Update on PaadhukA JeernOtthAraNa Kaimkaryam

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Dear SrI Matam SishyAs :

 

Since the fund raising started with the blessings of

Prakrutham Azhagiya Singar on Saturday , July 17 ,2004

steady progress is being made :

 

Number of devout sishyAs of SrI Matam and

abhimAnis of SrI Matam have come forward

and have pledged support for the reconstruction

(Silver cladding ) of the Paadhukais of individual

Azhagiya Singars of interest to them :

 

1 ) SO FAR PLEDGES FOR THE PAADHUKAIS OF

17 AZHAGIYA SINGARS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED .

 

2) FOUR PAADHUKAIS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECONSTRUCTED

BY SRI MATAM (7th, 42nd , 43rd and 44th Pattams) .

 

3) NOW , WE NEED SPONSORSHIP FOR THE PAADHUKAIS OF

24 AZHAGIYA SINGARS TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO

POORTHY STAGE SOON .

 

Details on Pledges(17) & Completed Constructions (4) :

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1. FIRST JEEYAR : HH Aadhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar :

AasthAnam: 1398-1458 C.E.

 

Pledge by Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan .

 

2. SECOND PATTAM ( The first of the Eight

Azhagiya Singars with SrIman NaarAyaNa

NAmam : HH NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan I ).

AashAnam: 1458-1473 C.E .

 

Pledge by ThirukkalyANa Puram C.N KrishNaswamy's

Family .

 

3. THIRD PATTAM : Partial Sponsorship from Canada

AasthAnam : 1473-1485 C.E.

 

Pledge by Ms.Sukanya Shankar of Toronto , Canada .

 

4. SIXTH PATTAM: HH Shashta ParAnkusa YathIndhra

MahA Desikan . AasthAnam: 1489-1513 C.E.

 

Pledge by Dr.Venkat Kanumalla of SrI RanganAthA

Temple , Pomona , NY ).

 

5. *** SEVENTH PATTAM MahA DEsikan: HH SaThakOpa Jeeyar

AasthAnam: 1513-1522 C.E.

 

Work already Completed by the SrI Matam .

 

6. NINTH PATTAM MahA Desikan : HH NaarAyaNa YathIndhra

MahA Desikan II ; AasthAnam : 1538-1542 C.E.

 

Pledge by Dr. Venkat Kanumalla of SrI RanganAtha Temple).

 

7. TWELFTH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar : Pledge by

New York Sishya serving Ranganatha Temple

and awaiting confirmation ); AasthAnam: 1598-1632 C.E.

 

8. THIRTEENTH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar : Pledge by

the Same New York Sishya serving Ranganatha Temple

and awaiitng confirmation .AasthAnam: 1632-1746 C.E.

 

9 . SIXTEENTH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar : Pledged , awaiting

Confirmation from a sishyai in USA .AasthAnam: 1694-1698 C.E.

 

10. TWENTY FIFTH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar : Pledge by

SrI Srikanth Dorairajan of Chennai . AasthAnam: 1776-1811 C.E.

 

11. TWENTY SIXTH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar :

Partial sponsorship by Smt . KalaivANi Ratnavelu

of London , UK . AasthAnam: 1811-1828 C.E.

 

12 . TWENTY EIGHTH PATTAM : Pledge by SrI Arun

Krishnamachari of Thirukkudanthai /New Jersey .

AasthAnam: 1833-1836 C.E.

 

13 . TWENTY NINTH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar : Pledge by

Sri MalOlan KrishNan Dampathis of Maryland .

AasthAnam: 1836-1837 C.E.

 

14 . THIRTIETH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar : Sponsorship by

a Sishyar from SrI RanganAtha Temple , Pomona , NY.

AasthAnam: 1837-1842 C.E.

 

15 . THIRTY SEVENTH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar

(HH PiLLai PAkkam Azhagiya Singar ( Sponsors :

PiLLai PAkkam Raghavan RajAji Dampathis).

AasthAnam: Jan 1899-December 1899 C.E.

 

16 . THIRTY EIGHTH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar : Awaiting

Confirmation from Bangalore from a descendant of

this Azhagiya Singar .AasthAnam: 1905-1909 C.E

 

17 . FOURTIETH PATTAM Azhagiya Singar : Sponsorship by

SrI Sarangapani Dampathis of North Carolina .

AasthAnam: 1913-1923 C.E.

 

18 .*** FOURTY SECOND Azhagiya Singar : Construction Completed by

SrI Matam .AasthAnam: 1929-1953 C.E .

 

19 .*** FOURTY THIRD Azhagiya Singar: Construction Completed by

SrI Matam .AasthAnam: 1953-1957 C.E.

 

20 .*** FOURTY FOURTH Pattam Azhagiya Singar : construction

Completed by SrI Matam .AasthAnam: 1957-1992 C.E.

 

21 . PRAKRUTHAM HH NARAYANA YATHINDHRA MAHA DESIKAN .VIII

May He live and bless us all for another century !

 

Sponsorship by PiLLaipAkkam Raghavan Rajaji Dampathis .

 

We are now appraoching the half way mark in this Kaimkaryam

of particular interest to Prakrutham Azhagiya Singar .

 

Dear SishyAs and Sishyais of SrI Matam:

 

Anjali Bhaddha hastha SamEtha Vij~nApanam to You all !

 

Please come forward and pledge 20,000 Rs ($450)

or whatever you can to this project , which will

bring auspiciousness and SrEyas to Your families

as SrI Matam SishyAs . The estimated 20K Rs breaks

down this way : 1 Kilo of Silver each for the set of two

PaadhukAs ( 2X 8,500 Rs) + labor of 3,000 Rs adding upto

Rs. 20, 000 . The total budget is therefore 900,000 Rs.

 

Once the heavy Silver cladding is completed ,

the PaadhukAs of all of our 45 revered AchAryAs

will be protected against ravages of time for centuries

and can be used in frequent worship .

 

All funds sent are 100% Tax deductible.

 

The funds can be sent directly to SrI Matam

( SelayUr) with a notation that it is for the PaadhukA

JeerNOtthAraNa Kaimkaryam . Alternatively ,

the checks can be sent to Ahobila Matam ,

North America or through SrI RanganAtha

Temple , Pomona , NY. Please contact me

for additional details ( 914-762-6690)

or send me e-mail at :

 

sgopan

 

Please keep me in the loop for coordination

purposes across many locations .

 

The Dhivya Paadhukais of the Following 24 Azhagiya Singars

need urgent sponsorship to make progress in this

rare Kaimakryam to offer our PrArthanA Poorvaka

SamarpaNam :

 

TWENTY FOUR PATTAMS AWAITING PLEDGES :

 

4 , 5 , 8 , 10, 11 , 14 , 15 , 17 ,18 , 19 ,

20 , 21, 22 , 23 , 24 , 27 , 31, 32 , 33 ,

34 , 35 , 36 , 39 and 41 .

 

Please respond generously in recognition of

your family's indissoluble links to the SrI Matam

founded by SrI Lakshmi Nrusimhan and nurtured by

the 45 YathIndhra MahA Desikans sofar .

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan