Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

Dr. P.V.SatakOpa TaatAchAr is a member of the Thuppul

Trust created for performing uninterrupted AarAdhanams for

the Dhivya Desa EmperumAn of ThiruthtaNkA (Dheepa PrakAsan)

and Swamy Desikan at Thuppul , his birth place.

 

Dr.P.V.S. TataachAr swamy is a Sanskrit scholar and

Nyayaa expert besides completing vedAdhyayanam .

He comes from an illustrious family of Sri VaishNavite

Scholars and has perfromed kaalkshEpams in Grantha

Chaathushtyam as well .

 

Dr. P.V.S. TaatAchAr swamy had written to me recently and

requested help form aasthikAs for creation of core funds of

5 Laks Rupees to conduct the above aarAdhanams without

interruption from here on . He seems to have assembled

2 laks of Rupees sofar and has the need for additional

3 Laks of Rupees ( $6,250) to fulfil, this noble task.

 

adiyEn is delighted to invite the attention of

fellow BhakthAs and to request them to participate

in this kaimakaryam through their gernerous support .

adiyEn pledges 100$ as my first round of contributions

in the name of asmath AchAryan, Srimath Azhagiya Singar.

 

adiyEn also pedges to write about the noble Sri Sookthi

of SaraNAgathi Dheepikai of Swamy Desikan as a a series

of postings .There are 59 slOkams in this Sri Sookthi.

Although Swamy Desikan has blessed us with many

Sri Sookthis on SaraNAgathy doctrines and the practise

of SaranAgathy , this particular Sri Sookthi has

a unique flavor.

 

Swamy Desikan peads for MokshAnugraham here and begs

the Lord of ThirutthaNkA to banish the darkness of

nescience (ajn~Anam). Swamy Desikan points out that

this Sri Sookthi took birth as the distillation of

the essence of the Sri VaishNavite SampradhAyam

that originated from MadaippaLLI AacchAn ( PraNathArthiharar),

in his achArya lineage ; MadapaLLI AacchAn served as

the antharanga Kaimkarya Parar at the sacred feet of

AchArya RaamAnujA and recieved the sarvArthams from

EmperumAnAr directly.

 

Swamy Desikan covers the glories of Prapathti ,

its 5 limbs (angams) , post-prapatthi conduct

of a PrapannA , Two kinds of AarAdhanam of

the Lord , Bhagavatha kaimkaryam , the release of

the Jeevan through Brahma randhram , the journey

via archirAdhi maargam to Sri Vaikuntam and

the enjoyemnt of ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham

at Sri Vaikuntam . Swamy stresses that SaraNAgathi

is the best upAyam to attain Moksha Siddhi in

this Sri Sookthi.

 

On this Kaarthikai Kruthtikai PourNami day ,

adiyEn requests intersted aasthikAs with folded hands

to come forward and join in this noble kaimkaryam

to facilitate uninterrupted aarAdhanams at Sri Maragatha Valli

ThAyAr SamEtha Sri Dheepa PrakAsan and Swamy Desikan

at Thuppul agrahAram (ThirutthaNkA Sannidhi Street).

 

It is indeed a rare opprtunity to join in

the AarAdhanams for the dhivya Dampahtis and

this great AchAryan at the same time .

 

The amount needed is $6,000 . A donation of

50 to 100$ or more by interested aasthikAs

will help in the conductance of uninterrupted

AarAdhanams at Thuppul/ThirutthaNkA .

 

Please let me know of your intersts in

particpating in this kaimakryam.I will

look into Tax deduction issues for monies

sent from here. Residents of India are

eligible for Indian tax deductions thru direct

transmittals to the Trust .

 

The description of the goals of the Non-profit Trust

created to take care of this kaimkaryam is attached.

 

Swamy Desikan ThruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

 

ThirutthaNkA Dhivya Desam and Thuppul Kaimkaryms

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Aaradhanams at PerumAL Sannidhi & Swamy Desikan Sannidhi

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SrI:

 

Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul Vedantha Desikar Charitable Trust was set up

on 23-9-1993 with the express desire to provide for the daily poojas, at the

sannidhis of DeepaPrakasha and Thoopul Desika. Thanks to some noble devotees

the trust was able to collect a corpus fund of Rs.2 Lakhs, which would

provide for enough oil, flowers, sandal and rice - the bare minimum required

for conducting poojas twice daily. Taking into account inflation, the

salaries for Bhattars,cooks and veda vidwans, it has been estimated that a

corpus fund of atleast Rs.5 Lakhs would be necessary for ensuring that daily

poojas are conducted comfortably for many years to come.

 

The Trust has taken on the onerous task of approaching philanthropists,

bringing to their notice the pitiable situation at Thoopul,collecting funds

and deploying them to restore to this place its pristine glory and

greatness. It has now chosen Internet as one of its media for appealing to

public.

The audited account details of the Trust are available and will shortly be

put on this Web site. For now, the workings of the basic requirement of

conducting daily poojas is being presented as follows :-

 

Expense Heading Amount($/month)

Rice 90 kgs. 40

Curds 60 lts. 30

Flowers 10

Salaries to Bhattar/cook 4 nos. 50

Total 130

 

Average daily expense is around 4$. In order to ensure a day's pooja, a

corpus of 30$ will have to be maintained. This would fetch an interest of

around 4$ which can be used for daily poojas.

Besides providing for the bare minimum that is daily poojas as per Agama

shastra, the Trust has big plans viz.

 

1. Arranging for daily Parayana - recital- of Desika's works at His

Sannidhi, by vidwans

2. Arranging for Vidwat sadas during the Desika Utsavam

3. Renovation of temple complex

4. To improve the standard of living of the priests of Vilakkoli and

Deshikar temples

5. To supplement the expenses incurred in connection with the monthly

Shravanam festival

6. To conduct vidwat sadas annually by inviting scholars and also to conduct

discussion on Swamy Deshika's works

 

The Trustees request all to appreciate the spirit in which the appeal is

made to them and extend all possible financial support to the trust to

preserve the cultural heritage of the country.

The Trustees are

 

Sri. V.R. Govindarajan, Retd. AGM, State Bank of India

14, SBI Officers Colony, Ayanavaram RD. Chennai, TamilNadu, India- 600073.

Phone : 044-6460342, 040-6461596 , e-mail id : sssspl

 

Dr.P.V.Shatagopa Tataachary, Lecturer in Sanskrit (Nyaya) at Kaladi University

8-B, Sannidhi Street, Little Kanchipuram, TamilNadu, Inidia , 631501

Phone : 0484-529744, e-mail-id : tatacharya

 

Dr.R.Raman

T.V.Srinivasa Tatacharya

Ravisam

Lakshmi Narayanan

 

vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

vedAntasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!