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SrI:

Dear SrI VaishNavAs of the World:

adiyEn's dandavath praNAmams to you all
and here is an invitation/appeal to you 
and your family to take part in a magnificent , 
new Kaimkaryam of SamarpaNam of RATHNAANGI for 
SrI DevanAtha PerumAL (Uthsavar of ThiruvahIndhrapuram).

Lord DevanAthan's beauty and the anantha kalyANa guNams 
have been celebrated by Swamy Desikan and Thirumangai Mannan .
The beautiful picture of Uthsavar DevanAthan can be accessed at:

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/temples/tiruvahindrapuram/utsavar.jpg

There You can have His sevai with SrI HemAbhjavalli
ThAyAr on Dolai . The archakaas of ThiruvahIndhrapuram
are known for their alankAra Kaimkaryam for the dhivya
dampathis and their deep devotion to Swamy Desikan , who
spent close to 40 long years of His eventful life at 
ThiruvahIndhrapuram . Swamy Desikan composed nine
SrI Sookthis about Lord DevanAthan at ThiruvahIndhrapuram 
at the command of Lord DevanAthan.They are: 

1) SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath (Sanskrit)
2) SrI Achyutha sathakam (Prakrutham) 
3) MummaNikkOvai (Tamil)
4) Nava MaNi Maalai (Tamil)
5) Panthu ( Tamil)--Not Available Anymore(NAA)
6) Kazhal (Tamil)--NAA
7) AmmAnai (Tamil)--NAA
8) Oosal(Tamil)--NAA
9) yEsal (Tamil)--NAA

SrI Raghuveera Gadhyam and SrI Gopala Vimsathi
might also have been created here by our Great AchAryan. 

Here were born the SrI sookthis of SrI HayagrIva
SthOthram , SrI Garuda Panchasath .The great 
Rahasya grantham in MaNipravALam , Paramatha Bhangam ,
was created here on the Fifth day of one Thai Maasam 
in front of Lord DeavanAthan on the banks of PeNNai river.
Through this grantham , which is a summary of that 
important debate , Swamy Desikan defeated soundly 
the prathivAdhis from other systems of philosophy
and established the greatness of VisishtAdhvaitham
as elaborated by Bhagavad RaamAnuja , who followed 
the foot steps of His PoorvAchAryALs. 

The many sided genius of this great AchAryan has 
blessed BhakthAs for the past 700 plus years
and the 120 plus powerful SrI sookthis of this AchAryan 
--SthOthrams , PrakaraNa granthams , Rahasyams , 
Kaavyams , Naatakam , VYAkhyAnams , Vaadha granthams ,
RakshA granthams and anushtAna granthams--serve us
as beacon lights to enthuse and encourage us to
perform Bhagavath-BhAgavatha-AchArya Kaimkaryams daily.

One such humble Kaimkaryam that is being announced today 
is the plan for the samarpaNam of RathnAngi for Lord DeavanAthan , 
who is very dear to Swamy Desikan. His son , Swamy NainAcchAr 
performed Prathishtai for the archA vigraham of Swamy Desikan 
--sculpted by Swamy Desikan Himself-- next to Lord DevanAthan
so that Swamy Desikan can continue His nithyArAdhanam to 
the dhivys dampathis ThriuvahIndhrapuram even today .

Swamy Desikan's ThirumALikai and the well constructed with 
His own hands are still there at this dhivya desam.
Let us be blessed by our AchAryan and His paramparai to engage in 
this once-in-a-life time Kaimakryam to present Lord
DevanAthan with the most beautiful Rathnangi that
would delight the heart of Swamy Desikan/Venkata Naayaki 
and SrI HemAbhja Valli ThAyAr . Let us make our sankalpam today 
(ChithrabhAnu samvathsara Sukla Paksha Sapthami Anusham day) 
to perform this Kaimkaryam , whose details are given below:

Stage A: Completed portions of the RathnAngi Kaimkaryam
********************************************************
1. Beautiful Rathna Kiritam --completed
2. The Two Lower Hasthams --Completed
3. The Two Upper Hasthams with Chakram & Sankham--Completed

The blessed ArchakAs and specific BhaagavathAs have
supported the above stage of this Kaimkaryam. 

Satage B(Current): Yet to be completed before Next PurattAsi SravaNam
**********************************************************************
4. The Upper ThirumEni--RathnAngi To be completed
Before next PurattAsi SravaNam ,October 2003.
5. The Lower ThirumEni--To be completed before October 2003
6. Thiruvadi--To Be Completed before October 2003. 

The wish is to have Swamy Desikan present the Fully completed 
RathnAngi with His own hands to His dear Lord DevanAthan 
during the next PurattAsi SraVaNam day.

Material Requirements & Labour for stage B of this kaimakryam
**************************************************************
1. 4 Kilos of Silver: Rs.8,500 per Kilo ( ~800 U.S Dollars)
adiyEn will cover the costs for this item of expense.

2. One Kilo of Gold : With the spot price of $320 for
31.1 grams biscuit , the gold purchase will be the costliest 
item in this kaimkaryam: $10,290). It will be wonderful 
if 20 BhakthAs contribute $500 each or 40 BhakthAs 
porvide the welocme support of $250 each.

3. The Rubies and the other precious gems for incorporation
in the RathnAngi ( ~present estimate: $3,000). This is 
a flexible item .

