Dear BhaktAs of SrI BhUmi Devi SamEtha
Oppiliappan:
As a Moderator of the Oppiliappan Group and as one
born
in Oppiliappam ThiruvadivAram ( at the sacred feet
of the Lord
in His Sannidhi Street ) , I wish to brief you on a
Kaimakryam
Opportunity at Oppiliappan Koil Dhivya desam on
Monthly
SravaNam days .
On this day , PerumAL (Moolavar ) adorns Nila
Maalais
( the flower garlands that reach from the top of
His crown
(Nedu Mudi) to Thiruvadi ( Sacred feet ) . Uthsavar
Ponnappan
adorns RathnAngi for displaying their dhivya
Soundharyam .
Arrangements are being made for Uthsavar BhUmi Devi
to adorn Her MaNNikka KoNdai , Jata Kothsu , KiLi
and
other aabharaNams presented to Her few years back
.
Please browse the Oppiliappan web site for a
glimpse of
Oppiliappan Uthsavams , AabharaNams and SravaNa
Nakshathram dates for this year ( TaaraNa).The
URL
for the Oppiappan web site is:
The Swamy who performs the SravaNa Dheepa
Kaimkaryam
resides in Srirangam and comes every SravaNam
from
there to carry the burning dheepam , which
represents
the Lord in His self-luminous form . BhakthAs who
have
many samsAric worries approach the SravaNa dheepam
Swamy and ask for the blessings of the Lord to
address
their problems and recieve SrI Oppiliappan's
rsponses .
The AnupravEsam ( entry in to the mind and
body
of SravaNa Dheepam Swamy ) by Oppiliappan
during the occasion
of his carrying the Lord in the form of dheepam and
more direct
access to Oppiliappan during this occasion on
SravaNam days
is well recorded .
There is a huge throng of devout visitors to the
Temple on SravaNam
days and many of them come from far distances . The
queue to get in to
the temple stretches far . The utter devotion of
BhakthAs trying to
witness this JyOthirmaya Dheepam is to be seen to
be believed .
PRASAADHAM DISTRIBUTION ON SRAVANAM DAY
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Those who are not on SravaNa UpavAsam
are given special
PerumAL PrasAdham on this day ( PuLiyOdharai,
Sarkkarai
Pongal and Curd Rice ) . Approximatelty 1,500
BhakthAs
participate in this TadhiyArAdhanam and the number
is increasing
every SravaNam .
The SravaNa dheepam Swamy has been struggling to
collect funds
to maintain this TadhiyArAdhana Kaimkaryam by
Himself . Most recently,
SrIman (SravaNam) Sampath RengarAjan of Ann Arbor ,
Michigan
and myself thought it will be a good idea
to create an opportunity for
all the Oppiliappan BhakthAs to support this
SravaNa TadhiyArAdhana
Kaimkaryam .
The amount involved is $200 per month and we
are looking in to
a way for that amount to be sent as a Tax free gift
by facilitating transfer
of this modest amount of $2,400 per year by a
Foundation here to
a religious charity based in Oppiliappan Koil
or Chennai.
A minimum of $10 per month by 20
BhakthAs would be sufficent
to keep this Anna Dhaana Kaimkaryam going on
SravaNam ( VishNu
Nakshathram ) days . Some may prefer to send more
than $10
to reach quickly the annual budget of $2,400 for
the entire year .
The donations can be linked to important family
events like
Birthdays , 60th anniversaries , Marriages ,
Upanayanam et al.
By copy of this note , I am requesting SrIman
ShrEya Sarangan , the web Master of
Oppiliappan Home Pages to include this appeal
there. I am also requesting
SrIman SravaNam SrI Sampath Rengarajan to write an
article for the lists on
his own SravaNam experiences at Oppiliappan
Sannidhi and the Vaibhavam of
Lord Oppiliappan .
Please let me know of your interest in taking part
in this Kaimkaryam .
If you happen to live in India , I will be happy to
let you know of
an address in KumbakONam for recieving your
samarpaNam
and send you an acknowledgement & TuLasi
PrasAdham . If you are
living abroad , the funds can be routed thru
SravaNam Sri RengarAjan
of Ann Arbor , Michigan for onward transmittal to
Oppiliappan KOil .
Please copy SravaNam Sri Rengarajan on your
responses
I consider myself fortunate to support this
Kaimkaryam by $200 for this year
and ear mark that for the two Months marking
the birth days of my parents .
May 10 is the next SravaNam . Please join in at
that SravaNam itself.
May the anugrahams of Oppiliappan Sannidhi Dhivya
Dampathis be
with You and your families always ,
SrI BhUmi Devi SamEtha SrI Oppiliappan
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchari Sadagopan
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