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Dear BhakthAs:

Sriman Sampath rengarajan is well known to 
the e-mail list groups through his many outstanding
postings about Tamil Sri Sookthis of AzhwArs and his 
leadership in organizing the Adhyayana Sevai at 
Sri RanganAthA temple , Pomona , NY. His devotion to 
Lord RanganAthan , Lord Aaravamudhan of Thirukkudanathia and 
Lord Oppiliappan is well known.

It is my pleasure to forward you a posting by his
9 year old son, Chi.Sravan RengarAjan on his visit
to the numerous sannidhis of Srirangam temple complex.
I am sure that many of us have not visited all 
the 88 plus sannidhis at this ancient temple complex.

Chi.Sravan's writing has a sparkle and spontaneity.
I think children like Sravan exposed to our ancient
darsanam at the very early age offer great promise
to the practise and growth of Sri VaishNavam.

V.Sadagopan 


>My trip to srirangam temple
>
>I am the son of Sampath Rengarajan and Vasanthi Rengarajan
>and I am 9 years old. I live in Ann Arbor Michigan, USA. I
>went to Thiruchi and Kumbakonam for my vacation. I always
>wanted to go to all the sannithis in srirangam temple.
>Each time I go to srirangam temple with my Ammamma, we
>were straight taken to the perumal sannithi without any
>waiting in the queue and brought back to thayar sannithi
>and back to home at Thiruchy. Sometime I had gone to
>Danvanthri sannithi. One day my dad and I planned and took
>an auto to go to Srirangam. When we crossed the Kaveri we
>both worshiped the huge gopuram. it was majestic and very
>tall. Then we went to a street full of garlands (my dad
>tells me the name of the street is some sattar street). We
>bought 2 huge garlands and went straight to acharya
>sannithi in dasavatharam sannithi. We garlanded the
>acharya 44th. We worshipped dasavatharam perumals. I had
>a closer look at Nrusimha, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki. My
>dad told me that all the 10 moolavar perumals were created
>by Ranga when Thirumangai prayed to Him. We also
>worshipped Thirumangai. Then we walked to thayar sannithi
>from there. It was very hot and sunny.
>
>We entered the temple through the north gate near thayar
>sannithi and started going through each ciruit. I took a
>note book with me that my grandpa gave me. I made a
>diagram of circuits. I started giving numbers and marking
>them in the circuit in the clockwise direction. In another
>page we wrote down the names of the perumals in each
>sannithi and lots of other details. We worshipped each
>perumal in each sannithi. We covered the circuit and then
>went to the inner circuit through a place. We had to put
>our 5 fingers and look at 3 entrances. My dad showed me a
>place where a lone panai maram knew more 4000 than anyone
>else. Then my dad showed me the place where viraja river
>flows under. I asked him why is it called sorgam vasal
>when inside is vaikundam and not sorgam. My dad told me
>that people those days knows sorgam as a common word and
>in vaikundam one is so happy like sorgam and so everyone
>called it sorgam vasal. I have entered through this vasal
>during vaikunda ekathasi.
>
>Then we had to run from one madapam to another as the
>floor was so hot and we were walking bare footted. We went
>to all the sannithis and my dad explained about each of
>them. then We went to acharya Ramanuja sannithi and the
>ommAcchi thAthA there explained about ramanuja and showed
>us his nails and eyes. My dad wanted to write about some
>108 songs on ramanuja in lots of detail and the ommAcchi
>thatha blessed. We went to chakram azwar sannithi (not
>thirumazhisai) and also saw all the azwars around. We went
>to andal , nammazawar, thirumangai and kulasekara and thirup
>-pan sannithis also. Then we saw 2 of the 8 thayars of
>ranga. Then we were shown the huge chappals (my dad said
>paduga) and we kept it on our head and my dad told some
>secret code when we kept it on our head for some minutes.
>Then we went around and saw the first 3 azhwars and thiru
>mazhisai and garland azhwar.
>
>Then we went inside through to the next circuit. We saw
>the two people who wanted to lie down in the stone and
>wanted ranga's servants to stamp on them all the time.
>Then we saw the flag post. Then we crossed the steps that
>are covered with golden like plates. My dad told me that
>sankara crawled over these steps as some holy ommacchi
>thaththas are staying in it and no one should step on it.
>Then we went around and saw the king and his family
>waiting for one year in one place to see Ranga. Then we
>went around and saw viswaksena and went into the temple
>through the special entrance.
>
>One of the ommacchi thathaa came and took us straight to
>Ranga without waiting. We did archana. We were asked to
>stay in the sannithi for 25 minutes watching Ranga's feet.
>Lot of other people came and went and we stood there for a
>long time. I have seen Ranga with rathnangi and mutthangi
>and he used to be very beautiful but then we see him only
>for a little time. now when i see him for such a long time,
>he looked more beautiful and my dad never wanted to come
>from there. We both were chanting secret codes as we stood
>there for such a long time and saw his feet. My dad told
>me about the butter smell that keep coming always inside
>the Ranga sannithi. (Ranga as Krishna keeps eating butter
>all the time and even now it seems).
>
>Then we came out walking backwards from the sannithi. My
>dad showed me two pillars inside covered with golden plate
>and told me those pillars are in vaikundam also. Then my
>dad showed me 24 pillars and told about gayathri. Then we
>had theerttham , sadari and came out. We did sevikkarathu
>near dwarabalakas. Then we saw the sandals of Ranga again.
>Then we saw Ranga's dad in golden gopuram above the Ranga
>sannithi. Then we came out. I have all the names of those
>88 sannithis in the temple and the diagrams with their
>location. My dad told me there are 20 more sannithis in
>and around. The temple also had a similar diagram that had
>only 65 sannithis in it. My dad told me that nobody in our
>family could have gone to all the sannithis so far
>including him. I was happy we did it. I want to gather
>more and all the informatoins about srirangam temple and
>store it in some place. I also read in the guinnes book of
>world records for year 2001 about srirangm. The book wrote
>"The srirangam temple complex in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil
>Nadu, India is the largest Hindu temple in the world.
>It covers an area of 156 acres with a perimeter of 693.5
>miles". My dad told me that the entire french army stayed
>inside the temple compound a long time ago when they were
>fighting. It is indeed very very big temple and I want to
>go there again and spend a lot of time and stay and live
>there.
>
>Sriranganathaya namaha
>Sravan Rengarajan
>
>
>
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