Shri Vijaya Dasara ArAdhane, Ekadashi and Shri UtthAna Dwadashi

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|| Shri Madhva varada Shri Tulasi dAmOdaraya namaha |||| Shri Vijaya Vittala Dasaraya Gurubhyo NamaH |||| Shri Shri 1008 Shri SuvidyEndra Theertha GurubhyO NamaH ||Dear Shri Vishnu Bhaktas,Next weekend is very auspicious. Here are some important dates:Saturday, 11/08/08 (kArtIka Shudha Dashami) : Sri Vijaya dAsAra AradhAne. Sri

Vijaya dAsaru is beleived to be Sri BruguRishi amshastharu. SriVijaya

dAsAsaru has composed close to about 25,000 compositions. SriVijaya

dAsAsaru has also composed hundreds of suladis and is famouslyknown as

Sri sulAdi dAsaru.End of ChaturmAsa vratha.For more details on Sri dAsaru, please visit this site:http://www.dvaita.org/haridasa/dasas/vijaya.htmlShri Shri 1008 Shri VidyAvachaspathi Theerthara Aradhane.ShriShri

1008 Shri VidyAvachaspathi Theertharu was a great scholar and

hadperformed more than 1000 Shrimadh Bhagavatha SapthAhas. Shri

ShripAdaravrundAvana is in ThiramkUdlu Narasipura at the samgama of

Shri Cauvery,Shri Kapila and Shri Spatika holy rivers. Here are some

nice picturesof Shri ShripAdara vrundAvana.http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vRRmJcA3BCxAH_wiir0bnAhttp://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lO3XnA44GlNDDhVYkJnPcw11/09/2008 - Ekadashi Sunday.11/10/2008 - UttAna dwAdashi Monday - Sri Tulasi dAmOdara vivAha.Dwadashi ends 07:08 AM PST / 10:08 AM EST.11/12/2008 - WednesdayKArtIka hunnime and dhAtri HavanaLetSri

Vijaya dAsara antaryAmi Sri Madhva varada Sri Vijaya Vittalaabhinna Sri

dAmOdhara Sri Krishna shower blessings on all of us.In the seva of Shri Hari, vAyu and Gurugalu,Bala KrishnaShri Tulasi vivAha and Shri dhAtri Mahima Sri Haraye Namaha ..Perform Sri devara pooja in the morning along with SriTulasi pooja. Dhatri fruit (Goose berry) is offered as naivedya. PlaceDhatri fruit near the Sri Tulasi plant and offer pooja. If possible,have 5 lamps lighted on top of dhatri i.e use ghee and cotton bathi tolight the deepa on the dhatri fruit and do the arati.In the evening hours, do special pooja to Sri Tulasi by keeping SriDevara pettige(box) underneath Sri Tulasi plant. There is a specialprocedure to do Sri Tulasi pooja (as described in the dasara pada below). Then,perform kalyAna of Sri Tulasi and Sri dAmOdara devaru as perprocedures. There is a beautiful song on Sri Tulasi kalyAna by SriPurandara dAsaru and is attached to this mail. The song explains allthe procedures to be done.DhAthri MahimaSri Dhatri is a very scared plant just as Sri Tulasi. All the devathasin Sri Tulasi are in Dhatri. It is said that even remembering SriDhatri is extremely auspecious, removes alakshmi and the person getsthe blessings of Sri Maha Lakshmi and Sri dAmOdara devaru. Dhatrihavana as per procedures is done between kArtIka shukla triyodashi andkArtIka bahula panchami(except Sunday) underneath Sri dhAtri tree.Why is Sri dhAtri so sacred?? When Sri chaturmukha Brahma devaru was born from Sri Anantha PadmanAbha devaru, Sri Brahma devaru did the tapa and had the darshana of our Lord Sri Hari. Out of extreme bliss andexcitement, ananda bhaspa rolled out of Sri Brahma devaru eyes. From theseananda bhaspa, was born Sri Dhatri plant. Sri Dhatri also has sannidhAna ofSri Maha Lakshmi and so it is very dear to our lord Sri Krishna devaru.Sri Purandara dAsaru song on Sri Tulasi kalyAnakalyANaM tulasI kalyANaM | pa |kalyANavE namma kRuShNa shrItulasigeballida shrIvAsudEvanige | a. pa |aMgaLadoLagella tulasiya vanamADishRuMgArava mADi shIGradiMdakaMgaLa pApava pariharisuva mudduraMga baMdalli tA nelesidanu | 1 |miMdu maDiyanuTTu saMdEhava biTTutaMda shrIgaMdha akShate gaLiMdasiMdhushayanana vRuMdAvanadi pUjisekuMdada bhAgyava koDutihaLu | 2 |bhakShya bhOjyaMgaLa naivEdyavanittulakShabattiya dIpava hacciadhOkShaja sahita vRuMdAvana pUjisesAkShAt mOkShava koDutihaLu | 3 |utthAnadvAdashI divasadiMdali kRuShNauttama tulasige vivAhavacittanirmalarAgi mADidavarigeuttama gati Iva puraMdaraviTThala | 4 |In the service of Sri Hari, vAyu and gurugalu,Bala Krishna