Dear BhagavathAs : I wish to present you a Status Report . SaamarpaNams so far by BhakthAs ******************************** It is my pleasure to let you know that we have now reached the 24% level of our target of $5,000 needed for the MahA samprOkshaNa Kaimkaryam . SIXTEEN BHAKTHAS have contibuted altogehter $1,212 between themselves in the past two days since the announcement of the request for joining in the Kaimkaryam . May the SarvalOka SaraNYan and His sankalpam help us to make additional progress. We have until July 5 Evening to join in this kaimkaryam and raise the remaining $ 3,788 needed .I know that the July 4 holidays will make it difficult for you to access your mails . On my part , I will hurry up and finish the SapthAham kaimkaryam on or before Friday , July 3. You will have Monday, July 5 to respond and I will let Sriman KrishNan know then about the complete list of Kaimkaryaparas for inclusion in the sankalpam for a special ArchanA and PrasAdam at the lotus feet of the Divya dampathis and AchAryAs . An Apology for a mistake in communication ****************************************** I seek your understanding in a mistake that has crept in regarding the PrasAdams intended as recognition for the samarpaNam of BhagavathAs . The 2 Gram gold coin with the imprint of Bhagavan and Azhagiya Singar might "blow " the budget and hence deplete the funds needed for the Kaimkaryam . Hence , there might be some substitutions whose nature we will know about once we know how close we are to the finish line of the required funds . All of us are seeking the Lord's blessings without expecting anything in return. His prasAdam will surely reach us in many ways including real items ( Video , Souvenir , Audio Tape etc ) before and after the Kaimkaryam . A gold plated instead of Gold Coin containing the impression of the Lord of ThiruveLLUr on one side and Azhagiya Singhar on the other side is a possibility that is being looked into . Meanwhile , I seek your understanding of the emerging situation . I will brief you about the final decision on PrasAdams once I get the word from India after our fund raising effort is completed and the Kaimkaryam concludes on July 6 . Aani Anusham and AchArya Naatha Muni's Birthday ( July 6) ******************************************************** This blessed day is falling on July 6 this year , when the MahA SamprOkshaNam is taking place. The Vaibhavam of Naatha Muni has been coverd in my July 16th 1997 posting archived in Bhakthi List discussions . The uniqueness of AachArya Naatha Muni and the honoring of 350 AdhyApAka Swamis at ThiruveLLUr on his birth day in front of Sri VeerarAghava PerumAL and Sri Kanakavalli ThAyar became clear to me , when I looked at it from a numbers game point of view . The AchAryA , who was blessed by our Kulapathi, NammAzhwAr was born on 824 AD . Double of 824 is 1648 . When you deduct 1648 from this year 1998 , what is left is 350 , the number of Divya Prabhandha PaarAyaNakArAs being honored in front of the Divya dampathis on July 6. MutthuswAmi Deekshithar's salutations to Sri VeerarAghavan *********************************************************** In a series of earlier postings during October 1996 (NavarAthri time ) , I had the bhAgyam to cover the RaamAshtaka Krithis of Dikshithar composed in chaste Sanskrit . I referred to the power of different Vibhakthis ( eight Vibahkthis ) in approaching the Lord thru Bhakthi or Prapatthi Yogam ( October 96 Bhakthi archives ) that echo the sanchAri BhAvAs of the devotee . During Sri Raama Navami ,97 , we enjoyed the MaNiranghu Krithi of Deekshithar saluting Pattaabhi Raaman , who returned to AyOdhyA after His unparalleled victory over RaavaNA ( April 97 archives ) ; During October 97 and January 98 , we enjoyed Saint ThyagarAjA's delectable anubhavam of VeerarAghavan thru the study of Sriraaga, VarALi , Naattai and GowLai Pancharathnams . We seem to have covered a lot of ground in travelling towards this day of July 6 , when Sri VeerarAghavan's Gopuram and VimAnam are going to be consecrated according to the strictest of Aagama SampradhAyams . I will cover in this and the next posting , the Krithis of MutthuswAmi Deekshithar on Sri Raamachandran and his anantha kalyANa guNams celebrated by Deekshithar thru his krithis on Sri Raaman that have not been covered sofar . The many krithis of Deekshithar on Sri VeerarAghavan **************************************************** I can think of 7 krithis left in the context of our SapthAham . They are as follows : 1. Kodhanda Raamam -- Raagam KOkilAvaraNam 2. SanthAna Raamam --HindhOLa Vasantham 3. Raamachandhram BhavayAmi --VasanthA Raagam 4. Raamachandrasya - Hejjajji Raagam 5. RaamE - JyOthi Raagam 6. Maamava Raghuveera -- Maahuri Raagam 7. Kshthija RamaNam --Deva GhAndhAri Raagam With my prayers to Sri Kanakavalli samEtha Sri Veeraraaghavan to give us the strength to participate in His MahA samprOkshaNa Kaimkaryam , Daasan Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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