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Dear SrI Nanganallur Venkatesh:

 

Thanks very much for your thoughtful note.

 

Yours is a good idea . The practical implementation

of it on ground by us will be very difficult unless we

happen to live at these dhivya Desams .

 

Once the Abharanam is presented , there is a formal

process of the executive Officer of the temple and trustees

accepting it and signing off on it. After that we transfer

the responsibility of protection and maintenance of the aabharaNam

to them .This has worked out at Oppiliappan Koil and

SrIvilliputthUr. Tens of thousands of bhakthAs come for

the RathnAngi, Mutthangi Sevais at Oppiliappan Koil so much

so that the temple has established rathnAngi Sevai " on demand "

by BhakthAs on payment of Rs.1,000 . Temple authorities

are clever on these matters. Hence they wont let anything

happen to these precious aabharaNams.

 

On " Dharma Sevai " days when the Lord adorns

RathnAngi at Oppiliappan Koil (SravaNam days Or

some other days) , I am told that the queue by

sevArthis stretches for quite some distance outside

the temple.

 

 

Our duty at special sannidhis like the one at ThiruvahIndhrapuram

dear to Swamy Desikan is to present the RathnAngi and get

a public document of acknowkledgement from the Trustees/

Officers and monitor from then on about their safe handling.

This practise is working at Oppiliappan Koil.

At ThiruvahIndhrapuram , the archaka community is

accepting this responsibility.

 

Hope I have responded to your question to the best I can.

 

V.Sadagopan

 

>Dear Sadagopan Swami

>

>Like Shri Rajagopaln Swami there are many who share his views on the

>continued safety of the Abarnams that u painstakingly collect. I have

>suggestion which may have been considered before.

>

>Can we establish a trust which will acquire the Abarnams and contribute (

>Loan) thesame during the festivals . It is my assumption that the Abarnams

>will be used only during important occasions. The trust can be established

>as a " special purpose vehicle " ie it has limted purpose so that teh donors

>know the purpose for which they are contributing. If my idea is accepted, it

>will be the privelege and honor of teh Shri Vaishanavaite community if u

>accept the leadership. Similarly we can also have SPV for other kainkaryams

>of our Lord and Acharya.

>

>kind regards

>

>Adetyen Ramanuja dasan

>

>Naganallur Venkatesh