Temples in dilapidated condition

April 11, 2007

adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam.

After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice,

other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis.

Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri". They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis.

Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities.

The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order.

Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res)

Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong.

dasan

sriraman

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition

http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats.Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com

TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV.

April 11, 2007

SrI:

Dear Sri Sriraman :

It is most welcome relief to know that ThirukkUdalUr dhivya

dEsam is covered by many AasthikAs .Thank you .

I have recieved and shared information about the ongoing Kaimakryams

at ThirukkUdalUr in bits and pieces . Yours is the most complete description

and is heartening .

None of us should be ploughing the same ground , especially when it'has been taken care of already .

We can fill the existing gaps .There is as you will agree plenty of "needy " situations to attend to .

Those who are knowledgable about local situation on the problem areas are

requested to share the information so that the energy is well spent to serve

the Lord .

V.Sadagopan

-

ramsri19

Oppiliappan

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:17 AM

Re: Temples in dilapidated condition

adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam.

After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice, other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis.

Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri". They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis.

Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities.

The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order.

Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res)

Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong.

dasan

sriraman

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition

http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats.Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com

TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV.

April 11, 2007

I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they

also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues. S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote: adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam. After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri

celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice, other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis. Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called

"Sagamapuri". They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis. Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present

during the activities. The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order. Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the

force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res) Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong. dasan sriraman Sent:

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats.Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV.

Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger

April 12, 2007

Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaVedics Foundation has also tried helping this divyadesam but couldnt continue due to the indifference showed by the archaka. We were paying the archaka to keep the temple open and not make sevarthis waiting. He happily took the money and never kept the temple open. When asked about it he was very indifferent and didnt even answer.

Vedics is supporting a lot of other divyadesa kainkaryams (Sri Velukkudi krishnan swami is in the advisory board of Vedics). For further details on the kainkaryams done by vedics please visit

www.vedics.net.Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/SumithraOn 11 Apr 2007 15:06:02 -0700, s Rajagopalan <

s11081946 wrote:

I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they

also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues.

S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote:

adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam.

After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri

celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of " Aslesha " from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice, other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis.

Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called

" Sagamapuri " . They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis.

Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present

during the activities. The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order.

Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the

force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res)

Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong.

dasan sriraman

<

(AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Sent:

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition

http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats.

Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at

http://www.cyberdef ender.com TV dinner still cooling?

Check out " Tonight's Picks " on TV. Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger

April 12, 2007

Sri Rajagopalan Swamin,

Thankful for the mail.

adiyen has since apprised Sri Bharti of Thirukkoodalur of your views. He seems to be aware of your trip ( about a year back) and did admit to the omissions. As mentioned earlier, a trust by name "Sangamapuri" has been formed by locals ( only a month old) and they are taking care of the kainkaryams, with the help of many sevarthis. Things are definitely better now, looks like.

As mentioned by you ( and also in adiyen's mail), the challenge is to make the Archakars present in the temple during the seva time - in mornings & evenings. Adiyen would urge all sevarthis and kainkaryaparas to visit Thirukkoodalur and do share their experiences in this forum and we are sure over a period we would be successful in making the archakars remain put at temple premises so that no sevarthi goes without having darshan of divyadesa dhampatis.

As for the cleanliness & up keep, steps have been taken and hope this is better than when it was during swamin's visit.

The point adiyen wanted to make here is that lot of fund, money et all is available and we are trying to see if a good system can be put in place to monitor and take care of the kainkaryams. Sangamapuri is an effort towards achieving that, wherin all the locals are involved.

As promised, adiyen shall post in a couple of weeks' time the list of various utsavams and kainkaryams done in Thirukkoodalur. Any of the sevarthis visiting Thirukkoodalur may please call up Sri Bharati, one of the founders and coordinator of the Trust in case of any difficulty, complaints and suggestions on Thirukkoodalur. If any one is held up at the temple premises and the archakar is not present, please do call up Sri Bharati on his mobile and he would attend to the sevartis immediately. Adiyen, with the help of many like minded sevarthis, is striving to make the Archakar commit the temple timinmgs in Thirukkoodalur and sure that we would be successful that shortly we can put up the timings of seva at the temple, with the contact details of persons to be contacted.

adiyen again urge all to shatre their experiences of visit so that we are all well informed of the kainkaryams and take appropriate view on further kainkaryams.

dasan

sriraman

s Rajagopalan <s11081946Oppiliappan Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 3:36:02 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition

I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they

also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues.

S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote:

adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam.

After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice,

other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis.

Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri" . They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis.

Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities.

The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order.

Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res)

Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong.

dasan

sriraman

< (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in> < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition

http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats.Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com

TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV.

Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger

Need Mail bonding?Go to the Mail Q&A for great tips from Answers users.

April 12, 2007

Sri:

adiyen was told of the kiankaryam by Vedics. adiyen is given to understand that the kainkaryams were pre-2003 mahasamprokshanam days. Infact, adiyen had the baghyam of attending a Sat evening goshti, during which "Chakkarapongal" was distributed and was told that Sriman Srikanth (if rememberance is right) from US and part of Vedics was involved in the kainkaryam.

Keeping Thirukkoodalur temple open is a problem which has been expressed in all our mails. We hope with all the current efforts, we would be in a position to achieve that and Sriman Narayana will help us and guide to serve Him and the sevarthis better.

dasan

Sriraman

Sumithra Varadarajan <sumivaradanOppiliappan ; ramanuja ; vanamamalai Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:20:39 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition

Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaVedics Foundation has also tried helping this divyadesam but couldnt continue due to the indifference showed by the archaka. We were paying the archaka to keep the temple open and not make sevarthis waiting. He happily took the money and never kept the temple open. When asked about it he was very indifferent and didnt even answer. Vedics is supporting a lot of other divyadesa kainkaryams (Sri Velukkudi krishnan swami is in the advisory board of Vedics). For further details on the kainkaryams done by vedics please visit www.vedics.net.Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/ Sumithra

On 11 Apr 2007 15:06:02 -0700, s Rajagopalan < s11081946 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote:

I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they

also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues.

