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SrI :
 
Dear BhakthAs :
 
Sri RanganAyaki SamEtha Sri RanganAthan's ArchakAs
are maintaining the rich traditions of the temple and
are performing daily , seasonal and special Uthsavams with
strict adherence to Paancha Raathra Aagamam . Every day ,
they have Veda Vij~nApanam ( recitation of Yajur Vedam )
and AzhwAr's dhivya Prabhandhams . Nithya (Daily )
Daily AarAdhanam is conducted at all the 8 Sannidhis for
lOka KshEmam .
 
It is the tradition in many US HIndu Temples to provide
living quarters for the ArchakAs . Here at Sri RanganAtha Temple ,
we had to defer it due to other pressing priorities in managing
the available funds .
 
Time has come now to address the critical needs of the priests
to have quarters outside the temple . Currently , they are in
cramped rooms ( two to a room ) inside the temple . Their
families are in India since we could not invite them under
these circumstances .
 
The Board of the Temple has authorized a special fund raising effort
to raise the needed funds ($150K ) to construct two priest quarters
right next to the Temple in 2005 .
 
1500 Individual Raffle tickets valued  at $ 100 each have been
approved by the NY State to raise the needed funds .
 
AasthikAs  have helped with the purchase of 300 Tickets
sofar . The Temple has a long way to go to reach its goal
before the deadline of December 31 , 2004 . Please help
by purchasing as many tickets as you can and give
your valued support for this important project .
 
Although it is odd for a temple to use the Raffle route ,
few sponsors have donated the following three prizes
and we are obliged to distribute them to the three winners
once we reach the completion stage of fund raising . The three
prizes are  : (1) BMW 2005 Model car as First Prize (2) A Board
Member has donated the family's timeshare apartment
in Virginia Beach ,  VA for one week per year for life and
(3) Two Round trip tickets to India in 2005 to visit
dhivya dEsams .
 
The tickets can be purchased from anywhere in the world . 
Please contact either myself or Sri Venkat Kanumalla
( Kanumalla@xxxxxxxxxxx) for your tickets . Please help .
 
During the Next round , the Temple will consider prizes
that will permit winners to stay at one or more dhivya dEsams
like Srirangam , Thirumala , Ahobilam and others for
a week or two . Please help with the purchase of
the raffle tickets to initiate the construction of
the two priests'  quarters in 2005 . We have only
three months left to assemble the needed  funds
with your support .  
 
The Board is considering the naming of the  first two of
the Priest Quarters as Sri RanganAtha Bhavanam and
Sri VenkatEsa Bhavanam . The remaining two quarters
to be built in the year 2006 will be named Narasimha
Bhavanam and Raama KrishNa Bhavanam respectively .
 
Thank you all for particpating in this much needed 
initiative to house the priests and their families
in appropriate quarters .
 
Daasan , V.Sadagopan
Secretary , Sri RanganAtha Temple Board 
Pomona ,  NY . 

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