Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs and HIs BrahmOthsavam DVD

[Guest guest]

SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

It is my pleasure to forward you the note from

Sriman A.M.R.Kannan about the three valuable

CD ROMs about Swamy Desika SthOthrams and

Uthsavam .

 

Please contact Sriman Kannan to acquire these treasures for

your family audio libraries . It is rare to get santhai style

instructions to learn Swamy Desika SthOthra Paatams .

 

adiyEn learnt Sri HayagrIva SthOthram in Santhai form front of Garudan

Sannidhi at Oppiliappan Koil from a MahA VidhvAn . Once one learns

in this manner , correct pronunciations are retained and it is held

forever .

 

Swamy Desikan out of His compassion has incorporated

the Manthrams of the Moorthys in many of His sthothrams

and Men , Ladies and Children can get the benefit of reciting

these sthOthrams without the needed initiation from an UpAsakar .

 

adiyEn will continue to write on these sthOthrams one by one .

Many of them are already available with meanings at:

http://www.Sadagopan.org in the Acharya Section .

 

**************************************************************

Today , let us study one SlOkam in SikhariNi metre from

Sri NyAsa Tilakam :

 

MahEndrAgnA VishNu prabhruthishu mahatthva prabhruthivath

prapatthavyE tatthvE pariNamitha vaisishtya vibhavAm

adhrushyathvam dhoothvaa kamithur-abhigamyathvam Jananeem

Sriyam seethApAngAm ahamaSaraNO yaami SaraNam

 

- - - - SrI NyAsa Tilakam : SlOkam 4

 

The key words of the SlOkam are : " SeethApAngam Sriyam

aSaraNa: aham SaraNam yAmi ". adiyEn , who has no other

refuge seek SrI Devi known for Her cool , nectar-like KatAkshams .

She stays both as UpAyam and PurushakAram for the Bhaddha

Jeevan . Her Motherly heart melts over the suffering of the SamsAris

and She pushes aside (dhUthvA ) the inapproachability ( adhrushyathvam )

of Her loving consort ( kamithu:) and makes Him easily approachable

( abhigamyathva Jananeem) by the chEthanams . If it is not for Her ,

the erring Jeevans could not approach Her lord . He has such a deep

love for Her and that makes it easy for those , who has Her grace

to approach Him readily . Thus She becomes the one , who intercedes

on behalf of the chEtanams , who trespass Her Lord's Saasthrams .

She displays the guNam of PurushakAram this way . SrI Devi has

the Vaibhavam of always being with Her Lord . When the Bhaddha

Jeevan performs SaraNAgathy , She is with Her Lord and becomes

the UpAyam . Therefore , one has to perform Prapatthi to Them jointly .

She casts Her cool and rejuvenating glances on the chEtanans and

removes their samsAric taapams .

 

Swamy Desikan uses here two Vedic practises to emphasize the need

for performing Prapatthi to both of them together . In one of the Yaj~nams ,

Havis is offered to the glorious Indhran(MahEndran) . When the Yaj~nam is

performed ,

Vedam says that one should not divorce the glorious attribute of Indhran

from Him and offer Havis just to Him as Indhran . It has to be offered

jointly

for Indhran and His glory as indicated by His nAmam of MahEndhran .

Similarly , there are number of Yaagams , where Havis is offered to both

Agni and VishNu together . Vedam instructs us that we should not offer Havis

seperately to Agni and VishNu . You can not leave one aside for the other.

Similarly , Sri Devi has the glory of being always with Her Lord . She does

not leave His side even for a second . She is there with Him , when the

chEtanam performs SaraNAgathy and serves as UpAyam . Therefore , Prapatthi

has to be done to both of them in a state of togetherness . At that time ,

the most cooling glances of our Mother falls on us and destroys the

scorching heat of SamsAram .Therefore says Swamy Desikan that he seeks

Her as refuge as She blesses us through the roles of PurushakAram andf

UpAyam .

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

 

-

"Kannan AMR" <kamr

<Srirangasri>

Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:56 PM

Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs

 

 

Dear Devotees,

 

Adiyen recently received two sets of CDs from Kanchipuram Sriman

Satagopa Thathachariyar Swami. One CD contains Swami Desikan's

mangalasasana uthsavam at Sri Devadhi Rajan Sannithi on the day of

Swami's thirunakshatram. The second set of CDs contains all the

sthothrapadam of Swami Desikan in a santhai format. The total duration

of these two santhai CDs is around 13 hours. Sriman Satagopa

Thathachariyar Swami has done a great service to our community by

rendering Swami Desikan's sthothras in a santhai format. Since these

slokas have been rendered by Sanskrit scholars, all the slokas have been

rendered without a flaw. Adiyen made 100 copies of these CDs with Sriman

Thathachariyar Swami's permission for distribution in USA. These CDs is

available at the cost of 35$ (for all the 3 CDs). This entire amount of

$ 35.00 will go for Swami Desikan's Nithya Thiruvaradhana Kainkaryam. So

essentially anyone who contributes 35$ for one day of nithya thiru

aradhanam, will get these CDs for free. While writing this appeal I

really feel sad and ashamed. We have become so ungrateful to our

Poorvarcharyas, we need to sell their own works to collect money for

their daily aradhanams!!