S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote:

adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam.

After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice,

other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis.

Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri". They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis.

Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities.

The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order.

Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res)

Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong.

dasan

sriraman

< (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition

http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats. Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com

TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV.

Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger

Be a PS3 game guru.Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Games.

April 12, 2007

Sri:

Sri U.Ve. Sadagopan Swamin:

dasoham

adiyen, as promised, shall give the details of the kainkaryams at Thirukkoodalur divyadesam in a couple of weeks' time. In the meantime, adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and do report on their experiences. The challenge is definitely to make Archakas present in the temple all the time, to serve the sevarthis. we do have all dravyams and unstinted support of philanthrophic minded sevarthis. so money is definietely not an issue.

Sevarthis and other kainkaryaparas involed in kainkaryams of various divyadesams would definitely agree that it is the system or a few individuals/ archakars ( problems are different for different divyadesams) that make things worse in divyadesams like Kapisthalam and Sirupuliyur too.

Btw, adiyen is told that Sri U.Ve. Velukkudi Swamin has been doing something for Sirupuliyur. Shall revert if any detials are known.

dasan

sriraman

Dr. Sadagopan <yennappanOppiliappan Cc: divya desam ; Vasudevan Varahachary <mailvasutodayWednesday, April 11, 2007 9:49:03 PMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition

SrI:

Dear Sri Sriraman :

It is most welcome relief to know that ThirukkUdalUr dhivya

dEsam is covered by many AasthikAs .Thank you .

I have recieved and shared information about the ongoing Kaimakryams

at ThirukkUdalUr in bits and pieces . Yours is the most complete description

and is heartening .

None of us should be ploughing the same ground , especially when it'has been taken care of already .

We can fill the existing gaps .There is as you will agree plenty of "needy " situations to attend to .

Those who are knowledgable about local situation on the problem areas are

requested to share the information so that the energy is well spent to serve

the Lord .

V.Sadagopan

-

ramsri19

Oppiliappan

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:17 AM

Re: Temples in dilapidated condition

adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam.

After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice,

other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis.

Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri" . They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis.

Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities.

The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order.

Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res)

Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong.

dasan

sriraman

< (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in> < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition

http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats.Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com

TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV.

Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debatein the Answers Food Drink Q&A.

April 12, 2007

Dear ramsri, I am Vasudevan and my mob. no, is 94438 94741. Kindly contact me 2 day around 18hrs. I will comr 2 your place on 15th. This is OUR work. If not WE who, if not NOW whenramsri19 wrote: Sri: Sri U.Ve. Sadagopan Swamin: dasoham adiyen, as promised, shall give the details of the kainkaryams at Thirukkoodalur divyadesam in a couple of weeks' time. In the meantime, adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and do report on their experiences. The challenge is definitely to make Archakas present in the temple all the time, to serve the sevarthis. we do have all dravyams and unstinted support of philanthrophic minded sevarthis. so money is definietely not an issue. Sevarthis and other kainkaryaparas involed in kainkaryams of various divyadesams would definitely agree that it is the system or a few individuals/ archakars ( problems are different for different divyadesams) that make things worse in divyadesams like Kapisthalam and Sirupuliyur too. Btw, adiyen is told that Sri U.Ve. Velukkudi Swamin has been doing something for Sirupuliyur. Shall revert if any detials are known. dasan sriraman Dr. Sadagopan <yennappan (AT) computer (DOT) net>Oppiliappan Cc: divya desam ; Vasudevan Varahachary <mailvasutoday >Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:49:03 PMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition SrI: Dear Sri Sriraman : It is most welcome relief to know that ThirukkUdalUr dhivya dEsam is covered by many AasthikAs .Thank you

.. I have recieved and shared information about the ongoing Kaimakryams at ThirukkUdalUr in bits and pieces . Yours is the most complete description and is heartening . None of us should be ploughing the same ground , especially when it'has been taken care of already . We can fill the existing gaps .There is as you will agree plenty of "needy " situations to attend to . Those who are knowledgable about local situation on the problem areas are requested to share the information so that the energy is well spent to serve the Lord . V.Sadagopan - ramsri19 Oppiliappan Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:17 AM Re: Temples in dilapidated condition adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam. After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been

instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice, other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis. Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri" . They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis. Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities. The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have

darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order. Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res) Please do pardon me if

adiyen has stated anything wrong. dasan sriraman < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in> < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154

..aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats.Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV. Food fight? Enjoy some

healthy debatein the Answers Food Drink Q & A.

Don't be flakey. Get Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends.

April 12, 2007

I will be there on 15th of this month along with Sri. Rajagopalan Swami WE will sort it out God is with us Nobody is against us.--Vasudevan Varahachary Ayyengarramsri19 wrote: Sri: adiyen was told of the kiankaryam by Vedics. adiyen is given to understand that the kainkaryams were pre-2003 mahasamprokshanam days. Infact, adiyen had the baghyam of attending a Sat evening goshti, during which "Chakkarapongal" was distributed and was told that Sriman Srikanth (if rememberance is right) from US and part of Vedics was involved in the kainkaryam. Keeping Thirukkoodalur temple open is a problem which has been expressed in all our mails. We hope with all the current efforts, we would be in a position to achieve that and Sriman Narayana will help us and guide to serve Him and the sevarthis better. dasan Sriraman Sumithra Varadarajan <sumivaradan >Oppiliappan ; ramanuja ; vanamamalai Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:20:39 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaVedics Foundation has also tried helping this divyadesam but couldnt continue due to the indifference showed by the archaka. We were paying the archaka to keep the temple open and not make sevarthis waiting. He happily took the money and never kept the temple open. When asked about it he was very indifferent

and didnt even answer. Vedics is supporting a lot of other divyadesa kainkaryams (Sri Velukkudi krishnan swami is in the advisory board of Vedics). For further details on the kainkaryams done by vedics please visit www.vedics.net.Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/ Sumithra On 11 Apr 2007 15:06:02 -0700, s Rajagopalan < s11081946 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes

for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All

claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues. S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote: adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam. After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama

Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice, other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis. Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri". They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis. Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit

Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities. The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time.

