[SriParakalaMatham] Help/Tamil Religious Magazine Gopura Darisanam - site hosting etc.

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Respected Sir :

 

Your membership to these various fora is indeed like a whiff

of fresh breeze.

 

Indeed your connection to the print media is a boon to all of

us for sure. Needless to say most of the stalwart members of

these various fora are experts in their respective fields. Each

is a Gem unto himself/herself. The writer has learnt a lot

from the postings of these scholars.

 

While on the subject, based on a fervent hope that the members

would not mind the presumptuous spirit, this writer would like

to take the liberty of expressing his deep desire to accord a

small column or space or feature in your site/magazine for

highlighting the importance of Sandhyavandanam and Gayathri

Japam. Indeed your very first introductory mail itself talks of

Gayathri Homam, which itself has given a sort of intuitive

courage to this writer to once more highlight this topic.

 

Without any conscious intention to hurt or injure anybody's

sentiments, one would like to note that it is a well known

public fact that many of us who wear the sacred thread either :

 

a. are not doing the Sandhyavandanam at all or

b. doing it in a highly casual manner with irregularity

 

In either case, there seems to be lack of seriousness on the

subject. While it is good to talk about religion,

philosophies, engage in socio-religious discourses and pray

etc. neglect of something basic is what is of disturbing

concern to this writer.

 

In the writer's perception, constant reference in any media

would surely the same effect and impact similar to the

sponsorship/advertisement effect during major global sporting

events like World Cup Football, or World Cup Cricket. One has

to constantly keep the topic in the eye and mind of the reader.

Over a period of say 5 years, readers would get so much used

to the reference that it will acquire forceful validity. This

writer knows for a fact that lot of women read these spiritual

magazines. Most of them are mothers who are the best position

to push their wards to do the Sandhya. Compared to a

male-father figure - where sternness and authority is obvious -

a subtler and comparatively gentler persuasion can be achieved

by Mothers. If the young can be somehow made to do the Sandhya

they will carry the torch wherever they go, be it hostel life

in IIT at Calcutta, or a campus in the US or as an Executive

in Sydney.

 

If you permit, would like to recommend that every page at the

bottom carry the banner in a single line in English, Tamil,

Sanskrit " Please do the Sandhya regularly " . Thats all. A terse

message. or a more forceful rhetoric : " Has your son done the

Sandhya today? " . The mother will read it on day 1, remember and

chide the son, if the Sandhya is not done, then the next day,

during casual idle thumbing of the pages during her afternoon

siesta she would come across the same message again, and

recollect " Oh, today I must tell my boy when he returns from

School " . If she is working and is returning home a chooses to

read the magazine in the train/bus just to relieve tension or

boredom, the message will stare boldly. First on reaching home

she will try to tell her son to do the Sandhya. Unlike men,

who read novels, or economic and business papers, at least in

India, and more particularly in Bombay itself, the writer has

seen many women/mothers choose to stick to some sort of

spiritual material - either a bhakti song, prayer book or

magazine. These are small, seemingly insignificant moments the

mind can be caught.!!

 

There is a small tendency that some people might be bored or

may not like this frequent references. This is a small

price/risk the magazine may have to pay perhaps, though it is

doubtful if this will happen. Trust you would take this in the

spirit in which it is written and not otherwise.

 

Om Tat Sat

Tat tvam asi

 

 

 

 

srihi

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SRIHI

 

I need a small help. I am Representing Tamil Religious Magazine Gopura

Darisanam. I have developed a site for them i want to Hoist it in Angel

city and Geocities and also hire a server which is cheap. Can any

bhagavatha who is in Bangalore help me to Host the webpage.Gopura Darisanam

is doing a lot for all of us. Recently an interview of Prakrutham Srimath

Andavan had come and now in Forth Coming August Issue an article on

gayathri Homa Conducted A Kathenahalli in Hassan district of Karnataka is

coming the occasion was graced by HH Prakala Mutt Jeer and HH Rangapriya

Swami. In Future our Editor has lot of plan of doing article on our

Vaihnava Mutt. So If any Bhagavatha can be helpful I will be grateful to

them.

 

With Warmest Regards,

Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar

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