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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:                              Jai SreemanNarayana!


With the Divine Mangalasasanams of 
HH Sri Vanamamalai Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami
HH Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Chinna Ramanuja JeeyarSwami
HH Sri SriRanga Narayana Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami
HH Sri Thirukkovalur Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami
Sri. U.Ve Srirangam Narasimhachari Swami
Sri. U.Ve. E.S.Bhuvarahachariar Swami
Sri. U.Ve. A.V.Rangachariar Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Thiruppullani Sundarajan Swami
Sri. U.Ve. T.K.Choodamani Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Thirukoshtiyur Madhavan Swami
Sri. U.Ve. BadriNarayana Parasara Bhattar Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Kanchee Akkarakkani Srinidhi Swami
Sri. U.Ve. E.S. Sriram Swami

AchAryA thirunakshattiram Celebrations in VenkatEsvara
svAmi temple, Washington DC (JET USA)
http://www.jetwashingtondc.com/  went very well.

Photos at:  http://ibiblio.org/ramanuja/utsavams/

It was a very good weekend. The function started
on Friday evening with Sevakalam for the Lord, 
devotees chanted thiruppallandu,
kanninunchiruththaambu, ozivil kalam and ulagam unda
peruvaayaa for the the Lord. After the Saayarakshai
(evening thiruvaradhanam) devotees took part in the sattrumurai. 

Just after a very few moments of introductions, the devotees were
together like one family with so many brothers and sisters. 
Volunteers were putting together the folders
containing dhivyaprabhandams, stotra patam and rahasya granthams 
which was to be chanted in the next three sessions of the function.

Srimathi Vasanthi Ammangar was like elder sister to all of
us. She had earlier made uppuma for the devotees who
were coming in on Friday afternoon/ evening.
The way she took care of the devotees and their aharam (prasadam)
needs was exceptional.

Saturday early morning 6:30 am devotees started with
thiruvaradhanam to Perumal, Azhvar and acharyas. 
Then the thirai (screen) was laid and then the preparation
for the thirumanjanam started. Sri Yogendar svami made
the preparations for the thirumanjanam exceptionally
well. Particular thing to be noted here is that he
took care of the perumal exactly as a mother would
take care of her child. The Goshti for sEvA kAlam
(thiruppavai sattrumurai) and thirumanjanam at the
temple on Saturday morning had the whole temple
captivated.  The Veda Parayanam and Arulicheyal Goshti
was synchronous and as good as at many Dhivya Desams.
After that the Iravadai theertham was given and the
devotees started to the mandapam (school hall)after
the balabogam.

By 9am alankaram for perumal took place and
Perumal,  Azhvar and acharyas were ready for
the mandapam. sri Yogendar svami went ahead to the Hall, 
and made sure the arrangement were proper and did the stala suddhi. 
Once perumal reached the mandapam they took their place and
were ready to hear the Arulicheyal. 
Surprise! surprise! The children from Prajna wanted to chant the
podhu thaniyans first and later after vedha vinnappam
the regular start of the Arulicheyal can happen. 
The prajna kids started in unison with
asmath gurubyo nama: and started chanting 
Srisailesa daya paathram??pranathosmi nityam. 
And after that sri Yogendar svami did the sankalpam and Veda vinnappam
for the first session. While Yogendar svami did the
veda vinnappam Sri Mukundan svami did the Arulappadu
to all the Vedas, ithihasa and Arulicheyal. The gosti
chanted Muthal, Irandam and Moonram thiruvanthathi.
Sri Paramahansetyathi Chinna ramanuja Jeeyar Svami
graced the devotees over the tele-bridge in this occasion and blessed all of us 
with
his anugraha bhashanam speecha on Deepavali,
Mudhalazvar and the two acharyas Loka Desikan and
Manavala mamunikal. 

The parayana goshti, led by Sri Nallan Chankravarthy Narasimhan Swamin,
had most of the participants captivated and some of us in tears. 

The dedication & devotion that we saw in many devotees
is truly inspirational. Their committment to perform
service  to the lord and HIS devotees is very
motivational.  They performed kainkariyam with 
about 3 to 4 hours of sleep or less on all three days.

The Goshti consisted of the following:

>From WDC: 
Swamins:  Sri Ravi Aharam, Sri Seshu Kosure, Sri Venu
Eunni, Sri T. Balaji, Sri Vijaya Raghavan, Sri Padmanabhan
Rangaswamy, Sri Natathur Mathavan, Sri Anand
Vangipuram, Sri Uppili Gopalan,  Sri Thirumalai and others.

