Status of the CD ROM project on the Life and works of the AzhwArs and the 108 Dhivya Desams project

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs :

 

At the end of the second day of the announcement

of this kaimkaryam , it is my privelege to report back

to you that a total of 19 BhakthAs from here and

abroad have come forward to raise so far the following sums

against the target figures of :

 

(1) $500 for the replacement of the aging Thridhandam

on the hand of EmperumAnAr at SriperumbhUdhUr ;

 

$Pledges for $400 has been received sofar. We are

thus at the 80% level of reaching the above target .

 

(2) $5,000 for the New CD ROM project to pay our tributes

to the revered AzhwArs and the 108 dhivya desams that

they sung about in the sacred collect of 4,000 Verses :

 

Pledges for $2,200 have been received sofar and that

leaves us to raise an additional sum of $ $2,800 .

We need 28 more pledges of $100 each or 14 pledges

of $200 each . We are now at the 44 % level of

the needed $5,000 .

 

The individual pledges have ranged from $51 to $250 by

the dear members. Some have pledged to send their

contributions in Indian Rupees , which is perfectly fine .

 

With the dhivya Dampathis' blessings , it is adiyEn's

prayer that we be will blessed to raise the rest of

the funds before Sri Rama Navami (April 24) at the latst

and place the SamarpaNams at the sacred feet of the AzhwArs

dear to our Lord RaamachandrA and His divine consort ,

SithA PirAtti .

 

Those of You , who have followed the moving postings of

Sriman MaadhavakkaNNan on Dhivya Prabhandhams

of Swamy NammAzhwAr and Thirumangai AzhwAr know

the powerful and unique relationship that the AzhwArs

had with Sriman NaarAyaNan and Sri MahA Lakshmi .Those

of You following the erudite postings of Srimathi

KalyANi KrishNamachari on NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi

and the postings of Sri M.G.Vaasudevan on

PeriyAzhwAr's Thirumozhi and postings by

erudite scholars like Sri Bharat of Bangalore,

Sri Sridharan of Houston, Sri Varahdan of Denver

know how precious are the anubhavams of

the AzhwArs during their spiritual journeys

to achieve MokshAnugraham .

 

Those , who have taken part in the adhyayana uthsavams

at Sri RanganathA's temple at Pomona , NY and at the temple

for Sri Balaji at Chicago know the power of the recitation

of these sacred collects .

 

One of the three reasons for initiating this project

is to share the exquisite anubhavam of the twelve great

AzhwArs with fellow-BhakthAs , whose Mother tongue

may not be Tamil ;even for those, whose Mother tongue

is Tamil , it is not easy to understand the nuances of

the experiences of the AzhwArs during their

spiritual journeys except with the help of

elaborate commentaries by poorvAchAryAs .

 

The other two goals of the project are :

(1)to reach out to the younger generation about

the glories of the treasures left behnd for us

as family wealth by the twelve AzhwArs and

(2) to have a virtual journey of the 108 dhivya desams

with appropriate graphics and video clips .

 

Please take part in this educational outreach

kaimkaryam that uses the new media technologies

to spread the message of our Ubhaya VedAntha

SampradhAyam. The AchArya RaamAnujA CD ROM

focused on the Sanskrit Vedic heritage and this

new CD ROM will celebrate " the Vernacular Vedham " .

 

Your contributions can be sent to me at the following

address :

 

V.Sadagopan

Apt 6B-1, Scarborough manor

Scarborough , NY 10510

 

I will forward the checks addressed to me

to India to start the kaimkaryam as soon

as possible and set ourselves six month's

time to complete this sacred project .If there

is a Tax-deductible way to forward the samarpaNams,

adiyEn will be very happy .

 

Daasan , V.Sadagopan