We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order. Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res) Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong. dasan sriraman < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats. Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV. Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger Be a PS3 game guru.Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Games.

8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Search movie showtime shortcut.

April 12, 2007

Sriraman Swamy, It is indeed very kind 0f you, to tolerate rude sevarthis like me, who always get annoyed when we visit a divyadesam and find indifferent attitude from the Bhattars. To hear that the conditions have since improved after my last visit, Sevarthis like me will whole heartedly thank you and all those who have made it possible. I appreciate you and the team which were involved in this noble task. Kindly examine the possibility of involving local children doing "NAMA SANGIRTHANA" in the evenings daily. Also the sthala Vrisham, Pala maram having that shanku has to be watered regularly and underneath of the tree cleaned regularly which act will add divinity and attract sevarthis attention.Very recently I read about Thirukkudalur Kshetram and Kollidam River. I was wondering why such a Divyadesam has become lamentable. I am very happy indeed

to hear the greatest news of the day and look forward to have Darshan of Jagathralshaga Perumal at the earliest. Thankyou once again for the good News, My sincere regards, S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote: Sri Rajagopalan Swamin, Thankful for the mail. adiyen has since apprised Sri Bharti of Thirukkoodalur of your views. He seems to be aware of your trip ( about a year back) and did admit to the omissions. As mentioned earlier, a trust by

name "Sangamapuri" has been formed by locals ( only a month old) and they are taking care of the kainkaryams, with the help of many sevarthis. Things are definitely better now, looks like. As mentioned by you ( and also in adiyen's mail), the challenge is to make the Archakars present in the temple during the seva time - in mornings & evenings. Adiyen would urge all sevarthis and kainkaryaparas to visit Thirukkoodalur and do share their experiences in this forum and we are sure over a period we would be successful in making the archakars remain put at temple premises so that no sevarthi goes without having darshan of divyadesa dhampatis. As for the cleanliness & up keep, steps have been taken and hope this is better than when it was during swamin's visit. The point adiyen wanted to make here is that lot of fund, money et all is available and we are trying to see if a good system can be put in place to monitor and take care of the kainkaryams. Sangamapuri is an effort towards achieving that, wherin all the locals are involved. As promised, adiyen shall post in a couple of weeks' time the list of various utsavams and kainkaryams done in Thirukkoodalur. Any of the

sevarthis visiting Thirukkoodalur may please call up Sri Bharati, one of the founders and coordinator of the Trust in case of any difficulty, complaints and suggestions on Thirukkoodalur. If any one is held up at the temple premises and the archakar is not present, please do call up Sri Bharati on his mobile and he would attend to the sevartis immediately. Adiyen, with the help of many like minded sevarthis, is striving to make the Archakar commit the temple timinmgs in Thirukkoodalur and sure that we would be successful that shortly we can put up the timings of seva at the temple, with the contact details of persons to be contacted. adiyen again urge all to shatre their experiences of visit so that we are all well informed of the kainkaryams and take appropriate view on further

kainkaryams. dasan sriraman s Rajagopalan <s11081946 (AT) (DOT) co.in>Oppiliappan Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 3:36:02 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening

the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable

condition continues. S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote: adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam. After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice,

other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis. Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri" . They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis. Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen

shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities. The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long

way to go in keeping things in order. Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res) Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong. dasan sriraman < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in> < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats.Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV. Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger Need Mail bonding?Go to the Mail Q & A for great tips from Answers users.

Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger

April 17, 2007

Dear Everyone, Please accept my Pranams I am an avid reader of this Group and have been writing very rarely as my knowledge is very limited compared to those writing on this forum I think we have narrowed down on the reason of the dilapidated condition of our DDs after so much of discussions. IT IS WE and US NOT VISITING these kshetrams has brought it to the present status as all of us are busy with our lives chasing loukeekams and are loaded with many problems both at home and at work, which definitely not gives us room to visit DDs instead during weekends we try to go some resort and relax to let out our tension. Instead if we make it a point to visit DDs during weekends (as lot of companies have resorted to 5 days a week) and pray to Divyadhampathis, it will automatically generate cash to the Bhattars, revenue to the temple(first time we

go we may put in some money in Hundi and we may have something in mind to fulfil and if done we may spend money for Thaligai, etc or sevais the next time). It will also increase the tourism in that city/area and make the local hotels/restaurants richer(it is a comparative statement) who will have some more money to spend and they or their wives will spend some part of it to the temple. Also if we visit the temple, we may like to buy some local goods and those local industry will also start flourishing. The main reason I concluded from my experience is we have moved away from Towns/Villages and moved to Cities and further, we have moved away from Tamil Nadu as we all know lot of Vaishnavites are spread throughout the world, including me(why to spare me). Even if we come during vacations, we will have enough items in the list to skip the DDs. Further, in today's world, please correct me if I am wrong, we would like

to sit back and watch TV / DVD instead of physically visiting the DDs especially the older generation as we have all comforts in our house and they have done enough running around during their working years(as most of the mothers are working mothers nowadays). All these cumulatively over the period of time have hit hard those DDs and we have to blame ourselves for the present condition. So I feel that we all should visit DDs regularly (maybe form itenary for Naadus every time ) . Make sure that we give our parents enough enthusiasm to make them visit DDs regularly like providing car/good boarding/lodging facility. I strongly feel by doing the above, the conditions of DD will improve dramatically. I am not finding fault or doing anything like that for the efforts put in by you all. It is a very great and commendable effort. I am not undermining the efforts. Please do not misread

