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SRIMATHE RAAMAANUJAAYA NAMA:
 
DEAR VEDAABHIMAANIS & VAIDHIKAAS :
 
Through the anugraham of Veda MaathA , SrI Gayathri DEvi,
OUR AACHAARYANS AND THE DHIVYA DAMPATHIS OF SRIRANGAM AND
OPPILIAPPAN KOIL ,  THE PREPARATION OF THE DIGITAL VIDEO
DISCS (DVDs) ON THRIKAALA  SANDHYAA VANDHANAM HAVE  BEEN  
COMPLETED .
 
THE SIX DISCS ( TWO EACH FOR THE THREE VEDAMS ) HAVE
ARRIVED AT NEW YORK NOW .
 
A VOTE OF THANKS AT THE OUTSET:
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BUT FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOLARS , ACHAARYAS
AND DEDICATED COORDINATORS ON GROUND IN INDIA ,
THIS TELE-MANAGED PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN ITS
COMPLETION . HEART FELT THANKS TO HH. SRIMATH
POUNDARIKAPURAM ANDAVAN , WHO SUPERVISED
THE SAAMA VEDAM AND YAJUR VEDAM SANDHYAA
PERFORMANCE . THE RG VEDA SANDHYAA VANDHANAM WAS
GUIDED BY KUMBAKONAM RG VEDA GANAPAADHI,
SRI RENGARAJAN SWAMY . LOGISTICS ON GROUND
RECORDING VIDEO , LOCATION FOR THE PERFORMANCE
OF THE SANDHYAAS WERE TAKEN CARE OF BY
SRIMAAN SAMPATH SWAMY OF KUMBAKONAM
( for RG VEDAM ) AND SRI V.N.VENKATANATHAN SWAMY OF
OPPILIAPPAN SANNIDHIfor SAAMA AND YAJUR VEDAM . 
I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THEM .
 
POUNDARIKAPURAM ANDAVAN IS VERY PLEASED WITH
THIS INITATIVE , SINCE HE FEELS THESE AUDIO-VISUAL
MATERIAL WILL HELP ALL TRAIVARNIKAAS TO PERFORM
ORDAINED SANDHYAA VANDHANAM , WHICH CAN NOT
EVER BE ABANDONED FOR WHATEVER REASONS THROUGH
OUT ONE'S EARTHLY LIFE .
 
 A DISCLAIMER
*************
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENT OF THE DVD WILL
HAVE MANY SANSKRIT WORDS. PLEASE DO NOT MIND
THEIR USE SINCE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE
THEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT .
 
CONTENT & QUALITY OF OF THE INDIVIDUAL DVDs
*****************************************
 
THESE DVDs LOOK GREAT . PRAATHA: , MAADHYAHNIKA AND
SAAYAM SANDHYAAS HAVE BEEN COVERED FOR EACH OF
THE THREE VEDAS . BEING DIGITAL RECORDING , THE PICTURE
QUALITY IS VERY HIGH . ONE CAN SEE THEM IN FULL SIZED
TV SCREENS WITHOUT DISTORTION . 
 
CONTENT OF RG VEDA SANDHYA VANDHANAM AS AN EXAMPLE:
**************************************************
 
KUMBAKONAM RG VEDA GANAPAADI SRI RENGARAJAN
SWAMY , A GREAT BRAHASPTHI AND VEDIC SCHOLAR ,
TAKES US THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE INDIVIDUAL
SANDHYA VANDHANAM PROCEDURES STARTING FROM
BEGINNING TO END IN A SLOW AND STEADY MANNER
FOR THE PERFORMERS TO FOLLOW . ANOTHER GANAPAADI
AND A 7 YEAR OLD CHILD PERORM THE SANDHYA VANDHANAM.
THE INDIVIDUAL STEPS OF SANDHYAA VANDHANAM COVERED ARE :
 
AACHAMANEEYAM , PRAANAAYAMAM , SANKALPAM ,
SAATHVIKA THYAAGAM , PROKSHANAM , PRAASANAM ,
ARGYAM INCLUDING KAALAATHEETHA ARGYAM AND ITS
SANKALPAM , AASANA MANTHRAM , ANGANYAASA AND
KARANYAASA MUDHRAIS , ASTHRA MANTHRAM, DHIG
BHANDHAM , DHYAANAM , WAYS TO PERFORM GAAYATHRI
JAPAM , KESAVAADHI TARPANAM , SANKALPAM , UPASTHAANAM ,
DEVATHAA NAMSKAARAM , DHIG NAMASKAARAM , ASHTAAKSHARA
MANTHRA JAPAM TIMING , SAATHVIKA THYAAGAM ,
MANGALA SLOKAMS .
 
