Purattasi Sravanam on Tuesday

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SrI:

 

Dear Sriman MadhurAnthakam Govindarajan Swami :

 

I am delighted to learn about the grand preparations underway

at Muscat/Oman for the celebration of PurattAsi SravaNam .

 

I have a humble request to make of the AasthikAs assembled

through Devarir .

 

We are assembling funds for the 500 strong Veda PaarAyaNa GhOshti

from Overseas VedAbhimAnis at the SathAbhishEkam festival at Srirangam

for ten days in Novemebr , 2006 .

 

Both Sriman Rajaji and adiyEn are the overseas coordinators of assembling

the needed funds for SambhAvanai , TadhiyArAdhanam for the Veda ParAyaNakkArALs

representing Thrayyantha Vedams and its renditions in Ghanam and JaDai.

 

Thanks for coordinating any support from Muscat AasthikAs for this important

event that will please the ThiruvuLLam of Swamy Desikan .

 

By copy of this note I am requesting Srimans Sudarshanan and I.V.K.Chari of

Kuwait

and Sri Mukund Srinivasan of Singapore to help with AasthikAs in their

communities

to channel their supports .

 

AdiyEn is creating a DVD of Swamy Desikan's PurattAsi SravaNa Uthsavam

this year at Thiruvaheendhrapuram . The Oppiliappan Sannidhi

Noothana AabharaNam samarpaNam by Srimath Azhagiya Singar on

Sep 10 DVD should also become available in a few days .

 

The three Veda UpAkarma DVD taping will be starting next week at

KumbakONam by Rig Veda GhanapAdi Rangarajan Swamy .

 

Thnaks to all of you at Muscat , Kuwait and Singapore for your

potential participation in the Srirangam Veda PaarAyaNam in November 2006 .

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

 

 

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govinda rajan

darsanam

Cc: vcgrajan ; yennappan

Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:11 PM

Purattasi Sravanam on Tuesday

 

 

 

Sri Srinivasa Parabrahmane nama:

Bhagavate Bhashyarakaraya nama:

Srimate Nigamantha maha Desikaya nama:

Dear Swamins,

The Purattasi Sravanam is a great Sravanam. Bhagavan becomes happy when he

looks at the lotus face of great Acharyas and listen to them to bless the

jivatma. Bhagavan even waiting for the words of great bhagavatas and acharyas.

Purattasi Sravanam is a great occasion since both Parabrahma and great Acharyan

celebrate their birthdays. Acharya Sarvabhouma Swami Desikan life history is

very great. He is pratas-smaraniyar (to be remembered on every morning).

*Almost all his works are even preserved and being studied by Vedantis.

*His house, the Divya mangala vigraham (Panchaloka idol) and the (water) well

that he constructed/made are even now preserved with great devotion in

Tiruvahindra puram.

* Everyone can have the darsan of Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva in Tiruvahindra puram

that was given by Lord Garuda himself in person to Swami Desikan.

*His lead a life of a real Srivaishnava and a true brahmin. Through out his

life he took Unchavrthi (did not save anything for tomorrow) and never touched

money and gold.

*He rejected the offer from Vijayanagara Kingdom to become one of the scholar

in the royal and replied that Kanchipuram Sri. Varadaraja is his great

grandfather's propertity.

*He composed books on Vedanta, Drama in Sanskrit, Tamil Prabhandhams, Stotras

in Sanskrit, a great epic Yadavabhyudaya and other works following the foot

print of Bhagavad Bhashyakara (Sri Ramanujacharya).

*He was a great Sanskrit scholar and Tamil Poet. He was praised as " Santa-migu

tamizmarayon " one who is capable of composing tamil poetry in atractive rythem.

*He composed " paduka sahasram " which describes the greatness of the holy

sandals of Lord Ranganatha in 1008 sanskrit slokas just in one night.

*He had used varities of style in composing slokas in Chitra paddhati in

Paduka sahasram.

*He was conferred " Vedantadesika " " Sarva thantra svathantrar " and other

titles.

*The first pontiff of Sri Parakalamuth, Sri Brahma thantra Parakala Swami was

his disciple.

*Sri Brahma Thantra Parakala Swami of Sri Parakalamuth composed the holy sloka

" Ramanuja dayaa paatram " .

*His greatness is endless.

*He lived for and as per Ramanuja darsanam.

*He always remembered Lord Hayagriva and Ramanujacharya in all his works.

*He left great treasure for us and it is our duty to preserve them.

Purattasi Sravanam will be celebrated in the multi purpose hall in the Siva

Temple, Muscat on Tuesday between 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm. The parayanam will begin

sharp at 7.00 pm since we should have a complete parayanam of Nithyanusandhanam

etc. as per the schedule given below.

Sri.C.S.Veeraraghavan Swami is the ubayadrar of this month. The parayanam will

be done in 4 goshtis as usual starting from 7.00 pm. Kindly reach early since

we have to windup before 9.15pm.

1) 7.00 - 8.30 parayanam

2) 8.30 - 8.45 singing of Divya prabanda pasuram

3) 8.50 - 9.15 Satrumurai

The duration of parayanam between 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm only.

Goshti 1: Divyaprabandham includes

1) Tiruppallandu

2) Amalanaadi piran

3) kanninun siruthambu

4) Koil Tiruvaaimozhi &

5) Iraamanusa nootrandaadi

Goshti 2: Vedam includes

1) Upanishad (all three vallies)

2) Pancha suktam

3) Panchasanti

and possible things upto 8.30 pm.

Goshti 3: Sri Desika Prabandham includes all.

Goshti 4: Sri Desika Stotra patas includes all.

Adiyen will do the parayanam of Sri Paduka sahasram after Aradhanam.

Sriman Ananthan & Sriman Raman will join the Mantrapushpam.

*15 min. Divyaprabandha singing will be performed by Smt.Vidya Sudarsanam

between 8.30 to 8.45 pm.

*Decoration work will start at 6.20 pm even before also. *Those who can kindly

join us.

*Those who perform Prasakainkaryam kindly reach latest by 8.00 pm.

Satrumurai will begin at 8.50 pm and will go upto 9.15 pm.

Satrumurai includes

1) Koil Tiruvaimozhi followed by Kanninun siruththambu

2) Iramanusa nootrandadi

3) Pallandu

4) Adaikkalappatu

5) Pillayandadi

6) Vaazhitirunamam

Teertham, Tulsi distribution

*If anything kindly contact me 99076048, Sri. Venkatesh 99340726, Sri.Ananthan

92743603, Sri.Veera 99318392, Sri.Vijay 99833031.

Kindly bring relevent books or contact us.

Dasan.

Villiambakkam Govindarajan.

 

 

 

V.C. Govindarajan,

Coordinator, Department of Sanskrit,

Indian School, Al-Ghubra,

P.O.Box No.1887, P.C. 111,

Sultanate of Oman

phone:00968-99076048

www.geocities.com/vcgrajan/kendram.html

 

 

 

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