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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