[RamanujaMission] Sri Krishanamchari

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Madame,

 

I am shocked to hear that Krishnamachari mama is no more

amongst us and has reached Srimad Thirukudandai Andavan's

lotus feet in Sri Vaikuntam.I came to know a few days back that

he was hospitalised.I was hoping that he would recover and

continue the yeoman service he was doing to Sri Vaishnava

community. I still remember the discussions we had at Sri

Srinivasa temple at Aurora During Sri Swamy Desikan Thirunanshatram

in September '07 when I was introduced to him by my uncle Devanathan.

Please accept my heartfelt condolences and I pray that Emperuman

gives you the courage in this period.

We shall never forget his contribution to Sri Vaishnava community.

 

With regards,

 

Dasan Vasudevan

Bangalore

 

 

 

 

Kalyani Krishnamachari <kkrishnamachariandavan ; ; oppiliappan ; azhwar ; chicago-local-group Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:20:34 PM[RamanujaMission] Sri Krishanamchari

 

namaskaram. It is overwhelming to read all the postings and emails on Sri Krishnamachari.It was my misfortune that took him away from us all. But, he is going to a better place with eternal bliss; no more heart problems, no more neuropathies, no more trigeminal neuralgias, no more attack of parkinson’s, no more blapherospasms in the eyes, no more worry about medicine for the one affecting the other. How much can a body take?On Thursday, December 9 (kaisika ekadasi day), Sri Krishnamachari was returning from work in a bus to catch the train to come home; he had forgotten to take his cell phone with him that day; he would have normally called from work before he left; but, he didn’t. In the bus, he is said to have had an erythma attack and fallen down; there is no account of how long he was down; some nurses who were traveling in the bus found him and tried to revive him and called the ambulance; by the time he was admitted

in the emergency, it was 20 minutes and he had 2 more erythma attacks. For another 40 minutes or so, they could not get his pulse. When our daughter held his hand and told him that she was there and amma is coming, his pulse came back, which surprised all the doctors there. I arrived at the spot much later. Our son arrived from LA the next morning. Our close family members arrived also.Prognosis was – his brain and organs had no oxygen for more than an hour and got damaged. He had seizures that night; even after 48 hours, he did not wake up and reflexes were not back. Four different medications were pumping his heart, ventilator was breathing for him. Kidney failed. Everything else started going downhill. I was asked make the toughest decision in life – when to pull the life support out (when I hesitated, the argument given to me by doctors was – don’t think you are killing him; he could have died in the bus). Didn’t want to lose him

right way; so, I went with ‘don’t pull the life support, but you do not have to give any new treatments like dialysis etc; let nature take its course’. His heart started beating on his own; so all medicines were withdrawn. Another 2 days, another pressure – can we pull the ventilator out? Since kidney was getting worse and worse, I had to go with ‘ do not pull the tube from hismouth; just shut the ventilator’. On Thursday, 12/17, around 3 pm, the ventilator was slowed down gradually and when it was totally shut off, he started breathing on his own; his pulse rate was sound. We were told that the duration will be unpredictable; so, we watched him like a hawk during that night; around midnight, his BP started going down, and around 4:15 am (12/18), he breathed his last, passed peacefully and attained our Acaryan’s tiruvaDi.Was he waiting for his family to come and see him? Was he waiting for all his brothers’ kids and my

sisters’ kids and all the Chicago friends to come and see him? Was he waiting for me to come to terms with life, become ready to let him go? May be. All I am proud of is, as much as I could, I pulled my strength and chanted dvayam in his ears almost all the time, especially during his last hours. I want to believe that he was not dead in the bus; he died peacefully with his family around and with dvayam ringing his ears. Our family would like to thank one and all, grieving with us this moment; it means a lot to us and is very consoling. He had at least one wish that did not get fulfilled; he wanted to get his Vishnu sahasranamam published as a regular book; my son and I will try to collect all his materials from his laptop and see what we can do to accomplish that. I am ending with this – who is going to call me every second for misplaced eyeglasses? Who is going to call me to tell me – you left the ‘h’ in Satrughna,

check this dictionary, that dictionary, go get the other references and provide reference numbers for all slokams? Who am I going to argue with – no, acaryan said only my way, not your way; why are you nitpicking on everything I write? Who is going to edit my acarya ramamrtam books with eyes affected by blapherospasm? Who am I going to say – get off the PC and go take a bath? Who is going to tell me – don’t run away to watch TV; you have to give more when you write; you cannot just translate into English without putting life into it?We are going to do the 9th thru 13th ceremonies in Kumbakonam; this is what he would have liked also - to reach the astral plane from his home town where his 2 brothers are.Warm regards,SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDi,Kalyani Krishnamachari (very blessed to have a fine family and lots and lots of friends)

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Dear Smt. Kalyani Krishnamachari,

First of all, please accept our heartfelt condolences to you and all of your family in the untimely loss of Sri Krishnamachari.

Although we do not know each other personally, I am one of the people who was touched by the KainkaryaSri of both yourself and your esteemed husband. The minute we heard about Sri Krishnamachari's stay at the ICU, I ran to the aathu Perumal sannidhi and kept praying sobbing that He should allow the former to continue his Kainkaryams here with us. I pleaded that Tatparya Ratnavali is not finished yet, I said! But The Divya Dampathis selfishly wanted to rejoice Sri Krishnamachari's nitya kainkaryam in Their abode, I guess! Without sounding bitter or irreverend, the only thing i can say is that the loss is all ours here. Your husband as you aptly put it is in the most enviable place enjoying eternal bliss.

I tried calling you upon hearing the news and of course did not get thru. I would not have made any better sense in my verbal rambling than I do right now, in my written format ; in that sense, it was better that my call did not go thru.

I just wanted to let you know that we were all recipients of Sri Krishnamachari's service in the likitha kainkaryam and its glory. We will most definitely miss him. We also appreciate the generosity of spirit of yourself and your family in sharing the precious time he had on this mother earth with all of us.

In this context, I also want to convey to you that your Acharya Ramamrutham series are just as eagerly awaited to be enjoyed on the elist.

Madam, thank you and I pray to our Acharyas and the Divya Dampathis to shower you all with their grace to bear this loss with peace.

Indira Cidambi Sampath.

Kalyani Krishnamachari Dec 21, 2008 7:50 AM andavan , , oppiliappan , azhwar , chicago-local-group [RamanujaMission] Sri Krishanamchari

 

 

 

