sri:
Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane Nama:
Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divyapadukasevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri NarayanaYatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
Dear All:
Thanks to Sri Malolan’s anugruham and the prayers and the contributions of
thousands of sishyas and well wishers from all over the world, Srimad
Azhagiyasingar's Satabhishekam Mahotsavam took place in grand style at the
Dasavathara Sannidhi in Srirangam and came to a conclusion in the evening on
Thursday, November 30th with a Dolai for Kannan organized by His
kainkaryaparas. Earlier in the day, nearly 10,000 sishyas had the
opportunity to get Satari and Sri Paada Theertham of His Holiness and
witness His Holiness receiving Kovil Mariyathais from Divya Desams. His
Holiness Poundarikapuram Andavan Swami, His Holiness Parakala Matam Swami,
His Holiness Rangapriya Swami and His Holiness the Jeer of Azhwar
Thirunagari were present on one or more days in the mornings and on Srimad
Azhagiyasingar's 80th Thirunakshathram day to convey their felicitations.
One of the highlight of the event was the Pattina Pravesham of Srimad
Azhagiyasingar in a Pallakku for over 6 to 7 miles, twice around Srirangam
Temple in the outer two ring roads with 5 elephants, and 3 horses leading
the procession, periodic firecracker displays, prabhanda goshti of well over
200, multiple nadaswaram troupes and ladies singing and dancing in front and
a veda parayana goshti in the rear of the pallakku. It is estimated that
over 2,500 people took part in this procession lasting nearly 5 hours. All
these can be viewed in the still photos gallery, the link for which is given
below.
Over the 10 day period preceding the Thirunakshathram, nearly 1,000 invited
Veda adhyapakas, Sanskrit scholars, Srivaishnava stalwarts and other highly
learned scholars took part in daily festivities. Simultaneous Veda parayanam
was done every morning and evening by the Veda adhyapakas in the four main
vedas and three variations of Yajur and Sama Vedam. All the Vedams were
chanted during morning and evening Satrumurai along with prabhandam for the
listening pleasure of Sri Malolan and Dolai Kannan. In the afternoons during
"vethalai pakku", some of the Veda adhyapakas chanted Ghanam for 20 to 30
minutes, which was a feast to the ears. Following this, Srimad
Azhagiyasingar presided over a Vidwat Sadas which featured some of the most
knowledgeable experts in Sanskrit and SriVaishnavism debating issues in
Sanskrit and Tamil. Later in the evenings, well known Upanyasakars gave
lectures on many topics at Sri Vedantha Desikar Sannidhi inside Sri
Ranganathar Temple. Further in the evening, well known Carnatic Music
artists performed in front of HH's Ashramam. One evening, the young students
of the Selaiyur Patasala performed a drama about Swami Thirumangai Azhwar's
life history and two students performed an upanyasam in the classical
musical style. Every day prasadams were distributed in the mornings,
afternoon and evenings, for over 2,000 to 3,000 people at 3 different
locations.
The most notable thing was that our Acharyan, in His magnanimous way,
honored each of the Veda adhyapakas, pandithas, kainkaryaparas and the other
learned scholars with cash, veshti, gold coin, salwai, silver vessels etc.
It is estimated that the value of the honorariums ranged from Rs. 7,500 to
Rs. 20,000 per person depending on their education, experience and
knowledge. The total cost of just the honorarium for the pandithas and
vidwans is estimated to be around Rs. 80 to Rs. 90 lakhs. Add to this the
cost of providing prasadams every day for 2,000 to 3,000 people with a
substantially higher number on the day of the Thirunakshathram and you can
easily see that the cost would have well exceeded Rs. 1 crore. We are very
happy to inform you that the contribution from the United States, just
through Sri Ahobila Muth, USA came to around Rs. 1.25 crores. We thank every
one of you profusely for contributing to this once in a lifetime event.
Prasadams are being mailed from Selaiyur this week to all those who
contributed to this cause.
There is no doubt that this event will stand out for years to come as a
unique event that is unparalleled in history for its grandeur and the
recognition of so many learned vidwans and pandithas. We owe it all to Sri
Malolan and our Acharyan Srimad Azhagiyasingar. Thanks are also due to the
Satabhishekam Committee who worked on this event tirelessly for over a year,
collecting many crores of Rupees, and undertaking and completing in time the
massive construction projects including the very large main hall where the
function took place, Malolan's Sannidhi, renovation and reconstruction of
the Dasavathara Sannidhi, Uthara Veedhi Matam and the Dasavathara Sannidhi
Matam. Besides these, more projects are planned and have started such as
construction of a Marriage Hall at the place where the Satabhisheka
Mahotsavam took place, renovation and reconstruction of the Thiruvellore
Matam and other Matams and Brindavanams. Thanks also are due to the scores
of volunteers who helped all the sishyas have a pleasant experience at the
function. And last, but not least, thanks to the thousands of sishyas and
abhimanis all over the world who contributed the maximum amount they could
to make this function a grand success.
As many of you know, the main event on November 30th was web cast live. Even
if you missed it then, you can view the whole 5 hours of streaming video,
till December 31st, by visiting: http://www.chennaistream.com/ahobilamutt/
In addition, you can view still photos taken during the occasion, thanks to
Sriman Diwakar and Sriman Raghavan (Bangalore) at:
http://www.pbase.com/svami/sathabishekam
Thank you all.
-Srimad Azhagiyasingar Thiruvadigale Saranam
dasan Rajaji
Sri Ahobila Matam, USA
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Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
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