The AzhwArs and the 108 CD ROM

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Sri MalOla dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka Sri VaNN SatakOpa

Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

The next two days are very important for

the Sri VaishNavA community every where.

 

Tomorrow is Thirumangai Mannan and NampiLLai's

avathAra Dinam . Day after tomorrow ( Dec 11 )

is Kaarthikai DhIpam and ThiruppANar's Thirunakshathram.

 

adiyEn wishes to let you know that the pilot version of

the AzhwAr CD ROM has arrived here . Half of the total

work on the project has now been completed now. I thank

all the supporters of the project most heartily.

 

The conceptualization and execution has been a challenge

to say the least. This pilot version is to test out

and make the changes for the full version.

This pilot version has therfore been confined

to the Life and Prabhandhams of ThiruppANAzhwAr.

 

Here are the high lights:

 

1.Cover : Sri Chenna Kesava perumAL of Belur .

This image is very beautiful.

 

2.The CD ROM is configured to be auto-loading

to avoid running problems in different machines.

 

3. Color choices , aesthetics in graphics design

and the fonts chosen are very pleasing to the eye.

 

4. The audio: Singing of the Taniyans and the Paasurams

of AmalAnAdhipirAn have been well executed. It is a

pleasure to the ears .The voice over is pleasant .

 

5. The navigation is very easy .The signs(symbols for

navigation) are well designed.

 

6.The Charitham of ThiruppANar with appropriate

high quality graphics is moving. Special effects

like Loka Saaranga Muni throwing a pebble at PaaNa

Naathan , the closing of the doors of Sanctum Sanctorium

for his (Loka Saaranga Muni's) apachAram , the ride on

the back of Muni to the Sannidhi of Sri RanganAthan ,

the singing of the paasuram in front of the Lord

and the merging of the aathmA of ThiruppANar as

a JyOthi into the Param JyOthi of our Lord

at Srirangam have been exquisitely brought out.

 

7. The " Tell me more section " has the textual summary

of ThiruppANar's life and Prabhandham . The translations

of the ten paasurams have been added.

 

8. The three dhivya desams (Srirangam , ThiruvEnkatam

and Parama Padham ) that ThiruppANar included

in his AmalanAdhipirAn prabhandham with their

EmperumAns form a separate section .

 

9.Now that we have the template work completed ,

it will be easy to populate the different sites

for the rest of the AzhwArs. I have looked at the ANDAL

and PeriyAzhwAr graphics , which look good.

 

10. Since there is so much material to include ,

we are not sure , whether we can get it all

compacted into one CD ROM . It may spill over

two CD ROMs with six AzhwArs in each of them.

 

11.We are debating about singing of the paasurams versus

recording of them from adhyApAkAs of well known temples.

Latter route will be less expensive . Recording in

studios like we did in the case of AchArya RaamAnujA

CD ROM could prove costly.We had a budget of 5K$

and could raise only 3,500 $ . Hence we have to

crimp wherever possible , although one would like to

avoid such crimping due to the loftiness of the subject

matter and its significance to the Sri VaishnavA community.

 

12. Thirumangai has visited 86 dhivya dEsams and if

we want to include one paasuram atleast for each

of the dhivya desams he performed MangalAsAsanam,

it would be quite a task. We ( Dr.M.A.Alwar and adiyEn)

are thinking about choices to be made.

 

In summary , adiyEn will bring the pilot version of

CD ROM to the Swamy NammAzhwAr MokshOthsavam on Dec 30

at Sri RanganAthA temple , Pomona , NY and place it

at the sacred feet of Sri RanganAthan. Anyone who brings

a lap top with CD ROM playing capability can enjoy

browsing this pilot production .

 

We will send one copy to Singapore and another to

Middle east soon for the enjoyment of the BhakthAs there.

 

Sarvam KrishNArpaNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan