Sri Villakku Oli Perumal, Thoopul Vedantha Desikar Trust

[Guest guest]

Dear Devotees

 

Thanks again for your continued support. Since the posting of our appeal on 22

July 2005, we have received contributions

totaling $1,010.00, with additional pledges of $250. The total committed

supports the daily Nitya Aradhanaexpenses for

additional 35 days. We still need to cover the balance of 180 days. I appeal to

other devotees to contribute towards

this great cause.

 

A gentle reminder – one of the devotees has been so touched by the situation

that he has graciously comitted to dollar

for dollar match for contributions made from Aug 1 to Purattasi Sravanam day.

 

All tax deductible contributions payable to NAMA Inc are to be mailed to

 

NAMA Inc

 

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Dr

Littleton

CO 80128-5522

 

Adiyen, Nagalakshmi (Nagu) Satyan

 

 

B. G. Satyan [satyan]

Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:44 PM

 

RE: Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs and His BrahmOthsavam DVD

 

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 again for your continued support. Since the posting of our appeal on 22

July 2005, we have received contributions

that supports the daily Nitya Aradhana expenses for 35 days. We still need to

cover the balance of 180 days. I appeal to

other devotees to contribute towards this great cause.

 

A gentle reminder - one of the devotees has been so touched by the situation

that he has graciously committed to dollar

for dollar match for contributions made from Aug 1 to Purattasi Sravanam day

(10/12/05).

 

All tax deductible contributions payable to NAMA Inc are to be mailed to

 

NAMA Inc

 

C/O Nagu Satyan

7821 W. Alder Dr

Littleton

CO 80128-5522