me. I am just giving another suggestion which I feel will help the DDs greatly. Adiyen Dasan Kannan Vasudevan Varahachary <mailvasutoday wrote: I will be there on 15th of this month along with Sri. Rajagopalan Swami WE will sort it out God is with us Nobody is against us.--Vasudevan Varahachary Ayyengarramsri19 wrote: Sri: adiyen was told of the kiankaryam by Vedics. adiyen is given to understand that the kainkaryams were pre-2003 mahasamprokshanam days. Infact, adiyen had the baghyam of attending a Sat evening goshti, during which "Chakkarapongal" was distributed and was told that Sriman Srikanth (if rememberance is right) from US and part of Vedics was involved in the kainkaryam. Keeping Thirukkoodalur temple open is a problem which has been expressed in all our mails. We hope with all the current efforts, we would be in a position to achieve that and Sriman Narayana will help us and guide to serve Him and the sevarthis better. dasan Sriraman Sumithra Varadarajan <sumivaradan >Oppiliappan ; ramanuja ; vanamamalai Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:20:39 AMRe: Temples

in dilapidated condition Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaVedics Foundation has also tried helping this divyadesam but couldnt continue due to the indifference showed by the archaka. We were paying the archaka to keep the temple open and not make sevarthis waiting. He happily took the money and never kept the temple open. When asked about it he was very indifferent and didnt even answer. Vedics is supporting a lot of other divyadesa kainkaryams (Sri Velukkudi krishnan swami is in the advisory board of Vedics). For further details on the kainkaryams done by vedics please visit www.vedics.net.Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/ Sumithra On 11 Apr 2007 15:06:02 -0700, s Rajagopalan <

s11081946 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this

important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues. S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote: adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam. After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar

is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice, other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis. Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri". They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam

a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis. Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities. The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order. Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003

renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res) Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong. dasan sriraman < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats. Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV. Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger Be a PS3 game guru.Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Games. 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no timewith the Search movie showtime shortcut.

Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out

new cars at Autos.

April 18, 2007

Sriman Kannan SAmpaths BHAKTHI TOURISM is a good idea. Already no of Bakthas are doing it. I have seen groups of people visiting temples during week ends in vans etc. TV, News papers and magazines are giving the much needed publicity. Bhattachars, local Auto operators have told me that Bakthas nos have increased. One heridity trustee privately confessed that Bhattars are getting better renumeration(Thattu Collection) now. But basically what is needed is facilities for sevarthis who visit for worship.If such facilities are available, they will not hurry back and will prolong their stay. In turn it will lead to physical kainkaryam or say shramadhan like cleaning the temple premises/garden, praharams etc. A number of Seva Groups also arrange such shramadhan once in a month in different temples. With more facilities are available, more sevarthis will visit which will lead to prosperity in the divyadesams. SRG S RAJAGOPALANKANNAN SAMPATH <ittblazers_in wrote: Dear Everyone, Please accept my Pranams I am an avid reader of this Group and have been writing very rarely as my knowledge is very limited compared to those writing on this forum I think we have narrowed down on the reason of the dilapidated condition of our DDs after so much of discussions. IT IS WE and US NOT VISITING these kshetrams has brought it to the present status as all of us are busy with our lives chasing loukeekams and are loaded with many problems both at home

and at work, which definitely not gives us room to visit DDs instead during weekends we try to go some resort and relax to let out our tension. Instead if we make it a point to visit DDs during weekends (as lot of companies have resorted to 5 days a week) and pray to Divyadhampathis, it will automatically generate cash to the Bhattars, revenue to the temple(first time we go we may put in some money in Hundi and we may have something in mind to fulfil and if done we may spend money for Thaligai, etc or sevais the next time). It will also increase the tourism in that city/area and make the local hotels/restaurants richer(it is a comparative statement) who will have some more money to spend and they or their wives will spend some part of it to the temple. Also if we visit the temple, we may like to buy some local goods and those local industry will also start flourishing. The main reason I concluded from my experience is

we have moved away from Towns/Villages and moved to Cities and further, we have moved away from Tamil Nadu as we all know lot of Vaishnavites are spread throughout the world, including me(why to spare me). Even if we come during vacations, we will have enough items in the list to skip the DDs. Further, in today's world, please correct me if I am wrong, we would like to sit back and watch TV / DVD instead of physically visiting the DDs especially the older generation as we have all comforts in our house and they have done enough running around during their working years(as most of the mothers are working mothers nowadays). All these cumulatively over the period of time have hit hard those DDs and we have to blame ourselves for the present condition. So I feel that we all should visit DDs regularly (maybe form itenary for Naadus every time ) . Make sure that we give our parents enough enthusiasm

to make them visit DDs regularly like providing car/good boarding/lodging facility. I strongly feel by doing the above, the conditions of DD will improve dramatically. I am not finding fault or doing anything like that for the efforts put in by you all. It is a very great and commendable effort. I am not undermining the efforts. Please do not misread me. I am just giving another suggestion which I feel will help the DDs greatly. Adiyen Dasan Kannan Vasudevan Varahachary <mailvasutoday > wrote: I will be there on 15th of this month along with Sri. Rajagopalan Swami WE will sort it out God is with us Nobody is against us.--Vasudevan Varahachary

Ayyengarramsri19 wrote: Sri: adiyen was told of the kiankaryam by Vedics. adiyen is given to understand that the kainkaryams were pre-2003 mahasamprokshanam days. Infact, adiyen had the baghyam of attending a Sat evening goshti, during which "Chakkarapongal" was distributed and was told that Sriman Srikanth (if rememberance is right) from US and part of Vedics was involved in the kainkaryam. Keeping Thirukkoodalur temple open is a problem which has been expressed in all our mails. We hope with all the current efforts, we would be in a position to achieve that and Sriman Narayana will help us and guide to serve Him and the sevarthis better. dasan Sriraman Sumithra Varadarajan <sumivaradan >Oppiliappan ; ramanuja ;

vanamamalai Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:20:39 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaVedics Foundation has also tried helping this divyadesam but couldnt continue due to the indifference showed by the archaka. We were paying the archaka to keep the temple open and not make sevarthis waiting. He happily took the money and never kept the temple open. When asked about it he was very indifferent and didnt even answer. Vedics is supporting a lot of other divyadesa kainkaryams (Sri Velukkudi krishnan swami is in the advisory board of Vedics). For further details on the kainkaryams done by vedics please visit www.vedics.net.Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/ Sumithra On 11 Apr 2007 15:06:02 -0700, s Rajagopalan < s11081946 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam

from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues. S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote: adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam. After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice,

other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis. Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri". They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis. Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly,

adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities. The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is

a long way to go in keeping things in order. Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res) Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong. dasan sriraman < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats. Version 2.0 / Build

3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV. Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger Be a PS3 game guru.Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Games. 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no timewith the Search movie showtime shortcut. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?Check out new cars at Autos.

Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger

April 18, 2007

namaskarams to every one. the points touched by dasan kannan is well taken. now tat tourism is flourishing industry in TAMIL NADU with several tourist taxi operators in nd around every little nd bigger citieis, towns nd villages. the only thing tat is wanting is the mind to visit the DDs nd hav the darshan of the divvya thampathis. of course the archakas of the DDs shd maintain the timings. if these two concerns r addressed every thing as per dasan kannan wil follow automatically. i pray to the divvya thampathis to make every one to visit the DDs nd the archakas to maintain the timings. - dasan narayanasamy.

KANNAN SAMPATH <ittblazers_inOppiliappan Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:22:47 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition

Dear Everyone,

Please accept my Pranams

I am an avid reader of this Group and have been writing very rarely as my knowledge is very limited compared to those writing on this forum

I think we have narrowed down on the reason of the dilapidated condition of our DDs after so much of discussions. IT IS WE and US NOT VISITING these kshetrams has brought it to the present status as all of us are busy with our lives chasing loukeekams and are loaded with many problems both at home and at work, which definitely not gives us room to visit DDs instead during weekends we try to go some resort and relax to let out our tension.

Instead if we make it a point to visit DDs during weekends (as lot of companies have resorted to 5 days a week) and pray to Divyadhampathis, it will automatically generate cash to the Bhattars, revenue to the temple(first time we go we may put in some money in Hundi and we may have something in mind to fulfil and if done we may spend money for Thaligai, etc or sevais the next time). It will also increase the tourism in that city/area and make the local hotels/restaurants richer(it is a comparative statement) who will have some more money to spend and they or their wives will spend some part of it to the temple. Also if we visit the temple, we may like to buy some local goods and those local industry will also start flourishing. The main reason I concluded from my experience is we have moved away from Towns/Villages and moved to Cities and further, we have moved away from Tamil Nadu as we all know lot of Vaishnavites are spread throughout the

world, including me(why to spare me). Even if we come during vacations, we will have enough items in the list to skip the DDs.

Further, in today's world, please correct me if I am wrong, we would like to sit back and watch TV / DVD instead of physically visiting the DDs especially the older generation as we have all comforts in our house and they have done enough running around during their working years(as most of the mothers are working mothers nowadays). All these cumulatively over the period of time have hit hard those DDs and we have to blame ourselves for the present condition.

So I feel that we all should visit DDs regularly (maybe form itenary for Naadus every time ) . Make sure that we give our parents enough enthusiasm to make them visit DDs regularly like providing car/good boarding/lodging facility.

I strongly feel by doing the above, the conditions of DD will improve dramatically. I am not finding fault or doing anything like that for the efforts put in by you all. It is a very great and commendable effort. I am not undermining the efforts. Please do not misread me. I am just giving another suggestion which I feel will help the DDs greatly.

Adiyen

Dasan

Kannan

Vasudevan Varahachary <mailvasutoday@ > wrote:

I will be there on 15th of this month along with Sri. Rajagopalan Swami WE will sort it out

God is with us Nobody is against us.--Vasudevan Varahachary Ayyengarramsri19 wrote:

Sri:

adiyen was told of the kiankaryam by Vedics. adiyen is given to understand that the kainkaryams were pre-2003 mahasamprokshanam days. Infact, adiyen had the baghyam of attending a Sat evening goshti, during which "Chakkarapongal" was distributed and was told that Sriman Srikanth (if rememberance is right) from US and part of Vedics was involved in the kainkaryam.

Keeping Thirukkoodalur temple open is a problem which has been expressed in all our mails. We hope with all the current efforts, we would be in a position to achieve that and Sriman Narayana will help us and guide to serve Him and the sevarthis better.

dasan

Sriraman

Sumithra Varadarajan <sumivaradan@ gmail.com>Oppiliappan; ramanuja@ s.com; vanamamalaiThursday, April 12, 2007 6:20:39 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition

Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaVedics Foundation has also tried helping this divyadesam but couldnt continue due to the indifference showed by the archaka. We were paying the archaka to keep the temple open and not make sevarthis waiting. He happily took the money and never kept the temple open. When asked about it he was very indifferent and didnt even answer. Vedics is supporting a lot of other divyadesa kainkaryams (Sri Velukkudi krishnan swami is in the advisory board of Vedics). For further details on the kainkaryams done by vedics please visit www.vedics.net.Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/ Sumithra

On 11 Apr 2007 15:06:02 -0700, s Rajagopalan < s11081946 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote:

I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they

also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues.

S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote:

adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam.

After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice,

other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis.

Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri" . They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis.

Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities.

The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order.

Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res)

Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong.

dasan

sriraman

< (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition

http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats. Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com

TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV.

Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger

Be a PS3 game guru.Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Games.

8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no timewith the Search movie showtime shortcut.

Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?Check out new cars at Autos.

Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out

new cars at Autos.

