Srimath Srimushnam Andavan Thirunakshatram Celebrations: Request for organizers

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Sri:

SrimathE RangarAmAnuja MahAdEsikAya

Namaha

Sri RanganAtha Divyamani

PadukAbhyAm Namaha

 

 

 

 

 

Exactly two weeks from

today, Saturday May 22, 2004 is Srimath Srimushnam Andavan Sri Rangaramanuja

Mahadesikan's 70th Thirunakshatram Mahotsavam. Srimath Srimushnam Andavan

was born in "VaikAsi" Month on star "ThiruvAdirai". Srimath Andavan Ashramam

in Bangalore where Srimath Andavan is camping presently, is gearing up

for a grand celebration for 5 days starting on May 18, 2004 with hundreds

of Sevarthis and vidwans participating in various Grantha Parayanam, Veda

Parayanams and Vidwat Sadas.

For the last couple of years sishyas and

abhimanis of Srimath Andavan all over USA had the great bhAgyam of celebrating

their Acharyas Thirunakshatram with other sishyas in their vicinity, through

the auspices of Sri Ramanuja Mission of Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam

in 10 Cities in USA.

An AchAryan's Thirunakshtram day is

a very important day in a sishyA's calendar. One need no special qualification

to take a lead in organizing this and need not be an expert in the

sampradayam to sing the praise of an Acharyan who renounced everything

in life to devote to bringing his sishyas closer to emperuman. The celebration

in each location could be marked simply by sishyas coming together on this

joyous occasion and reciting few sthothrams (Vishnu Sahasranama, Desika

Sthothrams etc.) and ending with Acharya Sambhavani and recitation of Srimath

Srimushnam Andavan's Tanian.

This year Sri Ramanuja Mission hopes to

organize the thirunakshatram in even more cities than last year on May

22nd 2004 for all the sishyas of our illustrious Aharyan to celebrate this

important day. This year we hope to see sishyas come forward in new areas

also, where we did not conduct in the past. We request Andavan sishyas

all over USA and all other locations worldwide to come forward in

great numbers to host and/or coordinate this important mahOtsavam. Please

reply adiyen ASAP at shyam.sreenivasan.

dAsan,

Shyamsundar Sreenivasan

on behalf of Sri Ramanuja Mission of Srirangam

Srimath Andavan Ashramam