Sri Balagaru Matha - Update

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

I was out of town from March 24 till today and during my absence, quite a

few checks by mail and new pledges by e-mail were received. I have by now

have responded by e-mail to all the pledges received so far. I will also be

mailing a formal " Thank You " card to all whose checks I have received.

 

So far, I have with me checks totalling $1532 amounting to Rs. 68, 940 at

Rs. 45 per dollar, in addition to Rs. 10,000 to be paid directly in India

as stated in the previous updates. This takes the overall total to nearly

Rs. 79,000. The outstanding pledges for which I have not yet received the

checks amount to a total of $ 227 equivalent to Rs. 10, 215. The grand

total, including these pledges, will then be Rs. 89,000.

 

We are short of the magic number of Rs. 100,000 (1 lakh) by a mere Rs.

11,000, which is $ 244.

 

Please come forward, support this very worthy endevour and make the total

exceed Rs. 100,000. Even small pledges, like what is spent on a couple of

dinners or movies, will help this cause.

 

We all should remind ourselves of the episode of Kuchela who offered only a

few handful of avalakki to Lord Krishna with devotion since that was all he

could afford. We all also know how wonderfully our Lord Krishna responded

back to this pure devotion, not minding the insignificant material

offering.

 

We should help as much as we can to ensure the continuity of the nithya

pooja to Lord Rama Narasimha in the Balagaru Matha and help foster the

traditions in our Mathas which have been in unbroken existence in the past

many, many centuries.

 

Namaskara.

 

Bindu Madhavan

5346 Princeton Road

Macungie, PA 18062

 

Tel 610-966-9299

[Guest guest]

Friends,

I am very happy to see that all of you have responded quickly

and effectively to Mr. Bindumadhavan's appeal for helping Sri

Balagaru Matha. Efforts are being made in India also and we all

hope and pray that the construction work of the first phase of

the buildings of the Matha at Balagaru will be completed without

any stoppage or shortcoming.

For the information of those of you who have yet to make up your

mind to act, I thought that the following information will be

useful. This is from the original appeal made out by the

committee for the purpose of rebuilging the Matha.

Two main objects have been kept in view :

1. Renovation of the Matha building - we need at present around

Rs. 3.5 Lakhs or so from all sources - money is being collected

for this purpose.

2. Creation of a reserve fund to ensure that the following

activities are regularly carried out without the Matha being

forced to curtail or borrow money for its activities.

i. Vidvath Sabhas and Seminars

ii.Observance of Ramanavami, Narasimha jayathi, Anantha

Padmanabha Vratha.

iii.Aradhana of Sri Akshobhya Tirtha and Sri Raghumanya

tirtha (previous pontiff)

Those of you who would like to have specific pujas offered in

their names or those of their elders etc. can easily avail of

the offer of contributing Rs. 1000 for Shashwatha seva - for one

day in each year. The amount specified for Ramanavami is Rs.

2000. A similar sum will provide for a day's Shashwatha seva to

Lakshmi Narasimha, the deity of the Matha on a precribed date

every year. Any special puja, Vratha like Anantha Padmanabha or

any other festival could also be arranged for one day in every

year (Shashwataha Seva) by contributing Rs.1000. Perhaps for

many of you far away from home and lacking adequate facilities,

such arrangements will give a great deal of spiritual

satisfaction besides givng the much needed financial help to the

Matha.

All contributors may please furnish all details needed for the

Samkalpa along with their checks.

I hope sincerely that this appeal will receive your earnest

response.

NAPSRao