SrI :
May I invite your attention to the efforts underway
to construct
two residences for the Priests of SrI RanganAtha
Temple at
Pomona , NY ?
As visitors or as those who have read about the
temple know that
there are 8
sannidhis here ( SrI RanganAtha , Sri RanganAyaki , Sri Andal ,
Sri Venkatesa , Sri Venugopalan , Sri
Lakshminrusimhan ,
Sri Ramachandran and His Family as well as Garudan
) .
The Temple web site contains a wealth of
information about this
unique temple in
North America , which follows the PaancharAthra Aagamam
and the
Srirangam temple procedures meticulously :
We have the good fortune to have outstanding
/erudite priests /ArchakAs ,
who are well trained in VedA adhyayanam , Dhivya Prabhandham recitation
and UpAdhyAyam . The Religious committee of the
temple has gone
to extraordinary lengths to identify and
attract such traditional and
gifted Priests to serve the Lord and His
community . We would like them
to have comfortable private quarters , bring
their families here and
establish new standards of excellence in
serving Lord RanganAtha
and His devotees .
These priests since the inauguration of the temple
have lived in
cramped quarters inside the temple. Their families could not join them
under the present circumstances . There would
be a tremendous advantage
for them to have seperate quarters in the land
adjascent to the temple owned
by the temple .
We need $150,000 to construct two residences
for them .
It is towards this goal , the Temple Board
has come up with
the organization of a One time RAFFLE to
raise the funds for
the construction of the Priest Quarters in
2005 . The details of
the Raffle are described in the Web pages under the
title: NEW--Raffle for
Priest Quarters(http://www.ranganatha.org ) . Please
refer to this section.
In summary , individual Raffle ticket costs
$100 and N.Y State has approved
the sale of 1,500 Tickets for this initative . You can buy as many as you
wish to increase your chances of winning one of the
three prizes :
(1) First Prize: BMW 300 Series 2005 (4
Door , automatic) /30,000$ value .
(2) Second Prize: 1 Week/Year Time sharing for Life
,
Virginai Beach
Holiday Apartment : 11,000$ value
(3) Third Prize: Round Trip Ticket for two to India
: $3,000 Value
We have sold 200 Tickets sofar and have quite
someway to go
( Sale of additional 1300 tickets ) before the draw date of
midnight ,
Dec 31,2004 . You can purchase the Tickets by
Cash, Check
or credit card .
Please contact me or Dr.Venkat Kanumalla , the
Chairman of
the temple to purchase your tickets and help
the noble cause of
housing the priests and their families to
serve the dhivya Dampathis .
Dr.Kanumalla can be reached at kanumalla@xxxxxxxxxxx
With Lord RanganAthA's anugraham and your support ,
the Temple hopes
to realize the Construction of the Priest Quarters
in 2005 .
Many thanks in advance for your attention and
support ,
V.Sadagopan
Secretary , The Board of Sri RanganAtha Temple
.
P.S : In my mind , $100 investment with chances to
win ( 3 in 2,000 )
is a good one; most importantly , you will be
helping an important
cause to support the nithyArAdhanam for Lord
RanganAtha to
proceed under the best circumstances . Please
contact me or
Dr.Venkat Kanumalla for any clarifications on this one time raffle .
Thank you .
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