namaskaram. It is overwhelming to read all the postings and emails on Sri Krishnamachari.It was my misfortune that took him away from us all. But, he is going to a better place with eternal bliss; no more heart problems, no more neuropathies, no more trigeminal neuralgias, no more attack of parkinson’s, no more blapherospasms in the eyes, no more worry about medicine for the one affecting the other. How much can a body take?On Thursday, December 9 (kaisika ekadasi day), Sri Krishnamachari was returning from work in a bus to catch the train to come home; he had forgotten to take his cell phone with him that day; he would have normally called from work before he left; but, he didn’t. In the bus, he is said to have had an erythma attack and fallen down; there is no account of how long he was down; some nurses who were traveling in the bus found him and tried to revive him and called the ambulance; by the time he was admitted in the emergency, it was 20 minutes and he had 2 more erythma attacks. For another 40 minutes or so, they could not get his pulse. When our daughter held his hand and told him that she was there and amma is coming, his pulse came back, which surprised all the doctors there. I arrived at the spot much later. Our son arrived from LA the next morning. Our close family members arrived also.Prognosis was – his brain and organs had no oxygen for more than an hour and got damaged. He had seizures that night; even after 48 hours, he did not wake up and reflexes were not back. Four different medications were pumping his heart, ventilator was breathing for him. Kidney failed. Everything else started going downhill. I was asked make the toughest decision in life – when to pull the life support out (when I hesitated, the argument given to me by doctors was – don’t think you are killing him; he could have died in the bus). Didn’t want to lose him right way; so, I went with ‘don’t pull the life support, but you do not have to give any new treatments like dialysis etc; let nature take its course’. His heart started beating on his own; so all medicines were withdrawn. Another 2 days, another pressure – can we pull the ventilator out? Since kidney was getting worse and worse, I had to go with ‘ do not pull the tube from hismouth; just shut the ventilator’. On Thursday, 12/17, around 3 pm, the ventilator was slowed down gradually and when it was totally shut off, he started breathing on his own; his pulse rate was sound. We were told that the duration will be unpredictable; so, we watched him like a hawk during that night; around midnight, his BP started going down, and around 4:15 am (12/18), he breathed his last, passed peacefully and attained our Acaryan’s tiruvaDi.Was he waiting for his family to come and see him? Was he waiting for all his brothers’ kids and my sisters’ kids and all the Chicago friends to come and see him? Was he waiting for me to come to terms with life, become ready to let him go? May be. All I am proud of is, as much as I could, I pulled my strength and chanted dvayam in his ears almost all the time, especially during his last hours. I want to believe that he was not dead in the bus; he died peacefully with his family around and with dvayam ringing his ears. Our family would like to thank one and all, grieving with us this moment; it means a lot to us and is very consoling. He had at least one wish that did not get fulfilled; he wanted to get his Vishnu sahasranamam published as a regular book; my son and I will try to collect all his materials from his laptop and see what we can do to accomplish that. I am ending with this – who is going to call me every second for misplaced eyeglasses? Who is going to call me to tell me – you left the ‘h’ in Satrughna, check this dictionary, that dictionary, go get the other references and provide reference numbers for all slokams? Who am I going to argue with – no, acaryan said only my way, not your way; why are you nitpicking on everything I write? Who is going to edit my acarya ramamrtam books with eyes affected by blapherospasm? Who am I going to say – get off the PC and go take a bath? Who is going to tell me – don’t run away to watch TV; you have to give more when you write; you cannot just translate into English without putting life into it?We are going to do the 9th thru 13th ceremonies in Kumbakonam; this is what he would have liked also - to reach the astral plane from his home town where his 2 brothers are.Warm regards,SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDi,Kalyani Krishnamachari (very blessed to have a fine family and lots and lots of friends)

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namaskaram. Sorry I could not respond earlier. Had to come to Kumbakonam for the 9th thru 13th day rituals; then I went to LA to be with my son to get him do the first masyam etc. He was very happy to have your acquaintance in the Aurora temple. Please do keep in touch. warm regards,kalyani--- On Mon, 12/22/08, Vasudevan Santhanam <vasudevan_santhanam wrote:Vasudevan Santhanam <vasudevan_santhanamRe: [RamanujaMission] Sri Krishanamchari Date: Monday, December 22, 2008, 7:48 AM

Madame,

 

I am shocked to hear that Krishnamachari mama is no more

amongst us and has reached Srimad Thirukudandai Andavan's

lotus feet in Sri Vaikuntam.I came to know a few days back that

he was hospitalised.I was hoping that he would recover and

continue the yeoman service he was doing to Sri Vaishnava

community. I still remember the discussions we had at Sri

Srinivasa temple at Aurora During Sri Swamy Desikan Thirunanshatram

in September '07 when I was introduced to him by my uncle Devanathan.

Please accept my heartfelt condolences and I pray that Emperuman

gives you the courage in this period.

We shall never forget his contribution to Sri Vaishnava community.