 

Anyways, to get these CDs please mail your check to:

 

Nagu Satyan

NAMA Inc

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Drive

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

Please note that the checks should be made payable to "NAMA Inc." After

mailing your check, send me an email (kamr at syr dot edu) with your

address and adiyen will mail you these precious CDs. Please do not send

any personal checks to me.

 

Adiyen also fully aware of the fact that many of us have involved in so

many kainkaryams on a monthly basis or some people even on a weekly

basis!! But please do give priority to Swami Desikan's nithya aradhana

kainkaryam as well.

 

I hope someone will take lead on creating similar santhai format CDs for

Swami Kurathazhwan's Pancha Sthavas, Swami Parasara Bhattar's sthothras

and other poorvacharyas sthothra padams.

 

Thank you for your kind attention.

 

Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan

[Guest guest]

Sri:

 

Dear Devotees,

 

During my recent visit to India, I spent a full day visiting Kancheepuram and

nearby Divya Desams. I had coordinated my

visit with. Dr. Satakopa Thathachariar of Kancheepuram, Trustee of Sri

Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Trust. He was gracious

enough to accompany me to see the nearby temples.

 

After the temple/Perumal darshanam, I spent a lot of time with Dr. Satakopan

Thathachariar to review the financial

status of Sri Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Vedanta Desikar Charitable Trust, and

the auditor’s report.

 

Here is a synopsis of the situation:

 

1. Per the HRC act, the government collects the hundi donations and compensates

the priest at Rs 300/month, the cook at

Rs 250/month and the asst priest at Rs 150/month. (I may be off by + or- Rs 50).

2. About 400 gms of rice are given for preparing the prasadam.

 

To offset the disparity and to ensure proper maintenance of the temples, nitya

araadhana etc., private trusts have taken

up the task of renovating and maintaining some of the very needy temples. One

such temple is Sri Villakkoli Perumal

Temple, along with Swami Desikan’s temple. Any amount of devotion to our Acharya

will not be complete if we do not

collectively support these causes. When most of the temples are struggling even

to meet the basic needs, we need to

think about the priorities in fund raising and question how/where should one’s

limited contribution be allocated.

 

Specifically, for the Sri Vilakkoli Perumal and Thoopul Vedanta Desikar

Sannidhis, we have about 140 days nithya

aradhana covered; leaving a shortage of 226 days coverage. The minimum cost of

the daily expenses come to about Rs

1750.00 (approx $35 per day). I appeal to devotees to sponsor multiple days and

get the blessings of Perumal and

Acharyas. Sri. AMR Kannan has spent his time and resources to copy the CDs and

is mailing a set to sponsors on his

personal motivation.

 

The trust income per year is around Rs 1,20,000.00 and the expenditure is about

Rs 1,95,000.00, resulting in an annual

shortage of Rs 75,000.00. The expenditure is for basic items such as daily

poojas and prasadam, priest sambhavana to

improve their standard of living, supplement the expenses incurred in connection

with the Sravanam festival.

 

The goal is to raise adequate corpus funds and use the interest earned for the

daily aradhana and priest compensation.

 

May I entreat you to contribute generously to this holy cause and enlist your

friends and relatives for this noble

cause? I am neither a learned scholar nor a prolific writer. From the bottom of

my heart, with all the emotions, all I

can state is that I am deeply committed to this and other Srivaishnava related

causes and I believe that this cause of

raising funds to ensure nitya aradhana to the Lord and the great Acharya Swami

Desikan is real and of higher priority.

 

Please make your tax deductible contribution payable to NAMA Inc and mail the

check to the following address.

 

NAMA Inc

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Drive

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

 

Regards,

Nagalakshmi (Nagu) Satyan

 

 

-

"Kannan AMR" <kamr

<Srirangasri>

Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:56 PM

Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs

 

 

Dear Devotees,

 

Adiyen recently received two sets of CDs from Kanchipuram Sriman

Satagopa Thathachariyar Swami. One CD contains Swami Desikan's

mangalasasana uthsavam at Sri Devadhi Rajan Sannithi on the day of

Swami's thirunakshatram. The second set of CDs contains all the

sthothrapadam of Swami Desikan in a santhai format. The total duration

of these two santhai CDs is around 13 hours. Sriman Satagopa

Thathachariyar Swami has done a great service to our community by

rendering Swami Desikan's sthothras in a santhai format. Since these

slokas have been rendered by Sanskrit scholars, all the slokas have been

rendered without a flaw. Adiyen made 100 copies of these CDs with Sriman

Thathachariyar Swami's permission for distribution in USA. These CDs is

available at the cost of 35$ (for all the 3 CDs). This entire amount of

$ 35.00 will go for Swami Desikan's Nithya Thiruvaradhana Kainkaryam. So

essentially anyone who contributes 35$ for one day of nithya thiru

aradhanam, will get these CDs for free. While writing this appeal I

really feel sad and ashamed. We have become so ungrateful to our

Poorvarcharyas, we need to sell their own works to collect money for

their daily aradhanams!!

