[sv-general] Koodalur and kapisthalam

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It is our earnest duty that we should see them in a happy frame of mind.

Adiyen has a sincere request to make to all the saha baagavatas, who will be

visiting divyadesams in the future. Let us make it a point that, whenever we

visit any divyadesam in the future, which is in poor state of affairs, let us

all go prepared with the following items.

1. Vastarams for various sannadhis (dhothis it can be 10 X 6)2. utthriyams (it

can be some 5 X 4 dhotis)3. vastarams for thayars4. sufficient quantity of Oil

(for lighting lamps)5. Sufficient quantity of thiris (for lighting lamps)6. Get

some broom sticks from the local market where the temple is, so that we

ourselves can clean the prakarams7. Bag of rice8. Some other spices9. Ghee10.

Reasonable amount of cash, to be given to bhattars.

Adiyen has just produced the list on the fly, whatever came to adiyens mind. It

is left to the discretion of the individual bhavatas to take something

additional in sufficient quantities.

So, please make it a point that never go empty handed. Its adiyens humble request.

Azhwar Emperumaanar Jeeyar thiruvadigale saranam,

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,Varadarajan

Diwakar Kannan Thu, 1 Aug 2002 06:49:31 -0700 (PDT)Subject:

[sv-general] Koodalur and kapisthalamDear bhagavathasadiyEn is really pained to

see Smt. JayashreeSaranathan's mail about about Koodalur and Kapisthalamdivya

desams. During my recent trip to India visitedthese DDs and cried seeing Sri

Jagathratshaka perumAL.Not even a dry flower on the Thirumeni of theperumAL.

Heard from the bhattar that he is paid Rs.130 by the govt. He comes from

another village calledGanapathi agraharam and the so called salary will noteven

cover the bus charge. There are no lights, noteven in the madapalli and I have

made arrangements todo some basic electrification work, which will becompleted

soon.State of affairs at Kapisthalam is no better. Bhattar's salary is Rs. 17

and he has not received itfor so many years now. It seems the temple is

undersome private trust and due to litigation nobody takescare of the temple.

After a lots of hesitationbhattar asked us to get some vasthram for Thayar.

Bhattar said, "neenga swaroopama vandurukel, adunAlakEkarEn, thAyArukku

vasthram vAngi thara mudiyuma".How can I not oblige when the lOka nAyaki

doesn't havevasthram!I believe the role of HR & CE in temple management

wasdicussed with great passion in these lists before. The least we can do is to

support organizationsinvolved in arranging daily thiruvArAdhanam in

thesetemples. Also please visit these divya dEsams at theearliest

opportunity.[Note: Original thread appeared in bhakti-list underthe subject

"Mandangudi Divya Desam (and

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