Not guilty

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Sadagopan,

 

adiyen can understand your frustration at having missed this utsavam.

adiyen has attended most of these programs, but has seen none like this

function before. It brought together people from various Srivaishnava

organizations to celebrate the arrival of Nammazhwar in the USA. adiyen

enjoyed every bit of it.

 

adiyen has a word to say about Sri Krishna Kanumalla. He is 25 years old.

He has been in the country for the last 7 years or since the age of 18. At

an age when most of us lead carefree lives, he spent week after week doing

thirumanjanams, Satyanarayana pujas etc., carrying heavy deities. Since the

departure of his sister to India and his brother to New Jersey, he is single

handedly been handling simultaneous chores like Aradhanam twice a day,

cooking for the sthapatis, transporting them to and from the temple,

maintaining a large house singlehandedly, a full time job and to top

everything, going to school. In addition to these responsibilities, he is

the chairman of the construction committee of Sri Ranganatha Temple.

 

Sri Dileepan and Sri Venkat have been working tirelessly to manage the

critical stage of construction of Sri Ranganatha Temple. Besides all this

Sri Dileepan has prepared the 2000 calendar with many beautiul pictures and

a complete listing of all Srivaishnava celebrations.

 

adiyen did not do a fraction of the work and effort put in by these 3 people

and it did not occur to even adiyen to call you and ask you why you did not

come. Considering how busy the others were, adiyen should have taken the

responsibility to find out why you did not show up. Please accept adiyen's

apologies.

 

Swami Desikan says in the end of the Paduka Sahasram, that He will not

present this work to anybody for their approval, since all sAtwika people

will close their eyes to any faults that it may contaion.

 

Since the people in question have dedicated their lives to Sriman Narayana

and are working tirelessly in His service adiyen requests you not have any

grievances against any of them.

 

The same thing happened last year at the time of the 600th anniversary.

Whoever was supposed to pick you up did not show up at 7 AM. But your wife

called adiyen up at the hall and passed on the information that you were

taking the train instead. adiyen got someone to pick you up from the train

station. This function took place at the very same hall.

 

adiyen Ramanuja daasan.

 

jagan.

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[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Jaganathan:

 

Many thanks for your kind words

and the explanation of the heavy load

that Sri Krishna is carrying.

 

My only complaint was about the breakdown

in communications that led to this quandary.

I have now put this incident behind

in my mind . I will continue to serve

Sri RanganathA even from a distance

thru the likitha Kaimkaryam .Those five hours

of waiting gave me the time to prepare the articles

on " AzhwArs and Sri RanganAthA " that I am

presenting currently .That itself is a great joy.

 

 

Thanks very much for your thoughtful note.

Please send me your mailing address

so that I can send you the CD ROM on

AchArya RaamAnujA .

With best Wishes,

V.Sadagopan

 

At 05:23 PM 12/30/99 PST, you wrote:

>Dear Sri Sadagopan,

>

>adiyen can understand your frustration at having missed this utsavam.

>adiyen has attended most of these programs, but has seen none like this

>function before. It brought together people from various Srivaishnava

>organizations to celebrate the arrival of Nammazhwar in the USA. adiyen

>enjoyed every bit of it.

>