 

Anyways, to get these CDs please mail your check to:

 

Nagu Satyan

NAMA Inc

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Drive

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

Please note that the checks should be made payable to "NAMA Inc." After

mailing your check, send me an email (kamr at syr dot edu) with your

address and adiyen will mail you these precious CDs. Please do not send

any personal checks to me.

 

Adiyen also fully aware of the fact that many of us have involved in so

many kainkaryams on a monthly basis or some people even on a weekly

basis!! But please do give priority to Swami Desikan's nithya aradhana

kainkaryam as well.

 

I hope someone will take lead on creating similar santhai format CDs for

Swami Kurathazhwan's Pancha Sthavas, Swami Parasara Bhattar's sthothras

and other poorvacharyas sthothra padams.

 

Thank you for your kind attention.

 

Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan

[Guest guest]

Sri:

 

Dear Devotees,

 

During my recent visit to India, I spent a full day visiting Kancheepuram and

nearby Divya Desams. I had coordinated my

visit with. Dr. Satakopa Thathachariar of Kancheepuram, Trustee of Sri

Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Trust. He was gracious

enough to accompany me to see the nearby temples.

 

After the temple/Perumal darshanam, I spent a lot of time with Dr. Satakopan

Thathachariar to review the financial

status of Sri Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Vedanta Desikar Charitable Trust, and

the auditor’s report.

 

Here is a synopsis of the situation:

 

1. Per the HRC act, the government collects the hundi donations and compensates

the priest at Rs 300/month, the cook at

Rs 250/month and the asst priest at Rs 150/month. (I may be off by + or- Rs 50).

2. About 400 gms of rice are given for preparing the prasadam.

 

To offset the disparity and to ensure proper maintenance of the temples, nitya

araadhana etc., private trusts have taken

up the task of renovating and maintaining some of the very needy temples. One

such temple is Sri Villakkoli Perumal

Temple, along with Swami Desikan’s temple. Any amount of devotion to our Acharya

will not be complete if we do not

collectively support these causes. When most of the temples are struggling even

to meet the basic needs, we need to

think about the priorities in fund raising and question how/where should one’s

limited contribution be allocated.

 

Specifically, for the Sri Vilakkoli Perumal and Thoopul Vedanta Desikar

Sannidhis, we have about 140 days nithya

aradhana covered; leaving a shortage of 226 days coverage. The minimum cost of

the daily expenses come to about Rs

1750.00 (approx $35 per day). I appeal to devotees to sponsor multiple days and

get the blessings of Perumal and

Acharyas. Sri. AMR Kannan has spent his time and resources to copy the CDs and

is mailing a set to sponsors on his

personal motivation.

 

The trust income per year is around Rs 1,20,000.00 and the expenditure is about

Rs 1,95,000.00, resulting in an annual

shortage of Rs 75,000.00. The expenditure is for basic items such as daily

poojas and prasadam, priest sambhavana to

improve their standard of living, supplement the expenses incurred in connection

with the Sravanam festival.

 

The goal is to raise adequate corpus funds and use the interest earned for the

daily aradhana and priest compensation.

 

May I entreat you to contribute generously to this holy cause and enlist your

friends and relatives for this noble

cause? I am neither a learned scholar nor a prolific writer. From the bottom of

my heart, with all the emotions, all I

can state is that I am deeply committed to this and other Srivaishnava related

causes and I believe that this cause of

raising funds to ensure nitya aradhana to the Lord and the great Acharya Swami

Desikan is real and of higher priority.

 

Please make your tax deductible contribution payable to NAMA Inc and mail the

check to the following address.

 

NAMA Inc

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Drive

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

 

Regards,

Nagalakshmi (Nagu) Satyan

 

 

-

"Kannan AMR" <kamr

<Srirangasri>

Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:56 PM

Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs

 

 

Dear Devotees,

 

Adiyen recently received two sets of CDs from Kanchipuram Sriman

Satagopa Thathachariyar Swami. One CD contains Swami Desikan's

mangalasasana uthsavam at Sri Devadhi Rajan Sannithi on the day of

Swami's thirunakshatram. The second set of CDs contains all the

sthothrapadam of Swami Desikan in a santhai format. The total duration

of these two santhai CDs is around 13 hours. Sriman Satagopa

Thathachariyar Swami has done a great service to our community by

rendering Swami Desikan's sthothras in a santhai format. Since these

slokas have been rendered by Sanskrit scholars, all the slokas have been

rendered without a flaw. Adiyen made 100 copies of these CDs with Sriman

Thathachariyar Swami's permission for distribution in USA. These CDs is

available at the cost of 35$ (for all the 3 CDs). This entire amount of

$ 35.00 will go for Swami Desikan's Nithya Thiruvaradhana Kainkaryam. So

essentially anyone who contributes 35$ for one day of nithya thiru

aradhanam, will get these CDs for free. While writing this appeal I

really feel sad and ashamed. We have become so ungrateful to our

Poorvarcharyas, we need to sell their own works to collect money for

their daily aradhanams!!

