagopan's kainkaryam

 

 

http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/17/stories/2004091704980800.htm

 

Lord Devanatha adorned with `ratnangi'

 

By Our Special Correspondent

 

CUDDALORE, SEPT. 16. The office-bearers of the Devanathan Ratnangi

Kainkarya

Committee, led by V. Sadagopan, handed over the ratnangi (precious

gem-studded golden outfit) to Ravindran, Executive Officer of Sri Devanatha

Swamy Temple at Tiruvaheendrapuram, near here, today.

 

The Rs. 30-lakh ratnangi, made in eight parts — tirumarbu, tiruvaadai,

sangam, chakram, abhaya hastam, varada hastam, gadai and tiruvadi— was

adorned to the presiding deity in the evening.

 

According to the committee secretary, V. Srikanth, the ratnangi was made

with donations from devotees in the country and abroad.

 

The driving force behind the project was Mr. Sadagopan. Under the

initiative

of one of the vice-presidents, Padma Veeraraghavan, it got shape.

 

She contributed the proceedings from her music concerts to the project. The

attire was designed and crafted by the Nagercoil sthapathi, S. Muthusamy,

with silver plate as the base, and 22-carat gold foils, studded with 2,500

rubies, 500 pushparagams, and 450 maragathams. It took two years for five

artisans to complete the task. The committee president, Mohan Parasaran,

the

vice-president, Ramakrishna Reddiyar, the secretaries, Devaki Santhanam and

M.K. Srinivasan, and the treasurer, V.N. Venkatanathan, were present.