An appeal

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha:

The following is an appeal posted to many groups a few months ago. Due to a

request made to me, I am posting this again. Part of the message involves a

posting by Sri.Sundara Rajan and I hope he will not mind. Please feel free to

contact me if there are any questions. Thanks.

Adiyen Dasan,

vijayan

 

APPEAL

 

Commencing from January 1998, the Andal Trust has been rendering the following

sacramental services in the in the twin temples of Sri-vaTa-patra-SAyee and

ANDAL in the sacred city of Srivilliputtur :-

 

1. Daily chanting of Veda and Divya-prabandham scripture on prescribed

occasions.

 

2. Offering (token) cash 'sambhAvanam' (ceremonial fee) to the 'adhyApaka-s' for

the service of recitation.

 

3. Providing the materials for the daily 'snapana-tirumanjanam' of Periyazhvar.

 

4. Organising food offerings (taLikai/naivEdyam prasAdam) in morning, mid-day

and evening hours, in the shrines of Sri Vatapatra-Sayee, Andal and Periyazhvar.

 

5. Distribution of food 'prasadam' (sacrament) to the 'dEsAntari-yAtrika'

(outstation pilgrims) who visit Srivilliputtur.

 

The Andal Trust has received support from Sri Vaana-maa-malai Jeeyar Svami, Sri

Azhakia-Singar Svami of the Ahobila Matham, Srimat Srirangam Andavan Svami,

TridanDi Sriman Narayana Ramanuja Jeeyar Svami, and several other prominent

personalities.

 

The Andal Trust was set up and registered as an independent agency to ensure a

minimum degree of regular worship three times a day

('nitya-trikAla-tiru-ArAdhanam'). The corpus fund was constituted through

minimum individual donations of Rs.3000/-, and a total sum of Rs.13 lakhs was

raised and invested as capital fund. The interest realised at 15% was adequate

for meeting the expenses of daily worship.

 

However, the cash yield has of late been steeply decreasing since interest rates

have fallen as low as 7%. This has obliged the Trust to seek further enhancement

of the corpus fund, in order that it can support even the minimum desired level

of regular worship in the highly venerated shrines of Sri Vatapatra-Sayee, Andal

and Periyazhvar in Srivilliputtur, which is the fountainhead of our sacred

hymns, tiru-p-pallANDu and tiru-p-pAvai. The Trust accordingly appeals to all

'Astika-s' to contribute urgently and generously, as voluntary religious service

('kainkaryam'), and as a rescue operation to protect the noble traditions of our

religion. DONATIONS TO THE ANDAL TRUST (which is registered) are exempted from

Income Tax under Section 80(G) of the IT Act. Donations may kindly be sent to

the above address through Demand Drafts or Cheques made in favour of "Sri Andal

Charitable Trust, Chennai".

 

 

R. Kannan Swamy,

Trustee, Sri Andal Charitable Trust, Chennai.

September 2001.

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Friends,

 

The above Appeal is circulated at the desire of Srivilliputtur Vidwan Sri R.

Kannan Swamy, Founder Trustee of the Andal Trust. The Sri-vaishNava world is in

debt to Sri Kannan Swamy to have taken on himself to ensure a minimum level of

Agamic workship in the precious shrines of Andal, vaTa-patra-SAyee and

periyAzhvAr in the blessed 'divya-dESam' of Srivilliputtur. The Appeal is

self-explanatory and both the Trust and its cause merit generous donations from

every believer.

 

Sri Kannan Swamy needs to be introduced to Sri-vaishNava-s living outside of

Chennai city where he has been regularly offering discourses on themes of the

'sampradAyam' over the years. He has braved the greatest trials to edit,

annotate and publish some fine classics :-

 

i) 'yatirAja-vijaya nATakam' (by vAtsya-Siriya-naTAtoor ammAL) with Sanskrit

original and translation in Tamil-Hindi. [The Swamy received an award from the

President of India, for this work.]

 

ii) 'Sri gOdA-pariNaya champoo' (by kESava kavi-rAja) with Sanskrit original and

translation in Tamil. [The Swamy has also issued a separate edition carrying the

English translation by myself.]

 

iii) 'AzhvArkaL vaibhavam' (a Tamil poetic kAvyam by

vaDivu-azhakia-nambi-dAsar), with verse-wise paraphrase.

 

iv) 'rAmAnujar vaibhavam' (a Tamil poetic kAvyam by vaDivu-azhakia-nambi-dAsar),

with verse-wise paraphrase.

 

v) 'Sri bhAgavata purANam' (a Tamil poetic kAvyam by nellai nagar Sri aruLALa

dAsar), with spot glossary of rare words, -- in five volumes, each volume

carrying a very informative and scholarly mini-dissertation as a Foreward.

 

vi) 'Sri rAmAyaNa-saurabham' (of kAnchi Sri P.B. Annangaracharya) - edited newly

by Sri Kannan Swamy.

 

It is now common knowledge that our ancient temples revered in the Sri Vaishnava

sampradaayam have been systematically and steadily deprived of their properties

and sumptuous historic endowments. Their cash revenues, such as they are,

continue to be frittered away on organising of fancy events which are unrelated

to the primary identity, history and needs of the temples. The sacred, beautiful

and time-honoured rites receive but token and meagre observance as they are held

in contempt by the temple bureaucracy.

 

The Andal Trust is an evident need of the hour in our religion, and your

donations would constitute a meritorious 'kainkaryam'.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan

T.S. Sundara Rajan.

Srirangam

 

 

 

Sri Andal Charitable Trust, Chennai (Regn. No.279/1997)

91 Thulasingam Street, Perambur, Chennai-600 011 (India).

 

Phone: 044-551.18.61 (Srivilliputtur Vidwan R. Kannan Swamy).

 

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