 

Anyways, to get these CDs please mail your check to:

 

Nagu Satyan

NAMA Inc

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Drive

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

Please note that the checks should be made payable to "NAMA Inc." After

mailing your check, send me an email (kamr at syr dot edu) with your

address and adiyen will mail you these precious CDs. Please do not send

any personal checks to me.

 

Adiyen also fully aware of the fact that many of us have involved in so

many kainkaryams on a monthly basis or some people even on a weekly

basis!! But please do give priority to Swami Desikan's nithya aradhana

kainkaryam as well.

 

I hope someone will take lead on creating similar santhai format CDs for

Swami Kurathazhwan's Pancha Sthavas, Swami Parasara Bhattar's sthothras

and other poorvacharyas sthothra padams.

 

Thank you for your kind attention.

 

Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan

[Guest guest]

I would like to contribute to the Trust such that it can undertake one

day kainkaryam from the interest proceeds of my contribution. Since

you state that Rs. 1,750 is needed for one day Kainkaryam, it

translates to Rs. 25,000 endowment at 7% interest return. I would

like also to get the set of CDs you mention sent to the address I

shall give. If this is alright, please indicate the address in India

to which I should direct the said funds in Indian Rupees.

 

I am grateful for informing us of this opportunity to participate in the kainkaryam.

 

Aravamudhan Raman

aravaram

 

"B. G. Satyan" <satyan (AT) att (DOT) net> wrote:

Sri:Dear Devotees,During my recent visit to India, I spent a full day

visiting Kancheepuram and nearby Divya Desams. I had coordinated

myvisit with. Dr. Satakopa Thathachariar of Kancheepuram, Trustee of

Sri Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Trust. He was graciousenough to

accompany me to see the nearby temples.After the temple/Perumal

darshanam, I spent a lot of time with Dr. Satakopan Thathachariar to

review the financialstatus of Sri Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Vedanta

Desikar Charitable Trust, and the auditor’s report.Here is a synopsis

of the situation:1. Per the HRC act, the government collects the

hundi donations and compensates the priest at Rs 300/month, the cook

atRs 250/month and the asst priest at Rs 150/month. (I may be off by

+ or- Rs 50).2. About 400

gms of rice are given for preparing the prasadam.To offset the

disparity and to ensure proper maintenance of the temples, nitya

araadhana etc., private trusts have takenup the task of renovating

and maintaining some of the very needy temples. One such temple is

Sri Villakkoli PerumalTemple, along with Swami Desikan’s temple. Any

amount of devotion to our Acharya will not be complete if we do

notcollectively support these causes. When most of the temples are

struggling even to meet the basic needs, we need tothink about the

priorities in fund raising and question how/where should one’s

limited contribution be allocated.Specifically, for the Sri Vilakkoli

Perumal and Thoopul Vedanta Desikar Sannidhis, we have about 140 days

nithyaaradhana covered; leaving a shortage of 226 days coverage. The

minimum cost of the daily expenses come to about Rs1750.00 (approx

$35 per day). I appeal to devotees to sponsor multiple days and get

the blessings of

Perumal andAcharyas. Sri. AMR Kannan has spent his time and resources

to copy the CDs and is mailing a set to sponsors on hispersonal

motivation.The trust income per year is around Rs 1,20,000.00 and the

expenditure is about Rs 1,95,000.00, resulting in an annualshortage of

Rs 75,000.00. The expenditure is for basic items such as daily poojas

and prasadam, priest sambhavana toimprove their standard of living,

supplement the expenses incurred in connection with the Sravanam

festival.The goal is to raise adequate corpus funds and use the

interest earned for the daily aradhana and priest compensation.May I

entreat you to contribute generously to this holy cause and enlist

your friends and relatives for this noblecause? I am neither a

learned scholar nor a prolific writer. From the bottom of my heart,

with all the emotions, all Ican state is that I am deeply committed

to this and other Srivaishnava related causes and I

believe that this cause ofraising funds to ensure nitya aradhana to

the Lord and the great Acharya Swami Desikan is real and of higher

priority.Please make your tax deductible contribution payable to NAMA

Inc and mail the check to the following address.NAMA IncC/O Nagu

Satyan7821 W. Alder DriveLittletonCO 80128-5522Regards,Nagalakshmi

(Nagu) Satyan-"Kannan AMR"

<kamr (AT) syr (DOT) edu><Srirangasri>Thursday, July

21, 2005 3:56 PM Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam

CDsDear Devotees,Adiyen recently received two sets of CDs from

Kanchipuram SrimanSatagopa Thathachariyar Swami. One CD contains

Swami Desikan'smangalasasana uthsavam at Sri Devadhi Rajan Sannithi

on the day ofSwami's thirunakshatram. The second set of CDs contains

all thesthothrapadam of Swami Desikan in a santhai format. The total

durationof these two santhai CDs is around 13 hours. Sriman

SatagopaThathachariyar Swami has done a great service to our

community byrendering Swami Desikan's sthothras in a santhai format.