 

With regards,

 

Dasan Vasudevan

Bangalore

 

 

 

 

Kalyani Krishnamachari <kkrishnamachariandavan ; ; oppiliappan ; azhwar ; chicago-local-group Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:20:34 PM[RamanujaMission] Sri Krishanamchari

 

namaskaram. It is overwhelming to read all the postings and emails on Sri Krishnamachari.It was my misfortune that took him away from us all. But, he is going to a better place with eternal bliss; no more heart problems, no more neuropathies, no more trigeminal neuralgias, no more attack of parkinson’s, no more blapherospasms in the eyes, no more worry about medicine for the one affecting the other. How much can a body take?On Thursday, December 9 (kaisika ekadasi day), Sri Krishnamachari was returning from work in a bus to catch the train to come home; he had forgotten to take his cell phone with him that day; he would have normally called from work before he left; but, he didn’t. In the bus, he is said to have had an erythma attack and fallen down; there is no account of how long he was down; some nurses who were traveling in the bus found him and tried to revive him and called the ambulance; by the time he was admitted

in the emergency, it was 20 minutes and he had 2 more erythma attacks. For another 40 minutes or so, they could not get his pulse. When our daughter held his hand and told him that she was there and amma is coming, his pulse came back, which surprised all the doctors there. I arrived at the spot much later. Our son arrived from LA the next morning. Our close family members arrived also.Prognosis was – his brain and organs had no oxygen for more than an hour and got damaged. He had seizures that night; even after 48 hours, he did not wake up and reflexes were not back. Four different medications were pumping his heart, ventilator was breathing for him. Kidney failed. Everything else started going downhill. I was asked make the toughest decision in life – when to pull the life support out (when I hesitated, the argument given to me by doctors was – don’t think you are killing him; he could have died in the bus). Didn’t want to lose him

right way; so, I went with ‘don’t pull the life support, but you do not have to give any new treatments like dialysis etc; let nature take its course’. His heart started beating on his own; so all medicines were withdrawn. Another 2 days, another pressure – can we pull the ventilator out? Since kidney was getting worse and worse, I had to go with ‘ do not pull the tube from hismouth; just shut the ventilator’. On Thursday, 12/17, around 3 pm, the ventilator was slowed down gradually and when it was totally shut off, he started breathing on his own; his pulse rate was sound. We were told that the duration will be unpredictable; so, we watched him like a hawk during that night; around midnight, his BP started going down, and around 4:15 am (12/18), he breathed his last, passed peacefully and attained our Acaryan’s tiruvaDi.Was he waiting for his family to come and see him? Was he waiting for all his brothers’ kids and my

sisters’ kids and all the Chicago friends to come and see him? Was he waiting for me to come to terms with life, become ready to let him go? May be. All I am proud of is, as much as I could, I pulled my strength and chanted dvayam in his ears almost all the time, especially during his last hours. I want to believe that he was not dead in the bus; he died peacefully with his family around and with dvayam ringing his ears. Our family would like to thank one and all, grieving with us this moment; it means a lot to us and is very consoling. He had at least one wish that did not get fulfilled; he wanted to get his Vishnu sahasranamam published as a regular book; my son and I will try to collect all his materials from his laptop and see what we can do to accomplish that. I am ending with this – who is going to call me every second for misplaced eyeglasses? Who is going to call me to tell me – you left the ‘h’ in Satrughna,

check this dictionary, that dictionary, go get the other references and provide reference numbers for all slokams? Who am I going to argue with – no, acaryan said only my way, not your way; why are you nitpicking on everything I write? Who is going to edit my acarya ramamrtam books with eyes affected by blapherospasm? Who am I going to say – get off the PC and go take a bath? Who is going to tell me – don’t run away to watch TV; you have to give more when you write; you cannot just translate into English without putting life into it?We are going to do the 9th thru 13th ceremonies in Kumbakonam; this is what he would have liked also - to reach the astral plane from his home town where his 2 brothers are.Warm regards,SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDi,Kalyani Krishnamachari (very blessed to have a fine family and lots and lots of friends)