Report on the July 14th Satsanga at Austin

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As mentioned by Sri Gopala Krishna, aaradhanas were performed in the

four quarters of US during the last weekend! Here is the report from

the South by Sridhar Hari :

 

REPORT ON THE ARADHANE MAHOTSAVAS OF SRI JAYATHEERTHARU, SRI

SRIPADARAJARU AND SRI VIJAYEENDRARU HELD AT AUSTIN ON 14TH JULY:

 

The ArAdhana mahotsavas of Sri SriPAdarAjaru, Sri Vijayeendrarau and

Sri Jayatheertharu(TeekArAyaru) were held at Austin at the residence

of Smt and Sri. Ajaya Durg on Saturday, 14thJuly.

 

The program started off at 9:00 AM with the recitation of

PrAthasmarane ShlOkhas. The pUja was started with the rendition of

Sri Narasimha Stuthi composed by Sri Trivikrama pandithAchAryaru and

Sri NrsimhAshtakam composed by Sri.VijayIndra ThIrtharu. Then amidst

chanting of HariVAyu Stuthi, Purusha Sooktha, Narayana Sookta,

TaiitriyOpanishad and Vishnu sahasranAma, sAligrAma abhishEka was

performed by Sri. JV Achar. Sri.Achar also explained the pUja

paddhati for the benefit of the audiece. This was followed by the

recitation of Sumadhwa vijaya (First sarga and twenty four shlokhAs

of second sarga). Sri.Achar also explained the meaning of a few

important shlokhAs. Later, SrimadhAchArya's AnubhAshya, dvAdasha

StOtra and dashAvatara Stuthi were chanted during naivEdya. During

the hAsthOdaka time, ShlokhAs composed on TeekArAyaru by the later

yathIs and the Nyayasudha stotram composed by Sri Vishnu Tiirtharu,

Sri SripAdarAjAshtakam composed by VyAsarAjaru and VijAyeendra

Stotram composed by Sri Setu Madhav were rendered.

 

By around 1:00 PM, ThIrtha prasAda prepared by Smt. Anita Durg and

Smt. Girija AchAr were served to the devotees. The prAsAda was

delightful and the traditional delicacies of ChAturmAsya brought the

fond memories of " maThada bhOjana " to the guests. Credit should go to

this dharmapathnis for their service to God and to the assembled

people.

 

After ThIrtha prasAda, tattva vichAra was started around 2:30 PM.

Sri.Ajaya Durg, Sri. Achar and Sridhari Hari gave a recount on the

life and works of the three yathIs. A very detailed and lively

discussion ensued on the course of this. This continued until 5:30 PM

and a lot of important points on madhva ShAshtra emerged out of these

discussions. This was followed by video play back of Sri

SripAdarAjara moola brindavana and the life story - narrated by the

moola brindavana archaka.

 

Taratamya bhajane was started around 6:00 PM; after a brief

intermission (tea break). DAsara padas composed on the yathIs by

various dAsAs were rendered and their meanings were elucidated. We

had a break inbetween, at 8:00 PM for evening SandhyAvandanam. The

bhajane was continued after SandhyAvandanam and Swasthi MangalArathi

was performed amidst traditional chanting of Mangala shlOkhAs by

around 9:30. Each dasara pada was followed by discussion of the

tatwas contained within the kritis.

 

By the grace of Sri HariVayuGurugalu, this satsangha was organized at

Austin by the VMS-HOUSTON (TEXAS) chapter, for the FIRST TIME. All

those families that attended the satsangha were very happy that they

could take part in this event. The whole of Saturday was very well

spent in a divine atmosphere.

 

Details on our next satsangha to celebrate the aaradhane of Sri

Raghavendra Swamy will be made known shortly.