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Dear Members :

In USA , there is one temple , which is exclusively dedicated
to VishNu NaarAyaNan . It is the Sri RanganAtha Temple 
at Pomona , NY . It follows the Ahobila Matam SampradhAyam 
and Srirangam worship traditions . It has sannidhis for Lord 
KrishNa , Ramachandra , Lakshmi Naraimhan , Sudarsanar ,
HayagrIvar , SrinivAsan , RanganAyaki , Andal and Garudan 
as well as the 44th and 45 th Pattam Azhagiya Singars,
Swamy  Desikan , AchArya RaamAnuja and all the twelve 
AzhwArs. This temple observes Adhyayana Uthsavam during
Marghazhi  and has visEsha AarAdhanams for Sri Rama Navami ,
JanmAshtami , Nrusimha Jayanthi , SrinivAsa KalyAnam , 
MahA Sudarsana Homam  . The archakaas are experts 
in Vedam (Some are GhanapAdis) , Dhivya Prabhandham 
and PaancharAthra  aagamam . Sri RanganAtha Temple is 
" a designer temple"  as well in the sense that it is designed
for those who believe in the ancient doctrine of  Prapatthi/
SaraNAgathy to Sriman NaarAyaNan . Devotees from every walk of 
life participate in the worship of Sriman NaarAyaNa here .

Following the Ahobila Matam tradition , anna dhaanam is done 
every day for visitors .During the Sri Vaikunta EkAdasi , New Year 
day and Swamy NammAzhwAr Moksham days , annadhAnam 
was done for more than 1,200 bhakthAs and their families .

Sri RanganAthO Jayathi ,
V.Sadagopan
Secretary of Sri RanganAtha Temple , Pomona ,  NY 
http://www.ranganatha.org 

For 18 articles on the Vaibhavam of Sri RanganAtha ,
please refer to : http://www.sadagopan.org 
in the dhivya dEsam section . 

 
> --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "rvv21" <ranjanvv@xxxx> wrote:
>>>      I think it's unlikely you'll find a "Vishnu-only" temple in 
> the > UK (apart from ISKCON temples) - but I could be wrong.  
> However, the > sizeable Sri Lankan Tamil community in many parts of 
> London have > retained their Shaiva temple culture to a relatively 
> high degree and > have constructed many 'south-indian' style temples, 
> if you were > interested in seeing them for interest. Many have a 
> sannidhi for > Lakshmi/Naaraayana as well.






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