Since theseslokas have been rendered by Sanskrit scholars, all the

slokas have beenrendered without a flaw. Adiyen made 100 copies of

these CDs with SrimanThathachariyar Swami's permission for

distribution in USA. These CDs isavailable at the cost of 35$ (for

all the 3 CDs). This entire amount of$ 35.00 will go for Swami

Desikan's Nithya Thiruvaradhana Kainkaryam. Soessentially anyone who

contributes 35$ for one day of nithya thiruaradhanam, will get these

CDs for free. While writing this appeal Ireally feel sad and ashamed.

We have become so ungrateful to ourPoorvarcharyas, we need to sell

their own works to collect money fortheir daily aradhanams!!Anyways,

to get these CDs please mail your check to:Nagu SatyanNAMA

IncC/O Nagu Satyan7821 W. Alder DriveLittletonCO 80128-5522Please note

that the checks should be made payable to "NAMA Inc." Aftermailing

your check, send me an email (kamr at syr dot edu) with youraddress

and adiyen will mail you these precious CDs. Please do not sendany

personal checks to me.Adiyen also fully aware of the fact that many

of us have involved in somany kainkaryams on a monthly basis or some

people even on a weeklybasis!! But please do give priority to Swami

Desikan's nithya aradhanakainkaryam as well.I hope someone will take

lead on creating similar santhai format CDs forSwami Kurathazhwan's

Pancha Sthavas, Swami Parasara Bhattar's sthothrasand other

poorvacharyas sthothra padams.Thank you for your kind

attention.Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan

Start your day with - make it your home page

[Guest guest]

Dear Srimahi Nagu Satyan:

Geetha and I are sending $35 for the kainkaryam.

Lakshmanan

 

-

B. G. Satyan

Oppiliappan ; Ramanujamission ;

saranagathi ; Tiruvenkatam ;

Parakalamatham ; desikasampradaya ;

Srirangasri

Cc: kamr (AT) syr (DOT) edu ; tatacharya

Friday, July 29, 2005 9:43 PM

RE: Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs and His BrahmOthsavam DVD

Sri:Dear Devotees,During my recent visit to India, I spent a full day

visiting Kancheepuram and nearby Divya Desams. I had coordinated

myvisit with. Dr. Satakopa Thathachariar of Kancheepuram, Trustee of

Sri Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Trust. He was graciousenough to

accompany me to see the nearby temples.After the temple/Perumal

darshanam, I spent a lot of time with Dr. Satakopan Thathachariar to

review the financialstatus of Sri Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Vedanta

Desikar Charitable Trust, and the auditor’s report.Here is a

synopsis of the situation:1. Per the HRC act, the government

collects the hundi donations and compensates the priest at Rs

300/month, the cook atRs 250/month and the asst priest at Rs

150/month. (I may be off by + or- Rs 50).2. About 400 gms of

rice are given for preparing the prasadam.To offset the disparity and

to ensure proper maintenance of the temples, nitya araadhana etc.,

private trusts have takenup the task of renovating and maintaining

some of the very needy temples. One such temple is Sri Villakkoli

PerumalTemple, along with Swami Desikan’s temple. Any amount of

devotion to our Acharya will not be complete if we do notcollectively

support these causes. When most of the temples are struggling even to

meet the basic needs, we need tothink about the priorities in fund

raising and question how/where should one’s limited

contribution be allocated.Specifically, for the Sri Vilakkoli Perumal

and Thoopul Vedanta Desikar Sannidhis, we have about 140 days

nithyaaradhana covered; leaving a shortage of 226 days coverage. The

minimum cost of the daily expenses come to about Rs1750.00 (approx

$35 per day). I appeal to devotees to sponsor multiple days and get

the blessings of Perumal andAcharyas. Sri. AMR Kannan has spent his

time and resources to copy the CDs and is mailing a set to sponsors

on hispersonal motivation.The trust income per year is around Rs

1,20,000.00 and the expenditure is about Rs 1,95,000.00, resulting in

an annualshortage of Rs 75,000.00. The expenditure is for basic items

such as daily poojas and prasadam, priest sambhavana toimprove their

standard of living, supplement the expenses incurred in connection

with the Sravanam festival.The goal is to raise adequate corpus funds

and use the interest earned for the daily aradhana and priest

compensation.May I entreat you to contribute generously to this holy

cause and enlist your friends and relatives for this noblecause? I

am neither a learned scholar nor a prolific writer. From the bottom

of my heart, with all the emotions, all Ican state is that I am

deeply committed to this and other Srivaishnava related causes and I

believe that this cause ofraising funds to ensure nitya aradhana to

the Lord and the great Acharya Swami Desikan is real and of higher

priority.Please make your tax deductible contribution payable to NAMA

Inc and mail the check to the following address.NAMA IncC/O Nagu

Satyan7821 W. Alder DriveLittletonCO 80128-5522Regards,Nagalakshmi

(Nagu) Satyan-"Kannan AMR"

