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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