On May 2nd, come see and behold the beauty
of the above vigraha moorthy of Sri Ramanuja while we celebrate His 988th
Thirunakshatram in Marlboro, NJ. This divya vigraham of Sri Ramanuja was
consecrated and worshipped by HH Srimadh Srimushnam Andavan Himself. Srimadh
Andavan gave this moorthy to Sri Ramanuja Mission to spread Sri Ramanuja's
Vishistadvaitha SidhAntham and Srivaishnava Sampradayam in the USA. This
vigraha moorthy that was worshipped by this mahAn naturally has immense
Tejas and divya katAksham and draws all the bhAgavathas to him and blesses
them with his pari poorna katAksham. The smaller vigraha moorthy in the
picture at Sri Ramanuja's feet is that of Swami Desikan who also blesses
the bhAgavathas with His divine grace.
We have all heard of three divya moorthis
of our great Acharya Sri Ramanuja: ThAm-Uganda Thirumeni at Sri Perumbudur
(His vigraham approved and installed by Sri Ramanuja Himself), Thamar Uganda
Thirumeni at Melkote (vigraham approved by Sri Ramanuja at the request
of His sishyas at Melkote) and ThAn-Ana Thirumeni at Sri Rangam (divya
moorthy installed after Sri Ramanuja passed away). It makes one wonder
whether this vigraha moorthy worshipped by Srimadh Andavan is
Than-Nigar-IllA
Thirumeni of Sri Ramanuja (one who has no
equal) . Since arriving in US over 3 years back, Sri Ramanuja has gone
many thousands of miles in sanchAram all over US and enjoying bhagavadh
Aradhanam, Aradhanam to his divya moorthy and witnessed Aradhanam to pAdukas
of great acharyas who are His sampradaya pravarthakars. Many sishyas have
been captivated by His tejas and yearns for more and more of his sambhandham.
Sri Ramanuja has enjoyed his sishyas celebrate
his thirunakshatram already thrice at Washington DC and twice in Cincinatti
in the past one week. Now is the opportunity for those living in New Jersey
and its vicinity experience the divine tejas and get his blessings. Dont
miss this opportunity of the year !
Sri Ramanuja has done immense upAharam to
us all by identifying to us the easiest mArgam to reach emperuman. Let
us not forget that and make it our duty to attend and celebrate with other
Ramanuja Daasas atleast one event of Sri Ramanuja Jayanthi celebration
every year (Koodi Irundhu Kulirnthel !!).
If you are in NJ or in the vicinity and if
any other program comes between you and your ability to attend this function,
reschedule the other program by best means. There are many other weekends
through out the year for a routine program but only one weekend in a year
to do our duty of Celebrating our moola Acharya's thirunakshatram.
This is Sri Ramanuja's 988th Thirunakshatram.
Let us show in spirit as he is not 988 years old but JUST 988 years young
!!
Let us sing his praise loudly by reciting
Sri Ramanuja Noorandhadhi which was heard by Sri Ramanuja Himself from
his sishya Sri Thiruvarangathu Amudhanar and blessed to be part of 4000
Divya Prabhandham. Let us make a vow to memorize this by next year !!
All Srivaishnava branches connect up to Sri
Ramanuja. When we are Sri Ramanuja's feet, what matters is that we are
Sri Ramanuja Daasas/Daasyais. Nothing else matters. No other division or
branches matters. Sri Ramanuja established 74 simhasanadhipatis as roots
for Srivaishnava Tree so that roots spreads in various directions with
one sole aim: Grow and sustain the Srivaishnava Tree.
For functions related to our direct family
member we dont expect invitations. We will be the first one to be present.
Sri Ramanuja is your direct family member. He is the one who has connected
us to emperuman and shown us the path. Please dont wait for some one to
call and invite you. We Srivaishnavas just need information to be present
for this occasion.
Please see attached more information
about the function on Sunday May 2nd. We hope many bhAgavathas who are
true Ramanuja Daasan or Ramanuja Daasyais come and make this celebration
truly a grand event as deserved for an Acharya of the stature of Sri Ramanuja.