April 18, 2007

Dear Sriman Rajagopalan, It again boils down to the fact that we all lack patience and all our itenary are packed. Why should we not consider that we have more time to be with our dear Narayana if the Bhattar is not there and our Dear God wants us to be with Him for more time. Why should we not use that time to recite Vedams or Divya Prabhandam or start reciting Sahasranamam(lot of people will join you for sure in the recitation) and it may become a routine for all you know and you would have started a practice without your knowledge....or go around the temple and its Praharams and we may gain more knowledge about our Traditions and the History.... I strongly feel, only if He allows us to see we can see Him at his appointed time and not our appointed time. Please correct me if I am wrong. I can give you umpteen examples from my personal life on this but it will be out of context. So

please do not blame Bhattars, and kindly understand that He wants us to spend more time with Him in His Premises. Actually, I wanted to write these yesterday itself, but somehow missed it. Since that you pointed out I thought I will write. That is His Mahimai Vachaha Doshaha Kshandavyaha With Pranams, AdiyenKannans Rajagopalan <s11081946 wrote: Sriman Kannan SAmpaths

BHAKTHI TOURISM is a good idea. Already no of Bakthas are doing it. I have seen groups of people visiting temples during week ends in vans etc. TV, News papers and magazines are giving the much needed publicity. Bhattachars, local Auto operators have told me that Bakthas nos have increased. One heridity trustee privately confessed that Bhattars are getting better renumeration(Thattu Collection) now. But basically what is needed is facilities for sevarthis who visit for worship.If such facilities are available, they will not hurry back and will prolong their stay. In turn it will lead to physical kainkaryam or say shramadhan like cleaning the temple premises/garden, praharams etc. A number of Seva Groups also arrange such shramadhan once in a month in different temples. With more facilities are available, more sevarthis will visit which will lead to prosperity in the divyadesams. SRG S RAJAGOPALANKANNAN SAMPATH <ittblazers_in > wrote: Dear Everyone, Please accept my Pranams I am an avid reader of this Group and have been writing very rarely as my knowledge is very limited compared to those writing on this forum I think we have narrowed down on the reason of the dilapidated condition of our DDs after so much of discussions. IT IS WE and US NOT VISITING these kshetrams has brought it to the present status as all of us are busy with our lives chasing loukeekams and are loaded with many problems both at home and at work, which definitely not gives us room to visit DDs instead during weekends we try to go some resort and relax to let out our tension. Instead if we make it a point to visit DDs during weekends (as lot of companies have resorted to 5 days a week) and pray to

Divyadhampathis, it will automatically generate cash to the Bhattars, revenue to the temple(first time we go we may put in some money in Hundi and we may have something in mind to fulfil and if done we may spend money for Thaligai, etc or sevais the next time). It will also increase the tourism in that city/area and make the local hotels/restaurants richer(it is a comparative statement) who will have some more money to spend and they or their wives will spend some part of it to the temple. Also if we visit the temple, we may like to buy some local goods and those local industry will also start flourishing. The main reason I concluded from my experience is we have moved away from Towns/Villages and moved to Cities and further, we have moved away from Tamil Nadu as we all know lot of Vaishnavites are spread throughout the world, including me(why to spare me). Even if we come during vacations, we will have enough items in the list to skip the

DDs. Further, in today's world, please correct me if I am wrong, we would like to sit back and watch TV / DVD instead of physically visiting the DDs especially the older generation as we have all comforts in our house and they have done enough running around during their working years(as most of the mothers are working mothers nowadays). All these cumulatively over the period of time have hit hard those DDs and we have to blame ourselves for the present condition. So I feel that we all should visit DDs regularly (maybe form itenary for Naadus every time ) . Make sure that we give our parents enough enthusiasm to make them visit DDs regularly like providing car/good boarding/lodging facility. I strongly feel by doing the above, the conditions of DD will improve dramatically. I am not finding fault or doing anything like that for the efforts put in by you all.

It is a very great and commendable effort. I am not undermining the efforts. Please do not misread me. I am just giving another suggestion which I feel will help the DDs greatly. Adiyen Dasan Kannan Vasudevan Varahachary <mailvasutoday > wrote: I will be there on 15th of this month along with Sri. Rajagopalan Swami WE will sort it out God is with us Nobody is against us.--Vasudevan Varahachary Ayyengarramsri19 wrote: Sri: adiyen was told of the kiankaryam by Vedics. adiyen is given to understand that the kainkaryams were pre-2003 mahasamprokshanam days. Infact, adiyen had the baghyam of attending a Sat evening goshti, during which "Chakkarapongal" was distributed and was told that Sriman Srikanth (if rememberance is right) from US and part of Vedics was involved in the kainkaryam. Keeping Thirukkoodalur temple open is a problem which has been expressed in all our mails. We hope with all the current efforts, we would be in a position to achieve that and Sriman

Narayana will help us and guide to serve Him and the sevarthis better. dasan Sriraman Sumithra Varadarajan <sumivaradan >Oppiliappan ; ramanuja ; vanamamalai Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:20:39 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaVedics Foundation has also tried helping this divyadesam but couldnt continue due to the indifference showed

by the archaka. We were paying the archaka to keep the temple open and not make sevarthis waiting. He happily took the money and never kept the temple open. When asked about it he was very indifferent and didnt even answer. Vedics is supporting a lot of other divyadesa kainkaryams (Sri Velukkudi krishnan swami is in the advisory board of Vedics). For further details on the kainkaryams done by vedics please visit www.vedics.net.Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/ Sumithra On 11 Apr 2007 15:06:02 -0700, s Rajagopalan < s11081946 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they

also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues. S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote: adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam. After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from 2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like

minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice, other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis. Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri". They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis. Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities. The Archkar lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most

of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order. Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res) Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong. dasan sriraman < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats. Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV. Check out what you're missing if you're not on

Messenger Be a PS3 game guru.Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Games. 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no timewith the Search movie showtime shortcut. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?Check out new cars at Autos. Check out what you're missing if you're not on Messenger

Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out

new cars at Autos.