<kamr (AT) syr (DOT) edu><Srirangasri>Thursday, July

21, 2005 3:56 PM Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam

CDsDear Devotees,Adiyen recently received two sets of CDs from

Kanchipuram SrimanSatagopa Thathachariyar Swami. One CD contains

Swami Desikan'smangalasasana uthsavam at Sri Devadhi Rajan Sannithi

on the day ofSwami's thirunakshatram. The second set of CDs contains

all thesthothrapadam of Swami Desikan in a santhai format. The total

durationof these two santhai CDs is around 13 hours. Sriman

SatagopaThathachariyar Swami has done a great service to our

community byrendering Swami Desikan's sthothras in a santhai format.

Since theseslokas have been rendered by Sanskrit scholars, all the

slokas have beenrendered without a flaw. Adiyen made 100 copies of

these CDs with SrimanThathachariyar Swami's permission for

distribution in USA. These CDs isavailable at the cost of 35$ (for

all the 3 CDs). This entire amount of$ 35.00 will go for Swami

Desikan's Nithya Thiruvaradhana Kainkaryam. Soessentially anyone who

contributes 35$ for one day of nithya thiruaradhanam, will get these

CDs for free. While writing this appeal Ireally feel sad and ashamed.

We have become so ungrateful to ourPoorvarcharyas, we need to sell

their own works to collect money fortheir daily aradhanams!!Anyways,

to get these CDs please mail your check to:Nagu SatyanNAMA IncC/O

Nagu Satyan7821 W. Alder DriveLittletonCO 80128-5522Please note that

the checks should be made payable to "NAMA Inc." Aftermailing your

check, send me an email (kamr at syr dot edu) with youraddress and

adiyen will mail you these precious CDs. Please do not sendany

personal checks to me.Adiyen also fully aware of the fact that many

of us have involved in somany kainkaryams on a monthly basis or some

people even on a weeklybasis!! But please do give priority to Swami

Desikan's nithya aradhanakainkaryam as well.I hope someone will take

lead on creating similar santhai format CDs forSwami Kurathazhwan's

Pancha Sthavas, Swami Parasara Bhattar's sthothrasand other

poorvacharyas sthothra padams.Thank you for your kind

attention.Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan

[Guest guest]

Dear Devotees

 

Thanks to the devotees who have responded already. Sri AMR Kannan will mail you

the CD set.

 

Just a clarification -- the Rs 1,750 amount stated is the actual expenses per

day. Yes, we have to meet a target of

corpus fund equivalent to $550/day (RS 25,000/day) that will earn Rs 1,750

assuming 7% interest.

 

Also, when you mail the check please identify your sankalpam details and the day

you would like to sponsor the nitya

araadhana. When I remit to the trust I will send the details.

 

Yes, if you are so inclined, you can sponsor multiple days, you could choose

birthdays, wedding anniversary etc.

 

I would like to share the great news--one of the devotees has been so touched by

the situation that he has graciously

volunteered to match dollar for dollar match from Aug 1 to Purattasi Sravanam

day. May the Divya Dampathis and Swami

Desikan shower their blessings on this great devotee.

 

Adiyen, Nagalakshmi (Nagu) Satyan

 

 

 

B. G. Satyan [satyan]

Friday, July 29, 2005 7:43 PM

'Oppiliappan'; 'Ramanujamission';

'saranagathi'; 'Tiruvenkatam';

'Parakalamatham'; 'desikasampradaya';

'Srirangasri'

Cc: 'kamr'; 'tatacharya'

RE: Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs and His BrahmOthsavam DVD

 

 

Sri:

 

Dear Devotees,

 

During my recent visit to India, I spent a full day visiting Kancheepuram and

nearby Divya Desams. I had coordinated my

visit with. Dr. Satakopa Thathachariar of Kancheepuram, Trustee of Sri

Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Trust. He was gracious

enough to accompany me to see the nearby temples.

 

After the temple/Perumal darshanam, I spent a lot of time with Dr. Satakopan

Thathachariar to review the financial

status of Sri Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Vedanta Desikar Charitable Trust, and

the auditor’s report.

 

Here is a synopsis of the situation:

 

1. Per the HRC act, the government collects the hundi donations and compensates

the priest at Rs 300/month, the cook at

Rs 250/month and the asst priest at Rs 150/month. (I may be off by + or- Rs 50).

2. About 400 gms of rice are given for preparing the prasadam.

 

To offset the disparity and to ensure proper maintenance of the temples, nitya

araadhana etc., private trusts have taken

up the task of renovating and maintaining some of the very needy temples. One

such temple is Sri Villakkoli Perumal

Temple, along with Swami Desikan’s temple. Any amount of devotion to our Acharya

will not be complete if we do not

collectively support these causes. When most of the temples are struggling even

to meet the basic needs, we need to

think about the priorities in fund raising and question how/where should one’s

limited contribution be allocated.

