SrI:
Dear AchArya Ramanuja BhakthAs:
It is my pleasure to forward the mail from
Sri Manoram Dasa , who is the key person
for supervising the construction at SriperumbhUthUr
sanitary facilities.
>From his description , one can see the value of the facilies
in future for helping the vistors of SriperumbhUthUr
abhimAna Sthalam .
The latest tally shows that we have raised ( US+ Australia+
India+ Kuwait ) 3.6 Laks of Rupees sofar.
The cost estimate for the project completion is 4Laks of
Rupees . It is our hope that the remaining funds will be
raised soon and the construction will start in 2 to 3 days.
My thanks on behalf of Srimans M.K.Sudarshan ,
Sri Manoram Dasa to every one who have provided
most welcome support to make this project possible.
Ramanuja Dasan ,
V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manoram Dasa" <mano1008@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <yennappan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:05 PM
Subject: festival update
> Dear Sri Sadagopan prabhu,
>
> Report on Sriperumbuttur festival.
>
> Prabhuji, 10 other congregational devotees and I left for Sriperumbuttur
> on the 2nd of May at 3 pm from West Mambalam in a truck filled with
> barrels of Sundal and lemon rice prasadam.
>
> We reached there around 4 pm and the Thirumanjanam for Swami Ramanuja was
> just about to start. I handled the truck carrying prasadam and my other
> friends went inside the temple to take darshan.
>
> I went into the temple after they returned where the Thirumanjanam was
> being performed. There were thousands of devotees witnessing the grand
> celebrations. Devotees were engrossed in Bhakti and were intently watching
> the various ceremonies being performed. Old or young, their eyes were set
> on the beautiful diety of Sri Ramanuja. The total mood was filled with
> reverence and bhakti.
>
> It was hot inside the manadapam and people were sweating due to the heat.
> There was no place to sit and many were standing and intently watching the
> celebrations. Despite the scorching heat and sweating, none had any
> intention to move out of the mandapam until the thirumanjanam was over and
> gladly endured all the discomforts. At the time of Sripada tirtham
> distribution, my friend overheard an old lady say that she had been here
> at sriperumbuttur for the past 10 days just to get receive the sacred
> sripada tirtham of Swami Ramanuja.
>
> All dharmmashalas in sriperumbuttur were packed with the devotees who had
> come to witness the great festivities. Bhagavatha thadiyartanai was going
> on for last 10 days at all mandapas. Thousands of devotees were being fed
> with the sacred prasadam everyday. Many slept outside the temple and the
> dharmashala as the place was so overcrowded with devotees.
>
> Many devotees split into small groups performed the namasamkirtanam in
> praise of the Lord. Many chanted the several Divine names of Swami
> Ramanuja; so much is their Acharya bhakti and attraction to the divine
> name of Swami Ramanujar. Every vaishnava present there spoke of the
> greatness of Swami Ramanujar. It was a real sight to observe several
> vaishnava devotees walking all the way from their villages as they had no
> vehicles or funds to pay for their tickets. It was so great to know that
> they did not care for external material discomforts. The darshanam of
> Swami Ramanuja was their objective and nothing else made any difference to
> them.
>
> There were Katha kalakshepams going on in the temple premises. Devotees in
> small or large groups were engrossed in the various discussions and the
> glorious pastimes of Swami Ramanujar.
>
> After sometime our team of devotees began distributing lemon rice and the
> Sundal Prasadam. At the same time we served 150 litres of cold butter milk
> to several devotees gathered opposite the Ethiraja Jeeyar Matham. Our
> services were over by 10 pm and we returned to Chennai by 11 pm with a
> great satisfaction of serving the vaishnavites at an appropriate time on
> the occasion of the Sri Ramanujacharya appearance day celebrations.
>
> Construction details: Our team is ready but, waiting for the
> green signal from the temple authorities. Although we have officially
> received a letter from the temple authorities and as the construction
> would block usage of the existing toilets, they have requested our team to
> hold the construction work for a few days and that devotees would be using
> the existing 3 toilets. We will most probably start construction work in
> about two to three days time.
>
> Dasanu dasan,
> Manoram.
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