April 18, 2007

Dear Sriman Narayanasamy, If there are going to be regular flow of visitors to the temple, what do you think will be the reason for Bhattar coming late as it is his only job and he knows if he is there on time he will get enough money to keep his family running. It still boils down to all of us shunning to go to DDs.... Please correct me if I am wrong. Adiyen Kannannarayanasamy rathinampillai <samy_n43 wrote: namaskarams to every one. the points touched by dasan kannan is well taken. now tat tourism is flourishing industry in TAMIL NADU with several tourist taxi operators in nd around every little nd bigger citieis, towns nd villages. the only thing tat is wanting is the mind to visit the DDs nd hav the darshan of the divvya thampathis. of course the archakas of the DDs shd maintain the timings. if these two concerns r addressed every thing as per dasan kannan wil follow automatically. i pray to the divvya thampathis to make every one to visit the DDs nd the archakas to maintain the timings. - dasan narayanasamy. -----

Original Message ----KANNAN SAMPATH <ittblazers_in >Oppiliappan Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:22:47 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition Dear Everyone, Please accept my Pranams I am an avid reader of this Group and have been writing very rarely as my knowledge is very limited compared to those writing on this forum I think we have narrowed down on the reason of the dilapidated condition of our DDs after so much of discussions. IT IS WE and US NOT VISITING these kshetrams has brought it to the present status as all of us are busy with our lives chasing loukeekams and are loaded with many problems both at home and at work, which definitely not gives us room to visit DDs instead during weekends we try to go some resort and relax to let out

our tension. Instead if we make it a point to visit DDs during weekends (as lot of companies have resorted to 5 days a week) and pray to Divyadhampathis, it will automatically generate cash to the Bhattars, revenue to the temple(first time we go we may put in some money in Hundi and we may have something in mind to fulfil and if done we may spend money for Thaligai, etc or sevais the next time). It will also increase the tourism in that city/area and make the local hotels/restaurants richer(it is a comparative statement) who will have some more money to spend and they or their wives will spend some part of it to the temple. Also if we visit the temple, we may like to buy some local goods and those local industry will also start flourishing. The main reason I concluded from my experience is we have moved away from Towns/Villages and moved to Cities and further, we have moved away from Tamil Nadu as we all know lot of

Vaishnavites are spread throughout the world, including me(why to spare me). Even if we come during vacations, we will have enough items in the list to skip the DDs. Further, in today's world, please correct me if I am wrong, we would like to sit back and watch TV / DVD instead of physically visiting the DDs especially the older generation as we have all comforts in our house and they have done enough running around during their working years(as most of the mothers are working mothers nowadays). All these cumulatively over the period of time have hit hard those DDs and we have to blame ourselves for the present condition. So I feel that we all should visit DDs regularly (maybe form itenary for Naadus every time ) . Make sure that we give our parents enough enthusiasm to make them visit DDs regularly like providing car/good boarding/lodging facility. I strongly feel

by doing the above, the conditions of DD will improve dramatically. I am not finding fault or doing anything like that for the efforts put in by you all. It is a very great and commendable effort. I am not undermining the efforts. Please do not misread me. I am just giving another suggestion which I feel will help the DDs greatly. Adiyen Dasan Kannan Vasudevan Varahachary <mailvasutoday@ > wrote: I will be there on 15th of this month along with Sri. Rajagopalan Swami WE will sort it out God is with us Nobody is against us.--Vasudevan Varahachary Ayyengarramsri19 wrote: Sri: adiyen was told of the kiankaryam by Vedics. adiyen is given to understand that the kainkaryams were pre-2003 mahasamprokshanam days. Infact, adiyen had the baghyam of attending a Sat evening goshti, during which "Chakkarapongal" was distributed and was told that Sriman Srikanth (if rememberance is right) from US and part of Vedics was involved in the kainkaryam. Keeping Thirukkoodalur temple open is a problem which has been expressed in all

our mails. We hope with all the current efforts, we would be in a position to achieve that and Sriman Narayana will help us and guide to serve Him and the sevarthis better. dasan Sriraman Sumithra Varadarajan <sumivaradan@ gmail.com>Oppiliappan; ramanuja@ s.com; vanamamalaiThursday, April 12, 2007 6:20:39 AMRe: Temples in dilapidated condition Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaVedics Foundation has also tried

helping this divyadesam but couldnt continue due to the indifference showed by the archaka. We were paying the archaka to keep the temple open and not make sevarthis waiting. He happily took the money and never kept the temple open. When asked about it he was very indifferent and didnt even answer. Vedics is supporting a lot of other divyadesa kainkaryams (Sri Velukkudi krishnan swami is in the advisory board of Vedics). For further details on the kainkaryams done by vedics please visit www.vedics.net.Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/ Sumithra On 11 Apr 2007 15:06:02 -0700, s Rajagopalan < s11081946 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: I had gone to this Thirukkudalur divyadesam twice, On both occasions I had bitter experiences. I had to waite till 10.30Am to have a darshan. Van drivers who carry sevarthis contact some one who comes for collecting donations. But the basic function of opening the temple at the scheduled time or enabling sevarthis have darshan is very much lacking. The temple premises stinks like any thing. The attention given by small urchins and the watch man is not given by responsible people. People who throng from far and near should not be made to waite for hours together by the locals. If the condition prevails sevarthis will skip this divyadesam from thier programme. The sense of Service is very much absent. If regular nithya Aradhani etc is ensured this important divyadesam will flourish like any thing. Outburst of sevarthis is definitely due to the negligence of temple authorities and

staff. I had discussed with some locals including local politicians and they also expressed thier helplessness. If the Bhattars are regular in conducting the routine tituals etc and keep the temple open as per schduled timings the divyadesam will have sevarthis support morally and monitarily. All claims narrated carry no meaning as long as the diplorable condition continues. S RAJAGOPALANramsri19 wrote: adiyen refer to the article on Chennai Online. adiyen would like to clarify certain facts about Thirukkoodalur Divyadesam. After Mahasamprakshanam at Thirukkoodalur in June 2003, adiyen had the bhagyam of contributing to the festivities - monthly and annual - at Thirukkoodalur. Many sevarthis and paropakaris have been involved in maintaining the nandavanam. Pavithrothsavam was conducted in 2005 & 2006. navarathri celbrations have started in 2006. Monthly Thirumanjanam for Thayar is being conducted on days of "Aslesha" from August 2003. Thiruadi pooram , Rama Navami and various other festivals have been started from

