Very Urgent: Official update about Floods around Mantralayam from SRS MUTT

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Dear Devotees of Sri RAghavendra Swamy,

 

 

I have lot of good news to report from Mantralayam, Consider this an

Official email communication from Sri Raghavendra Swamy Matha,

I spoke to Vittal Joshi Avaru, Son in law of Swamiji of MAntralayam and here

is the latest news, he is directing operations for rescue

in Mantralayam. Here are facts, I will continue to keep you posted twice a

day until normal operations resume for PRO of Raghavendra Swamy Matha:

 

1)  Only 500 people remain in mantralayam on top of roof tops of Lodges

 

2)  Mantralayam Srinivas Devaru (installed by Guru Rayaru) mandir being in

top of hill, provided shelter for all the people from floods.

 

3)  Many food packets were dropped for people who are on rooftops

 

4) These people cannot be reached because helicopters are not able to get to

them.

 

5)  Sri Raghavendra Swamy Matha hired 6 helicopters to rescue people

 

6)  These helicopters flew 28 missions to rescue people from Mantralayam

rescuing many 1000s of people.

 

7)  Rescue mission started at 11 am on October 2nd 2009

 

8)  Sri Mantralayam Swamiji wanted all the sick, young kids to be saved

first before saving him

 

9)  From 11 am until 5 pm, All the sick, patshala Kids, Senior people and

devotees who needed help were airlifted

 

10) Swamiji of Mantralayam after requests made by many to be airlifted

before dusk, due to the risks involved in airlifting after dusk,Swamiji

agreed to airlifted last.

 

11) Swamiji did not Skip Single day of pooja to Moola Rama Devaru,  He

continues to do the Moola Rama Devaru Pooja from the place where he was

airlifted to.

 

12) Brindavana is not under water, the water has reached only upto the 2

steps that are used before climbing on to the Moola Brindavana.

 

13) Please see the latest pic from mantralayam to believe the truth :

http://www.gururaghavendra.net/srsmatha_floods.jpg

 

14) Team of SRS Matha management are trying to reach Mantralayam through

road to provide more food and water, but due to the roads being cut off they

are unable to reach Mantralayam

 

15)  Waters are staring to recede.

 

Please do not believe the rumors, Guru Raghavendra with the help Hari, Vayu

devaru are taking care of the situation in Mantralayam. Please wait for my

official updates that I receive from Vittal Joshi avaru who will communicate

with me on behalf of Sri RAghavendra Swamy Matha, Mantralayam.

 

Should you have any questions, please send them to me, I will speak to

Vittal Joshi Avaru and send out an official communiqué

 

 

In service of Hari, Vayu and Guru Rayaru

 

Rajaram

 

--- On Fri, 10/2/09, Rajaraman Nagarajan <rajaraman-n wrote:

 

> Rajaraman Nagarajan <rajaraman-n

> [iGRU]: Update: Urgent: Floods around Mantralayam

> Rajaraman-n

> Friday, October 2, 2009, 4:35 PM

> HARE SREENIVASA!

> ****************

>

> HARI SARVOTHAMA!!     

>    VAYOO JEVOTHAMA!!

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     

>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> MOOLA RAMO VIJAYATHE!!         

>         

>    GURURAJO VIJAYATHE!!

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         

>         

>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> OM SRI RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAHA!

> ****************************

> Dear All,

>

> Latest Updates, from direct source in Mantralayam:

>

> 1) Sri Raghavendra Swamy Matha Provided Soup for 3000

> people stranded in

> Mantralayam until, they could no longer cook to provide

> food to the stranded

> devotees.

>

> 2) Sri Swamiji of Mantralayam Raghavendra Swamy Matha was

> airlifted by

> helicopter from Mantralayam and is safe as reported by TV9

> Kannada news

> channel.

>

> 3) Sri Rajagopalachar, Secretary to the Swamiji is

> co-ordinating rescue

> efforts in Mantralayam.

>

> 4) Sri E. Vittal Joshi, son in law of Swamiji of Sri

> Raghavendra Swamy Matha

> is working with the Govt. to request Govt. to provide food,

> water to the

> stranded people in Mantralayam.

>

> Please do not head any rumors floating around about Flood

> situation in

> Mantralayam, I am trying my best to provide facts from

> Mantralayam.

>

> There is mass prayer at Bangalore 5th Block Jayanagar

> Raghavendra Swamy

> Matha, if you are interested and in bangalore please join

> the gathering.

>

> Please pray to Hari, Vayu and Guru Rayaru for the souls who

> are still

> trapped in Mantralayam that they be rescued on time.

> There are old people who are diabetics who need food, there

> are children who

> need support and help. All of them need to be saved.

>

>

> In service of hari, Vayu and Guru Rayaru

>

> Rajaram

>

> ---

> Received: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:37:57 AM EDT

> Rajaraman Nagarajan <Rajaraman-n

> Rajaraman-n

> [iGR]: Urgent : Floods around Mantralayam

>

> > HARE SREENIVASA!

> > ****************

> >

> > HARI SARVOTHAMA!!     

>    VAYOO JEVOTHAMA!!

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     

>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> > MOOLA RAMO VIJAYATHE!!       

>           

>    GURURAJO VIJAYATHE!!

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       

>           

>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> > OM SRI RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAHA!

> > ****************************

> > Dear All,

> > 

> > Though lot of conflicting reports are coming from all

> around. The last

> > official message I recieved from Raghunandandana

> Sharma PRO, SRS mutt

> > on

> 2nd

> > October 2009 at 00:05 am IST from mantralayam is that

> water has

> > entered the Garbha Gudi, but Rayaru brindavana is not

> under water,

> > Electricity Power is lost. He sent this message when

> his computer's

> > UPS was last alive. He was going to post pictures of

> the damage done

> > around mantralayam during dayime india time on October

> 2nd 2009, due

> > to loss of power and flooding he could

> not

> > post any further messages.This is the last official

> status.Telephone

> > lines

> to

> > Mantralayam Matha seems to severed.

> > Let us pray to Hari, Vayu and Guru Rayaru that all

> living beings in

> > Mantralayam are very safe, that is the only prime

> concern at this

> > moment.If

> I

> > get any official word from Mantralayam Sri Raghavendra

> Swamy Matha, I

> > will inform you all ASAP.

> >

> > In service of hari, Vayu and Guru Rayaru

> > 

> > Rajaram

> > 

> > > --- On Fri, 10/2/09, Pavan Kumar Benkal <pavanbenkal

> wrote:

> > >

> > > Pavan Kumar Benkal <pavanbenkal

> > > Re: [iGR]: Floods

> around Mantralayam

> > > MadhwaYuvaParishat

> > > Cc: Rajaraman-n,

>

> > > Friday, October 2, 2009, 3:56 AM

> > >

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > Situation in Mantralaya is really worst. I am in

> continues touch

> > > with my

> > relatives in Mantralaya. Rayara Brindavana and mutt

> are completely

> > sunk in water. Telephone and electricity connections

> are cut. They are

> > standing on

> top

> > of some buildings since yesterday night. HH Swamiji is

> safe. Water

> > level is continuously rising. We all should unite and

> act in such

> > situation to pressurize government to take quick

> rescue operations.

> > Let us pray to Shri Hari Vayu Gurugalu to take care of

> people in

> Mantralaya.

> > >

> > > --- On Thu, 1/10/09, Raghunandana <nandana18

> wrote:

> > >

> > > Raghunandana <nandana18

> > > [iGR]: Floods around Mantralayam

> > > Rajaraman-n

> > > Thursday, 1 October, 2009, 7:10  PM

> > >

> > > HARE SREENIVASA!

> > > ****************

> > >

> > > HARI SARVOTHAMA!!     

>    VAYOO JEVOTHAMA!!

> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     

>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> > > MOOLA RAMO VIJAYATHE!!       

>           

>    GURURAJO VIJAYATHE!!

> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       

>           

>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> > > OM SRI RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAHA!

> > > ****************************

> > >

> > > After a very long time its again high time for

> River Tungabhadra to

> > > flow

> in

> > > its highest speed. As the upper part of Karnataka

> is getting heavy

> > > rains,

> > the

> > > river and its tributeries are flowing beyond

> dangerous level! But at

> > > Mantralayam it has not turned up to be dangerous

> so far, how ever

> > > the

> rapid

> > > and random waves are hitting the back wall of the

> Mutt and the

> > > wanter has entered in  the passage between

> Mutt Prakaram and Ranga

> > > Sabhangana. All major roads connecting to

> Mantralayam are either

> > > submurged or damaged. Devotees

> > who

> > > are rushing to Mantralaya are advised to contact

> the following

> > > numbers

> > before

> > > starting trip to Mantralayam

> > >

> > > Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt

> > > 08512-279429/459/886

> > >

> > > Have a look here

> > > http://picasaweb.google.com/nandana18/FloodsAroundMantralayam

> >