 

Specifically, for the Sri Vilakkoli Perumal and Thoopul Vedanta Desikar

Sannidhis, we have about 140 days nithya

aradhana covered; leaving a shortage of 226 days coverage. The minimum cost of

the daily expenses come to about Rs

1750.00 (approx $35 per day). I appeal to devotees to sponsor multiple days and

get the blessings of Perumal and

Acharyas. Sri. AMR Kannan has spent his time and resources to copy the CDs and

is mailing a set to sponsors on his

personal motivation.

 

The trust income per year is around Rs 1,20,000.00 and the expenditure is about

Rs 1,95,000.00, resulting in an annual

shortage of Rs 75,000.00. The expenditure is for basic items such as daily

poojas and prasadam, priest sambhavana to

improve their standard of living, supplement the expenses incurred in connection

with the Sravanam festival.

 

The goal is to raise adequate corpus funds and use the interest earned for the

daily aradhana and priest compensation.

 

May I entreat you to contribute generously to this holy cause and enlist your

friends and relatives for this noble

cause? I am neither a learned scholar nor a prolific writer. From the bottom of

my heart, with all the emotions, all I

can state is that I am deeply committed to this and other Srivaishnava related

causes and I believe that this cause of

raising funds to ensure nitya aradhana to the Lord and the great Acharya Swami

Desikan is real and of higher priority.

 

Please make your tax deductible contribution payable to NAMA Inc and mail the

check to the following address.

 

NAMA Inc

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Drive

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

 

Regards,

Nagalakshmi (Nagu) Satyan

 

 

-

"Kannan AMR" <kamr

<Srirangasri>

Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:56 PM

Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs

 

 

Dear Devotees,

 

Adiyen recently received two sets of CDs from Kanchipuram Sriman

Satagopa Thathachariyar Swami. One CD contains Swami Desikan's

mangalasasana uthsavam at Sri Devadhi Rajan Sannithi on the day of

Swami's thirunakshatram. The second set of CDs contains all the

sthothrapadam of Swami Desikan in a santhai format. The total duration

of these two santhai CDs is around 13 hours. Sriman Satagopa

Thathachariyar Swami has done a great service to our community by

rendering Swami Desikan's sthothras in a santhai format. Since these

slokas have been rendered by Sanskrit scholars, all the slokas have been

rendered without a flaw. Adiyen made 100 copies of these CDs with Sriman

Thathachariyar Swami's permission for distribution in USA. These CDs is

available at the cost of 35$ (for all the 3 CDs). This entire amount of

$ 35.00 will go for Swami Desikan's Nithya Thiruvaradhana Kainkaryam. So

essentially anyone who contributes 35$ for one day of nithya thiru

aradhanam, will get these CDs for free. While writing this appeal I

really feel sad and ashamed. We have become so ungrateful to our

Poorvarcharyas, we need to sell their own works to collect money for

their daily aradhanams!!

 

Anyways, to get these CDs please mail your check to:

 

Nagu Satyan

NAMA Inc

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Drive

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

Please note that the checks should be made payable to "NAMA Inc." After

mailing your check, send me an email (kamr at syr dot edu) with your

address and adiyen will mail you these precious CDs. Please do not send

any personal checks to me.

 

Adiyen also fully aware of the fact that many of us have involved in so

many kainkaryams on a monthly basis or some people even on a weekly

basis!! But please do give priority to Swami Desikan's nithya aradhana

kainkaryam as well.

 

I hope someone will take lead on creating similar santhai format CDs for

Swami Kurathazhwan's Pancha Sthavas, Swami Parasara Bhattar's sthothras

and other poorvacharyas sthothra padams.

 

Thank you for your kind attention.

 

Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan

[Guest guest]

Dear Devotees

 

Thanks to the devotees who have responded already. Sri AMR Kannan will mail you

the CD set.

 

Just a clarification -- the Rs 1,750 amount stated is the actual expenses per

day. Yes, we have to meet a target of

corpus fund equivalent to $550/day (RS 25,000/day) that will earn Rs 1,750

assuming 7% interest.

 

Also, when you mail the check please identify your sankalpam details and the day

you would like to sponsor the nitya

araadhana. When I remit to the trust I will send the details.

 

Yes, if you are so inclined, you can sponsor multiple days, you could choose

birthdays, wedding anniversary etc.

 

I would like to share the great news--one of the devotees has been so touched by

the situation that he has graciously

volunteered to match dollar for dollar match from Aug 1 to Purattasi Sravanam

day. May the Divya Dampathis and Swami

Desikan shower their blessings on this great devotee.

 

Adiyen, Nagalakshmi (Nagu) Satyan

 

 

 

B. G. Satyan [satyan]

Friday, July 29, 2005 7:43 PM

'Oppiliappan'; 'Ramanujamission';

'saranagathi'; 'Tiruvenkatam';

'Parakalamatham'; 'desikasampradaya';

'Srirangasri'

Cc: 'kamr'; 'tatacharya'

RE: Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs and His BrahmOthsavam DVD

 

 

Sri:

 

Dear Devotees,

 

During my recent visit to India, I spent a full day visiting Kancheepuram and

nearby Divya Desams. I had coordinated my

visit with. Dr. Satakopa Thathachariar of Kancheepuram, Trustee of Sri

Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Trust. He was gracious

enough to accompany me to see the nearby temples.

