DC Metro Area: Sri Ramanuja Jayanthi & HH Srimushnam Andavan TN Celebrations

[Guest guest]

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Ramanuja Mission of Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam

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Dear Bhagavathas,

 

Please join us in celebrating Sri Ramanuja Jayanthi (May 2)and HH

Srimushnam Andavan TN (May 29), on Sunday May 28, 2006, at 5623

Willow Valley Road, Clifton, VA 20124.

 

Program:

 

Saturday, May 27

 

3:00 - 7:00 PM "Akhanda" Sevaakaalam consisting of Veda, Prabhandha,

Srimath Ramayana, Sthothra and Paduka Sahasra Paaraayanam, followed

by Archana, Thiruamudu Seva, Sathumurai, and Thirtha, Satari and

Prasada Goshti.

 

Sunday, May 28

 

8:00-11:00 AM Traditional Sevaakaalam consisting of Veda, Prabhandha

Paaraayanam, Thirumanjanam (Abhishekam) to Sri Rukmini Sathya Bhama

Sametha Sri Venugopala Perumal and Sri Ramanuja. Sri Vishnu

Sahasranaama Paaraayanam & Paaduka Thiruvaradhanam for Paadukas of

illustrious Sri Vaishnava Acharyas, Mangala Arathi Sathumurai &

Thirunal Paattu.

 

11:00-11:15 AM HH Thirukudandai Andavan's Upanyasam CD Release

Ceremony

 

"Golden Collections" of HH Thirukudandai Andavan's CDs - Vol I Release

CDs to be released by U. Ve. Sri H. R. Krishnaswamy Iyengar,

Bangalore (son-in-law of Dr. N.S.A.)

 

11:15-11:45 AM SRM Annual Award Ceremony:

 

"Kaimkarya Rathnam" Lifetime Accomplishment Recognition Award to:

U. Ve. Sri Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan, NY

 

"Kaimkarya Thilakam" Service Recognition Award to:

Sri Srinivasa Gopalan (Uppili Swami, MD)

 

11:45-12:45 PM Thirtha/Satari Ghoshti followed by Prasadam

 

1:00 -5:00 PM Cultural programs:

 

1. Vocal Concert by Smt. Supraja Raghavan

 

2. Dance Program by Smt. Subha Krishnakumar's Students

 

3. Vocal Concert by Sahana Mukunthan and Sathya Mathavan

 

4. Vocal Concert by Smt. Radhika Rajesh

 

5. Presentations on the following:

 

a. "Aruli Seyalgalum Adhyayana Utsavamum" by Sri Srinivasa

Gopalan (Uppili Swami)

 

b. "Five-fold Manifestation of Sriman Narayana" by Sri Nadadur

Mathavan

 

6. Bhajans

 

4:45 PM Siriya Thirumadal and Mangala Arthi

 

5:00 Vote of Thanks

 

Poojas/Sevas:

The entire two days' Annual SRJ Celebrations may be sponsored with

tax deductible donations for $51.

 

Sponsors will receive the following as Prathisambhavana:

 

- Bhagavath Prasadam

- 8.5 x 11" Laminated picture of Sri Sathya Bhama Sametha Sri

Venugopla Perumal

- 8.5 x 11" Laminated picture of Sri Ramanuja

- 8.5 x 11" Laminated picture of dasavatharam (Ten-fold manifestation

of Lord Sriman Narayana)

- 8.5 x 11" Laminated color graphical display of Five-fold

manifestation of Sriman Narayana

- Mantra Akshathai

 

Please RSVP and/or send your sponsorship details to

nadadurmathavan (AT) msn (DOT) com or call (703) 266-2327

 

Checks are payable to Sri Ramanuja Mission, Inc.

 

Parking and Shuttle:

Please park your cars along Moore Road. SRM volunteers will pick and

drop bhagavathas between Moore Road and Willow Valley Road (about a

minute's ride) - If volunteers are not immediately available, please

call (703) 587-5708.

 

Dasan

[Guest guest]

Dear Bhagavathas,

 

It is adiyen's privilege to convey my felicitations to Sri Sadagopan

Swamin and

Sri Srinivasa Gopalan Swamin (aka Sri Uppili Swami) for being selected

for this

year's Sri Ramanuja Mission?s annual awards. All of us know very well about

Sri VS swami's brilliance and eloquent writing style combined with the nectar

of his personal anubhavams. Adiyen sincerely pray to Acharyan and

Divyadhampathis bless this ?Ratnam? with a long healthy life.