2006. adiyen has the bagham to spearhead these activities with the help of like minded friends. Sri Krishna Premi Swamin has been instrumental in conduct of monthly Thirumanjanam for perumal for more than a decade. Officers of City Union Bank are conducting grand Thirumanjanam and Sahasranama Parayanam on every English New Year. Like wise, many festivities are being conducted. Rice, other provisions, ghee and other things needed for the daily conductn of pujas are offred by sevarthis on a monthly basis. Recently, the villagers have started a kainkarya Sabha called "Sagamapuri" . They have a current account at City Union Bank Kumbakonam a/c No.70713. They have completed recently the front mandapam at the temple, with the contributions from various sevarthis. Hence, adiyen was shocked to see the name of Thirukkoodalur being mentioned in the article. adiyen would urge sevarthis to visit Thirukkoodalur and have the darshan and paramanugraham of Jagthrakshaka Perumal. Shortly, adiyen shall share the details of all the daily, monthly and annual festivities that are bring conducted, with the name of the sevarthis sponsoring them. This shall help others to know about the kainkaryams and also not to duplicate the same. The funds could be utilised at other divyadesams. Also, it would help monitor the activities, as not all the donors are present during the activities. The Archkar

lives at Ganapathi Agraharam, about 3 kms from Thirukkoodalur. Most of the times, adiyen has heard from sevarthis that they could not have darshan as it was locked. adiyen has been urging the archkars - Venkatesan and Kasthuri, that some one should be there in the temple and they should notify the time. We have been unsuccessful and hence triggered many activities there. But still there is a long way to go in keeping things in order. Secretary of Sangamapuri is K.Bharathi, who has been involved in the renovation and restoration of the temple in 2003. Also, he has been the force behind building the front mandapam, which came down during 2003 renovation. He may be reached at +91 93443 03809 and +91 4374 243131 (res) Please do pardon me if adiyen has stated anything wrong. dasan sriraman < (AT) satyam (DOT) net.in>Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:49:45 AM Temples in dilapidated condition http://www.chennaio nline.com/ hotelsandtours/ Placesofworship/ 2007/04temple154 .aspCyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats. Version 2.0 / Build 3.03.16.00Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdef ender.com TV dinner still cooling?Check out "Tonight's Picks" on TV. Check out what

you're missing if you're not on Messenger Be a PS3 game guru.Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Games. 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no timewith the Search movie showtime shortcut. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?Check out new cars at Autos. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?Check out new cars at Autos.

Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out

new cars at Autos.

April 19, 2007

Kannan Swamin If Bhattar is not there Temple will not get opened in most of the Divyadesams located in villages. Having come from far off places and a tiring journey, you will find yourself in an awful situation. The journey is undertaken only to Be with Shriman Narayana. You can imagin the plight of old Sevarthis in such situation and that too in scorching summer. It is not correct to keep Sevarthis in miserable position and hope for their visits for the prosperity of the divyadesam. If the Bhattars can not stick to the Divyadesams timings and schedules, what for they are? S RAJAGOPALAN KANNAN SAMPATH <ittblazers_in wrote: Dear Sriman Rajagopalan, It again boils down to the fact that we all lack patience and all our itenary are packed. Why should we not consider that we have more time to be with our dear Narayana if the Bhattar is not there and our Dear God wants us to be with Him for more time. Why should we not use that time to recite Vedams or Divya Prabhandam or start reciting Sahasranamam(lot of people will join you for sure in the recitation) and it may become a routine for all you know and you would have started a practice without your knowledge....or go around the temple and its Praharams and we may gain more knowledge about our Traditions and the History.... I strongly feel, only if He allows us to see we can see Him at his appointed time and not our appointed time. Please correct me if I am wrong. I can give you umpteen examples from my personal life on this but it will be out of context. So please do not blame Bhattars, and kindly

understand that He wants us to spend more time with Him in His Premises. Actually, I wanted to write these yesterday itself, but somehow missed it. Since that you pointed out I thought I will write. That is His Mahimai Vachaha Doshaha Kshandavyaha With Pranams, AdiyenKannans Rajagopalan <s11081946 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote: Sriman Kannan SAmpaths BHAKTHI TOURISM is a good idea. Already no of Bakthas are doing it. I have seen groups of people visiting temples during week ends in vans etc. TV, News papers and magazines are giving the much needed publicity. Bhattachars, local Auto operators have told me that Bakthas nos have increased. One heridity trustee privately confessed that

Bhattars are getting better renumeration(Thattu Collection) now. But basically what is needed is facilities for sevarthis who visit for worship.If such facilities are available, they will not hurry back and will prolong their stay. In turn it will lead to physical kainkaryam or say shramadhan like cleaning the temple premises/garden, praharams etc. A number of Seva Groups also arrange such shramadhan once in a month in different temples. With more facilities are available, more sevarthis will visit which will lead to prosperity in the divyadesams. SRG S RAJAGOPALANKANNAN SAMPATH <ittblazers_in > wrote: Dear Everyone, Please accept my Pranams I am an avid reader of this Group and have been writing very rarely as my knowledge is very limited compared to those writing on this forum I think we have narrowed down on the reason of the dilapidated condition of our DDs after so much of discussions. IT IS WE and US NOT VISITING these kshetrams has brought it to the present status as all of us are busy with our lives chasing loukeekams and are loaded with many problems both at home and at work, which definitely not gives us room to visit DDs instead during weekends we try to go some resort and relax to let out our tension. Instead if we make it a point to visit DDs during weekends (as lot of companies have resorted to 5 days a week) and pray to