Dear Bhagavadh RaamAnuja SiddhAnthins : This day's greatness can be understood in terms of the three significant events converging together . These events are : (1) AlavandhAr's Thirunakshthram (2) 14th Pattam Azhagiya Singhar"s Thirunakshthram (3 ) Bahudhaa anya ( BahudhAnya ) Samvathsara UpAkarmaa Day As a group dedicated to Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnuja SiddhAntham , we have come a long way during the past few months .We have members from every AchArya ParamparA , who trace their roots to Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnujA . For all that blessing , we have to remember with gratitude AlavanthAr , who in his final year of life on this earth gave " Nayana Dheekshai " as it were in Kaanchi PeraruLALan Sannidhi to young RaamAnujA and begged the Lord to transform student RaamAnujA into a great Sri VaishNava AchAryan with the following prayer : yasya prasAdha kalayA bhadhira: sruNOthi pangu: pradhAvathi javanEchavakthi mooka : andha: prapasyathi sutham labhathE cha tamm DevamEva VARADHAM SaraNam gathOsmi (Meaning ) : By which Lord's grace , the deaf hears well, the lame runs with speed , the dumb speaks fluently , the blind one sees very well, the infertile one gives birth to a progeny , that Merciful boon-giving Lord Varadhan is my refuge . I surrender unto His sacred feet( wiht this prayer ). Lord VaradharAjA rescued RaamAnujA from the grip of Yadhava PrakAsA and responded to AlavandhAr's prayer that RaamAnujA become a SiddhAntha NirvAhakar ( Leader of the SampradhAyam ) . Lord VaradharAjA blessed RaamAnujA many times later in times of trouble in observance of His promise to AlavandhAr . One such occasion was when He and His dear Consort PerundEvi ThAyAr assumed the vEsham of Hunter Couple and brought RaamAnujA back safely from the middle of the far away jungle to Kanchipuram , when the deceitful and ill-meaning Yadhava PrakAsA was plotting to kill RaamAnujA . Another occasion was when the compassionate Lord gave His famous six instructions through Thirukkacchi Nampi to RaamAnujA , when latter was troubled by doubts . Our Lord of Kaanchi made the final sacrifice by giving away RaamAnujA to Sri RanganathA . On this blessed day sacred for the SmaraNam of AlavandhAr , I refer our fellow members to the postings on this great AchAryA in the Bhakthi postings related to (1) ChathuslOki (2) SthOthra Rathnam (3) GeethArtha Sangraham and (4) Aagama PraamAnyam indirectly thru the recent postings on PaancharAthram in SaraNAgathi Journal . (2) 14th pattam Azhagiya Singhar ***************************** He is known as PullambhUthankudi Azhagiya Singar . His aasrama name is : Sriman NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA Desikan just as for the current HH the 45th Jeeyar, the Second , ninth , twelfth, fourteenth , eighteenth , twenty second and the thirty first Ahobila Mutt Jeeyars. He ascended the sacred peetam on October 1676 and reigned for nine years and ten months . He blessed us with the grantham known as "AchArya GuNAdarsanam " to celebrate our AchAryA Paramparai including AlavandhAr and RaamAnujA . May the memory of this great AchArya cleanse our thouhts and prepare us for the Yaju UpAkarmA today . (3) Yajur UpAkarmA *************** Number of postings are available at the Bhakthi archives from last year Both Sriman VijayarAghavan and I have written extensively on the significance and procedures there ( Aug-Sep 97 archives). Hence I wont comment more on this subject other than referring those postings to you . Finally , here is a report form AnanthA Research foundation on the status of the AchArya RaamAnujA CD ROM Project. The project is moving briskly. I have mahA VisvAsam in the DayA of the Divya Dampathis and AchAryAs to enter your minds and to help with this Kaimkaryam and bring this Ratha Yathrai for ANDAL that we started on Her Aadi Pooram day to Nilai.Pleae help with whatever samarpaNam you can make to this first of its kind Kaimkaryam to make Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnuja SiddhAntham available to all generations of Sri VaishNavAs thru the rich tapestry of Mulrimedia-based CD ROM and an accompanying text respecting both the SampradhAyams .Please send your checks to Sri Dileepan C/O Sri Ahobila Mutt or to Sri M.A, Narasimhan at Mysore AnanthA Research Foundation . Their addresses are available in earlier postings . The ongoing developmental work at Mysore and Bangalore on this project needs your generous support . Please write to me about any questions that you may have on this project . Many thanks in advance for your most neede dand welcome help .Daasan , V.Sadagopan >>>To: Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxx> >>>Subject: Re: >>> >>>Respected Swamin, >>>Thank you for everything. I will take all the required images from the >>>url-s you have suggested. I went through the ahobila mutt and >>>srivaisnava home pages yesterday and got a good idea about the whole >>>thing. The graphic designers have begun the work on the Aradhana >>>section. the photo greaphs have been scanned are being edited. We have >>>given an elaborate account of the aradhana according to the Nitya Grantha >>>of Bhagavan Ramanuja and also acording to Sri U.Ve Rajagopalachariar's >>>Tiru-Aradhana Kramam, authnticated by none other than than the previous >>>and present Azhagiya-Singar-s. This is the update of the work. >> >
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