Dear bhAgavatAs, First we have very good news to share with you this tamizh new year. Over the past, due to the efforts of many devotees in the US (srI rAman kaNNan svAmi, srI diwakar kaNNan svAmi, srI sundar sAranAthan svAmi are bhAgavathAs who deserve key mention due to their efforts), and in the Gulf and in India, we have been able to organize support for many divyadEsams in India on an ongoing basis. Some of the divyadEsams where we are continuously providing support are (i) thiru-k-kUdalUr (Aduthurai perumAL kOvil) (ii) thiru maNi-k-kUdam (iii) thiru arimEya viNNagaram (iv) thiru-k-kAvalambAdi (v) thiru - siRu puliyUr For the above 5 temples, we are providing monthly support (Salary for priests, weekly thadeeya ArAdhanas in some temples, and regular thadheeya ArAdhanas in othes). This has resulted in much improvement in these temples. The jagadrakshaka perumAL temple in thiru-k-kUdalUr is of special importance. BhAgavatAs will remember last year when adiyEn posted details about the dilapidated state that this temple is in, and the need for support for this support. The support we received from bhAgavatAs was very high, and we were able to set up support mechanisms in this temple. Now, the temple is open for 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the aftenoon every day. Every saturday almost 100 local people come to the temple and participate in a thadheeya ArAdhana. It used to be that only 5/10 people came before, and practically no one during other days. There is a tremendous amount of local involvement in the temple now. We have been approached by the priest multiple times to increase the funding for saturday thadheeya ArAdhanAs because the number of people are so high and there is not enough prasAdam for everyone!. Also, a bhAgavatA gathers local children regularly and performs bhajans in the temple. Recently, he conducted a thiru-p- pAvai competition among the local children, and we supported the prizes for that occasion. All in all, this temple is a great example of what happens when devotees take interest. The Lord Himself decides to multiply the efforts by an infinite amount! Suddenly things started happening, and the temple is now being renovated. During the renovation preparation, a tree in the temple was about to be cut down, when the workers discovered a "shankam" (divine conch - pAnca janya) form in the tree, and left it alone. It has attracted thousands of local people from the neighbouring areas. One can see the details in The Hindu: http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/2003/03/28/stories/2003032801200600.htm Finally, jagad-rakshaka-perumAL (vayyam kAththa perumAL) is now making arrangements to have His own abode renovated so that His devotees can come in throngs to be with Him. VEDICS, naturally is in the process of raising funds to be a part of this occurence. Already, a bhAgavata has committted $2500 on a dollar-for-dollar match basis for this kainkaryam. Our goal is to raise $20,000 for this effort. The highlight of this samprOkshaNam is that srI srI srI tridaNdi nArAyaNa rAmAnuja chinna jeeyar svAmi is going to preside over the samprOkshaNam for five days (June 6 - 11). A big vEda pArAyaNa/divya prabhandha gOshti is going to be conducted. So are vidwat sadas in pAncarAtra and vaikhAnasa Agamas. Thousands of people are expected to participate in this unique event. The breakdown of the total costs are given below. VEDICS would like to sponsor one or two complete kainkaryams on behalf of all the bhAgavatAs who donate. Total cost - Rs 42 lakhs estimate Key costs 1. madhil (main wall) - Rs 3.2 lakhs 2. weathering course, repair work for maNtapams - Rs 3.6 lakhs 3. side wall of the sanctum sanctorum, maha mandapam - Rs 1.2 lakhs 4. new construction of thiru madappaLLi, repair well - Rs 3.25 lakhs 5. perumAL sannadhi vimAnam - Rs 2 lakhs 6. garudan sannadhi, vimAnam repairs - Rs 80,000 7. AzhvAr/AchArya sannadhis - Rs 40,000 8. dwhajasthambam (new), copper covering for it etc. - Rs 1.4lakhs 9. rAjagOpuram - Rs 2.8 lakhs 10. inner pradhakshiNam - flooring - Rs 1.1 lakhs 11. vAhanams, new pallakku - Rs 3.8lakhs 12. new vessels for pooja, cooking - Rs 60,000 13. doors for all sannadhis - Rs 1.2 lakhs 14. steel door with emergency locks for rAjagOpuram - Rs 80000 15. thAyAr sannadhi - Rs 6 lakhs (completely ruined, need to build totally new) 16. mahA samprOkshaNam - Rs 3 lakhs 17. electrical wiring - Rs 1.3 lakhs It is possible to sponsor individual events too (like the thadheeya ArAdhanai for the five days before samprOkshaNam etc..). Please let us know if anyone is interested in such a kainkaryam. We would like to request all bhAgavatAs to take part, irrespective of the amount they want to contribute (even 1 $ is fine). The joy of kainkaryam is such that the more people participate, the more effect there is. This temple is a prime example of what happens when devotees take interest. Let us continue with the support for this temple. Please visit http://www.vedics.net/cbin/vedApp.pl?appName=tkudalur and suppor this kainkaryam. Vedics will send a CD of the 18 rahasyAs upanyAsam by srI. vELukkudi krishNan svAmi for all those who donate $25 or more. irAmAnusan adiyArgaL.
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