Jai Sriman Narayana

June 23, 2007

SrI:

Dear Sri Anand :

Thank you for your mail .

I thank Sriman Murali Bhattar for

his trust in me.

I am sure that Sriman Vaasu VadhyAr would

help you a great deal . Some of these topics

would already have been covered in his archives.

I will respond online for Your 3 questions below :

-

anand r

yennappan ; vaideekam

Friday, June 22, 2007 11:03 AM

RE: Jai Sriman Narayana

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Appan Thiruvadigale Saranam

Dear Dr.Sadagopan,

Adiyaen received your e-mail id from Sri Murali Bhattar (www.srirangapankajam.com). I had written to him regarding a few queries of mine and he has directed me to you. Adiyaen's request is that you should kindly clarify these doubts of mine. I am giving here the questions as asked in my mail to Sri Murali Bhattar:

1. I am in UK as mentioned in my earlier mail, and there are very few SriVaishnavas here, and virtually none in my place...what do I do for Yajur Upakarma? Also...when will it be the time for Upakarma in this paart of the world?

Due to family circumstances adiyaen had a very late upanayanam (thankfully, due to Acharyan's love and kripa, had my Samashrayanam in SriPerumpudur, Udaiyavar's birthplace immediately after my upanayanam)...and this will be my 'Thalai Avani Avittam'.

The details of the Yajur UpAkarma Performance and some special aspects of observances for

Talai AavaNi avittam are coverd in a 27 [age e-book released last year . Pictures from Vaideekam

group is also included there . The URL for access and Printing is:

http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/ebook47,htm

Yajur Veda UpAkarma for UK and USA is Monday , Aug 27

Gayathri Japam day is Tuesday, Aug 28 .

2. adiyaen has been observing aahaara niyamam for the last four years, and with Sriman Narayana's grace, I find it okay to manage here where food of a Saatiwka nature is not easy to prepare. What would you advise in this regard?

I do not know where you are located . Most of the Towns/Cities have ingredients for cooking

Saathvika Food. Salads , Fruits , Lentils , Rice and Home prepared curry powders for Kuzhambu,

Rasam( Saathamudhu) , butter Milk, Yogurt , Idly , Dosai powders will easily fill up the menu .

SvaympAkam would be necessary . Occasional shopping forays to cities near you with

Indian ingredients for cooking ( Lentils of different kinds etc) backed up by material sent from

home would address needs in this area. There are a few VaishNavites in London , Cambridge

areas , who are members of Vaideekam ( Sri Rajan) , Ponnappan and SaraNAgathi as well as

Malolan groups , who can help you .By copy of this note , I am requesting them to contact you

to form a network .

3. The sunrise and sunset patterns here are weird...sunrise is early enough, but sunset seems to be taking a long time...nowadays at 9.45 P.M...so when should I perform saayam sandhya?

Adiyaen will not consume food or water before Sandhyavandhanam and as the evening stretches on, I am finding it difficult to stay awake after my Sandhyavandhanam for my research work. Please help me with these questions and I will take it that Srirangan himself has guided me through you.

Saayam Sandhya times are started just before Sunset and concluded at Sunset .

The sun rise,sun set dawn and dusk times are derivable for any location from gaisma.com/

for London :

http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/London.html

for Sydney :

http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/sydney.html

On June 23 , 2007 the Sunrise at London is at 4.43 AM and

the Sun set is at 9.22 PM ; the length of the day is 16.39 Hours ;

for this day , Dawn at London is at 3.55 AM and the dusk is at 22.10 PM;

the length of the day ( day light ) is 18.14 Hours .

With this kind of Sunrise (4.43 AM) and office times ( 9 AM to 5 PM) ,

You can not observe the suggested times for PrAtha: SandhyA or Saayam

SandhyA . If you wake up at 7 AM , you can offer an additional arghyam and that

takes care of not being able to perform Praatha: Sandhyaa at a time just

before Sunrise , when the stars can be seen .

It is not practical to do Saayam Sandhyaa at 9.22 PM , eat after ,

go to bed with a full stomach and get ready for next dy's work . If your peformance

of research work is affected by these late Sunsets , you can make a disconnect

between evening meals and performance of Saayam sandhyaa at local sun set

( an hour or so before Sunset ) . PalahAram /Tiifin can be also had in the evening

and regular meal after Saayam sandhyaa , although it is not healthy to eat that late .

The thought that you wish to perform SandhyA Vandhanam regularly is more important than abandoning it like many do . You may or may not stay in these Northern hemispheres permanently . You can regularize on return home at the end of your current stay overseas .

Our Compassionate Rishis and AchAryAs have given us additional arghyam

for delays and also sankalpam for missed saayam sandhyaa Vandhanam ,

when it is performed next day so that there is no discontinuity /lapse .

When in doubt , Your AchAryan is naturally the best guide .

Hope these comments help ,

Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

( Camp) New York .

Adiyaen Ramanuja Dasan

SARVAM SRIKRISHNAARPANAMASTHU!SARVAM SRIKRISHNAARPANAAMSTHU!

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