Apeeal for PAndiyan Kondai Kainkaryam to Thiru yevvuL VeerarAghava PerumAL

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SrI:

SrI Kanakavalli nAyikA samEtha SrI VeerarAghava -

ParabrahmaNE namaha

 

SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SatakOpa -

SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaha

 

Dear devotees,

namO nArAyaNA.

 

Following is the appeal from " The Gem-Set PAndiyan Kondai

Kainkarya Committee " , regarding the project for adorning

Lord SrI VeerarAghavan of thiru yevvuL (thiruvaLLUr) divya

dEsam, with a PAndiyan Kondai(crown). This kainkaryam has

been taken up especially for the growth of our sampradAyam,

mainly in terms of the development of more number of

vidvAns and make the people understand tattva, hita,

purushArtams properly and adopt the SaraNAgathi mArgam to

attain PerumAl's Lotus feet for performing eternal

kainkaryam, which is indeed the true lOga kshEmam. We know

that, it is finally Bhagavad Sankalpam that will fulfil

this desire of us and not that we by ourselves are the ones

who propagate the sampradAyam etc. This PAndian Kondai will

be made as a small token of gratitude (with sAtvIka tyAgam)

to PerumAL for receiving His blessings and pray towards

Him for His favourable sankalpam. This is also His sankalpam

only. This project initiated by SrI K.G.Krishnan, marks the

initial phase of the overall scheme of projects like

publishing/ reprinting the various books of AchAryAs,

encouragement to vaidIkAs by providing more oppurtunities

for them etc, for the spread of our sampradAyam.

 

SrImad Azhagiyasingar, the patron of this kainkaryam, has

given His divine blessings through His SrI Mukham and has

made an appeal to the devotees for participating in this

kainkaryam and receive the blessings of Lord SrI

VeerarAghavan.

 

Out of the estimated cost of Rs.20 lakhs, Rs.15 lakhs have

already been donated by the devotees.

 

The Committee Members for USA, apart from adiyEn, are as

follows:

1. SrI Dileepan Parthasarathy.

2. SrI Sadagopan.

3. SrI Raghavan Rajaji.

4. Smt Nagu Satyan.

 

Committee Members for countries outside India (They have

already done a lot of kainkaryam by collecting the

donations from devotees in their area) :

 

BAHRAIN :

1. SrI A.C. Alagappan.

2. SrI R.Venkataraghavan.

 

SINGAPORE :

1. SrI V.Madhavakannan.

2. SrI R.SrIdharan.

 

DUBAI :

SrI R.Venkatavaradan.

 

ABUDABI :

SrI N.SrIdhar.

 

Devotees in US are kindly requested to send their

checks (cheques) to

 

.......

 

Those in India are requested to send their cheques

issued in favour of " Gem-Set Pandiyan Kondai Kainkarya

Committee " , payable at chennai, to the Secretary

SrI K.G.Krishnan, 11, Hasthigiri Street,Chennai 600033.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

ananthapadmanAbha dAsan

krishNArpaNam

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AN APPEAL FROM

THE GEM-SET PANDIYAN KONDAI KAINKARYA COMMITTEE

Administrative Office:11,Hasthigiri Street, West Mambalam,

Chennai 600 033.

Tel:483 46 66, E-Mail : kgk

 

1. The temple of Lord SrI VeerarAghava at Tiruvallur is one

of the most important of the 108 Vaishnavite Diya desams.

The glory of the Lord has been sung by Thirumazhisai

Alwar and Thirumangai Alwar. Tiruvallur is situated

about 45 Km from Chennai. Lord Sri Veeraraghavan is

well known as " Vaidya Veeraraghavan " , blessing the

devotees by fulfilling their prayers for cure from

physical ailments, blessing childless couples with

children and providing peace of mind to every one

praying at His feet, apart from spiritual benifits.

 

2. The temple with its rich heritage follows a hoary

tradition and conducts nithya kAla poojAs and festivals

regularly throughout the year. Two BrahmOthsavams

are conducted in a year in the Tamil months of Chithrai

and Thai. Lord Sri Veeraraghavan is adorned with various

jewels and kireetams on these festive occasions.

 

3. Sri VeerarAghava Kainkarya Sabha, Tiruvallur is an

association formed by humble devotees and has been

contributing to the activities of the temple in its

own way during the last 26 years.Sahasra KalasAbhishEkam

to Lord Sri Veeraraghavan and His consort Smt Kanavalli,

was performed last year in a grand manner to coincide

with the silver jubilee of the sabha. Thanks to the

spontaneous support of Sri K.G.Krishnan and all devotees

and asthikas. At the conclusion of the Sahasra

KalasAbhishEkam, Sri.K.G.Krishnan as president of the

Sabha proposed his desire to donate a rare crown to Lord

Sri Veeraraghava and the Sabha members overwhelmingly

accepted and endorsed it. Born out of this deep desire is

this divine venture to make and offer a Gem-set Pandiyan

Kondai to Sri Veeraraghava.