 

Sri Srinivasa Gopalan swami is adiyen's friend, philosopher and guide for the

past (more than) twenty years. He is one of those rare gems, silently

doing his

services to our sampradhayam without expecting anything in return. It is our

bhagyam to have such a learned young scholar among us. As said in

Upanishad, he

is not only doing pravachanam (teaching) but also continues to do his

Swadhyayam

(learning). In a week he spends nearly 14-18 hours in teaching and

learning our

sampradhayam related matters. This is apart from his professional commitments

as a chemist. Really well deserving person for the Kainkarya Thilakam award..

Adiyen would also like to thank and acknowledge his wife, Smt. Amina Gopalan's

patience and encouragement for his services.

 

I would like to quote some of his well-wishers, students and friends here:

 

aDiyEn is immensely happy to learn that our Uppili Gopalan Swamy has been

awarded "Kainkarya Thilakam" by Sri Ramanuja mission. No one deserves this

better than him for this kainkaryam. and secondly, the quality of his

teaching is another aspect that needs to be honored.....Secondly, we should

not forget that Smt Amina needs to be thanked, because for any kainkaryam ,

those that help to make it happen , are equally to be commended and

without her

sacrifice of his time week after week it wouldn't have been possible at all..

 

May Udeyawar shower His blessings for ever on their family to continue

to do His

kainkaryam ...

(Shrimathi Sheela Belur, MD)

 

"Acharya Devo bhava". Quality of teaching, humble nature, thanking

acharyas and

periyavas for any accolade given to him, all these qualities are sure to fetch

him the award and many more awards in the years

to come. May Udayavar shower His blessings for ever on their family to

continue

to do this mahonnatha kainkaryam.

Thanks to Smt Amina too, as azvar says "nalla pathaththaal manai vaazvar konda

pendir Makkale". Pallandu pallandu to him and his Family.

(Shri Narasimhan Chakravarthi, NY)

 

I still remember Uppili teaching Nachiyar Thirumozhi to my cousins in

his small

hostel room in Bangalore during his PhD days. He used to be a sought after

person for both youngsters(???) like us and also old people in Bangalore(Like

my uncle) for Veda Parayanam. His Divya Prabhandam teaching started

right after

he left Triplicane and still continues. I pray Perundevi and Perarulaan to

bestow all auspiciousness to Uppili Family.

(Shri Kazhiyur Narayanan, NV)

 

Being the only person, or one of the few (maybe vegas Sri Kazhiyur Narayanan

etc) that i know of in the US who is teaching after learning fully in the

traditional style both the samskritha and dravida vedam.

 

* Teaching others to chant correctly, with the correct pronunciations and

intonation.

 

day after day, week after week, without expecting anything in return. (for the

past 7+ years)

 

* The sincerity and quality of his teaching as evidenced by his students.

eg: Adiyen was the recipient of his teaching for a few portions. For

ThiruVai sessions, because he did not have any day time, he volunteered his

time at 6 am to do Thiruvai and polish my chanting (one on one)of

UpadesaRatthina malai and Kovil Thiruvaimozhi. Six am for a Gruhastha

with Kids

and regular job in the US. That is the sincerity and dedication that all his

students are blessed with Sri Uppili Swami as the teacher.

 

He continued to teach this class for a few weeks till he was satisfied of the

end result. Unfortunately i am so far away from him (Wdc) in Chicago to make

use of this god given opportunity. But there are many blessed students in the

DC area and other over the telebridge who benefit from his teaching for the

past seven years.

 

=> His Humility:

Though adiyen had heard of sri Uppili Swamin in 1996, the stalwart from

Sri.Vanamamalai Mutt, Adiyen was fortunate to meet sri Uppili Swamin only in

1998 when we took part in Dhivyaprabhandotsavam in WDC conducted by Sri

Venkatesan Iyyengar over a thanksgiving weekend.

Apart from Sri Venkatesan Iyyengar the only other person without any

book in the

Goshti was sri Uppili Swamin. Adiyen introduced him to other devotee friends

as sri U.Ve Uppili Swamin, and he stopped me from using U.Ve, saying even

though i heave learnt all this, i am just a tape-recorder

who can reproduce everything i have learnt, please do NOT prefix me

with me U.Ve

etc. Such is his humility.

 

(Shri Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi)

 

 

Adiyen join all these Bhagavathas to congratulate Sri Srinivasa Gopalan Swami

and pray to DivyaDhampathigal to bless Sri Gopalan and his family with all the

auspiciousness and happiness.

 

Adiyen would also like to thank everyone at Sri Ramanuja Mission for selecting

such gems to present these awards. Poliga! Poliga! Poliga!

 

Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan

 

 

 

 

 

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