 

After the temple/Perumal darshanam, I spent a lot of time with Dr. Satakopan

Thathachariar to review the financial

status of Sri Villakkoli Perumal Thoopul Vedanta Desikar Charitable Trust, and

the auditor’s report.

 

Here is a synopsis of the situation:

 

1. Per the HRC act, the government collects the hundi donations and compensates

the priest at Rs 300/month, the cook at

Rs 250/month and the asst priest at Rs 150/month. (I may be off by + or- Rs 50).

2. About 400 gms of rice are given for preparing the prasadam.

 

To offset the disparity and to ensure proper maintenance of the temples, nitya

araadhana etc., private trusts have taken

up the task of renovating and maintaining some of the very needy temples. One

such temple is Sri Villakkoli Perumal

Temple, along with Swami Desikan’s temple. Any amount of devotion to our Acharya

will not be complete if we do not

collectively support these causes. When most of the temples are struggling even

to meet the basic needs, we need to

think about the priorities in fund raising and question how/where should one’s

limited contribution be allocated.

 

Specifically, for the Sri Vilakkoli Perumal and Thoopul Vedanta Desikar

Sannidhis, we have about 140 days nithya

aradhana covered; leaving a shortage of 226 days coverage. The minimum cost of

the daily expenses come to about Rs

1750.00 (approx $35 per day). I appeal to devotees to sponsor multiple days and

get the blessings of Perumal and

Acharyas. Sri. AMR Kannan has spent his time and resources to copy the CDs and

is mailing a set to sponsors on his

personal motivation.

 

The trust income per year is around Rs 1,20,000.00 and the expenditure is about

Rs 1,95,000.00, resulting in an annual

shortage of Rs 75,000.00. The expenditure is for basic items such as daily

poojas and prasadam, priest sambhavana to

improve their standard of living, supplement the expenses incurred in connection

with the Sravanam festival.

 

The goal is to raise adequate corpus funds and use the interest earned for the

daily aradhana and priest compensation.

 

May I entreat you to contribute generously to this holy cause and enlist your

friends and relatives for this noble

cause? I am neither a learned scholar nor a prolific writer. From the bottom of

my heart, with all the emotions, all I

can state is that I am deeply committed to this and other Srivaishnava related

causes and I believe that this cause of

raising funds to ensure nitya aradhana to the Lord and the great Acharya Swami

Desikan is real and of higher priority.

 

Please make your tax deductible contribution payable to NAMA Inc and mail the

check to the following address.

 

NAMA Inc

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Drive

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

 

Regards,

Nagalakshmi (Nagu) Satyan

 

 

-

"Kannan AMR" <kamr

<Srirangasri>

Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:56 PM

Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs

 

 

Dear Devotees,

 

Adiyen recently received two sets of CDs from Kanchipuram Sriman

Satagopa Thathachariyar Swami. One CD contains Swami Desikan's

mangalasasana uthsavam at Sri Devadhi Rajan Sannithi on the day of

Swami's thirunakshatram. The second set of CDs contains all the

sthothrapadam of Swami Desikan in a santhai format. The total duration

of these two santhai CDs is around 13 hours. Sriman Satagopa

Thathachariyar Swami has done a great service to our community by

rendering Swami Desikan's sthothras in a santhai format. Since these

slokas have been rendered by Sanskrit scholars, all the slokas have been

rendered without a flaw. Adiyen made 100 copies of these CDs with Sriman

Thathachariyar Swami's permission for distribution in USA. These CDs is

available at the cost of 35$ (for all the 3 CDs). This entire amount of

$ 35.00 will go for Swami Desikan's Nithya Thiruvaradhana Kainkaryam. So

essentially anyone who contributes 35$ for one day of nithya thiru

aradhanam, will get these CDs for free. While writing this appeal I

really feel sad and ashamed. We have become so ungrateful to our

Poorvarcharyas, we need to sell their own works to collect money for

their daily aradhanams!!

 

Anyways, to get these CDs please mail your check to:

 

Nagu Satyan

NAMA Inc

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Drive

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

Please note that the checks should be made payable to "NAMA Inc." After

mailing your check, send me an email (kamr at syr dot edu) with your

address and adiyen will mail you these precious CDs. Please do not send

any personal checks to me.

 

Adiyen also fully aware of the fact that many of us have involved in so

many kainkaryams on a monthly basis or some people even on a weekly

basis!! But please do give priority to Swami Desikan's nithya aradhana

kainkaryam as well.

 

I hope someone will take lead on creating similar santhai format CDs for

Swami Kurathazhwan's Pancha Sthavas, Swami Parasara Bhattar's sthothras

and other poorvacharyas sthothra padams.

 

Thank you for your kind attention.

 

Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan