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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha:
The following is an appeal posted to many groups a few months ago. Due to a 
request made to me, I am posting this again. Part of the message involves a 
posting by Sri.Sundara Rajan and I hope he will not mind. Please feel free to 
contact me if there are any questions. Thanks.
Adiyen Dasan,
vijayan

APPEAL 

Commencing from January 1998, the Andal Trust has been rendering the following 
sacramental services in the in the twin temples of Sri-vaTa-patra-SAyee and 
ANDAL in the sacred city of Srivilliputtur :-

1. Daily chanting of Veda and Divya-prabandham scripture on prescribed 
occasions.

2. Offering (token) cash 'sambhAvanam' (ceremonial fee) to the 'adhyApaka-s' 
for the service of recitation.

3. Providing the materials for the daily 'snapana-tirumanjanam' of Periyazhvar.

4. Organising food offerings (taLikai/naivEdyam prasAdam) in morning, mid-day 
and evening hours, in the shrines of Sri Vatapatra-Sayee, Andal and Periyazhvar.

5. Distribution of food 'prasadam' (sacrament) to the 'dEsAntari-yAtrika' 
(outstation pilgrims) who visit Srivilliputtur.

The Andal Trust has received support from Sri Vaana-maa-malai Jeeyar Svami, Sri 
Azhakia-Singar Svami of the Ahobila Matham, Srimat Srirangam Andavan Svami, 
TridanDi Sriman Narayana Ramanuja Jeeyar Svami, and several other prominent 
personalities.

The Andal Trust was set up and registered as an independent agency to ensure a 
minimum degree of regular worship three times a day 
('nitya-trikAla-tiru-ArAdhanam'). The corpus fund was constituted through 
minimum individual donations of Rs.3000/-, and a total sum of Rs.13 lakhs was 
raised and invested as capital fund. The interest realised at 15% was adequate 
for meeting the expenses of daily worship. 

However, the cash yield has of late been steeply decreasing since interest 
rates have fallen as low as 7%. This has obliged the Trust to seek further 
enhancement of the corpus fund, in order that it can support even the minimum 
desired level of regular worship in the highly venerated shrines of Sri 
Vatapatra-Sayee, Andal and Periyazhvar in Srivilliputtur, which is the 
fountainhead of our sacred hymns, tiru-p-pallANDu and tiru-p-pAvai. The Trust 
accordingly appeals to all 'Astika-s' to contribute urgently and generously, as 
voluntary religious service ('kainkaryam'), and as a rescue operation to 
protect the noble traditions of our religion. DONATIONS TO THE ANDAL TRUST 
(which is registered) are exempted from Income Tax under Section 80(G) of the 
IT Act. Donations may kindly be sent to the above address through Demand Drafts 
or Cheques made in favour of "Sri Andal Charitable Trust, Chennai". 


R. Kannan Swamy,
Trustee, Sri Andal Charitable Trust, Chennai.
September 2001.
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Friends,

The above Appeal is circulated at the desire of Srivilliputtur Vidwan Sri R. 
Kannan Swamy, Founder Trustee of the Andal Trust. The Sri-vaishNava world is in 
debt to Sri Kannan Swamy to have taken on himself to ensure a minimum level of 
Agamic workship in the precious shrines of Andal, vaTa-patra-SAyee and 
periyAzhvAr in the blessed 'divya-dESam' of Srivilliputtur. The Appeal is 
self-explanatory and both the Trust and its cause merit generous donations from 
every believer.

Sri Kannan Swamy needs to be introduced to Sri-vaishNava-s living outside of 
Chennai city where he has been regularly offering discourses on themes of the 
'sampradAyam' over the years. He has braved the greatest trials to edit, 
annotate and publish some fine classics :- 

i) 'yatirAja-vijaya nATakam' (by vAtsya-Siriya-naTAtoor ammAL) with Sanskrit 
original and translation in Tamil-Hindi. [The Swamy received an award from the 
President of India, for this work.] 

ii) 'Sri gOdA-pariNaya champoo' (by kESava kavi-rAja) with Sanskrit original 
and translation in Tamil. [The Swamy has also issued a separate edition 
carrying the English translation by myself.] 

iii) 'AzhvArkaL vaibhavam' (a Tamil poetic kAvyam by 
vaDivu-azhakia-nambi-dAsar), with verse-wise paraphrase. 

iv) 'rAmAnujar vaibhavam' (a Tamil poetic kAvyam by 
vaDivu-azhakia-nambi-dAsar), with verse-wise paraphrase. 

v) 'Sri bhAgavata purANam' (a Tamil poetic kAvyam by nellai nagar Sri aruLALa 
dAsar), with spot glossary of rare words, -- in five volumes, each volume 
carrying a very informative and scholarly mini-dissertation as a Foreward.

vi) 'Sri rAmAyaNa-saurabham' (of kAnchi Sri P.B. Annangaracharya) - edited 
newly by Sri Kannan Swamy.

It is now common knowledge that our ancient temples revered in the Sri 
Vaishnava sampradaayam have been systematically and steadily deprived of their 
properties and sumptuous historic endowments. Their cash revenues, such as they 
are, continue to be frittered away on organising of fancy events which are 
unrelated to the primary identity, history and needs of the temples. The 
sacred, beautiful and time-honoured rites receive but token and meagre 
observance as they are held in contempt by the temple bureaucracy.

The Andal Trust is an evident need of the hour in our religion, and your 
donations would constitute a meritorious 'kainkaryam'. 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan
T.S. Sundara Rajan.
Srirangam



Sri Andal Charitable Trust, Chennai (Regn. No.279/1997)
91 Thulasingam Street, Perambur, Chennai-600 011 (India).

Phone: 044-551.18.61 (Srivilliputtur Vidwan R. Kannan Swamy).

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