A:cha:rya A:ra:dhanam on October 28th & 29th in Chicago

[Guest guest]

Dear bhAgavathAs,

 

Jeeyar Educational Trust USA Inc and srI rAmAnujA mission Inc are

pleased to annouce the celebration of the thirunakshattirams of svAmi

vEdAnta dEsikan and svAmi maNavALa mAmunigaL on October 28th and 29th

2000 at srI. venkatEsvara svAmi temple, Aurora, IL -

 

This celebration is organized with the following goals in mind -

 

1. Honour our AchAryAs by celebrating their thirunakshattirams AND

following their teachings -

2. Promote unity among srIvaishNavAs belonging to different AchArya

paramparais with focus on the common theme - our connection to Ramanuja -

3. Create interest and provide support for families living

in this country to lead a srIvaishNava life

 

You can register for the conference at jeeyar.cc.uic.edu

Trasportation, accomodataion, food (prasadam) and other needs have

been taken care of for all attendees.

 

We request all JETUSA members to make an effort to attend this function.

(Please memorize Acharya Tanian (HH Chinna Jeeyar Swamy's Tanian) if possible)

 

 

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AGENDA:

 

28th Saturday: Day 1.

 

8:00 am 8:30 am suprabhAtham

8:30 am to 8:45 am sEvA kAlam (Preists Start Sthala Shuddhi.)

thiruppallANdu, thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi, thiruppAvai (if time permits)

8:45 am to 9:05 am thirumanjanam (bhOga mUrthi, chinna utsavar and

AzhvAr/AchAryAs)

Purusha Suktam, Sri Suktam, neerAttam

9:05 am to 9:45 am alankAram & thomala seva.

poochoottal, kAppidal, Thiruppavai, amalanAdhipirAn,

kaNNinunsiRuththAmbu

9:45 am to 10:20 am mantra pushpam, archanai, sARRumurai and thIrtham/saTAri.

 

10:25 am Perumal, AzhvAr/AchAryAs enter manTapam

With taittirIya upanishad recititation

10:30 am to 12:30 pm upstairs - pArAyaNam

AzhvAr/AchArya parivattam

AzhvAr/AchArya thaniyans, AchArya sambAvanai

IrAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi, upadEsa rattinamAlai, dayA shatakam

SARRumuRai, thIrtham/satAri

 

Downstairs HALL.

8:30 am to 1:15 pm - Conference Reception & Registration

12:30 to 1:15 - Lunch Down Stairs (Prasadam)

 

1:15 to 1:30 - Welcome and respects to AchAryAs -

Mr. Ranganathan Hemmighe (Welcome & Recognition Speech) - 3

minutes.

Dr. Raghu Raghavan (Respects to Acharyas) -

10 minutes.

Mr. Mukund Pattangi (Sampradayam applicable today)

1:30 to 5:00 - Plays, Panel Discussions, Talks, Bhajans.

1:30 pm to 2:00 pm rAmAnuja Play - 30

Mins.

svAmi nAthamunigaL and drAvida vEda,

rAmAnuja the social reformer and our saviour

2:00 pm to 2:15 pm - 15 Mins Slide Show (Introduction to Vaishnavism)

2:15 pm to 2:50 pm

Talk on rAmAnujA vaibhavam (Anand Srinivasan - Pitt) - 35 Mins

2:50 pm to 3:00 pm One Bhajan & One Song 3:00 pm to 3:35 pm Daya

Satakam (Mrs. Radha, CA) - 35 Mins

3:35 pm to 4:25 pm Slide show on srivaishnava temples and their history

4:25 pm to 5:00 pm Panel Discussions/ Q&A sessions

SampradAyam & Temple culture today relevance, practicality, motivation -35

Mins.

(Rangath H, Velu C, R Raghavan, Vamsi M, Mani V)

Upstairs:

 

5:30 pm - Regular Temple Activity (Sahasranamam, Diwali Pooja,

Fireworks.)

8:30 pm - Sayana Ustavam

9:00 pm - Perumal Prasadam (Dinner)

 

 

29th Sunday: Day 2.

 

9:00 am to 9:30 am suprabhAtham

Downstairs:

9:30 am - 12:30 pm Plays, Panel Discussions, Talks, Bhajans

9:30 am to 10:35 am - Talks

Talk - vEdAnta dEsikar prabhavam (Vijay Srinivasam) - 30 Mins.

Talk on Acharya Bhakti (Dileepan Parthasarathy) - 35 mins.

10:35 am to 10:40 am One Bhajan One Song

10:40 am to 11:45 am - Talks

Talk - maNavALa mAmuni prabhavam (Mukund P, IL) - 30 Mins.

Talk - Yathiraja Vimsathi (TA Varadan, CO) - 35 Mins.

11:45 am to 12:45 pm Panel Discussions, Q&A Session. Sampradayam Discussiosn

- 60 Mins.

(Anbil R, Dileepan P, Nadadur M, Anandanpillai, Mani V, V. Iyengar)

 

12:45 to 1:30 - Lunch

Upstairs:

1:30 Perumal enters mandapam for Utsavam

2:00 to 4:30 Parayanam

Raghuveera Gadyam - 30 Mins.

Yathiraja Vimsathi - 20 Mins.

Thiruvaimoizhi Nootrandadi - 45 Mins.

Desika Prabhandam - 40 Mins.

Prabhanda Saram, Adai Kala Pattu, Thiru Chinna Malai

Song for Perumal - 10 Mins.

End of Celbrations ritual

Sathumurai & Perumal's Thirtha Shatari

 

4:30 to 5:00 Vote of thanks (Take home message)

 

Downstairs:

 

5:00 6:00 Prasadam.

 

End of Day 2 - Program Ends.

 

AzhwAr EmberumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE saranam

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mukundan Vankipuram Pattangi