TWO  POINTS GANAPAADI SWAMY MADE IN THE OVERALL
CONTEXT OF PERFORMING SANDHYAA WERE STRIKING :
 
(1) ONE WHO HAS NOT PERFORMED SANDHYA VANDHANAMS
IN A ROW FOR THREE DAYS HAS TO UNDERGO UPANAYANAM
CEREMONIES (BRAHMOPADESAM ) AGAIN .  SUCH A PERSON ,
WHO ABANDONS SANDHYA VANDHANAM IS NOT FIT TO DO
ANY VAIDHIKA KARMAAS . HH. POUNDARIKAPURAM
ANDAVAN ELABORATED THESE POINTS IN THE DISCS
DEALING WITH SAAMA SANDHYAA VANDHANAM .
 
(2) THE PERFORMER OF THE SANDHYAA , WHETHER HE
IS IN DESAANTHARAM OR DHVIPAANTHARAM ( OVERSEAS )
SHOULD RECITE A SLOKAM THAT SAYS THAT HE IS TURNING
TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF SRIRANGAM TO DEDICATE
THE JUST PERFORMED SANDHYAA TO LORD RANGANAATHAN .  
 
PRACTICAL DETAILS ON PERGFROMANCE OF SANDHYAA
*********************************************
A WEALTH OF DETAILS ON SISHTAACHAARAM ARE PROVIDED
AND DEMONSTRATED BY THE ANUSHTAAS . THERE IS NO MORE
EXCUSE FOR NOT PERFORMING SANDHYAAS EVERY DAY
THREE TIMES WITHOUT INTERRUPTION . THE MATERIAL
ASSEMBLED CAREFULLY IN THESE DISCS WITH OVERALL
GUIDANCE FROM ACHAARYAAS AND SCHOLARS WILL
HELP ONE OVERCOME DEFICIENCIES IN THE AWARENESS OF
PERFORMING SANDHYAA IN THE PROPER WAY AS PRACTISED BY
OUR AACHAARYAAS AND POORVAAS FOLLOWING ANCIENT
TRADITIONS.
 
PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO ME AND HAVE SAID THAT THEY
SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON CONDUCTING THE UPANAYANAM
FOR THE SON AND THAT THEY COULD NOT GET THE HELP OF
THE BRUHASPATHI TO TEACH THE CHILD TO LEARN IT
FIRMLY DUE TO THEIR (BRUHASPATHY'S) OTHER COMMITMENTS .
THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR CREATING THESE REFERENCE
DVDs ON THRIVEDA SANDHYAAS FOR THRIKAALAMS .
 
SOME OF THE OLDER PEOPLE(PARENTS) ALSO REFERRED TO
PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF THE WAYS TO PERORM ACHAMANEEYAM ,
PRAANAAYAAMAM , ANGA AND KARA NYAASAMS ,
UCCHARANAMS (WITH  SAVARAMS OF VEDA MANTHRAMS) ,
DIRECTIONS TO FACE , HOW TO GIVE ARGYAMS AND A HOST
OF OTHER MATTERS. THESE DISCS CONTAIN PERTINENT
INFORMATION ON ALL THESE POINTS FOR THEM TO REFRESH
THEIR MINDS AND TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN .
 
THESE DISCS WOULD BE MADE AVIALBLE IN INDIA AS WELL
AS IN USA . VOLUNTEERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACT AS CENTERS OF DISTRIBUTION .
AS THE OVERALL PRODUCER , I WILL SERVE AS A CENTRAL
POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE DVDs.
 
THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO EXPAND THE REACH OF THESE
PRECIOUS MANTHRAMS AND PROCEDURES TO AS MANY
ANUSHTAATHAAS AS POSSIBLE AROUND THE WORLD .
 
SURPRISE GIFT :
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RG VEDA GANAPAADI SWAMY WAS SO ENTHUSED
ABOUT THIS INITATIVE THAT HE RECORDED GHANAM
RENDERING OF SELECTED PASSAGES FROM RG VEDAM .
THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY GANAPAADIS FOR RG VEDAM
AND THEREFORE IT IS A TREAT FOR US IN THE EXPERIENCING OF
THE RG VEDA SANDHY VANDHANAM DVDs.
 
PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WOULD BE INTERSTED
IN THESE DVDs FOR YOUR  FAMILY  AND SPECIFY
WHICH VEDA BRANCH YOU BELONG TO .
 
OUR NEXT DVD PROJECT IN THIS EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE:
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PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO CAPTURE NITHYAARAADHANAM ,
THE LENGTHY ONE AND THE LAGHU AARAADHANAM . PLEASE
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS INITATIVE AS WELL . THANKS.  
 
NAMO NAARAAYANAAYA ,
SRIMATH AZHAGIYA SINGAR THIRUVADIKALE   SARANAM  ,
DAASAN , OPPILIAPPAN KOIL VARADAACHAARI SADAGOPAN  
 
 
 

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