>From Other Cities: 
Swamins: Sri Narasimhan NC, Sri Varadan (Kanchee) Sri
SampathKumar Padmanabhan, Sri Gunaseelan Venkatachari, Sri TCA
Venkatesan, Sri Sridhar Sowmiyan, Sri Sriram
(triplicane) Sri Santharam RD, Sri Srinivas Ponnala,
Sri Mukundan VP, Sri Sundar Saranathan, Sri Anand
Srinivasan, Sri Venkat Thirunarayanachari, Sri Vimal
Kumar Ranganathan, Sri Manivannan Madhurai, Sri
Ramanan, Sri Rajmannar, Sri Giri Kesavan VP, Sri
Balaji Srinivasan, Sri Kalyan Rapolu, Sri Aditya NC.

Andal Goshti: Ammangars: Smt. Sarada Sripada,  
Smt Chitra Madhavan, Smt Sheela Belur (Ranganayaki), 
Smt. Vasanthi, Smt. Deepa Sridhar, 
Smt. Mrs. Janaki SampathKumar , Smt. Apurva Srinivasan.

With Sri Uppili Gopalan Swamin leading the Munnadi and
Sri Narasimhan Swamin leading the Pinnadi, the Ramanuja Nootrandadi
and Upadesa Ratna malai goshti had adiyen in tears, we
could see sri NC Narasimhan and other devotees wiping
the tears off their eyes as well. It was truly a
moving experience. Devotees who witnessed this service
to the lord would definitely cherish this
experience.This goshti was comparable to the
Thiruvalikkeni & Kancheepuram dhivyaprabhanda Goshti.
Atmosphere was charged and electric, people were
extremely doused in devotion.
You could see tears flowing down the eyes of so many
grown ups. At the Sattumurai the utsavam Perumal had a
smile on his face. 
So many devotees were in tears while witnessing this. 

Before Sattumurai devotees performed paduka Aradhana
of  HH Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Chinna Ramanuja
Jeeyar Swami. Sri Yogender Swami and Seshavathar Swami
(from Atlanta) performed this kainakriyam. Vasanthi
Ammangar and Sri Ravi Swamin led the session for
devotees. During the Paduka Aradhana, a few flowers
fell from Mamunikal to the plate. As if Mamunikal came
to bless our ChinnaJeeyar Swami. Some devotees came
and told adiyen, it was Swamivaru (Chinnajeeyar swami)
who came here to bless us, hence the flowers moved and
fell at the paduka. 

Earlier that day Bhajans were led by Sri VimalKumar
Ranganathan  beautifully with the Dhol. He also led the Shayana
songs for the lord  at night. Sri Santharam and Sri Anand Srinivasan also
led bhajan sessions with devotion.

The Prajna kids performed the bhajans with utmost
devotion which was felt by everyone present. The were disciplined and
were full of eagerness to learn. All the devotees wanted to go 
and talk to these kids of Acharyas and their experiences.

The way Lord was taken care by the priest, Sri Yogender Swami was 
moving. Sri. Yogender Swami is a model for all others to follow for his 
sincerity, dedication, anushtanam and love of perumal.
He took care of the lord completely as you take care
of a child.He would take care of the cooking and
cleaning for the lord as well by himself.He also
insisted on cooking and serving the prasadams by
himself for all the devotees. It was unbeleivable to
see such a priest in the US. JET Washigton DC is
fortunate to have sri Yogender Swami. But in Sri
Yogender Swami's words "I am fortunate to be of
service to my acharya". Our experiences with the
priest was very moving indeed.

Two right hands for the priest, Sri Venu and Sri Seshu
were by the side of sri Yogender Swami at all times 
helping him with all the local needs. 
Adiyen would request devotees to visit this temple and 
part take in kainkariyams with the local goshti. 
The local volunteers did a tremendous job of hosting 
and transporting all the devotees. 
Words are ineffective to say gratitude to them. 

For those of us who witnessed it, the whole sequence will stay in our 
hearts, and be a part of our fond memories for the rest of our lives.

We were blessed to have JetUSA- WDC Chapter host the
event.  Smt Vasanthi Ammangar & Sri Ravi Aharam Swamin worked
tirelessly to make sure the event went on smoothly. 

Heartfelt special appreciation to Vasanthi Ammangar
and her volunteers for running the Kitchen (so many bhaktas were saying
thanks to Anna Data.) Our appreciations also to 
"Transportation team Volunteers"  and to  "Pupshpa volunteers".

We Look forward to more of these functions, 
and more participation from the younger generation. 

"View Azhvar and Acharya Thirunakshatrams"
"in Washington DC. November 05th and 06th 2005"
   "http://www.vedics.net/utsavam"; 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE Saranam





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