Perumal, AlwAR and AchAryAs have come to a Metro near you...!

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Those of you living in and around the DC area may find this interesting...

 

 

 

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> srimatE rAmAnujAya nama:

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> The pratishtApana mahOtsavam of SreeRamaparivaram along with

NammAlwAr,EmberumAnAr, Swami ManavAla MamunigaL took place from March 5 to 8

at the JET USA Washington DC center under the holy guidance of H.H Sri Sri

Sri Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamy. It was a truly divine experience for all

devotees who attended the 4 day celebration and will be a memory to be

cherished for the rest of their lives...For the first time, an archa form of

Swami Manavala Mamunigal has been formally consecrated in this

country....our heartfelt thanks (thaleyallAl kaimmarilene...) to all who

made this great thing happen...

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> The yAgams and other rituals were performed in the yagashalai, that was

specially built for this purpose, by Sriman Satyanarayanacharyulugaru of

New Orleans temple along with Sriman Seetharamacharyulugaru , who was

performing kainkaryams to Tiruvengada MudiyAn PerumAl at Pittsburgh temple

till now and who will be the resident priest at the JET cente, . All the

resources needed for the rituals were untiringly arranged by the organizers

Sriman Ravi and Srimati Vasanthi Aharam and their Vikasa Tarangini troup.

Not only did Sriman Satyanarayanacharyulugaru performed all the rituals

impeccably, he aso gave elaborate explanations of some of the salient

aspects. One such instance was

> when he mentioned about the shlOkam " tvam mE hum mE... " when our

Chakravarthi Tirumagan was giving us darsanam in His white wet piece of

clothing soon after tirumanjanam...that scene backed by the narration by

Sriman Satyanarayanacharyulugaru made even the eyes of the most hard

> hearted person moist...

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> When alankaram was being done, Sriman Uppili Gopalan Swamy recited ten

pashurams from PerumAl tirumoli which was all the more fitting with

KulashEkahara PerumAL's tirunakshatram being just around the corner. There

was noticeable smile on Perumal and AchAryAs' mukha mandalams during the

sattumurai ...This was followed by kalyAnOtsavam to PerumAl and Seetha

pirAtti. The befitting climax was when H.H.Tridandi Jeeyar Swamy's voice

over the telephone reverberated the hall with his mangalAsanams to the

organizers and other devoteess along with a few words of guidance for the

future as to how the center should perform.

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> On the whole it was a once-in-life-time experience which will remain

green in our memories for years and years to come. This is yet another

example that shows us the " sowlabhyam " of our PerumAl and the AchAryas by

coming down to this land which was once called only a " bhoga bhoomi " as

against Bharatha varsham which has been known as the " karma bhoomi " .

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> Last, but not the least, even nature rewarded the oragnizers and other

devotees by the unexpected sunny and warm weather, in contrast to the biting

cold and tons of snow of prior weeks, which greatly helped the success of

the events.

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> JET USA Washington Center plans to start celeberating Alwar and Acharya

tirunakshatrams in the coming months and the center organizers heartily

invite each and every one of the our " rAmAnuja kutumbam " in the USA to come

and have darasanam of the Perumal and Parivaram - more so Alwar and

AchAryAs - who have come even to this land just for our benefit...

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> Wishing " pallAndu pallAndu " for all the oraganizers, adiyAL prays to

Perumal, AlwArs and AchAryas to bestow very good health for them enabling

them to continue to do such kainkaryams for years and years to come...

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> AlwAr EmberumAnAr Jeeyar tiruvadigalE saranam

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> adiyAL rAmAnuja dAsi

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