 

4. His Holiness Srimad Azhagiasingar, Sri Lakshminrusimha

Divya PAdukA SEvaka SrivaN SatakOpa SrI nArAyaNa Yateendra

MahAdESikan, has given His Blessings and extracts from His

Srimukam (translation of the original as appeared in SrI

Nrusimha PriyA, Oct 1999) are given below :

 

“Just like parents enjoying the sight of their children

wearing glittering jewellery specially made for them,

devotees who virtually treat the Supreme Lord as their

child derive immense pleasure to adorn Him with rare and

beautiful jewellery. In the same way many devotees who see

Lord Veeraraghava as their child have a great desire to

enjoy His darshan wearing a special Kireetam called

Pandiyan Kondai similar to the one adorning Lord Ranganatha,

Srirangam. The golden Kireetam will be embedded with high

quality gemstones like diamonds, rubies, emeralds and so

on and is estimated to cost Rs.20 lakhs. This divine task

can be easily accomplished by the dedicated efforts of His

devotees. On hearing this itself, my mind desires for the

completion of this wonderful Pandiyan Kondai at once and

worship Sri Veeraraghavan adorning it.

 

 

5. Sri Veeraraghava Kainkarya Sabha has ventured on this

enormous task with Srimad Azhagiasingar as Patron and

relying fully on the devout support and enthusiasm of

aasthikas and devotees of Lord Sri Veeraraghava. The

crown will be made using pure gold weighing approximately

2 kilograms. Besides, high quality gems like diamonds,

rubies, emeralds, etc. weighing about 3000 carats will be

extensively used in making this glittering crown to make

it truly a unique piece of jewellery. Sri Veeraraghava

Kainkarya Sabha has made the initial contribution of

Rs.1 lakh. The president of the Sabha Sri.K.G.Krishnan

has readily given a donation of Rs.2 lakhs from KGK

family to start with.

 

6. In order to complete this divine venture successfully,

the special committee has proposed the following actions:

 

(i) Sahasranama Archanai for the Divya Dampathis Sri Kanakavalli

Thayar

and

Sri Veeraraghava PerumAL during the ensuing Navarathri festival in

October 1999. It is proposed to perform Sahasranama Archanai in morning

and night between 15th and 18th October 1999. Each Archanai ticket will

cost Rs.101/- and all asthikas and devotees are requested to contribute

liberally by performing a number of archanas in the names of their

family members, friends and relatives and facilitate collection of large

funds for this very special cause and receive Sri Veeraraghava’s

Blessings.

 

(ii) The committee members also make a humble appeal and solicit

donations of large amounts from philanthrophists and devotees for making

this Gem-set Pandiyan Kondai.

 

(iii) The committee also greatly appeals to devotees to contribute in

kind by donating in the form of 24 carat gold of 5 to 25 grams or by way

of old jewels or gem stones like diamond, ruby, emerald etc., or the

equivalent value thereof. The gold and gemstones donated will be used

in making the Pandiyan Kondai and be a permanent feature in the crown.

 

7. It is only with munificent donations from devout worshippers of Sri

Veeraraghava that such a great divine task can be completed in a short

span of time. It is our intention to offer the Kondai to Sri

Veeraraghava by April 2000 during the Chithrai Brahmotsvam. In view of

the enormous nature of the task the members of the special committee

make this earnest appeal to devotees at home and abroad to liberally

contribute by taking as many Sasranama Archanai as possible and also

donating large sums in cash and by way of gold, old jewels, ornaments

and gemstones. We are sure our appeal will be met in plenty and we will

complete the divine task successfully with the total support of all

devotees and receive the plentiful blessings of Sri Veeraraghava.

 

8. Payments by cheque or draft may kindly be drawn in favour of THE

GEM-SET PANDIYAN KONDAI KAINKARYA COMMITTEE payable at Chennai and sent

to the Secretary at 11, Hasthigiri Street, West Mambalam, Chennai - 600

033, INDIA. Cash and kind donations may also be sent to the above

address:

 

Patron - Srimad Azhagiasingar Chairman -

Sri.P.N.Parthasarathy,Hony,Agent

45th Pontiff of Sri Ahobilamutt Sri Veeraraghavaswami

Devasthanam, Tiruallur

President - Sri G.R.Krishnan Vice

Presidents-Sri.V.LakshmikumaraThathachari

Secretary- Sri K.G.Krishnan Sri.R.Raghavan, Sri.D.Srinivasan

Jt.Secretary - Sri PNK.Sriranganathan Treasurer-Sri.K.Narasimhan

 

Committee Members

 

Chennai: Sri K.M.Narasimhan (Simhas), Sri.R.G.Chari,

Sri.T.K.Raghunathan, Sri.K.Banwarilal Marvoo, Sri.V.Veeraraghavan,

Sri.A.N.Srinivasa Raghavan, Sr.T.M.Narasimhan, Sri.K.M.Narasimhan

(Telephones), Sri.T.S.Sundaravaradan. Thiruvallur: Sri.P.S.Narasimhan,

Sri.P.Suresh, Sri.S.Suresh (Advocate), Sri.P.K.Lakshmi Narayanan.

Bangalore: Sri S.Srinivasan. Hyderabad: Sri.S.Sampath. Mumbai:

Sri.S.Sampath U.S.A.: Dr.V.Sadagopan, Sri.Raghavan Rajaji,

Sri.P.Dilipan, Smt.Nagu Sathyan, Sri.Anand Karalapakkam. Behrain:

Sri.R.Venkataraghavan, Sri.A.C.Alagappan. Dubai: Sri.N.R.Venkatavaradan.

Abudhabi: Sri.N.Sridhar. Singapur: Sri.V.Madhavakannan, Sri.R.Sridharan.