4. Expert Labor of Silpis over few months ( 2 Laks of Rs:~4,200$).

The Total cost estimate of the project should be 10-15 Laks of Rupees.
Currently , the project has 62,000 Rupees in the bank . AdiyEn will
pledge on behalf of my revered AchAryan , HH SrI NaarAyaNa 
YahtIndhra MahA Desikan 38,000 Rupees to reach the One Lak rupees 
stage now and to facilitate the purchase of the Silver
on which the gold rolls have to be enmeshed to accomodate
the semi-precious and precious gems . We would need another 
9-14 Laks Rupees over the course of the next 9 months 
to reach the Kaimkarya Poorthi stage.

AdiyEn requests all the devotees of Lord DevanAthan of 
Thiruvahindhrapuram to pledge their support through 
an one time donations or pledges extending over
the next nine month period to permit progress with 
this Kaimkaryam at the dhivya dEsam . 

Number of you have helped last year to present 
the MummaNikkOvai to SrI HemAbhjavalli and 
a Nava MaNi Maalai to Lord DevanAthan during Swamy 
Desikan's Thirunakshathram day at ThiruvahIndhrappuram.
The RathnAngi Kaimkaryam is the final stage of this
Kaimkaryam Continum at this dhivya dEsam for a PerumAL ,
who had Swamy Desikan's NavamaNi maalai MangaLAsAsanam of :

" Ninn Vadivazhahu maRavAthAr , pirvAthAr"

(Those blessed souls , who do not forget the dhivya soundharyam
of Your ThirumEni will never ever be born again in this 
SamsAric world). 


Most recently , many of you helped to raise 7 laks rupees 
for Swamy Desikan /SrI DhIpa PrakAsan NithyArAdhanam 
project at ThUppul . adiyEn was blessed to write about 
the 59 slOkams of Swamy Desikan's SaraNAgathi DhIpikai 
in that context. AdiyEn plans to write this time about 
the ThiruvahIndhrapuram SrI sookthis of Swamy Desikan 
and the Dhivya Sahasra Naamams of Swamy Desikan
to remind ourselves daily about this RathnAngi samarpaNam 
kaimkaryam. adiyEn will start this series of postings
tomorrow and seek the dhivya dampathi's blessings and asmath
AchAryan's anugraham to engage in this likitha kaimkaryam
for fund raising . Your participation is VITAL to reach
the Poorthi stage next year(SvabhAnu Samvathsaram).

adiyEn requests sishyAs of all AchArya Paramparais 
--SrI Matam , PeriyAsramam , PoundarIkapuram Asramam,
ParakAla Matam , SrI RangapriyA Swamy Asramam,
VaanamAmalai Matam , SvyamAchArya paramparai --
to join in this Kaimkaryam and enrich it. 

Please let me know of your pledges to take us from the one
lak rupees stage to the next plateaus of growth in this
kaimkaryam . adiyEn will brief you on where your pledges can 
be sent for Tax deduction purposes as appropriate. 

adiyEn seeks all of Your encouragement and support to 
engage in this Kaimakryam on behalf of all of us and
concludes this appeal with Swamy Desikan's prayer to
Lord DevanAthan for Abhaya PradhAnam :

manju ulAvu sOlai soozh Ayinthai mannum mannu seer
varai edutthu nirai aLittha maasil VaasudEvanE
sem-sol-anbar sinthai koNDu thIthilAthA dhUthanAit-
tErum oornthu tEsuyarntha SELVA DEIVANAAYAKA!
vencholALar kaala dhUthar veesu paasam vanthenmEl
vizhunthu azhunthi yAnn ayarnthu veezhvatharkku munna Nee
anjal anjal anjal yenRu aLikka vENDum AcchyuthA
adiyavarkku maruL iyakkum Adiyavarrkku MeyyanE !

--Nava MaNi Maalai: 8

(Meaning based on Vaikunta Vaasi Sri U.Ve. Oppiliappan KOil VidvAn
SrirAma DesikAcchAr Swamy's translation): Oh Lord who 
is true to His devotees and blesses them by banishing
their ajn~Anam and who lives forever at the dhivya dEsam
of Thiruayinthai known for its dense green groves through 
which the clouds rest and then travel! In a previous time, 
You protected the suffering cows and the calves of
Gokulam from the rain of stones sent by angry Indran 
through the lifting the Govardhana hill and ny holding it
as an umbrella for them. During the same KrishNAvathAram , 
You travelled to the court of KouravAs on behalf of 
the PaaNdavAs , who are known for speaking truth 
and protected them . In the battle field of
Kuru kshEthram , You served as the Saarathy for 
Arjuna and performed the noble GithOpadesam for him to
remind him of his duties to engage in the just war.
At that battle field , You came to the rescue of many of 
Your adiyArs during the times when they faced mortal
danger. adiyEn thinks of all of these paramOpakArams of
Yours as Your SaraNAgathan and appeals to You to save me 
from the terrors of the noose of Yama dhUthAs before it
fall on me during my last moments by granting me 
abhaya pradhAnam thrice with Your reassuring declaraion of 
"anjal anjal anjal" .Oh Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram !
This is my prayer to You !

Dear BhakthAs and Suhruths ! With folded hands , adiyEn 
requests you all to join in this Kaimkaryam , support it
and recieve Swamy Desikan's and the ThiruvahIndhrapuram
dhivya dampathi's anugrahams !

SrImath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan 



















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